So many swarms! I could never have anticipated when I signed up for that swarm list a few weeks ago that I would have taken over 7 phone calls and removed 5 swarms. This latest one was one right on the border line of walking away from. Luckily it was close to our apartment and it was actually really close to my mentors house. 15 feet up in a tree and 8 feet out on a limb. Dingo came with me on this one and when we got there it took a good 30 mins of just thinking it over before we actually started on the removal. Bigger than a basketball. I'm a bit disappointed in myself - after all the thinking and assessing the risk I still went forward with it and even though it worked out, it was still too risky.
I like to think I've learned something from each swarm removal, this one I learned that its okay to say NO and walk-away (even though I didn't). Also that its better to do the removals at the end of the day, near night. This way the scouting bees and the ones flying are more likely to be with the original swarm. I got a call today (two days after the removal) telling me that a "jr football" sized swarm has accumulated on a branch near the other one. I'm going to call or check it out tomorrow hopefully they are just very clingy remnants and not another swarm.
Normally its not a good idea to sign up for multiple visits - especially with gas prices these days. One of the neighbors (who also kindly donated) is alergic and there are allot of young kids in the nieghborhood. So if there is still a concern I really want to address it. We'll see tomorrow!
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