That tree can be as low as a $300 removal. If there are no utility or phone lines, and is a small as it looks in the pic, a tree like that can be on the ground a dissected for loading in 20 minutes - loaded and done in an hour. The $300 value resides with the travel time and misc. Doubt it would be more than $500 unless you are far away. Looks pretty bleak - although the worst damage seems to be on the underside of the lean. It's worse if the tree is leaning away from the damage in may cases.

Bless you- I can't help with an answer, just wanted to commiserate as one plant nurturer to another :) I hope someone can help you help her.

Dear Friends: I have a nuc box that I cannot get the queen out of. I am a novice beekeeper (5 years) and I bought two new nucs this spring. I placed the frames in my hive body's and the next day, the one nuc still had the queen in it. She must have been on the inside wall f the nuc box. I banged the nuc box on top of the hive bodies and left it there for them all to go into the hive body. It then rained for 3 weeks straight so I couldn't check on them. When I finally did, they were all still in the nuc box, with 3 or 4 combs built. Then I tried to place an escape board under the nuc box, and the next day I removed the nuc box from the top of the hive body's. She is still in the nuc box with 4 - 5,000 bees. I can't tell where she is in the box, and do not want to break out combs for fear of injuring her. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Patâ¦

The bees are indeed chewing their way out but, no, they are not out for vengence. Lucky for you, as it is the lack of knowledge such as you demonstrate that has led to most bad bee encounters. Get in touch with your local county extension agent and he/she will give you a list of beeks (short for beekeeper) in your area. Most will not do a cut out (the term for removing the bees and hive) but some will. Also this late in the year it would be best for the bees to leave them alone until spring. Go ahead and find you a good beek though as he/she can best advise you on how to co exist with your apian (latin for bee) neighbors. Or, if you must, contact a local NWCO (nuisance wildlife control operator) or PCO (pest control operator) that is licensed to deal with honeybees in your state to do away with them. BTW I am both a beek and an NWCO. I also have a box of bees less than ten steps from my back door and I have a toddler. They are not the danger you imagine.