Bee hive in Neighbours Chimney

poorly_boy

Hello - apologies but not sure the best place to post this.


A neighbour has a sizable bee hive in her chimney and, because of the position needs a cherry picker type machine for the safe removal of the nest. This is costly and so they have decided to let it be (no pun intended).


The issue we have is that we have two young children and do not want to stop them going out into the garden this summer but fearful of them getting stung (there were hundreds of bee's in our garden today)


Can they simply refuse not to get the nest removed and a case of tough luck?


Any advice would be welcome


(Thanks in advance)

andrewf75

I wouldnt worry about it unless you actually witness the bees being aggressive. They usually arent. A healthy garden should be full of bees anyway and children should learn how to behave around them as well as learning the importance of bees. There are hundreds of bees in my garden (although I dont know where any nests are) and I have 2 young kids. Never been an issue.

bengalknights

As above Bees dont actively try and attack humans unless you provoke them

Grenage

They can refuse of course, but I wouldn't worry about a nest up in a chimney. If if was at child-level in your garden it might be a different story.


We had a wasp nest in a border last year, and the only person to get stung was the mother-in-law when she stuck her hand into the soil while weeding. Hopefully your children aren't going to be descending the neighbour's chimney.

Embrace the bees; they're an important part of wildlife.

Niv

One hive in a chimney would have very impact on the number of bees in your garden. When I stand more than a couple of metres away from my hive entrance I struggle to notice an increase in bee activity around me.

poorly_boy

Thank you :-)

Davesnave

poorly_boy wrote: »

Can they simply refuse not to get the nest removed and a case of tough luck?

Any advice would be welcome.

The neighbours could set up a number of bee hives in their garden if they so wished. There's no law against it, presumably because few people think it would constitute a serious risk or nuisance. Bees forage far and wide.



The future for children today would be pretty bleak without pollinating insects, as food supplies would take a massive hit.

Soot2006

Loads of bee hives in the allotments near me (intentional ones) ... Been considering one for my garden. Chimney is a good place for it, as bees will be funneled upwards and will disperse from height so won't all be going to the same gardens, etc ... In the allotments, the keepers surround the hives with mesh to recreate this effect and permit safe approach.



Plants things that need pollinating and enjoy

forgotmyname

I was just about to start a thread about the bees and other wildlife that appear to be in abundance this year.

I had to remove a wasps nest because it was right next to the pathway and a door. Had to spray and kill the queen and remove all the eggs.

Inspecting the spot and i spotted a bee land in the plastic planter, thought he was there a while. Went over to look and there is a hole. I wonder how long he has been there?

Would you try and cover it a little to keep some of the rain off, or just leave them?

I was going to stick some fresh compost in and plant strawberries. Lucky i spotted them (it)? first.

Wife got stung by a wasp and she is a bit paranoid now, thinks im mad picking fruit off the plants where the bees are on the flower next to the fruit. I tell her they have a job to do and it doesnt involve me.

fwor

forgotmyname wrote: »

Would you try and cover it a little to keep some of the rain off, or just leave them?

I would just leave it. There are half a dozen or so different types of solitary bee, and some of them will actively cover the entrance to their nest when it's raining. Presumably the ones that don't have some other way of dealing with it.

In my experience most bees are pretty laid back unless you are an immediate threat to them. In fact even wasps mostly seem to just ignore you unless their nest is disturbed - at which point it can admittedly get pretty painful!

forgotmyname

I have no issues with the bee being there, but thought in the plastic planter its a bit risky if we get some heavy rain.

Really close to where the wasp nest was also. Or maybe the bee moved in after i removed the wasps?

Been watching some youtube video's on bee's and fascinated by them. I would love a hive but rather impractical. A few solitary bees maybe my answer.