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<v Speaker 2>So we are taking the morning, this lovely spring morning

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<v Speaker 2>here in southern California, and we are talking about life,

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<v Speaker 2>bringing life into your backyard, life onto your property and

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<v Speaker 2>where you just finished up talking to Richard Armerding, my

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<v Speaker 2>good friend from wild Birds Unlimited, and now I want

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<v Speaker 2>to switch the conversation from the birds to the bees.

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<v Speaker 2>And to do that I've got now in studio my

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<v Speaker 2>dear friend Nicole Palladino from bee catchers, Nicole, Good morning

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<v Speaker 2>and welcome home.

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<v Speaker 3>Good morning. How are you.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm great, I'm so glad that you're here.

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<v Speaker 2>I love our conversations, always, always, always, So you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we've got a list of things that we've got to

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<v Speaker 2>accomplish for everybody today because and gonna I'm gonna I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna hold us to it. I'm gonna hold our feet

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<v Speaker 2>to the fire. Here. There are four things I want

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<v Speaker 2>to talk about with you today, okay, and if we've

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<v Speaker 2>got time to talk about other things, that's great too.

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<v Speaker 2>Number one, first rule about bees. Bees are not pests. Okay. Second,

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<v Speaker 2>I want to ask you whether b mcgeddon is really over,

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<v Speaker 2>whether colony collapse disorder is done and finished, because nobody's

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<v Speaker 2>talking about it anymore. And if that's the case, what

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<v Speaker 2>is the state of bees right now? Especially in southern California.

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<v Speaker 2>I want our listeners to understand what the spring swarms down.

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<v Speaker 2>The weather's been funky, so we haven't had a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>I haven't noticed any big swarms yet happening in our neighborhood.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's coming. It's going to come, as it always does.

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<v Speaker 2>And as always, people completely must understand what a spring

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<v Speaker 2>swarm is they think they're a hive has taken up,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, a residence in their front of their home,

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<v Speaker 2>in their front yard, in the tree or on the wall,

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<v Speaker 2>or on the fence or wherever. So I want everybody

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<v Speaker 2>to understand what spring swarms are so that they don't

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<v Speaker 2>do the wrong thing with those bees. And then finally,

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<v Speaker 2>I want to make sure you know, bookending this idea

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<v Speaker 2>that bees aren't pests, and they're not. But sometimes bees

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<v Speaker 2>make their home in the wrong place, wrong for them,

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<v Speaker 2>wrong for us. And when that happens, you guys, you

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<v Speaker 2>specifically are uniquely qualified to tell us what should we

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<v Speaker 2>do when it comes to that. So that's where I

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<v Speaker 2>want to go. Okay, all right, So first of all,

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<v Speaker 2>back to it with the couple of minutes we have

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<v Speaker 2>left before we go to break here. Bees aren't pests,

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<v Speaker 2>this is correct. Tell me this.

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<v Speaker 3>They are not.

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<v Speaker 4>They are a very critical part to our ecology, to

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<v Speaker 4>our agriculture, and they are responsible for more than eighty

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<v Speaker 4>percent of our food supply.

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<v Speaker 2>When we say more than eighty percent of our food supply,

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<v Speaker 2>we're talking about the fact that they pollinate these critical

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<v Speaker 2>crops that end up making it into the market with us.

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<v Speaker 2>Is is it just that or is it more?

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<v Speaker 3>It's more.

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<v Speaker 4>It goes into grass fed meats and all the afalfa

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<v Speaker 4>that you're eating with your meat supply. It has to

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<v Speaker 4>do with the health of the soil, the health of

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<v Speaker 4>the air, much more than just all the fruits and

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<v Speaker 4>vegetables that they're pollinating and allowing us to you know, enjoy,

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<v Speaker 4>because without them, we would have things like roots, root

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<v Speaker 4>potatoes and rice and things that you would not be

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<v Speaker 4>able to you know, sustain a population, to feed people with. Right,

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<v Speaker 4>So it's much more. There's an entire circle that they

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<v Speaker 4>fall into as far as making this work. And without

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<v Speaker 4>them we could have a huge.

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<v Speaker 2>Glass okay and now and and regionally, yeah, absolutely, regionally.

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<v Speaker 2>This is not one of those things that we can

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<v Speaker 2>think about in terms of Okay, well, yeah, out there

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<v Speaker 2>in the agricultural we're out there in nature out there

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<v Speaker 2>where it's It's something that I'm hoping that that I

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<v Speaker 2>can really communicate to all of our listening to every homeowner. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>is that nature is not something that's out there right.

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<v Speaker 2>Nature is something that we are all in right now. Now.

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<v Speaker 2>It may we may have paved streets and concrete curbs

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<v Speaker 2>and driveways. But that's kind of it's really an illusion,

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<v Speaker 2>the sense that somehow we have pushed nature elsewhere from

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<v Speaker 2>where we are. And when it comes to bees and

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<v Speaker 2>bee populations, now that cities are sprawling the way they are,

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<v Speaker 2>the presence of bees in the urban environment is critical

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<v Speaker 2>to bees everywhere period.

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<v Speaker 3>Correct.

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<v Speaker 4>Just like you have all of your birds that you

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<v Speaker 4>love and have, the bees are the ones that are

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<v Speaker 4>responsible to pollinate these wild plants that feed the birds exactly.

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<v Speaker 2>They're just part of that chain.

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<v Speaker 4>Small mammals, other insects. Of course, it's all kind of

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<v Speaker 2>So when we come back, we're going to talk about

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to ask you about b mageddon and colony

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<v Speaker 2>collapse and all of that stuff, and we're going to

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<v Speaker 2>figure out where we're at, what's the state of bees

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<v Speaker 2>this year, because it's a little weird right now because

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<v Speaker 2>we're having some unusual weather, and we'll figure it all out,

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<v Speaker 2>all right. I am sitting here with my special guest,

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<v Speaker 2>Nicole Palladino from Bee Catchers. We'll talk about that more

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<v Speaker 2>as well more on bees in your yard when we

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<v Speaker 2>return your home with Dean Sharp the house whisper.

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<v Speaker 5>You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from

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<v Speaker 5>KFI AM six forty.

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<v Speaker 2>We're talking all things spring and life in your garden. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>like I thought this was a show about how to

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<v Speaker 2>fix my garage door. Well we have those moments too,

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<v Speaker 2>we do. No. Our show is called Home, and the

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<v Speaker 2>reason it is is because it follows my approach to

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<v Speaker 2>home design and home construction, architecture and all of those things,

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<v Speaker 2>which is, I would like to think, a very holistic

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<v Speaker 2>approach and a very biophilic approach. You've never heard that

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<v Speaker 2>word before. It simply means a love of all things nature,

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<v Speaker 2>and it is the direction of architecture and home design.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm glad to say moving forward, we are every cutting

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<v Speaker 2>edge architect I know is more and more concerned about

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<v Speaker 2>bringing the outside in, bringing the inside out, and improving

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<v Speaker 2>the way that we recover from the displacement of our homes.

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<v Speaker 2>And when I say displacement, I simply mean this. This

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<v Speaker 2>is a reality. Every creature in nature, when it builds

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<v Speaker 2>its home, displaces some other form of nature. When a

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<v Speaker 2>gopher digs a tunnel under a yard and comes up

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<v Speaker 2>and there's a little burrow, even if it's not somebody's yard,

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<v Speaker 2>if it's out in the middle of a prairie. Soil

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<v Speaker 2>is displaced, roots are displaced, plants are displaced. It is

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<v Speaker 2>the nature of all living things to displace other living things.

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<v Speaker 2>And human beings don't need to feel overwhelmingly guilty about

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<v Speaker 2>the fact that we build shelters for ourselves and when

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<v Speaker 2>we do that, we displace nature. But unlike the other

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<v Speaker 2>creatures on this planet, we are exceptionally good at displacing things,

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<v Speaker 2>and we have an exceptional level of hubris when it

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<v Speaker 2>comes to the fact that we just feel like, well,

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<v Speaker 2>we're here and nature can just go over there, and

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<v Speaker 2>that's simply not the case. And so what I want

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<v Speaker 2>from every home design that we work on, every project

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<v Speaker 2>that we're a part of, I encourage homeowners, all, right,

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<v Speaker 2>now that we have displaced some nature with your home,

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<v Speaker 2>how do we bring it back into the yard, the

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<v Speaker 2>surrounding property. How can we reintegrate all those elements? And

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<v Speaker 2>our home stands as an example, our tiny little cottage

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<v Speaker 2>out here in Thousand Oaks stands as an example of

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<v Speaker 2>just that. If you were to walk down our street,

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<v Speaker 2>and I am not exaggerating when I tell you this,

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<v Speaker 2>You're to walk down our street on any given day

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<v Speaker 2>you will hear, you know, some bird song, a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit of this, a little bit of that, and when

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<v Speaker 2>you get in front of our home, you will hear

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<v Speaker 2>considerably more of it. And as you enter our backyard,

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<v Speaker 2>you'll hear even more than that. And that is because

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<v Speaker 2>we haven't just done a backyard, we haven't just planted

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<v Speaker 2>a garden, but we have intentionally created a habitat that

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<v Speaker 2>is both beautiful and functional, habitat for birds, for bees,

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<v Speaker 2>for all kinds of creatures back here. And as a result,

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<v Speaker 2>they literally flock to our home and we gain all

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<v Speaker 2>the benefits of that as well. So that's the kind

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<v Speaker 2>of stuff I'm talking about. And right now we need

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<v Speaker 2>to talk about bees and displacement of bees and the

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<v Speaker 2>state of bees. And sitting across the table from me

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<v Speaker 2>is my dear friend Nicole Palladino, the owner and operator

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<v Speaker 2>of Bee Catchers, a live bee removal service that covers

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<v Speaker 2>all of southern California that all of you need to

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<v Speaker 2>know about. And we'll get to that in just a bit.

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<v Speaker 2>But Nicole, give us the state of bees right now.

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<v Speaker 2>This year. You know what's going on with them? We

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<v Speaker 2>got weird weather and how are we doing?

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<v Speaker 4>So? I didn't think we would be coming back to

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<v Speaker 4>talk about any collapse or issues with a decline in

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<v Speaker 4>bees because we haven't really spoken about it in.

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<v Speaker 3>The last few years.

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<v Speaker 2>Nobody's talking about it right now.

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<v Speaker 4>It seems to be like things have recovered and we're

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<v Speaker 4>doing better. But for twenty twenty five, there are some

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<v Speaker 4>record breaking numbers of colony loss up to about sixty

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<v Speaker 4>to seventy percent that beekeepers are reporting. That is more

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<v Speaker 4>than the forty to fifty percent that is usually reported

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<v Speaker 4>from issues of overwintering, you know, the stress on bees

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<v Speaker 4>and populations dying. We never really see the numbers of

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<v Speaker 4>what happened last year until the year you know that's

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<v Speaker 4>coming in the future.

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<v Speaker 3>And now we're knowing that.

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<v Speaker 4>We are seeing some considerable losses and there are there

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<v Speaker 4>are some reasons for it. You have asicidence, which are

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<v Speaker 4>the neon nicod denies. You have bra mites and diseases,

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<v Speaker 4>habitat loss, yes, change of weather and weather extremes, and

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<v Speaker 4>some you know, industrial agricultural practices that could be much better.

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<v Speaker 4>And so we have a variety of mixture of things

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<v Speaker 2>And a lot of it honestly, honestly is you know,

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<v Speaker 2>this is not to lay this burden on everybody's shoulders.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of this is just outside of the control

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<v Speaker 2>of like the typical homeowner, right, and so this is

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<v Speaker 2>not like we're not trying to guilt anybody or lay

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<v Speaker 2>So here's my here's my goal. Yeah, is to let

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<v Speaker 2>everybody know how critical the bee is to our lives.

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<v Speaker 2>Number one. Number two, to understand that there are still

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of forces working against bees in urban areas

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<v Speaker 2>all across the United States, including here in southern California.

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<v Speaker 2>So if you understand those two things, then we've come

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<v Speaker 2>a long way. And Third, now, based on that, based

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<v Speaker 2>on this understanding, not that everybody has to go out

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<v Speaker 2>and start picketing or this or that, but based on

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<v Speaker 2>that understanding, individual homeowners to understand when they encounter bees

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<v Speaker 2>on their property that they have the right responds and

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<v Speaker 2>an informed response. So can we do this, Nicole when

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<v Speaker 2>we come back, I want to talk about the spring swarm. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>B colonies rece themselves every spring, there's a surgeon B

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<v Speaker 2>populations and colonies split and they divide and other certain

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<v Speaker 2>groups of bees from the original colony go looking for

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<v Speaker 2>a new home. Yes, and when that happens. Most people

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<v Speaker 2>I've ever met completely misunderstand that cloud of bees that

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<v Speaker 2>is flying overhead. They completely misunderstand that beard of bees,

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<v Speaker 2>that clump of bees that suddenly just out of nowhere

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<v Speaker 2>showed up in the elm tree out in their front

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<v Speaker 2>yard or on the side of the palm tree, or

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<v Speaker 2>hanging off the fence or wherever that was. Completely must

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<v Speaker 2>understand it, and as a result, at this critical moment,

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<v Speaker 2>they end up calling an extermination company and those bees

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<v Speaker 2>are destroyed. Right at the moment when a bees are

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<v Speaker 4>Reproduce one hundred percent, and they are the most vulnerable

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<v Speaker 4>at that time because people don't understand that they have

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<v Speaker 4>eaten their last meal, they have branched off, they have

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<v Speaker 4>a queen with them with maybe five to ten thousand workers,

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<v Speaker 4>They have no shelter. They are extremely vulnerable, and this

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<v Speaker 4>is the time that we should protect them the most.

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<v Speaker 2>So, yeah, we can find and they are not dangerous

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<v Speaker 2>at that moment.

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<v Speaker 4>They are not dangerous, and generally bees aren't really dangerous

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<v Speaker 4>in general, but this is the time that we could

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<v Speaker 4>going forward.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, if you have never fully understood what one

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<v Speaker 2>of those clumps of bees or clouds of bees flying overhead,

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<v Speaker 2>what that really means. Go nowhere, because when we come back,

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<v Speaker 2>we're going to explain it to you and give you,

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<v Speaker 2>hopefully open your eyes to what's happening around you at

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<v Speaker 2>that very critical juncture. All Right, you guys, hang with

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<v Speaker 2>us your Home with Dean Sharp, the house Whisper.

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<v Speaker 5>You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from

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<v Speaker 5>KFI Am six forty.

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<v Speaker 2>We're talking all things home like we do every weekend,

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<v Speaker 2>every Sunday morning from nine to noon. And yes, I

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<v Speaker 2>spend most of my time talking to you about construction issues,

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<v Speaker 2>design issues, architectural issues. But every spring I set time

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<v Speaker 2>aside so that we can talk about even more important

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<v Speaker 2>things that are happening around us. Because our homes exist

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<v Speaker 2>here on this planet, and they exist in the middle

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<v Speaker 2>of nature. It may not be your definition of nature,

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<v Speaker 2>but it is nature nonetheless, and around us things are happening.

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<v Speaker 2>Important things are happening every year this time of year, springtime. Now, normally,

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<v Speaker 2>by the time I take this show and we're talking

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<v Speaker 2>about bees, swarms are already occurring, and things are already happening.

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<v Speaker 2>But this time around, because the weather's been cold, a

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<v Speaker 2>little damp, a little rainy, a little this, a little

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<v Speaker 2>that the swarms have not stopped. It started popping out

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<v Speaker 2>at the with the same frequency. I'm not saying there

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<v Speaker 2>aren't any out there, but there aren't as many right now.

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<v Speaker 2>It is going to happen. And if you don't understand

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<v Speaker 2>the difference between a swarm of bees and a hot

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<v Speaker 2>then I need you to listen up very carefully to us.

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<v Speaker 2>Right now, I'm sitting here in studio with my dear

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<v Speaker 2>a live bee removal service. I know no one who

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<v Speaker 2>knows more about bees than Nicole and Nicole our goal

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<v Speaker 2>right now for the next six minutes is to explain

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<v Speaker 2>to people what is happening when they're standing outside and

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<v Speaker 2>they see a cloud of bees move overhead. Are they

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<v Speaker 2>being attacked? Are they is there life at risk? Or

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<v Speaker 2>let's say suddenly they look out the kitchen window and

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<v Speaker 2>see there's a there's a gigantic clump of bees the

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<v Speaker 2>size of a basketball hanging off the oak tree or

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<v Speaker 2>the tree in the front yard or the fence, and

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<v Speaker 2>they're freaking out and they're like, who do I call? Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>my gosh, a hive of bees has made its home

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<v Speaker 2>in my yard. Not true, Not true at all. Explain

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<v Speaker 2>what is going on?

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<v Speaker 4>So we're having every spring, you're going to see where

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<v Speaker 4>bees split. Another queen and a portion of the workers

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<v Speaker 4>will migrate to propagate their numbers and start colonies in

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<v Speaker 4>other places.

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<v Speaker 2>So a colony of bees, a colony, that's the proper

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<v Speaker 2>term for them, a colony of bees. They multiply, and

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<v Speaker 2>so they appoint another queen, and so now there are

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<v Speaker 2>two queens, and one queen takes a portion of that

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<v Speaker 2>high and they head off to form another independent colony.

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<v Speaker 4>Correct, And they need to do that by what we

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<v Speaker 4>call a swarm. So they will leave the colony and

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<v Speaker 4>generally go about three to five hundred feet from where

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<v Speaker 4>they are branching off from. And at this critical time,

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<v Speaker 4>and the queen has not flown in quite some time,

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<v Speaker 4>so she's not as strong or doesn't have as much

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<v Speaker 4>energy as she would because she hasn't taken a flight

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<v Speaker 4>path in a while.

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<v Speaker 2>She's typically the old queen.

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<v Speaker 4>She's typically the older queen that will leave and her

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<v Speaker 4>successor once she's been in the.

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<v Speaker 2>Hive for maybe years, laying the eggs, not flying.

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<v Speaker 4>And now she needs to slow down on her She's

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<v Speaker 4>taken time to slow down and reduce the size of

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<v Speaker 4>her ovaries so that she's not laying eggs right now

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<v Speaker 4>and she's not as heavy in her ovaries aren't as big.

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<v Speaker 4>So she needs to take this flight again. And she's

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<v Speaker 4>protected by her family of daughters, her workers. And so

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<v Speaker 4>what they will do is they will swarm out and

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<v Speaker 4>find a place and it can be really anything.

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<v Speaker 3>They don't discriminate.

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<v Speaker 4>It could be your bicycle, your car, It could be

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<v Speaker 4>you know, your umbrella, trees, bushes, all kinds of things.

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<v Speaker 4>They are coming out just to take a resting spot

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<v Speaker 4>while scalpies go out and look for areas with more shelter.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, so we call this thing a beard because it's

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<v Speaker 2>a clump of bees. It is not a hive. A

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<v Speaker 2>hive actually has a physical structure to it. There's honeycomb

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<v Speaker 2>they have found, and a hive never, no hive ever

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<v Speaker 2>is built out in the open.

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<v Speaker 3>No, that's not true.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, because you will have established colonies that maybe are

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<v Speaker 4>high up in a tree somewhere that people don't notice,

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<v Speaker 4>and they can be hanging from a branch. That's probably

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<v Speaker 4>maybe five percent of all colonies.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, but most hives are because they're trying to protect

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<v Speaker 2>their home. Correct.

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<v Speaker 3>You would see that everywhere if that was true.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, they would just be you know, honeycomb just hanging

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<v Speaker 2>off of trees everywhere. But they're trying to protect their home,

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<v Speaker 2>not just from people, from birds and everything else that

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<v Speaker 2>wants that honey.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, and the temperature because they need to regulate the

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<v Speaker 4>tempt they have to regulate, so they.

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<v Speaker 2>Need to get inside somewhere in some shelters. So that

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<v Speaker 2>clump of bees is not a high It is a

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<v Speaker 2>colony in a very very vulnerable state. And in the

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<v Speaker 2>middle of that pile of bees is the queen. She's

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<v Speaker 2>in there being protected. Yes, and that. And they've taken

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<v Speaker 2>a break and you said earlier, before the break, you

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<v Speaker 2>said they've eaten their last meal. Yes, what does that mean?

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<v Speaker 2>That sounds like a death SiGe.

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<v Speaker 4>I know they have actually filled their bellies with honey,

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<v Speaker 4>and they have and left home, and they left with

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<v Speaker 4>no shelter.

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<v Speaker 2>They don't get to go back.

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<v Speaker 4>Now they're on a house hunt, right, so now they

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<v Speaker 4>have no they don't know where they're going to go yet,

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<v Speaker 4>but the queen isn't going to be the one to

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<v Speaker 4>go and do that because they need to preserve and

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<v Speaker 4>conserve her energy. So scalpes go out and look for

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<v Speaker 4>these areas.

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<v Speaker 2>So scalpees are heading out from there and they're looking

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<v Speaker 2>for ideal, optimal conditions and if they find something they

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<v Speaker 2>think is possible, they'll come back. They'll report back. Yep,

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<v Speaker 2>they talk about it. They can, they really do. There's

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<v Speaker 2>a full on dance and communication process. They are handing

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<v Speaker 2>out samples and pheromoe.

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<v Speaker 4>All directions on where food and water is, how far

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<v Speaker 4>it will be from where they decide to colonize, and

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<v Speaker 4>so that's that you see that cloud in the sky.

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<v Speaker 4>All the years I've been doing this, I've never seen

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<v Speaker 4>a swarm attack anybody. And I've been caught in them

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<v Speaker 4>in the middle of crossing a crosswalk. I've seen people

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<v Speaker 4>I'm driving by and a swarm will come by, and

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<v Speaker 4>somebody's in the street and a swarm will come through.

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<v Speaker 4>And it's scary looking at the moment, yes, but it's

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<v Speaker 4>their way of communicating. If people can understand, it looks

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<v Speaker 4>scary because it's meant to because they're trying to protect

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<v Speaker 4>their queen because if she doesn't survive, they don't either.

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<v Speaker 4>So they're communicating in this flight path. It can be

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<v Speaker 4>very loud looking and you can hear the sound, and

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<v Speaker 4>it's sporadic, but they are in a very controlled environment.

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<v Speaker 4>They're protecting her like a little cyclone, keep her safe.

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<v Speaker 4>So where they do land, they will all kind of

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<v Speaker 4>gather over her and protect her. So now they can

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<v Speaker 4>just relax for a moment and get their bearings and

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<v Speaker 4>start looking where they're going to go.

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<v Speaker 2>So now I've been stung by bees. I keep bees, yes,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm mildly allergic to beastings, so it's you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the EpiPen, and my mother is is incredibly allergic. I

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<v Speaker 2>mean it's like dangerously allergic. So I want everybody to

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<v Speaker 2>know that. When they to understand that, and I keep bees,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, we've got we have a new colony coming.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll have thirty forty thousand little ladies just a few

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<v Speaker 2>feet away from everything. It doesn't change the number of

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<v Speaker 2>bees in my yard, by the way, because they're forging.

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<v Speaker 2>Radius is huge. But the point is, again, I just

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<v Speaker 2>want to underscore this, that cloud of bees, that swarm

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<v Speaker 2>of bees, the last thing on their mind is attacking anybody.

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<v Speaker 2>They are searching for a new home. And that is

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<v Speaker 2>very different. And people are like, well, but listen, I've

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<v Speaker 2>been attacked by a swarm of bees. Like you haven't

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<v Speaker 2>been attacked by a swarm. If you've disrupted an actual hive,

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<v Speaker 2>you've If you've gotten too close and disturbed or threatened

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<v Speaker 2>an actual hive, then a colony of bees will send

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<v Speaker 2>out a stinging party to like protect themselves. It's a

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<v Speaker 2>like a like an air force base. You're launching a

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<v Speaker 2>squadron of fighters in order to protect the base. Right.

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<v Speaker 2>That is different than you know, fifteen thousand bees flying

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<v Speaker 2>through the air all at one time. That is a swarm.

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<v Speaker 2>They are going to gather somewhere. And here's the critical thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh you know what, Okay, we're up against the break

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<v Speaker 2>so cliffhanger literally a cliffhanger hanging on the tree. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>you see them there they are. Don't answer right now?

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<v Speaker 2>How long are they going to be there? And do

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<v Speaker 2>I need to do anything about it? Well, we're going

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<v Speaker 2>to answer that after.

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<v Speaker 5>You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from

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<v Speaker 5>KFI AM six forty.

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<v Speaker 2>We're talking all things life and living in our yard today.

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<v Speaker 2>That's our special spring program. We've talked about the birds.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sitting here talking with my good friend Nicole old Palladino,

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<v Speaker 2>who is the owner and operator of Bee Catchers. We

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<v Speaker 2>have just a few minutes left. I left you hanging

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<v Speaker 2>because we're talking about spring swarms and they are not hives.

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<v Speaker 2>They are not invading your home. They are not there

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<v Speaker 2>to hurt you in any way, shape or form. Now

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<v Speaker 2>there's this clump of bees hanging off our tree or

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<v Speaker 2>our fence or our umbrella in the backyard. The question, Nicole,

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<v Speaker 2>And it's not that if you do the wrong thing,

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<v Speaker 2>you go out there and hit them with a broom

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<v Speaker 2>or spray them with the hose, you're gonna get them upset.

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<v Speaker 2>But that is not where their heads are at at all.

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<v Speaker 2>They are looking for a new home and that is

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<v Speaker 2>all that is on their mind. There's a queen, an

429
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<v Speaker 2>aged queen, in the center of that clump. There is

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<v Speaker 2>no structure. That's not a hive. They're not building honeycomb.

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<v Speaker 2>It's it's not where there. There are scouts going out

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<v Speaker 2>back and forth, desperately trying to make the decision about

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<v Speaker 2>where they're going. To go to next, and so here

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<v Speaker 2>we're telling everybody, chill out, chill out now. Critical question,

435
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<v Speaker 2>how long is that clump of bees going to be

436
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<v Speaker 2>hanging from my patio or umbrella.

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<v Speaker 3>So it depends.

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<v Speaker 4>They could literally be there an hour, and if they're

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<v Speaker 4>lucky enough to find something that they all agree upon

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<v Speaker 4>and the scouts were really on it and they were

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<v Speaker 4>out working quickly, they could be gone very very soon,

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<v Speaker 4>or it can take them a day or two or three.

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<v Speaker 3>It depends.

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<v Speaker 4>Sometimes you have some super warm weather and the weather

445
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<v Speaker 4>can change become much more cold in a couple of days,

446
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<v Speaker 4>and that might hinder their process of finding another place,

447
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<v Speaker 4>you know, by a day or so. But generally swarms

448
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<v Speaker 4>will land and rest maybe one to three days before

449
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<v Speaker 4>they're completely gone. It's like an instantaneous they were there.

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<v Speaker 4>I get calls all the time, this this is here,

451
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<v Speaker 4>it's fully established.

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<v Speaker 3>How long has it been there? Well, it wasn't there yesterday.

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<v Speaker 4>They can as fast as they show up, are as

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<v Speaker 4>fast as they take off, exactly just like that.

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<v Speaker 2>And I get the same calls because our friends know

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<v Speaker 2>that we keep bees, and they're like, okay, Dan Dane, Dane, Dane, Dane,

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<v Speaker 2>I know there's a hive in my front yard. I'm like,

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<v Speaker 2>really on your tree? Yeah, in the in the tree. No,

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<v Speaker 2>on the tree. I'm like, okay, in the tree. I

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<v Speaker 2>could believe yes, you just noticed it. Okay, there's a

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<v Speaker 2>hollowed out section of a tree. That's like that's kind

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<v Speaker 2>of ideal, right, but no, no, no, there's I can

463
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<v Speaker 2>see them all they're hanging. I'm like, okay, don't do anything.

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<v Speaker 2>Call me at this time tomorrow if they're still there.

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<v Speaker 2>And now, personally I think I can. Maybe twice i've

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<v Speaker 2>seen a swarm hang out for more than forty eight hours. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>but that's in my experience, that's been super rare. And

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes I'll get a text or a voicemail because I'm

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<v Speaker 2>in a meeting and it'll be like dan bees bees

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<v Speaker 2>in my yard, And then by the time I actually

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<v Speaker 2>get back to them, they're like, okay, never mind, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>they're gone. So they really are not there to They're

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<v Speaker 2>not going to be there long.

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<v Speaker 4>No, and they're not going to hurt you. They're not

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<v Speaker 4>going to hurt your pets. Think just think for a

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<v Speaker 4>moment when you're nervous about that. But you know in

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<v Speaker 4>your lifetime there are hives all around us everywhere that

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<v Speaker 4>are established. They don't bother us. They're just pollinating, they're forging.

479
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<v Speaker 4>They're not here to attack your animals. If you get stung,

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<v Speaker 4>it's mostly because people might walk in the flight path

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<v Speaker 4>of a bee or step on a bee. Because bees

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<v Speaker 4>can still sting you even after they die for a

483
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<v Speaker 4>certain amount of time. It's accidental, you know. But if

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<v Speaker 4>you do something to provoke, of course, you know. But

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<v Speaker 4>this is a critical time. So please leave them in

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<v Speaker 4>their environment, feral, give them the opportunity, enjoy them while

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<v Speaker 4>they're there, Take a few photos, videos, share them with

488
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<v Speaker 4>your family and friends, you know, post on social media that, look,

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<v Speaker 4>i was just a.

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<v Speaker 3>Lucky recipient of a beautiful swarm that.

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<v Speaker 4>Landed in my backyard, and I've learned that they're not harmful.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm going to give them a little bit of time

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<v Speaker 4>to rest and figure out where they need to go.

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<v Speaker 4>And you can spread information this way and help people understand.

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<v Speaker 4>Don't be nervous and always call and ask these questions

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<v Speaker 4>and I will be more than happy to walk you

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<v Speaker 4>through it. But by the time there's no reason to

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<v Speaker 4>chase swarms, because by the time we get there, they're gone.

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<v Speaker 4>That's how quickly. And I'm honest with people, and I

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<v Speaker 4>could come out and charge you to relocate them.

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<v Speaker 2>But why they're about to relocate them.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, they're going to go by themselves. They're already out

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<v Speaker 3>the door.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm just going to couch it. In these terms,

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<v Speaker 2>if you see a swarm of bees hanging somewhere on

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<v Speaker 2>your property, call everybody you know, take video and take photos,

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<v Speaker 2>and stay back away from it and let it be there,

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<v Speaker 2>because you're watching a birth take place. You are literally

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<v Speaker 2>watching an amazing birth take place. A new colony of

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<v Speaker 2>bees has temporarily stopped at your house to say, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>guess what, We're about to go do amazing things for

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<v Speaker 2>this town as soon as we find our new place.

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<v Speaker 4>And they felt they felt good enough to stop close

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<v Speaker 4>to you.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, so now we've got we've got just a few

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<v Speaker 2>minutes left. I want to spend the rest of this

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<v Speaker 2>time now talking about what you do, because you're not

518
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<v Speaker 2>a sponsor of the show, but I talk about you

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<v Speaker 2>every single chance I get, every ever call I ever

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00:28:08.880 --> 00:28:13.720
<v Speaker 2>get about bees. If there are situations where bees take

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<v Speaker 2>up residents on our property in places like eves or

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<v Speaker 2>in an attic space, or in a chimney or you

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<v Speaker 2>know you places where they shouldn't be and places where

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<v Speaker 2>we don't want them to be. These are hives where

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<v Speaker 2>structures are being built and a colony is going to

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<v Speaker 2>live when that happens. If we see walk outside and

527
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<v Speaker 2>we notice, oh my gosh, there are bees flying in

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<v Speaker 2>and out of that little hole in the screen in

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<v Speaker 2>my attic, now what do we do?

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, So if you see the bees are flying and

531
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<v Speaker 4>out of your fence, eve of a roof, a hole

532
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<v Speaker 4>in your wall, it could be the area smaller than

533
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<v Speaker 4>the size of a dime that an entire colony can

534
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<v Speaker 4>come into and establish in the soffitt of your roof

535
00:28:55.599 --> 00:28:59.400
<v Speaker 4>wall voids. If that happens, then all a live be

536
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<v Speaker 4>removal company. This is where we come out and do

537
00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:05.880
<v Speaker 4>free inspections. Use some thermal imaging, see where the bees are.

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00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:08.480
<v Speaker 4>And that's where the bees that you see flying on

539
00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:10.559
<v Speaker 4>the outside are just forging bees. It's less than one

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<v Speaker 4>percent of the colony because all the other bees stay

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<v Speaker 4>inside and they all have jobs based on their age.

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<v Speaker 4>So inside the queen is laying eggs, They are tending

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<v Speaker 4>to the to the babies, They are turning pollen and

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00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:25.519
<v Speaker 4>nectar into honey. They got a whole thing going on

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<v Speaker 4>in there. But you if you leave them, they will

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<v Speaker 4>continue to grow and grow and grow in there. So

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<v Speaker 4>you don't want to leave them in structures like that

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<v Speaker 4>one because it can attract other things that are attracted

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<v Speaker 4>to that honey as a food source. You sometimes honey

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00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:43.160
<v Speaker 4>can attract moisture, so it can ferment at times and

551
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<v Speaker 4>cause mold issues, especially when people are killing the bees

552
00:29:46.839 --> 00:29:49.759
<v Speaker 4>and leaving an entire colony to rot. Those are the

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<v Speaker 4>times where you can have a lot of issues with

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<v Speaker 4>honey and mold issues.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, so that's critical. Let me just underscore that real quick.

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<v Speaker 2>Be removed. When you guys come out, you do live

557
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<v Speaker 2>be removal. You don't kill the bees, you rehome them. Yes,

558
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<v Speaker 2>an the entire car, and you remove all of the structure,

559
00:30:09.400 --> 00:30:12.359
<v Speaker 2>all the honey, all of the comb everything. Because if

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<v Speaker 2>you just kill bees, if you call a pest control

561
00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:16.480
<v Speaker 2>company and they come out and they're like, all right,

562
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<v Speaker 2>we're going to kill the bees, you just killed the bees.

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<v Speaker 2>Number one, we've destroyed a colony unnecessarily. Number two, it's

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<v Speaker 2>not going to cost you less than you guys coming

565
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<v Speaker 2>out and now We've got all this stuff that's unregulated

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<v Speaker 2>now by bee activity, unmaintained honey moisture, wax, all of

567
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<v Speaker 2>this stuff melting inside, all of that's there's no bees

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00:30:40.440 --> 00:30:42.519
<v Speaker 2>to feed the baby, there's no there's no bees to

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<v Speaker 2>take care of it all. There's no bees to maintain it,

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<v Speaker 2>and now it causes a structural issue with the house.

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<v Speaker 2>So you want everything removed correct, Everything is removed, properly cleaned. Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>it's treated. We use eco friendly treatments that are chrysanthemum

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<v Speaker 2>based to neutralize the smell of pheromone which is very strong.

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<v Speaker 2>Because we don't want to try bees back to that location.

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<v Speaker 2>We don't want another colony saying hey, hi, hey, this

576
00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:05.480
<v Speaker 2>place smells great.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah you're listing.

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<v Speaker 2>We found.

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<v Speaker 3>Exactly the bls.

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<v Speaker 4>So yes, we want to get it all cleaned out

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<v Speaker 4>and we take care of everything from start to finish

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<v Speaker 4>for you, one stop shop. The bees are saved, relocated.

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<v Speaker 4>We uh take great pride in what we do. This is,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, our life's work. And then we get everything

585
00:31:26.599 --> 00:31:28.079
<v Speaker 4>repaired for you too, so you don't have to call

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00:31:28.119 --> 00:31:30.400
<v Speaker 4>somebody else to come in to repair your roof, your wall.

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00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:34.000
<v Speaker 4>You're stucco you're sighting, you're fencing. All work is guaranteed,

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00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:36.960
<v Speaker 4>so we try to make it as easy as possible

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00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:40.319
<v Speaker 4>and affordable. You know, help the bees, and also when

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00:31:40.359 --> 00:31:44.559
<v Speaker 4>you kill them, you're spreading super toxic pesticide that is airborne,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, to you and your family. So it's another

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<v Speaker 4>thing that.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a whole other thing. I wish we had time

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<v Speaker 2>to talk about the big I know, all right, you

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<v Speaker 2>serve us all of southern California except San Diego, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>So how do people get.

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<v Speaker 4>A hold of You can visit us on our web

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<v Speaker 4>site at bcatcherssocol dot com. So you can also call

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<v Speaker 4>toll free eight sixty six five four four zero zero

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<v Speaker 4>seven four and locally. I can always be sent a text,

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<v Speaker 4>a video. It's super easy, always reachable at eight one

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<v Speaker 4>eight four four eight two one four nine. You call,

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<v Speaker 4>ask questions, you just need some advice, whatever it is.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm always here to help. We're available twenty four hours

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<v Speaker 4>a day. And yeah about it. Social media, Facebook, B Catcher, Zing, TikTok, Instagram.

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<v Speaker 2>You're all over the place. Yeah, be Catchers socol dot com,

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<v Speaker 2>Becatchers soo cal dot com. Nicole, thank you so much

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<v Speaker 2>for being here.

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<v Speaker 4>I really appreciate it. Always such a pleasure to see

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<v Speaker 4>you and them you again.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, all right, y'all, when we return, we're gonna go.

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<v Speaker 2>We talked to birds bees. Now we're kind of talk

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<v Speaker 2>trees with a certified arborist, Bob Loft. We will do

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<v Speaker 2>that right after we get some news. You are listening

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