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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

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 (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Get in touch with a local bee keeper. I'm sure they will come take the hive away for you

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Get in touch with a local bee keeper. I'm sure they will come take the hive away for you"

Yeah the council pest control won't remove bees just wasps.

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

Capture them and send them to Christine Hamilton

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Thought you were slagging off my hair then

Ah no! Bees are a pest when they move in. Good luck!!

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Bee keepers won't take bumble bees, only honey bees apparently.

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By *wisted999Man
over a year ago

North Bucks

Are they doing any harm to the building?

I would be tempted to leave them alone.

I like Bees they tend not to mess with you unless you really get on their case.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Thought this was going to be another 'should I shave it or not' thread.....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ask misterbee

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Get in touch with a local bee keeper. I'm sure they will come take the hive away for you"

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By *alandNitaCouple
over a year ago

Scunthorpe


"Bee keepers won't take bumble bees, only honey bees apparently."

Although most bees don't make honey, the do pollinate crops so bee keepers can still relocate them.

Cal

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By *isa 59Woman
over a year ago

Newcastle

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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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

Just leave them alone.

They move well before November.

Wasps do the same. I never understand the panic unless they swarm INTO your house.

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By *unandbuckCouple
over a year ago

Sheffield

Bees won't hurt you. Also they are only interested in pollen , unlike wasps who buzz round your barbecue food. I'd just leave them be

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By *atietvsheffTV/TS
over a year ago

Sheffield

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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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Leave them or see if anyone can safely remove them. Should never kill bees, honey or otherwise. They do a great job at pollination

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"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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By *unandbuckCouple
over a year ago

Sheffield


"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)
over a year ago

Or they are into BeeDSM.....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"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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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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)
over a year ago


"Or they are into BeeDSM....."

When they sting it's worse then a belt believe me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Get in touch with a local bee keeper. I'm sure they will come take the hive away for you"

i think some bees are protected species.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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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By *wisted999Man
over a year ago

North Bucks


"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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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Or they are into BeeDSM....."

Brilliant

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By *unandbuckCouple
over a year ago

Sheffield


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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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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"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)
over a year ago


"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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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

derby


"

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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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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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