Honey bees

[buckeyefarmer]

There is a good chance just because they are going in right at the corner of the column they aren't neccesarily living in the actual column. They could be in between the rafters on the porch roof structure, much easier tear out than removing the column. An easy way to find out would be to take out that vent right there and have a look. I would suit up though.

2nd sentence.
“I have checked under my soffit and in my attic and no signs of bees there.”

 

[tallyho8]

Bee bricks in Brighton, UK to support habitats for bees in all new buildings

 

[tallyho8]

That vent leads to the crawl space in my attic. I have gone into the crawl space and found no bees.

There is a good chance just because they are going in right at the corner of the column they aren't neccesarily living in the actual column. They could be in between the rafters on the porch roof structure, much easier tear out than removing the column. An easy way to find out would be to take out that vent right there and have a look. I would suit up though.

2nd sentence.
“I have checked under my soffit and in my attic

 

[ponytug]

Bee bricks in Brighton, UK to support habitats for bees in all new buildings

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I think those are "bee bricks", that are closed tubes for leaf cutter and mason bees, i.e. the tubes don't just go into a wall cavity.

» Bee Bricks Best Practice Hub

ccsbestpractice.org.uk

I was taught that it was better to use disposable reed or paper tubes to cut down on parasites, like these;

Raising Mason Bees: Do's and Don'ts - Backyard Beekeeping

Raising mason bees is as simple as buying or making suitable housing and placing it where it will be discovered by the bees that already live in your area. If you don’t buy mason bees, starting is a bit slower, but the results are worth the wait.

backyardbeekeeping.iamcountryside.com

But I am not an expert.

There are family stories of what a disaster it was when bees got into my great aunt's attic space and nobody noticed until honey start dripping down on the ladies during coffee hours. Rumor was many hundreds of pounds of honey, new ceiling, and fun was had by all...

All the best,

Peter

 

[HawkinsHollow]

That vent leads to the crawl space in my attic. I have gone into the crawl space and found no bees.

Gotcha! Sorry missed that one.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

Woooo, the bees are pulling in buckets of pollen! Fed back all of the honey we kept in reserve last fall. Busy for the first week of March

 

[LittleBittyBigJohn]

It looks like you are about 2-3 weeks behind us here in AR. We've got clover blooming already.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

It looks like you are about 2-3 weeks behind us here in AR. We've got clover blooming already.

We are in zone 6, and we are about a week ahead of where we typically are. This has been a warm past 6 weeks

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

Cut 186 frame side bars today! They are all 3/8” wide… that’s a lot of ripping on the table saw

 

[Hoot Owl]

I feel your pain, at least a few weeks ago I did.
I have all of my equipment built for this year. 800 deep frames,1000 honey supper frames and enough boxes, tops and bottoms for 70 more hives. Today I washed out 20 frame feeders and mixed up 10 gal. 1 to 1 sugar water. Going to do my first deep inspections tomorrow after noon. Also drove in 5 T post and top bars for my home yard. I will start rehanging the Woven fence tomorrow morning.