There’s lots of support out there for you
Nathan Rausch (me!)
Eastside Natural Bee Removal
(425) 306 5679
www.EastsideBeeRemoval.com
nathan@eastsidebeeremoval.com
Honey bee rescue and non-poison wasp & hornet nest removals in SE Seattle and SE King County. (Renton, Kennydale, Newcastle, Issaquah, Skyway, Tukwila, and portions of Seattle, Kent, SeaTac, Burien, Covington, Maple Valley, Bellevue, & Sammamish)
Dan the Bee Man:
(206) 289-0392
http://www.danthebeeman.com
Dan provides the Seattle metro area with bee removal services
Jerry the Bee Guy:
206-331-1051
www.jerrythebeeguy.com
marvin@jerrythebeeguy.com
Marvin Johnson owns the business, and is based near Green Lake in Seattle, but serves all of the metro area.
Keith Glatzer
206-240-7362
http://wildbeecompany.com/
Locationed in Edmonds, and serves Seattle, Lynnwood, Shoreline, and many other cities of King and Snohomish counties
Seattle area apiary suppliers
Ballard Bee Co
Ballard, WA
206-459-4131
http://www.ballardbeecompany.com
The Beez Neez
Snohomish, WA
360-568-2191
http://www.beezneezapiary.com
Trees ‘N Bees
Auburn, WA
866-627-2857
http://www.treesnbees.com
Bees in the ‘Burbs
Maple Valley, WA
425-432-0546
http://beesinthe-burbs.com/
On-line identification of Wasps & Hornets:
This is by far the best reference I’ve found for identifying the differences between all the different kinds of yellow jackets, wasps, and hornets out there.
Identification Atlas of the Vespidae (Hymenoptera, Aculeata) of the northeastern Nearctic region
http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/ejournal/bmc_05/bmc_05.html
An excellent 90 page book full of color photos illustrating what goes on inside a beehive:
http://extension.psu.edu/start-farming/beekeeping/Field-guide-to-honeybees-and-their-maladies.pdf/at_download/file
Ed H. Clark, “Constructive Beekeeping”, Published 1918. This contains an excellent discussion about moisture in a hive.
https://archive.org/details/cu31924003100306