Should I get rid of bees nest?

[CoolHands]

In the eaves of my shed at the bottom of the (quite small) garden a bees nest has decided to take root. There are now dozens of (what look like) tree bees floating around constantly looking for the entrance. It is rather off-putting. My missus wants me to annihilate them. Should I?

[Wiccan of Darkness]

Can you post a pic, the reason I ask is that people call all sorts of buzzing insects 'bees'. If they're wasps then I'd say nuke 'em cos I hate wasps, but they do serve a purpose and I only nuke wasps nests come september when they've outlived their usefulness.

Any other sort of bee, definitely no. Leave them alone. People kill off nests of bees for all sorts of reasons and without them, the entire ecosystem will collapse.

We already have a shortage of bees in this country, don't further add to the collapse of humanity by wiping out another species.

[BigMon]

Based on:

https://www.buglife.org.uk/bugs-and-habitats/tree-...

I don't think I would if you can leave them alone.

Bees are having a tough enough time as it is.

Of course if you use the shed a lot then you might not have a choice. I had a British bumblebee nest in a pile of wood chippings we had and I loved watching them come out and take off (not many bumblebees in a nest though).

[Yipper]

No.

Bees' nests are quite rare and you are lucky to see one. Traffic of bees will be fairly low, they are not aggressive (as long as you don't breathe on their nest or poke a head in), the nests only last a few weeks, and they almost never return to old nests. Bees are endangered, don't make it worse. Enjoy a rare nature event while it lasts.

This is a great read:

https://bumblebeeconservation.org/about-bees/habit...

[BoRED S2upid]

No. Leave them bee.

[RDBx]

Google for your local bee keepers association, they'll probably come over and collect them.

[SAB888]

Definitely no. Leave alone or get an expert to move them without harming them.

[CoolHands]

I might take a bit of video tomorrow then.

[ChrisnChris]

Last time we had one the bee people weren't particularly bothered...............there is a lot of 'worthyness' goes on and people get all ' right on' but....fu ck it.........kill them with fire

[p1esk]

RDBx said:

Google for your local bee keepers association, they'll probably come over and collect them.

From what I've been reading honeybee people might not be interested if they are bumblebees.

I've recently discovered what appears to be a bumblebee nest in an area of garden I really want to clear, but if the bees are likely to vacate the site of their own accord and relocate within a few weeks, I would much prefer to let that happen rather than destroy the nest.

[Chrisgr31]

ChrisnChris said:

.kill them with fire

Do of course you film this action as with them being in the eaves of the shed it could have entertaining consequences

[QuickQuack]

BoRED S2upid said:

No. Leave them bee.

I agree, bee kind to them. Don't go bumbling in and beehive badly towards them...