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September/October 2022
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THE DAVEY BULLETIN
Emily Bondor from the Santa Cruz Bee
Company assisted our team with the
relocation of the hive.
Inset: Here you can see
the nest before the bees
were relocated.
WHITE OAK LIMB PRESERVED BY ARBORGUARD ATLANTA
Arborguard Atlanta office's John Powell, sales arborist,
worked with his client to come up with a plan to stabilize
a large, low-hanging limb of a 64-inch diameter at breast
height (DBH) white oak on her property. The Kennesaw,
Georgia property has been in the client's family since the
late 1800s.
To brace the large limb, Powell said he and Jerrard Burris,
trimmer, Devon Lucabaugh, foreman, and Aijah Nolden,
trimmer, used a cable and posts. To secure the limb, a
five-sixteenths inch steel braided wire was inserted straight
through the tree with a nut acting as a stopper on one side.
SANTA CRUZ OFFICE HELPS HONEYBEE HIVE
Davey's Santa Cruz Residential/
Commercial office removed a large
maple tree with an active honeybee
hive. The office enlisted the help of
the Santa Cruz Bee Company to aid in
the safe relocation of the bees. One
of the tree's leaders was the entrance
to the hive. Before the removal, the
entrance to the hive was sealed. While
removing the tree, it was difficult to
determine the extent of the cavity, said
T.J. Nelson, sales arborist.
"We cut from the top until we started
to see a few bees emerge and then
sealed that end," Nelson said. "We then
roped and cut the piece back at the
main union and gently lowered it to the
ground. With the piece on the ground,
we were able to carefully cut it smaller
and seal all the ends up for transport."
The bees were taken to the Santa Cruz
Bee Company's apiary.
At the top of the main 6-by-6-inch post, a birdsmouth cut
padded with rubber matting allows the limb to bounce and
move without rubbing the bark off, avoiding cambium
exposure. The main post takes the brunt of the limb's
weight. The team dug a six-inch deep hole in the ground for
the footing, measuring 2-by-2-feet. They made a wooden
box frame, then concreted the post into the ground. There
are three additional support posts.
"Working with my client and team to help preserve this
white oak dating back to the Civil War era was an incredible
opportunity," Powell said.
Inset: The main post
is secured with a
concrete footing.
Four posts give
support to the limb of
the large white oak.
Inset: A limb on the lower
left of the oak was lost in
a storm. The low-hanging
limb on the right is
pictured prior to the post
support work done by the
Arborguard Atlanta office.
