Cape Pond Ice and City Councilor Scott Memhard are the Bees Knees!
There was plenty of excitement at Cape Pond Ice this morning when a swarm of honey bees was discovered on the brick wall at the Ice House alley. Scott called honey bee remover Marty Jessel. Marty is a wealth of information about honey bees, which he shared generously with the crowd that soon gathered to watch him carefully vacuum the bees with a special bee removing technique (do not try this on your own).
City Councilor Scott Memhard and Marty Jessel, honey bee remover
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Watch in action and listen as Marty describes one aspect of bee communication, the waggle dance.
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Saving One Bee Hive One Bee at a Time ~ Marty Jessel may be reached at m.jessel@comcast.net
Follow this link from the Essex County Beekeepers Association to learn more about honey bee swarms.
Cape Pond Ice is open for tours seven days a week during the summer. For hours visit the Cape Pond Ice website here. While there check out the Ice House Art House. ART@the IceHouse Gallery is thrilled to be exhibiting wonderful original marine and working waterfront paintings by Gloucester artists Peter F. Vincent ASMA (1946-2012),http://peterfvincent.com, and Capt. Phil Cusumano, http://www.philcusumanoart.com, as well as photography by Eoin Vincent.
ART@the IceHouse Gallery on the Fort is open 7-days a week, Monday – Friday 9-4, Saturday 9-3 and Sunday 9-Noon.
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Kim – thanks so much for your quick response & help documenting & sharing this wonderful “Bee Education” moment, and thanks to Marty Jessel of Boxford & the Essex County BeeKeepers’ and their enthusiastic, knowledgeable network. No stings, and we all learned a lot, and a new appreciation for the amazing world of Bees!
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This is the way too recover vital bees! Get the queen and other’s will follow. Honey bee’s are rarely aggressive unless the hive is disturbed most of my bites were wasps, and yellow jackets and stay away from the red ant hills too OUCH! ! This is how the circle continues! 🙂 Dave & Kim 🙂
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