Roof-Top Bee Removal

This client called me to look at the bees last summer.  She was not ready at the time to have them removed – so called me recently with the green-light to proceed.

In the past, someone had sprayed expanding foam into the entrance of the beehive.  Unfortunately, honeybees can chew their way through the cured foam.  The expanding foam also did damage to the home.  It raised the shingles so that the entrance hole was actually larger, and it also allowed rain and moisture to wick in underneath the shingles – and kept the original wooden shingles wet so that they have been rotting over the years.

There were 3 layers of regular modern shingles, and 1 layer of original wooden shingles (that were rotting and had ants living in them)

These bees seemed to be having a bad day, so I wore my suit until almost the end of the removal.  The colony had been there for a few years.

Here is what I saw after removing the shingles: 

And after removing the wood shingles, and hive was exposed for removal:

This particular removal was completed fairly easily – and ready for her roofing contractor to step in for proper roof repairs.