we have'nt lived here long and have just started to sort our tiny garden out,on the shed there is an old homemade wooden birdbox and we had noticed the odd bee hovering round it,anyway hubby went to take it down and we discovered that the bees are making themselves at home in there, the problem is the garden is tiny and the shed is close to our windows,and they do keep coming in, we also have a 5 year old and im worried about her getting stung,also not actually hundred per cent sure what sort of bees they are,they dont look like wasps anyway :? Dont know how im supposed to get rid of them as i dont want them harmed but also dont particulary want them nesting in my garden :?
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Depend on if they are honey bee's or bumble bee's?
I have had a couple of swarms of honey bee's and a local Bee Keeper was only too pleased to come ad get them so maybe ringing one of them for some advice would help? If they are honey bee's they might move them and if bumble bee's could well be able to advice.
They don';t normally sting, which ever they are, unless they are threatened. Not much help but a bee keeper might be able to advise better. Cris x
I have 3 masonry bee nests up on our back wall and we get a quite a few around but they don't sting, one type are really small but the colour is electric blue totally stunning to look at.
Ooops there I go again I've gone all buddhist on meself I keep doing that, it's just the older I get the more I admire nature.
if they are honey bees the chances are they are not living there as they move house in a swarm and you would have a lot there in one bulk but they might be sounding it out ....
talk to a bee keeper and see if they can help. The one I talked to for my swarms was only too happy to come and take them.
Hope you can get some help. Cris x
both my swarms have been much earlier than September..... Cris x
I wonder how many more people have gone off honey since knowing that!
Hope you can get them moved ok if you decide not to keep them till they leave.
such a shame they are so close to the house otherwise you could have kept them.
Like you l would rather they were moved to a new home where they wouldn't scare anyone
Thanks applerose - l am very glad to hear it's not in a sense vomit because l love honey
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Toni xx
Toni xxx
Both honey bees and bumble bees can sting. A honey bee has a barb which will stay in your skin and so the bee dies so they won't sting unless they feel threatened. The bumble bee will also only sting when it feels threatened but it can sting over and over.
You'll find about 50, maybe a few more, bumble bees in a colony but probably 50 thousand or more in a honey bee hive.