Community Chat

[viva923]

we had a bee problem many years ago. It was in the 70's.  The nest was in between my apartment wall and next door apartment. The only way to get to the nest was the apartment owners  hire a exterminator to do whatever to get to the nest. The only thing the exterminator could do was spray  bug killer spray in between the wall. The nest went from the front of the apartment to back door of the apartment which was about 30 feet, maybe more. It was the whole living room and kitchen connecting rooms.

The bees made it into both apartment units, not a few either, but hundreds. That made me very fearful of any type of bees and wasps

[Carmie]

Every couple of years we have a bee swarm in my neighborhood.  There are so many that it looks like wall you can't see through.

A bee keeper comes and puts out a couple of boxes close to where they are.  Just before nightfall, the bees go into the box and the bee keeper takes them away.  There is no cost as the bee keepers are happy to have them.

[Q4u]

We had a nest in our front room wall in back of our fireplace chimney with an entrance and exit out the outer wall (when we lived in San Diego).

We sought out professionals.  Apparently the bees had been there for years and the hive was large.  They captured the Queen and were very adept at capturing most of the hive (no one heard them buzzing in the wall).  I don't know where they were taken, but it was fascinating to watch, and a litle nerve wracking because they were getting into the house.  These guys also plugged up the entrance/exit into our wall and killed what remained in the house. They saved the hive, the Queen and took them somewhere else to live out their bee lives....

BTW, they were NOT happy.... and there seemed to be millions of them (although I did not stop to count them)....   

But I'd recommend a professional, absolutely!

[Noel7]

SF is very active in trying to restore bees to the area.  As most know, they've been disappearing in this country.

The City has established bee colonies on the top of several high buildings downtown.  Not long ago, hundreds came down and swarmed an empty parked truck.  No one knows why, there were photos on the news.  After awhile, they all left the truck and went back to their home on the roof.  No one got stung.

[Carmie]

@Q4u   That sounds scary.  I am glad that never happened to us.  We had squirrels in our walls and that was bad enough.

 We had a huge wasp nest in a trash can we keep at our summer camp for firewood kindling.  My husband opened the lid and closed it quickly one day.  It was over three feet wide and just as long.

Someone from Penn State University came to get it.  They were amazed at the size and wanted it for some study.

We still get them in a tree over our camper.  We spray them and they all leave.  We remove the hive, but they just build another one the next day. I do not like wasps. They are mean and nasty and kill the honey  bees.

[Q4u]

I forgot to mention that the bees (and wasps) produce some kind of pheromone that allow them to recognize their scent and come back to the same spot to hive again. The guys who came out also sprayed something that eliminated the pheromone and the bees never did come back....  that's the part that's important, that they not come back.  Wasps are particularly nasty....   

[bonnielu]

I  know that bees are disappearing but  in my case I am highly alergic and end up in a sad state if stung so I go after any of them I see with sprays. It is them or me... I figure I deserve to win. 

[x Hedge]

I know 2 people who are highly allergic to stings, with EPI pens on their persons at all times. They NEVER 'go after' bees or other stinging insects.
You are highly allergic, so when you see bees you persue them? That makes absolutely no sense!

[Noel7]

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@bonnielu wrote:

I  know that bees are disappearing but  in my case I am highly alergic and end up in a sad state if stung so I go after any of them I see with sprays. It is them or me... I figure I deserve to win. 

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My daughter is, also, @bonnielu

They leave her alone if she doesn't bat at them or challenge them.  She was only stung once, as a kid, and we had to rush her to the ER.

[Kachina624]

Find a beekeeper and get rid of them have humanely and safely without damaging your house.  I hope you don't live in the South where the bees could be Africianized.