Honey Bee Removal
Discussion
Hi all. I have an old potting shed-come-bar in my garden that I am intending on repurposing as a bbq shack affair. This will require its disassembly and so on. The problem is, there seems to be numerous honey bees buzzing around at ground level and I suspect a queen may have taken up residence fairly recently.
I suspect the nest is quite small at the moment but I won’t know until I take the thing apart and lift the floor. I’m in a bit of a bind as to what to do about it. They can’t stay but I don’t want them harmed!
Does anyone have experience of humanely removing them? I don’t want to kill them, but a professional outfit looks to be rather expensive. I’d like them to be relocated, ideally.
Bloody typical they move in just as I’m about to tear the structure down!
I suspect the nest is quite small at the moment but I won’t know until I take the thing apart and lift the floor. I’m in a bit of a bind as to what to do about it. They can’t stay but I don’t want them harmed!
Does anyone have experience of humanely removing them? I don’t want to kill them, but a professional outfit looks to be rather expensive. I’d like them to be relocated, ideally.
Bloody typical they move in just as I’m about to tear the structure down!
They’re hanging out in a gang and from what I understand miner bees are solitary. I can’t say I know enough about bees to distinguish them but they look to be about the right size for honey bees.
Looking at pictures of honey and miner bees you’d be hard pressed to tell the difference if you didn’t know!
Looking at pictures of honey and miner bees you’d be hard pressed to tell the difference if you didn’t know!
OutInTheShed said:
If they are bona fide honey bees, then a beekeeper will take them away for free.
https://www.bbka.org.uk/pages/category/swarm-remov...
They may be a bit bonkers, bur they mean well IMHO.
Thanks for the link. Had a little look and you all may be right - though solitary they can nest close together in large numbers. https://www.bbka.org.uk/pages/category/swarm-remov...
They may be a bit bonkers, bur they mean well IMHO.
Apparently they don’t hang around for more than a few weeks so perhaps I’ll leave them be for a bit and come back in May and see how my little guests are doing.
Wiccan of Darkness said:
Simpo Two said:
Miner bees have tin hats and dirty faces and sound like Fred Dibnah.
Alias218 said:
They’re hanging out in a gang
Sounds like a picket line. Is the union demanding shorter flowers and more honey?That’s right, I’m scabbing for the bees. Honey doesn’t make itself, you know
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