Bees in fascia- how can I move them on?

Get onto a beekeeper to remove, Swarms.ie. Don't attempt to remove them yourself.

Yes, they are protected so don't try a DIY solution. There's loads of beekeepers out there who will gladly take them from you. It's a joy to watch them grab the Queen and pop her in a little box and then the rest just follow her in.

Google bee keepers in your area and ring one.

Solitary bees, they'll disappear in a few days, zero threat to all, no ability to sting, the ones you see will be dead by the weekend.

I believe that is Bee. Wasps nests look sort of papery.

I'm open to correction.

After your replies I headed out to the garage to check it out again, and there was a solitary wasp climbing around it!

Must have been having a nosey? Or thinking of squatting!

I got the bailiffs to him

Yeah, it's definitely new. I would have noticed it before. Think that's why it's so small, it's only about the length of my thumb. I'd say that guy i saw was continuing construction?

Anyway, is it safe just to whack it off the roof. It's so small I would doubt theres anything in it yet

I have a bee hive in the facia that I can't get rid of for some 10 years.

I approached a local bee keeper but he said it was to hard to access and I am stuck with it.

Sometimes honey drains into the room and you can feel the heat of the hive if you put your hand on the ceiling.

I am pretty wary going anywhere near them (if I go up a ladder to clean the windows or have to work on the flat roof!)

Sometimes they come into the open window and die on the carpet overnight.

Same spot ,same entrance.

Why, would such a long residence be unusual?

There has been a time or two when I thought they were so quiet that they might have ben killed by the freezing weather but they came back after a month or so.

Could a new hive have set up shop on top of an abandoned or dead one?

How long would that take? (until the old hive is rehabitable)

Are wax moths plentiful and industrious?

Would it only be the time around swarming when new hives would be set up?

I did have the idea of kicking them out around that time of the year in the hope that they could find somewhere else among the trees more convenient for me (by drilling into the ceiling and blowing in smoke or smelly air ) but never got round to it.

I did try one of those electronic mouse /insect repellents but to no effect.

Please, trying to move bees out of their established colony using smoke or even the special "bee gone" spray won't work. To remove bees, the colony needs to be opened, the queen is found and moved into a box located nearby, plus all the comb containing brood is removed (either to the box with the queen or thrown away). If there is brood in the hive, at least some bees will stay with it until they die. However, if the queen is in a box, and there is no comb left in the old place, bees will find the queen and will tell other bees to move into the box (this takes several hours to complete),

The correct way to deal with bees, if you want to move them, is to get a beekeeper to cut them out (you can find someone though swarms.ie ), then clean all the remnants of honey and wax and then seal the cavity to prevent bees from coming back.

The incorrect way is to kill bees with the wasp spray. It will kill the bees, but the remaining brood and bees will rot, the unripe honey will ferment and drip out of the comb. It will be a nasty, smelly mess.

Wax moths are relatively slow, but they would chew all the wax in several months.

Would it only be the time around swarming when new hives would be set up?

Yes, bees create new colonies by swarming. Swarming mostly takes place from the middle of May to the end of July.

Do ask swarms.ie . There are some madly brave beekeepers with nice equipment that may help you. Of course, some damage is inevitable when removing bees.

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