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Title: nest in my apple tree
Post by: heavy hauler on August 07, 2009, 07:09:58 PM: is there anything i can do to preserve the apples in this nest? i would like to take it down and give it to a buddy , but what about the apples?????
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Post by: heavy hauler on August 07, 2009, 07:10:53 PM: another pic
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Post by: heavy hauler on August 07, 2009, 07:11:31 PM: one more
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Post by: WAPITIHUNTER on August 07, 2009, 09:40:00 PM: Leave it there. Them little suckers kill an amazing amount of insects including mosquitos. They are fascinating to watch. Even though I get into them quite often at work I still enjoy watching them work, they are extremely industrious critters.
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Post by: WAPITIHUNTER on August 07, 2009, 09:43:48 PM: If you go out after dark when it is cold at the end of the growing season you should be able to get the apples without getting nailed. Spray a platic bag full of raid and wrap it around the nest and tie it off. That should take care of any bees. Then you can take the nest without getting whooped on. :chuckle:
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Post by: Michelle_Nelson on August 07, 2009, 11:08:40 PM: :chuckle: Yeah deffinatly wait til dark or later in the year when they are not active. I saw pretty nice nest while Runamk and I were running around up in Capital Forest looking for Bear. I though Ohh I'll just walk up on it and break the branch off and put it in the back of my truck. WRONG thing to do! :chuckle:
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Post by: WAPITIHUNTER on August 07, 2009, 11:18:57 PM: Ha ha ha !!!!!!!!! Only land surveyors know about bees really well cause we are always chopping out property lines and hacking right throught them.

One time my dad was looking for a Bench mark and hit a old tire with his machette. The yellowjackets exploded and attacked him from the tire. He went running right through traffic waving and beating himself with his straw hat. He said everybody in their cars that could see him were laughing their heads off as he ran right through traffic.
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Post by: Michelle_Nelson on August 07, 2009, 11:22:19 PM: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: blindpig on August 08, 2009, 10:04:41 AM: Cool pic.
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Post by: BLKBEARKLR on August 08, 2009, 05:26:56 PM: Heavyhauler, I would think that there is not going to be a way to preserve the apples without them turning rotten on you. I believe that is what you wanted to know? There might be some things online if you did a research but I dont think there is anything that can save the apples. If you leave it up through the season hopefully the apples will rot out and they will rebuild the nest. If not then like said just go out at noght and remove the apples and they can rebuild the nest..

And that is a very nice beehive.

Joe
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Post by: heavy hauler on August 09, 2009, 02:52:14 PM: i dont think i can leave it there.if you look in the background you can see my ground blind material.its right by there.also i cant shoot 30 yards on my bow range because its right by the nest. i didnt think there was a way to preserve the apples. thanks for all the help
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Post by: Gutpile on August 09, 2009, 02:59:22 PM: I've got one in one of my maples. Thats three years in a row.
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Post by: Ridgeratt on August 09, 2009, 03:03:21 PM: NEAT!! a pinata A few adult beverages and the neighbor kids T-ball bat. Let the party start!
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Post by: Armadillo on August 10, 2009, 08:13:54 AM: Sweet nest. Ive had some luck in finding abandoned ones but the raid in a plastic bag trick would work really well I dont know about the tee-ball bat idea though :chuckle:
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Post by: IronMike on August 15, 2009, 11:03:15 PM: Quote from: WAPITIHUNTER on August 07, 2009, 11:18:57 PM
Ha ha ha !!!!!!!!! Only land surveyors know about bees really well cause we are always chopping out property lines and hacking right throught them.

One time my dad was looking for a Bench mark and hit a old tire with his machette. The yellowjackets exploded and attacked him from the tire. He went running right through traffic waving and beating himself with his straw hat. He said everybody in their cars that could see him were laughing their heads off as he ran right through traffic.

:yeah:
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Post by: Yelm hunter on August 17, 2009, 12:24:00 PM: White Faced Hornets....Those son of a bi***** are one hell of a mean bee. Be careful at what ever you do... They are mean and can be deadly...
I would contact a bee keeper that wants the nest. If you dont knock it down that nest can be sold for alot of money $250.00 maybe more or less...I'd keep it there until about the 2nd freeze this winter.