Bees/Wasps how to get rid! (merged threads)

culpepper · 10 September 2005 at 7:22PM

We had one in the shed which I covered with a bread bag and drawing pinned the bag all round. We've also used raid on other occassions with good results.This year we have one in the kitchen roof which OH sprayed with raid,whilst dressed in his motor cycle helmet,leathers ,boots and gloves.He couldnt see the entrance at all but there do seem to be far less of them so I think they are dying off.

leehal · 27 June 2007 at 11:36AM

I had the council out today and they sprayed poison into a nest that is inside the vent to my utility room.

He said to wait 10 days, check for activity and then scrape out the dead nest.

Anyone ever done this, do not like the sound of it !

parahandy · 7 June 2008 at 10:53AM

Bumping an old thread...

Was in the garden today and after cutting the grass, put the cuttings into our compost bin - which admittedly we don't empty - and heard a horrible buzzing noise when I removed the lid. It went away after a few secs, then when I dumped the cuttings on it came back again.

Don't know whether it's bees or wasps, but the neighbour said as it's away from the house it shouldn't be a problem, but I don't want my 5 yr old daughter investigating...

Allan

hearts · 22 July 2008 at 4:46PM

I have a Bees nest in the attic I was just going to leave them but seemingly if you do this they make loads of honey ans ALWAYS return. Sadly I went out today and bought the Ant powder to put up. My problem is its up in the eaves so I have to puff it up the way. Hope it works ;-)
I have also bought Wasp nest destroyer foam but don't know if this will work with Bees. By the way they are Honey Bees not Bumbles.

Millie's_Mum · 22 July 2008 at 4:54PM

I thought there was some law/bylaw which said you couldn't kill honey bees?

I remember someone I used to work with having an infestation of honey bees and he contacted a local beekeeper who came and removed them.

As i say I don't really know much about it just some vague recollection about honey bees being protected in some way

EDIT - I'm in Leeds and just looked up the Leeds beekeepers Association who say that they will come and collect honey bees from your property if you cover the cost of their fuel, is there a beekeepers association in your area?

margaretclare · 22 July 2008 at 5:07PM

Honey bees are getting scarce. Without honey bees to pollinate all our crops, the human race wouldn't survive.

They have swarmed - i.e. a new queen has set up a new group and has taken her followers with her. Please don't attempt to kill them!

Phone the local beekeeping society - see Yellow Pages.

Why does the reaction always have to be: kill it, kill it! Whatever it is.

Snowstorm_2 · 25 August 2008 at 10:10AM

Local beekeepers will come and collect bee colonies where it is possible (ie not in cavity walls were there is no access), but please make sure it is bees before you call, as its quite frustrating to be told its bees and get to someones home to find wasps.

If you think you may have bats in your house you will need to be careful as to what powders are applied. Some insecticides are fine, others are highly toxic to bats. If you think you may have bats, it would be best to contact The Bat Conservation Trust, www.bats.org.uk or 0845 1300 228 for free advice or your local office of Natural England, CCW or SNH.

Bats can live for up to 30 years, only have one young a year, have suffered serious decline over the last 100 years and are a vital part of a healthy ecosystem. The most common bat, a pipistrelle can eat 3000 midges in a night, over a year thats a lot of biting insects removed from your garden !

Debt_Free_Chick · 25 August 2008 at 10:32AM

hearts wrote: »

I have a Bees nest in the attic I was just going to leave them but seemingly if you do this they make loads of honey ans ALWAYS return. Sadly I went out today and bought the Ant powder to put up. My problem is its up in the eaves so I have to puff it up the way. Hope it works ;-)
I have also bought Wasp nest destroyer foam but don't know if this will work with Bees. By the way they are Honey Bees not Bumbles.

Even if you kill them, you've still got a nest full of honey and decomposing dead bees. You will now run the risk of wasps getting in to rob the honey and/or wax moths - either of which are likely to damage the nest and result in honey leaking out.

There was no need to kill the bees, particularly as killing them has not ridded you of the problem you feared (honey leaking from the nest). You should simply have called out a local beekeeper to remove the nest, honey & bees.

You'll need to remove the nest now.

belfastgirl23 · 25 August 2008 at 11:01AM

If you haven't done it yet, please don't do it!! You'd be contributing to an ongoing environmental disaster...

M0neysav3r · 1 June 2009 at 12:56PM

Hi

Yesterday we noticed we had 11 wasps in the lounge but had had the door open all day so thought that they may have flown in.....
Today i'm sitting eating my lunch and a wasp appears infront of me, the only place it could have come from is the chimney as it didn't fly past me. Up I got to have a look and there was another wasp trapped insdie our wood burning stove (hasn't been open for some time) this morning i'd already cleared 8 dead wasps away.
SO we obviosly have a wasp problem up the chimney, how do we deal with this cost effectively, we're not ones for calling in the experts without having a go ourselves, any ideas?

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