Bee's
I go out to cut the grass and I'm surrounded by bee's, I go out to water and I'm surrounded by bee's. I was out to trim around the fence this morning and had to stop because there were so many bee's. I worry about the dogs stepping on them and getting stung or bee's buzzing around their heads and them snapping at them and getting stung in the mouth or throat. I know there is a declining bee population (somewhere) and I don't want to kill them..I just want them further away from my house. Any ideas on how to re-locate these bee's? |
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| Well the good news is I think the domestic the bee population issue is leveling out - not clear if it was a virus or poor bee keeping? I suspect it might be more viral becasue the same phenomenon is going global according to some accounts.
If you are having a bee issue and they interfere with your life (and they are really honey bees) you can locate beekeepers who will relocate them. |
| When we had bees, we had an exterminator come and vacuum them out.
Then they removed the nest. The bees were relocated and not killed. They brought them about 30 miles south of here to a farming community. There are more pictures in my photo album. Here is the nest being removed from the roof over our bathroom.  |
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| Pam - be careful and take great care with the dogs too.
A local OES breeder almost lost one of her girls a couple of weeks ago, The dog was swarmed by bees and you don't want to know what the toxins did to her system. She was pregnant and unfortunately lost the litter, but at least she pulled through and she's starting to get back to normal and will hopefully be able to return to herding lessons next week. Somebody at work was asking me just today if I was having a problem with bees (I've been whining about skeeters all summer) and - knock on wood, not so far. But she told me she could barely leave her house for bees. Wonder why so many this year in this area? 
Kristine |
Pepsi's Mommy wrote: When we had bees, we had an exterminator come and vacuum them out.
Then they removed the nest. The bees were relocated and not killed. They brought them about 30 miles south of here to a farming community. There are more pictures in my photo album. Here is the nest being removed from the roof over our bathroom. Where in the world are his gloves??? |
| As one who has raised bees, eventually you learn how to move around them so they don't sting. Hats and veils are always recommended because you sure don't want one up the nose!
Yes, get the bees out. Call beekeepers (often the Cooperative Extension Service has beekeeper lists). Better yet is an exterminator who is also a beekeeper!! Do not ignore the problem. Bees in a house cause serious problems. The honey and wax attract other far more destructive insects that eat it and also dine on your house. Dismiss anyone who just wants to spray the problem away. As you can see from Elissa's pix......the whole colony including the comb must come out. |
| Yes, VERY important that the entire nest be removed, then they spray to get rid of the pheromones from the Queen. |
| I was very impressed with no gloves.
They spray smoke first into the nest, which kind of sedated them a bit, so they do tend to sting less. The guy said he didn't mind a sting here and there they didn't faze him anymore. He also didn't wear a mask  |
| Last summer Nelson stumbled upon a nest of yellowjackets who lived in the ground at the base of his favorite shade tree. He walked into the yard and suddenly stopped and began flailing around. All I saw was a dark cloud around his head and ran to pull him out of the way. There were bees stuck in everywhere in his coat and we ended up bringing several yellowjackets into the house and we both got stung. They're especially bad because unlike honeybees, yellowjackets can sting multiple times.
Because I didn't know if he may be allergic and he got stung on his face (which can cause respiratory swelling) I called the vet immediately. Luckily he had no adverse reaction to the stings other than being somewhat wary of that part of the yard for awhile. The stings I got were more painful than a honeybee sting and hurt for several days so I can imagine that Nelson was in a lot of pain as well. If he had been allergic it could have easily been very serious. |
| I called "The Bee Guy" and found out a few interesting details. They won't do honeybee removal near fall because its "not worth it".
The most important thing I learned: Did you know that honeybees don't have any yellow on them??? Have you ever tried to get a picture of a bee? With so many bees it should be easy, right? Not so much. I finally did get a pic of bees from both nests and they are NOT honeybees. We have yellowjackets. I have heard that yellowjackets are aggressive but so far they haven't been. I'm outside a lot and unless they are in my face I don't swat at them. I've been feet from the nests and they have just been going about their normal way. The bee guy quoted me $150 to kill the bees. I haven't told DH that because he'll flip and say we'll do it ourselves. Then nothing will be done until either me or the dogs get stung. I'm thinking I'll just call the guy and tell him to do it and then deal with the fallout...DH |
Simon's Mom wrote: I have heard that yellowjackets are aggressive but so far they haven't been. I'm outside a lot and unless they are in my face I don't swat at them. I've been feet from the nests and they have just been going about their normal way.
The bee guy quoted me $150 to kill the bees. I haven't told DH that because he'll flip and say we'll do it ourselves. Then nothing will be done until either me or the dogs get stung. I'm thinking I'll just call the guy and tell him to do it and then deal with the fallout...DH Ours WERE aggressive! We didn't even know they were there until they attacked Nelson. He always hangs out around that same tree and they'd obviously been there awhile judging from the number of them in the nest. I was pi$$ed and grabbed a can of wasp and hornet spray from the garage and doused them with it. It worked for us and they haven't come back.  |
| Interesting you should all be talking about bees today! Last week, I heard a sound in the bedroom ceiling ...one of those slanted attic bedrooms. It sounded like CHEWING! WHen I slapped the ceiling, I heard buzzing. They quickly chewed thru the ceiling board and were soon flying all over the upstairs! I only got stung once, so they didn't seem overly aggressive.
Terminex came out yesterday and sprayed into the hole in the ceiling and said yellow jackets eat wall board...bees don't. These are yellow jackets. There are now about 400 dead yellow jacket bodies on the floor, plus pieces of the hive, plus some pulpy things that look like larvae ..maybe unborn yellow jackets? I haven't looked that closely, since right now they are MAD! They will continue dying for 4 days and I am to leave the windows open, so that the ones who can still fly will go out. Then Terminex comes back for Part 2 of whatever they do, which I assume is cleaning out the remains. The hive was the size of a basketball. They never seemed to bother me or the dogs; they were content to eat my house! Anyway, the Terminex lady said it's been the worst year for bees and yellow jackets than they can remember. Cost was $250!!!!!! Beth |
| I didn't think to ask if they might not be bees. Sorry, yellowjackets are no fun at all. Call the exterminator. I like that two stage appraoch, keeps te dermistid beetles from moving in and eating te yellowjacket bodies and hive....and your house. |
Simon's Mom wrote: The most important thing I learned: Did you know that honeybees don't have any yellow on them???
Have you ever tried to get a picture of a bee? With so many bees it should be easy, right? Not so much. I finally did get a pic of bees from both nests and they are NOT honeybees. We have yellowjackets. You know, I don't have any idea if three might be regional differences in bees, but honey bees most definitely have yellow on them. Do a google image search for honey bee pictures, or look on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_bee We went to a honey farm last summer and watched them, they were yellow! |
| My m-i-l has had hives for decades.
Our first Sheepie loved to carry bees around in her mouth - . I guess they didn't bite her as we never saw any swelling or heard yelping - we just heard the buzzing coming from her mouth. |
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