Whats the best ways to get rid of honey bees?

[Chuck K.]

Seems a group of honey bees have taken up residence behind the siding on gable of my house. Really dont want to have to remove the siding, is there any thing that will drive them out or last resort kill them?

Thanks for any ideas... Chuck.

 

[randy41]

beekeepers love to remove bees (your situation is called a cut out) so they can get the free bees. most will charge you for the cut out.
are you sure they are honey bees and not yellow jackets or something?
i will post your need on a couple of beekeeping message boards.
you can try to find beekeepers who live near you.

 

[gotrocks]

If they are Honey bees; PLEASE DO NOT KILL THEM!
They are having a tough time with survival.

 

[IH3444]

Yes, please let a bee keeper remove them, and relocate them to a new hive. The honey bee population is down about a third, and this is being investigated by the Agriculture Department in Beltsville, Maryland. This is very serious due to the bees polinate many crops. If you don't disturbe them, they will just go about their business until a bee keeper can relocate them.

 

[jinman]

Seems a group of honey bees have taken up residence behind the siding on gable of my house. Really dont want to have to remove the siding, is there any thing that will drive them out or last resort kill them?

Thanks for any ideas... Chuck.

Chuck, I'd give a call to one of these groups:

1. Galveston County Master Gardeners

or

2. Gulf Coast County Extension Office

They should be able to hook you up with a local beekeeper.

 

[meledward23]

Killing them isnt the best answer. Having a bee keeper remove them is a far better option as mentioned above. But here are a few reasons.

1) the Bees have surely built a honeycomb. You need to remove this. The bees have most assuredly gone in between some joists and built a nice little honey factory.

2) If you are noticing 10 or so bees there are probably over 1 Gallon worth of bees in there. I only saw 8-12 bees at a time, the collector gathered over 3 gallons worth of bees.

3) I still get an annual spring visit from Bees looking to make the old home a new home. Even after properly removed, cleaned, caulked, and expanding foam sprayed there is a scent that attracts more bees. You need to have them removed and then properly seal off their home or you will get bee's back. (Edit: they only visit, no new hive)

4) It cost me less to have them removed than killed. And was definetly more interesting.

 

[Tom_H]

We just had a hive of 30,000+ removed from the school where I teach. It is true that hives kept near farms to pollenate fruits are mysteriously disappearing (not being replaced with the Africanized killer bees, just simply dissappearing). You may well be able to get a farmer to pay you for allowing him to send a bee collector to carry your bees to a new home on his farm.

 

[Timber]

The Killer bee really doesn't exist anymore. Cross breeding with the Brazilian bee has bread most of the aggression out. There are still very aggressive bees out there though. Honey bees have suffered from a lot of diseases over the last 20 years and there numbers are very low. Local bee keepers will usually remove them for the hive. Swarms as a rule are very docile and easy to handle. Most farmers keep Bees

 

[randy41]

seems to be a lot of misconceptions about bees. AHB still exists. Most farmers don't keep bees. they are more likely to rent hives for pollination from beekeepers if their crop calls for it.
anyway, i may have found a beekeeper that would do the cutout but now i need to know a way for him to hook up with chuck.

 

[Champy]

Stop feeding them beer!.............whoops my mistake, i misread that as ways to get rid of horney bees...........