Bees nest in my wall

[Happy Jack]

It being such a small gap they've squeezed through they may have scraped their "bees knees".

 

[L' Hobo]

It being such a small gap they've squeezed through they may have scraped their "bees knees".

Now you're just trying to bee funny!

 

[pappajohn]

Is that not what cavity drip trays are for?. I presume that the bees have bee(,n) identified?

Have you seen how drip trays are installed?

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Thats a lot of work for honey you still wouldn't want to eat.

 

[The Coops]

It is a lot of work but may be a workable solution if removal is required, Henry or any of the other vaccums wont be any use

 

[Pausim]

Is that not what cavity drip trays are for?. I presume that the bees have bee(,n) identified?

These bees are below the window cill. Cavity trays are fitted above windows (or other openings) to catch any water in the cavity to make sure it doesn’t cross the cavity by running back across the lintel. I have not come across a cavity tray below a window, though if there is another window lower down the building there should be one there.

 

[The Wino]

I had a bee problem earlier in the year. I contacted a company called SwarmCatcher. They wanted information and a video. I was advised they were tree bees and that they would leave in their own time without damage, which they did. I wasn't charged anything and they were easy to deal with. Not saying you haven't got a bigger problem, however, it is reassuring to get external expert advice.

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We had a swarm in a tree. Googled it and there's a local assosciation of bee keepers who arranged for someone to come and collect them inside an hour free!
Don't need to go to an internet company

 

[Pausim]

We had a swarm in a tree. Googled it and there's a local assosciation of bee keepers who arranged for someone to come and collect them inside an hour free!
Don't need to go to an internet company

Swarms are fairly easy to collect from trees but removing them from a wall will involve building works. They only come out if you remove the queen.

 

[MitchF]

Our nephew had two nests in his loft.
Cost him £3000 to get rid.

 

[Happy Jack]

We had a swarm in a tree. Googled it and there's a local assosciation of bee keepers who arranged for someone to come and collect them inside an hour free!
Don't need to go to an internet company

I had a swarm in a tree in my South African garden when I was in my 20s and had a full head of hair.
Threw a stone at it and suddenly I had a swarm in my head.
Luckily the hair cushioned me from being stung.
My wife used a hose pipe to rinse them out.

 

[Gina M]

I tried to take some photos and a video today and I was surrounded by bees all buzzing around my head, so I ran indoors!!!

 

[dazandandrea]

I used to work for my brother who had his own pest control business.
Bees generally weren't a big issue.
Now the wasps , that's a different matter. Have a look here Gina

Swarms – Derbyshire Beekeepers

www.dbka.org.uk

I see your in Derbyshire .
So this link will be more reinvent to you.
Dont Just block the access up . They WILL find another way in and out.
Keep any nearby windows closed .

 

[Dolmen]

We had a swarm in a tree. Googled it and there's a local assosciation of bee keepers who arranged for someone to come and collect them inside an hour free!
Don't need to go to an internet company

You are joking. No way will they come and remove brickwork and start looking into the air gap or cavities in your external walls and then do the remedial work necessary.

 

[Sedge5]

We had this in May last year. Pest control advised they were bees, not wasps so they couldn’t deal with them. Advised they’d go by Autumn . . . but they didn’t (although very much reduced on the outside). We needed to get the wall repointed (old cottage and they’d gone in through holes in the mortar) so in the end and very reluctantly they had to be treated.
Wall repointed end of October and no trouble since (yet).
We’ll be keeping a more careful eye on tne state of tne mortar in future!

 

[Gina M]

I used to work for my brother who had his own pest control business.
Bees generally weren't a big issue.
Now the wasps , that's a different matter. Have a look here Gina

Swarms – Derbyshire Beekeepers

www.dbka.org.uk

I see your in Derbyshire .
So this link will be more reinvent to you.
Dont Just block the access up . They WILL find another way in and out.
Keep any nearby windows closed .

After reading that, and checking the pictures on there, looks like it's a wasps nest I have not bees.

 

[Gina M]

We had this in May last year. Pest control advised they were bees, not wasps so they couldn’t deal with them. Advised they’d go by Autumn . . . but they didn’t (although very much reduced on the outside). We needed to get the wall repointed (old cottage and they’d gone in through holes in the mortar) so in the end and very reluctantly they had to be treated.
Wall repointed end of October and no trouble since (yet).
We’ll be keeping a more careful eye on tne state of tne mortar in future!

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Mine is nowhere near as bad. I am hoping they will be gone in a few weeks then we will have to repoint the wall and check the mortar around the rest of the house.

 

[suavecarve]

We had a swarm in a tree. Googled it and there's a local assosciation of bee keepers who arranged for someone to come and collect them inside an hour free!
Don't need to go to an internet company

Normal circs, couldn't agree more. I was one of those beekeepers til my back played up so can't keep bees anymore. I had 9 hives.

However these are in a wall. There are humane ways of extracting them, with a conical that allows egress but not entry then the Queen moves on, but the honey(if there is any) remains and entices wasps etc.

If these aren't honey bees then they probably won't be there in a month

 

[Pausim]

After reading that, and checking the pictures on there, looks like it's a wasps nest I have not bees.

Zap them.

 

[suavecarve]

We had this in May last year. Pest control advised they were bees, not wasps so they couldn’t deal with them. Advised they’d go by Autumn . . . but they didn’t (although very much reduced on the outside). We needed to get the wall repointed (old cottage and they’d gone in through holes in the mortar) so in the end and very reluctantly they had to be treated.
Wall repointed end of October and no trouble since (yet).
We’ll be keeping a more careful eye on tne state of tne mortar in future!

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Pay special attention around the hot spell at end of may, that's swarm season starting.

If concerned it could be an idea to buy a carry hive and have some honey handy.
If they come back, and you spot them (or hear them) bung the carry hive as close as you can with only a small entrance with the honey inside it and you might get lucky and catch them if enough workers tell the queen there is a better home

 

[suavecarve]

After reading that, and checking the pictures on there, looks like it's a wasps nest I have not bees.

That's a swarm waiting to be housed, like a resting place.
They won't look anything like that if they are in your cavity.

I ll find some photos of me taking a swarm out of a chimney (chimney destroyed)

Here you go,

https://www.motorhomefun.co.uk/forum/threads/bees.272215/post-5288316

 

[pampam]

Sons got mason bees they come every year ,its a very old house the mortar is crumbly,we tried to deter them(well i did with vinegar and cucumber lol) son wasnt bothered he just lets them stay ,wouldnt kill them, he has a hive too but thats left to do whatever they want(they honey bees)

 

[Coolcats]

You need to at least plug the hole or spray in bee killer powder. If you don't and the nest gets big it could cause damp issues across the cavity.

No don’t kill bees get a bee keeper to help.

 

[dazandandrea]

Wasps either powder from DIY store. Do it early in a morning and make sure you get all entry points . Or get a pro in to do it.

 

[Podney]

You people who are just saying kill them don’t know what you’re talking about. Bees are struggling to survive and the majority are harmless.
From previous experience I suggest you leave them alone to see what they do over the next three months. If curious,contact local beekeepers,they’ll be pleased to advise you.
We lived in our last house for 16 years and every year there would be bees nests and we never killed them.

 

[dazandandrea]

We had a colony bees living in a garden wall . When we were sat out in the summer their flight path was straight between Andrea and me . Was fantastic watching them fly past to their landing pad.
Saw them that one summer then gone .

 

[Pausim]

You people who are just saying kill them don’t know what you’re talking about. Bees are struggling to survive and the majority are harmless.
From previous experience I suggest you leave them alone to see what they do over the next three months. If curious,contact local beekeepers,they’ll be pleased to advise you.
We lived in our last house for 16 years and every year there would be bees nests and we never killed them.

I wouldn’t kill bees but at #44 the OP says she now thinks they are wasps and I would zap wasps that are in the wrong place.

 

[Gina M]

I have had wasps before and they will be gone by the winter, everyone is welcome here. The occasional mouse is given free B&B for the night in a safe trap and released in the morning, but humans beware

 

[KNWH]

I have had wasps before and they will be gone by the winter, everyone is welcome here. The occasional mouse is given free B&B for the night in a safe trap and released in the morning, but humans beware

Just make sure you release rodents at least 2 miles from your house as they can find their way back otherwise!

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[ChrisL]

Just make sure you release rodents at least 2 miles from your house as they can find their way back otherwise!

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Releasing any trapped rodent onto someone else's land without permission is illegal, you can release brown rats and mice onto your own land, but not Black rats which are considered to be an alien species and must be humanely euthanized. In addition releasing a rodent into an unfamiliar area can lead to starvation, disease or predation and once caught in a humane trap you hold a legal duty of care for its well being. By far the best solution if you have a rodent problem is using humane kill traps inside tunnels designed to exclude non target species.

 

[Gina M]

Just make sure you release rodents at least 2 miles from your house as they can find their way back otherwise!

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The joke in my family was that it was the same mouse every night I cured it by finding out how they were getting in the house and stopping it

 

[The Wino]

The joke in my family was that it was the same mouse every night I cured it by finding out how they were getting in the house and stopping it

I have a friend who wondered if it was the same squirrel he was catching and releasing from a distance away .