Posted on 06/18/2009 10:38:34 AM PDT by DCBryan1
Freepers:
As usual, I try to find "experts" on certain issues here before I go searching for the "googled" or "wiki" answers.
I have a large hive of honey bees (non-african) in my wall of my house. I have tolerated them for a wile (they have been there for four-five years), but this year they are much, much more numerous and I fear that the mold/mildew inside of my siding will be detrimental in the long run.
I want to safely remove them without destroying the hive and transplant them to a bee box.
Beekeeping has been one of my "learn how to do" hobbies and I think this is a great opportunity.
Do any of you have any experience, techniques, or known methods to safely remove a hive from within an exterior wall, and then transplant them to a bee-box?
Thanks for your input!
DC, if you find out, let me know. We had bees living in the walls of our 200 year old farmhouse for years. When we got out house sided two years ago, the siding guys removed them (it was in December). We figured we had the problem licked. Well, last year they tried to get in. Mr sneakers filled in holes around windows, etc. He thwarted their efforts. This year, they succeeded in getting in. Same place as where the nest was two years ago! It’s too high up to get to. I’m glad to have bees around - but not in our house!!!
That’s what we’ve done before........great advice
Great googly moogly man! Call a beekeeper, he can remove the bees, however, you probably have 20-30 gallons of honey and honey comb in your walls. Do NOT use any bugkiller/pesticide or you will ruin it for consumption.....and yes, it all has to come out or you'll have significant home issues.
Wanted to add be sure they also do clean up and not just removal. You can get some real nasties if any of the wax is allowed to remain. It rots and attracts other insects.
I see you say the bees are not african which means a no kill removal is possible.
............and set his house on fire too?.........LOL
BTW....yard is posted No Tresspassing. I also have "Tresspassers will be shot, survivors shot again posted".
Just post a sign reading, "Tresspassers will swell up like a balloon, go into anaphylactic shock, and their airway will close off"
What are some of those issues? Neighbor said, mildew and mold. Do the bees actually destroy insulation, wiring, wood studs, etc?
Bee healthy, eat your Honey.
Hey babe...you getting this?
After a while it just becomes one big buzzing noise.
Back in my day, we had images of bees on our nickles. “Give me five bees for a quarter,” we’d say! Of course, that was before the Great War, where there was a red-potato shortage. We used to wear white potatoes on our belts to show support for the war.
Two words:
Gasoline
Matches”
More words:
Fire Department
Arson
Insurance Company not happy.
House gone.
GET A BEEKKEEPER!!!!!
It's the only way to be sure.
Late to the thread that I have not even read - I assume you asked Obama to bail out your bees?
didnt you know this is an insect forum?
Insect/Pest Control PING!!!!!!!
GET A BBBEEEEEKKKKEEEEPPPEEEEERRRR!!!!!
I don’t think the old queen is very pleased however.”
Old Queens are rarely happy.......
Now now...he has assured me that I had no sense of humor and that that was a joke.....still trying to find the humor in it, but appreciated all the replies, esp. “ya’lls” ;)
If you wish to keep the bees they remove, you may need a special permit, depending on the zoning where you live.
Best you check into this.
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