If you were a honeybee looking for a good home, a hollow tree
would be an ideal location. A bee colony needs to be protected
from the cold weather in Colorado during the winter months, and
a tree offers that protection. Let's talk about the birds and
bees! Birds like to live in trees for the same reason.
Woodpeckers will drill holes in the tree trunk looking for
insects to eat. Some trees like Cottonwoods and Willows are
hollow, so a woodpecker can make it possible for the honeybees
to enter a tree and live in the hollow area. In the spring, a
scout bee will locate a suitable tree with plenty of room inside
and tell the swarm of bees by doing a bee dance. A short time
later the rest of the swarm moves into the tree. Once the bees
move into the tree, there is no easy way to get them out besides
cutting the tree down. Schultz Honey & Wax has spent a great
deal of time trying to save the honeybees in trees. We work with
tree services to remove the portion of the tree where the bees
are living and transport that