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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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There appears to be a bees nest in the eaves of my garage. There's always a dozen bees doing loops around it.
Not sure if they are bumble or honey bees, they are quite large so I assume bumble.
Whats the best course of action? Tried charging them rent but invoices have not been paid  |
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By *isa 59Woman
over a year ago
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I've researched this recently as bees have just moved in above my bedroom window!
They do sound like bumbles and bee keepers will only remove honey bees.
You can pay a pest control company to kill them but if you leave them alone they will move on in 2-3 months. Once they have gone you need to block up the hole that they are using to get in and out from.
The bees looping around atm are male bees waiting for the new queens to leave the nest. |
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Councils won't move them, bee keepers only want a hive full of honey bees, I had one a couple of years back and at the end of the season they died and didn't return the following season so presujibgbthe queen either left or died, had none back since so wouldn't worry. |
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"Leave them or see if anyone can safely remove them. Should never kill bees, honey or otherwise. They do a great job at pollination "
But they have a nasty sting in their tail  |
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"Leave them or see if anyone can safely remove them. Should never kill bees, honey or otherwise. They do a great job at pollination
But they have a nasty sting in their tail "
A bee won't sting you unless you are trying to harm it or the hive. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Leave them or see if anyone can safely remove them. Should never kill bees, honey or otherwise. They do a great job at pollination
But they have a nasty sting in their tail
A bee won't sting you unless you are trying to harm it or the hive."
I've been stung as a kid when one flew up my trouser leg and got stuck....and in the thumb when walking through long grass...and yes they were bees as they were still attached.
I never tried to hurt either |
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got a bumble bee trapped briefly in my underpants once, was using a festival portaloo and when i pulled my pants up i could feel something going mental and tickling me. god knows how i didn't notice it get in there. poor bastard thing though, i was essentially teabagging it, pants came back down pretty sharpish but i was mightily impressed at the patience and grace the poor creature had not to sting me. much respect to how chill bees are  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Had some in our eaves last year got onto British bee keepers society and they said bees only ever stay for one season in a place before moving so If you can put up with them leave them as they do a good job in our gardens. They were not causing a problem so we left them alone and they went and that was that. |
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"got a bumble bee trapped briefly in my underpants once, was using a festival portaloo and when i pulled my pants up i could feel something going mental and tickling me. god knows how i didn't notice it get in there. poor bastard thing though, i was essentially teabagging it, pants came back down pretty sharpish but i was mightily impressed at the patience and grace the poor creature had not to sting me. much respect to how chill bees are "
That's both a disturbing image and beautiful story rolled into one. |
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A bee won't sting you unless you are trying to harm it or the hive.
I've been stung as a kid when one flew up my trouser leg and got stuck....and in the thumb when walking through long grass...and yes they were bees as they were still attached.
I never tried to hurt either "
I suppose in those casea the bee felt attacked even though it was an accident. Point is they aren't like wasps coming round your food that will sting more easily. |
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"got a bumble bee trapped briefly in my underpants once, was using a festival portaloo and when i pulled my pants up i could feel something going mental and tickling me. god knows how i didn't notice it get in there. poor bastard thing though, i was essentially teabagging it, pants came back down pretty sharpish but i was mightily impressed at the patience and grace the poor creature had not to sting me. much respect to how chill bees are
That's both a disturbing image and beautiful story rolled into one. "
it wasn't happy! it was buzzing about the portaloo looking very hacked off till i got my pants back up and the door open and off it went, probably to find the sweetest smelling flower in it's range bless it but yeah, i'm very grateful to that particular bee for it's restraint that day  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"got a bumble bee trapped briefly in my underpants once, was using a festival portaloo and when i pulled my pants up i could feel something going mental and tickling me. god knows how i didn't notice it get in there. poor bastard thing though, i was essentially teabagging it, pants came back down pretty sharpish but i was mightily impressed at the patience and grace the poor creature had not to sting me. much respect to how chill bees are
That's both a disturbing image and beautiful story rolled into one.
it wasn't happy! it was buzzing about the portaloo looking very hacked off till i got my pants back up and the door open and off it went, probably to find the sweetest smelling flower in it's range bless it but yeah, i'm very grateful to that particular bee for it's restraint that day "
I bet you are.....that bee could have grown your set |
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A bee won't sting you unless you are trying to harm it or the hive.
I've been stung as a kid when one flew up my trouser leg and got stuck....and in the thumb when walking through long grass...and yes they were bees as they were still attached.
I never tried to hurt either
I suppose in those casea the bee felt attacked even though it was an accident. Point is they aren't like wasps coming round your food that will sting more easily."
Not sure if its all bee,s but some when they sting you they pay the ultimate price for it as they disembowel themselves when their sting comes out that never happens to a wasp. |
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Leave them alone, they will settle down soon and by late August will have vacated the nest.
If they are getting indoors seal the hole around the nest but leave the nest where it is.
Bees never rehabit a dead nest so it's a safety net for next year. |
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