Here's something that you don't see everyday. This colony is in its third year fully exposed.

This dead out use to be a very strong colony

Some removals are easier than others. In this unfinished basement all we had to do was pull back the insulation.

This was the first removal we did in 2009. It was a very strong colony that swarmed a week before although it is hard to tell with all the bees still there.

By far one of the most defensive colonies that I have ever dealt with. This hive put up one heck of a good fight. I believe I was stung around 30 times that day.

An easy weekend removal, I simply popped the shingles and cut through the roof to get to this hive.

This is a typical bay window removal.

So far the biggest hive of 2009 is this one in a truss floor system. We easily removed 60,000 bees from this colony that was 2 years old.

Believe it or not there is a very large void above the mantle of a fire place, and bees love to use that void for their new home.

This colony looks small, but it's really much bigger than it seems.