Loads of bees!!!! Arghhhhhhh

Wkdwill

KimYeovil wrote: »

If you are scared of insects why did you move to a home with a garden? You could move to a city centre flat (although cockroaches and silverfish..) Let your partner and child enjoy their garden.

It is incredible the number of people who want to destroy things. Church bells, pubs, farms, trees - if you don't like churches, don't buy a house near one; if you don't like pubs or music, don't buy a flat above one; if you don't like the smell of manure, don't live by a farm; if you don't like electric lighting, don't buy a house near trees.

If you don't like insects, then you can't enjoy gardens. Don't destroy a garden just because you are unable to address your phobia.

So because I have a phobia of insects im not allowed a garden? I dont see why, so does that mean I should stay indoors at all times, insects dont just stop at the garden wall and say oh no we cant go past there, they are everywhere.

Yes I do have a phobia of insects, it doesn't mean I cant enjoy my garden, 1 or 2 bugs flying about near me I can deal with although I dont like it when they get close, my issue was with loads and loads of bees not 1 or 2.

And how exactly does my phobia of insects compare to people who dont like church bells, pubs, farms and trees?

And can you explain to me how im destroying my garden?

Sounds to me like you have a bee in your bonnet, no pun intended.

Davesnave

Wkdwill wrote: »

Sounds to me like you have a bee in your bonnet, no pun intended.

Love it!:rotfl:

( I'm still trying to work out what trees have to do with electric lighting.)

However, everyone's entitled to their opinion.

rhiwfield

I think KY is making a fairish point rather harshly.

Trouble is when there is any conflict between people and wildlife, then wildlife usually loses. It seems worse in this case when the wildlife in question is beneficial and is not the threat that the OP imagines. Hence the several calls to address the phobia which seems to be the real problem.

A lot of posters on here actively try to encourage bees as both honey bees and bumblebees are in serious decline. Personally I rely on bees to pollinate my gooseberries, raspberries, apples, beans etc so if my next door neighbour wanted me to destroy (or even move) a nest on my land I'd tell them to get lost (nicely)

Not that I'm perfect, if I could get rid of the wasps nest that's in my veg bed I would do. But as I'm increasingly allergic to insect bites/stings I'll not try to kill them (and provoke a painful reaction!) but live and let live while trying to avoid being stung. That is until they start becoming aggressive in late summer when I will put up jamjar traps.

As the OP cant avoid things that buzz, flutter, wriggle and crawl, it seems best that the phobia is addressed, especially if she wants to live a normal life with her OH and daughter

mardatha

rhiwfield - how on earth do you pronounce that ?
I dont have a phobia with cows but I bl**dy well walk miles to avoid them. We had an encounter with a mad one once a lot of years ago. Horrible.
DO jamjar traps work for wasps ?

rhiwfield

mardatha wrote: »

rhiwfield - how on earth do you pronounce that ?
I dont have a phobia with cows but I bl**dy well walk miles to avoid them. We had an encounter with a mad one once a lot of years ago. Horrible.
DO jamjar traps work for wasps ?

ROOFEELED:rotfl:

I can remember them as a child (a long long time ago) with a jamjar with the lid pierced downwards so that the wasps could get in but not out, when they tired they fell in the water in the jar. I'll use a few to attract them away from the living areas but there are an awful lot of wasps in a nest by late summer and this one is smack in the middle of the garden. They make commercial ones so I guess they should have some effect.

I'm with you on the cows, though it's bullocks in my case.

mardatha

I will do the traps this summer then, cos wasps always gather in next door's shed, and our new veg patch is right beside that.

patchwork_cat

If your phobias are affecting your life contact the phobics soceity http://www.anxietyuk.org.uk/ seriously don't kill bees we are going to be in deep trouble if they are made extinct which is a very real threat. http://www.derbyshire-bka.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Advice_on_Bees_Nests for help. Be scared very scared that if bees become extinct according to Albert Einstein humans would only live for 4 years - think on that.

shelovestobuystuff

ixwood wrote: »

Lucky you! Bees won't harm you for no reason. We need them to pollinate our food and flowers. They're lovely little creatures.

Have a look at this thread:-

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1628569

Yes we need them but hives in residential areas are dangerous!
Honey bees are not aggressive but there lots of types of bee and some are aggressive.
I have heard too that bees dont harm you for no reason but when I was a child of about 6 I was playing quietly on my own in the garden when I noticed a few bees buzzing around me,just 2 or 3.I called my mum as I was scared and thats what she said,"dont worry,bees dont harm you unless you harm them,just stand still and dont make a sound".I followed her instructions immediately.Well more came,buzzed around me for a few minutes and then attacked me stinging me allover my eyelids,face,in my ears.My mum got the shock of her life and ran into the garden with a coat to throw over me to protect me from the bees,grabbed me and ran indoors with me.Perhaps a swarm or colony behaves differently from an individual bee but they definately can attack for no reason.
If I were the OP I would get the hive removed.
Just to add I was terrified of wasps and bees until recently.Infact after this happened to me I would not go out in summer for about 4 years and if I had too I tried to keep my eyes and ears covered ,but I couldnt remember why.Once I remembered what happened I got over it gradually.I do enjoy seeing the bees busy pollinating and am quite happy to walk down the side path to our garden and pass the bushes buzzing with bees without freaking out now.If there was a hive in or next to my garden though I would want rid of it as a swarm/colony is a different matter altogether.

Bedsdriver

Proper hives are not a threat even in residential areas. Beekeepers are careful to make sure that the Queen bee is selected from a type of bee that is known be docile.

Bees do not swarm out of a hive randomly and for no reason. When they do chose to swarm, they are at their most docile.

You will always have bees in your garden irrespective of whether there is a hive next door. They will travel upwards of three miles away to collect their pollen.


One of the only reasons they might go to your garden above all others is if you had the nearest source of water to the hive.

Most people stung are stung by wasps.

Davesnave

Hurrah, & thanks for some proper info Bedsdriver!

I should add that, despite reacting badly to stings of any kind, I've always encouraged bees and other insects into my garden by planting flowers of the type they most enjoy. A pond is also a bit of an attraction.

Clearly, if you want the opposite of what I want, it's important to keep bee attracting plants out of your garden. The easiest way to do this is Google 'Plants (to) attract insects' or ' Good nectar plants' and thus create a list of plants to remove/replace.

Unfortunately, it doesn't look so easy to do this the other way round and Google for plants useless to insects!

Yes, there are aggressive kinds of bee, but not having come across any, I'd hazard a guess that they are still pretty uncommon in the UK.