Bees ....how to persuade them to leave

Stuffing the wall with wire wool or anything else for that matter at the end of the season doesn't work either apparently. I did that last year and apparently they just lay dormant/eggs or sumffing. In the spring/summer they become active again and get all peed off and just find another way out.

I had them appearing in rooms inside the house before they made another entry/exit in the wall. I think Im going to try something a bit stronger as I have small children and the exit point is above our exit point (front door). If only I could find the queen to lure the lot out.

I also have small tennis ball shaped nests in the loft but don't know which type makes those?

 

Just bee firm with them and tell them to leave, don't use a waspish tone of voice as they don't like that.

oi you buzz off

 

Could be a swarm as some have been flying over the last couple of weeks on warm days - if so will be less than 50000 bees in fact could be as few as 5000. Would offer to help, but have just had to give up beekeeping after many years due to severe allergic reactions - no good having a hobby if it kills you...

I would urge anyone not to be brave and to take precautions, whilst swarms are good natured (contrary to fears and directors of cheesy 70s films), as I found out I was allergic by accident and after only a partial sting, and according to the hospital it is common...

 

Actually @matty you could be right - didn't read OP properly he does say he had them last year. Before you correct me

 

Bloody squatters. The next thing is they'll be using your wifi.

 

Actually have you tried turning off your wifi?, no internet connection generally makes my teenagers leave the house. Might work for bees as well. Worth a try.

 

Or
Buy them an Early and they'll spend the rest of their lives in the garage

Ozziedog,,,,,, not really

 

yes I did that last year ..I think they were mortar bees and waited till they went and blocked the hole ...I can hear these when in bed and wife is allergic to bee stings ...last thing I want is to kill them just help them find somewhere more suited .....I`ll go up the loft and have a looky see maybe get a pic of one so it can be identified .........

 

So climbed up the loft and in the furthest corner I found them , didn't want to disturb them but they were coming out the rock wool .. look to be same bees I had last year that were in the wall ... best pic I could get without peeing them off



Anyone ID them ?


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looks like some type of bumble certainly not a honey bee

 

theres over 200 types of bees in the uk and i am not that up on bumbles this site has some good charts for id

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

 

noticed there was a big Illegitimate child black spider that had 3 of them cocooned .... there must be something they don't like I can put up there to make them leave ?

 

you have 3 options
1 let them be and block up the holes in winter
2 find someone willing to try and pick them up and move them to somewhere suitable (Start with beekeepers,local wildlife group,pest controller
3 Kill them or get a pest controller to kill them

 

Play some, Barry Manilow, Adele or One Direction, they'll soon bee gone.

 

up early - before they get out of bed - stood close to their entrance /exit with a vacum if the,re all black they could be carpenter bees which normally dont gather in large crowds

 

Barbuts cuckoo or ??? From reading the link I'll see if we can put up with them if they are only around for a couple of months .then block every thing up when they go

 

Give them some wood and they'd build a new interior for your bus!

 

Carpenter bees aren't a problem. Eventually they will stop eating and die by themselves.

You might have to tolerate a few months of dreadful hippy music first though.