2024 annual budget workshops

Both the Community Council and Ranch Association boards will vote to formally approve next year’s budgets following the annual budget workshops. The Community Council board will vote at its Nov. 2 meeting; the Ranch Association board will vote at its Nov. 6 meeting.

Residents are invited and encouraged to attend the upcoming annual budget workshops:

Ranch Association

• Wednesday, Sept. 20, 3 p.m. via Zoom

• Tuesday, Oct. 10, 6 p.m. at The Homestead

Community Council

• Thursday, Oct. 19, 5:30 p.m. at The Homestead

Although bees are allies when it comes to food production, we don’t always want them close to our homes. Have you discovered a beehive or swarm in DC Ranch common areas or on your property? Is the hive in a place where it could be unsafe and should be removed?

When you discover an unwanted beehive, there are two options for removal—relocation or extermination. Both methods remove the hive from your property but have very different ecological consequences that affect the local ecosystem more than you may realize.

Honeybees pollinate 1/3 of the food we eat, so if we have the option to relocate them, it becomes a net benefit for both at the end of the day.

• Preserve generations of bees Live bee removal preserves the life of a hive so they can pollinate, produce honey, and create new generations of bees to carry on their important work.

• Harmless & safe Live bee removal doesn’t harm the bees. A specially designed vacuum is used to move them.

• Future deterrent Removing the hive eliminates the chances of a new hive developing from new bees attracted to the smell of wax left over from a destroyed hive.

When a beehive is treated with an insecticide, it not only eliminates the hive and all future generations, but bee colonies within two miles of the beehive can be affected. Honeybees are always on the move and continually scouting for new resources.

If you see bees or a hive in a common area, please call 480.513.1500 to have the bees relocated. For help with bee activity on your property, contact a bee removal service company.

Bees and hives in the community