I have noticed a Bee flying in and out of a small hole in the wall by my front door. How can I get rid of it?

Question

I am worried that it may be/or have built a nest inside my house walls/cavity and could be laying eggs.

Answer 1

This was probably a mortar bee. We had some prior to renovating our cottage. I was advised by a bee keeper the only way to get rid is to kill them as they destroy the mortar. As we had the bricks re-pointed this seemed to do the trick. We have also had them trying to nest in the edges of the velux windows in spring/early summer. In this case we were advised to have the windows open as often as possible as they dislike being disturbed. This also worked

Answer 2

I had a bee problem a few years ago. The bees drilled a hole in my wall, I entered the room and there seemed like hundreds were flying around the rooom. I was totally shocked and found the closest thing I could, which was room spray and started to spray them, they started falling and died. My father told me to spray the hole and the outside opening with something like Raid. Then I had a contractor come out to close the area they had entered from an opening on the French door. Then I patched the inside hole.

I had noticed them flying under the opening of the door and never thought they would make it into the house. I found dead bees for quite a while behind and under furniture. It was a miracle that I didn't get strung.

Answer 3

Spray a can of Raid in there and fill the hole in. This may or may not help, because if there is a nest in your wall, it will have a back exit somewhere. Also, be careful when you do this, because it may be yellowjacket wasps and not bees, and they are far more aggressive. If you only saw one, there probably isn't an army in there, but just be ready in case quite a few come out.

If it turns out to be that there is a hive in your wall, you need to call a professional exterminator.

Answer 4

A number of years ago I noticed a bee then two then three in our master bath. They were flying to the window, so we opened it and pushed the screen off.

They were coming in the small holes around the wiring and pipes to the heat pump. We caulked that closed and let the rest climb in through the edges of my Husbands vanity and then out the window.

We (in ignornance ) had killed the first one, so the only sting was the dead one I stepped on.

I would suggest making or drilling a hole away from your front door and caulking that one closed, this way they will depart in a less dangerous location.

Answer 5

Do not cover hole. Call Agriculture Department and tell them situation. Ask if your county has a local beekeeper. If yes, call and, hopefully he will have solution without tearing out portion above door. Do you only see one bee? Are you certain it is a bee and not a hornet or wasp. With bees you usually see many bees going in and out. Hornets and wasps are single entries.

Had a wasps nest in wall and I could hear their buzzing noise. Called exterminator who said if he sealed outside hole, wasps may drill into home . He checked home and found one climbing out of bathroom fan., so he deceided only thing to do was to exterminate whole place and that got rid of every thing including the carpenter ants.

Then he plugged all holes he could locate and told me to replace fan.

I say, call the beekeeper.

Answer 6

You have a nest of masonry bees in the cavity wall. They won't do any harm, so wait until they leave the nest (late summer or autumn) before plugging the hole.

Answer 7

What I would do--what I have done---Wait until dusk or dark. Then get some Raid or bee killing spray. Spray inside the hole and stuff newspaper in the hole to block the exit., It will also allow the fumes to stay inside. You may hear buzzing inside your walls but this early in the season, hopefully you have caught them before they got too bad.

Answer 8

DONT FILL THE HOLE IN!!

if you do this and there are lots of bees in there they will try to find a way out, and probably will strait into your house!

just go to a gardening shop, or get some fly/wasp killer spray and spray loads into the hole, then wait a while, if nothink comes out, and your sure theres no more in there, then block the hole! or insecticide.

Answer 9

Is it a honeybee or a large black bee? I know the black bees live in holes in telephone poles. After it leaves just plug up the hole, unless there's a large hive inside the wall that should get rid of him.

Answer 10

Bees are slowly becoming extinct and we should all be trying to save them. The bee is probably building a nest and if you leave them alone they will not bother you.