Bees! (Nesting in the roof)

TimBrad said:
their daughter is coming round and standing out the front whining about it
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I'd happily pop down and tell her to STFU to her face :)

Honestly what a mindbogglingly stupid biatch, wildlife is plummeting in this country and all she can do is whine about a few bees borrowing a nesting site :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
I can count the number of honey bees I've seen this year on one hand! Never even seen bumble bee.

Ask her if she actually intends to breed, tell her a concerned human was enquiring :(
 
bitslice said:
I'd happily pop down and tell her to STFU to her face :)

Honestly what a mindbogglingly stupid biatch, wildlife is plummeting in this country and all she can do is whine about a few bees borrowing a nesting site :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
I can count the number of honey bees I've seen this year on one hand! Never even seen bumble bee.

Ask her if she actually intends to breed, tell her a concerned human was enquiring :(
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She has 4 kids, and can't handle one of them!

I would understand the validity of complaining if it was on their house, but its on ours, in the middle of ours, nothing to do with the ajoining semi.
 
When I lived with my parents we had bees in the roof. I was getting wireless broadband installed (Our village had a leased line and a large roof mounted antenna to share this around) and the man got up to the roof, found all the bees and promptly came back down telling me it was far too dangerous to do that kind of work with those about.
Called the council who said "Sorry, bees aren't considered a pest".
Spoke to a "pest removal" service who told me I should contact the bee keeping association who would be able to find someone local to sort the problem.

Issue was - I wanted my broadband and this was taking too long.

So found another pest controller who came along, did some stuff, used some powder, filled in some holes - all bees gone, all problems solved.
 
I think the advice on Bumblebees specifically is that they won't really do anything with moving them because moving that species tends to result in the colony dying, unlike honey bees and other types.
As they aren't pests like wasps, they can't be just destroyed, at least by a professional.

I'd just leave them though, they aren't wasps.
 
we have some currently nesting in our shed. luckily we don't use it much(at all in fact. it's basically abandoned lol) it was a bit iffy at first because i thought they would be all over us if we sat in the garden but surprisingly not.
i don't think there is anyway to legally get rid of them, but they don't generally stay for long so can't you just leave them be? bee's are having a hard time at the moment so if they're not bothering you i don't see the harm in them being there.

i'd just politely tell your neighbor where to go :)
 
Yep, thats the plan really, as long as they're not causing harm/damage, I see no reason to get rid, the beekeeper we spoke to even said "They're rare nowadays, they're docile & none aggressive, enjoy them" and thats fine, they have been harmless over 5 days, I might even start naming them! :D
 
Leave them where they are, as you said, they'll be gone of their own accord in a few weeks.

Bumblebees are amazing creatures, some of my favourites along with MOTHS! I know we have loads of MOTH fans on here! :D ;)
 
Hi,

Had exactly the same problem at the start of the summer. Buff tailed bumbles moved into my wall cavity. Spoke to the local bee keepers and they will not move them as they are protected and rare. They do not make large nests with only hundreds of members. They caused no problems and they have now moved on after 6 weeks.

My advice would be to just leave them. They wont be around for long.
 
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