Wait, let me guess... Was it the Bumble office?
Funny enough, this company's office is between two Honey offices.
20k honey bees took over a tech company’s empty office during lockdown
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Re: 20k honey bees took over a tech company’s empty office during lockdown
#62Cue the typical "Nature is Healing" especially because pollinators are under massive pressure due to pesticides and herbicides. Having said that, I'm glad they called a good beekeper who was able to rescue the hive. Also, I've heard that if you have a bee infestation in your attic for example, not to call an exterminator, but to call a beekeeper. Often these new hives are valuable to hobbyists and they are happy to c…
I was thinking more along the lines of a pivot for the business into a new line of AI Honey.
Re: 20k honey bees took over a tech company’s empty office during lockdown
#63Cue the typical "Nature is Healing" especially because pollinators are under massive pressure due to pesticides and herbicides. Having said that, I'm glad they called a good beekeper who was able to rescue the hive. Also, I've heard that if you have a bee infestation in your attic for example, not to call an exterminator, but to call a beekeeper. Often these new hives are valuable to hobbyists and they are happy to c…
how much is a beekeeper compared to an exterminator?
I called a local apiary to remove a wasp nest in the Seattle area. They charged a flat $200 for wasps, and $0 for bees.
Re: 20k honey bees took over a tech company’s empty office during lockdown
#64They were always busy workers, but used too many buzzwords. The boss was too gossipy, a real queen bee type. They were pretty good at crosspollinating ideas, but the cubicles felt like cells. They liked to keep the workers in the dark most of the time. They did all feel like members of one big family, though.
I know, you're going to downvote me. I have no regrets.
Re: 20k honey bees took over a tech company’s empty office during lockdown
#65Cue the typical "Nature is Healing" especially because pollinators are under massive pressure due to pesticides and herbicides. Having said that, I'm glad they called a good beekeper who was able to rescue the hive. Also, I've heard that if you have a bee infestation in your attic for example, not to call an exterminator, but to call a beekeeper. Often these new hives are valuable to hobbyists and they are happy to c…
My dad and sisters are beekeepers. They run around all year to capture swarms. First, they try to capture the queen and mark her, then keep her extra safe in a special cage. Then they have a "bee vacuum" which is basically a shop vac hooked up to a bucket, both with a really low flow rate to avoid injuring the creatures. Most of the time, it's an entertaining process and the bees are as gentle as flies.
Can you elaborate on "most of the time"?
Re: 20k honey bees took over a tech company’s empty office during lockdown
#66Bees?
Gob's not on board.
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#67Unreadable site.
Re: 20k honey bees took over a tech company’s empty office during lockdown
#68How are all of you reading this article? I get a paywall.
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#69Re: 20k honey bees took over a tech company’s empty office during lockdown
#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
The ones in the "off seasons" are usually very aggressive from what I've heard. They typically ran away from home to break away from some environmental stress I've been told? I'm not a beekeeper :) Just repeating what I've heard
This must be somewhere warms and with very mild winters? NZ is lucky to have fairly easy going bees - this doesn’t mean that they are all friendly, just that Africanised bees are so much worse. There are accounts of them flying into smokers and putting them out. It’s all rather intense.
Kansas in the midwest. Depends on what you mean by "Mild" haha. We had snow in October, followed weeks later by 90degf temps. Very wide swings.