Bee's Nest - Leave alone or get rid?

[Deleted]

Can anyone advise?

Its in my garden, I guess in the 1" gap between a retaining wall and "decorative" garden wall - ok to leave or do I need to get rid now?

Cheers

[edinburghstokie]

As long as you are sure it is a bees nest, then it should be ok. Depends on if you have kids who might get distressed when stung (or with fear of). If you want to get rid, I think find a local bee keeper and ask if they want it.

[Pretty Little Boother]

Throw stones at it.

[Miniman]

their is only one option....
call the A-team...
by which i mean Al-Qaeda, ask htme to blow it up using a suicide bomber just as a precaution...

I would call an exterminator asap if possible but if not then would recommend the above...

[Deleted]

I'm pretty sure they are bee's - I've seen them go in and out - small bee's.

I do have a 2 year old daughter and a stupid dog that likes chasing bee's/anything that flies!!

Would be pretty hard to take the nest out because of where it is.

Found this on google which sounds very similar

Q There are bees going into the wall of my house, I have young children for whose safety I am concerned, I need to get rid of them but do not want them killed. The bees go into different holes along the South facing wall.

A First it would be illegal to kill these bees, secondly totally unnecessary as they do not sting and are no danger whatsoever nor do they damage your house. They are one of some fifty specie of solitary bee that construct cells within holes in brickwork, locks, hard sunny earth or sandstone banks. They provision the cells with nectar and pollen, lay an egg, seal the cell and depart. They may construct the cells in a tunnel one in front of the next, side by side or whatever. Despite being described as solitary many are gregarious reaching the high fifties or in the right spot the low hundreds. They are only around for a few weeks after which they depart. You say you have children, here is a splendid opportunity both for you and the children, do make the most of it!


WTF!!! North Staffs BeeKeepers association!! www.northstaffsbees.org.uk/

[frasier37]

Squirt expanding foam down the hole yer big baby ;D

[Time4aPINT]

Leave 'em alone for a few months, then smoke them out. Free honey - result!

[stokiematt]

poke it with a stick

[daverichards]

if they are Honey bees them leave them alone, their numbers are on the wane as it is, and the human race will start to die out within 7 years of honey bees being extinct .

[Deleted]

and the human race will start to die out within 7 years of honey bees being extinct

Fuck me!

All I wanted to know was whether or not to leave a nest alone and now Einstein and the future of the human race is at stake

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[bettyswallocks]

You need a few ingrediants for my plan to work.
Get a piece of wood not too big, preferably stolen from neighbours fence.
Little bit of petrol/oil/turps/- stolen from local petrol station
Tea towel- taken from the head of newsagent (oj PC lovers )

Wrap said tea towel around wood, douse in preffered liquid, BURN THE LITTLE FUCKERS.

To make this more enjoyable for the rest of us do it after 12 pints and film it. Let me no when you have uploaded to youtube.
Meggs

[BoothenBooBoo]

Tell them to buzz off, lol

I thought you smoked wasps out not bee's.

I was advised a couple of year ago to leave alone, they did no harm and didnt come back last year.

[craig67]

Didn't a poster last year,regale us with his story of getting rid of a bee's nest?His preferred way was to shag it to death.Just an idea?

[Northy]

leave them alone, they won't hurt you and bees are having a rough time of it at the moment, what with the pollen crunch and all that