can bees build nests in an outside wall of a house?

Answer 1

Very definitely, I've seen cases on TV.
Wasps are more likely than bees though.

Answer 2

Yes they sure can. When I bought my home there was a bee hive in the wall and that year we had very little rain and they became pretty aggressive even with dish's and pans of water out for them.
Anyway we searched for a bee keeper that was looking for more bees and finally we found one and he came out and said it was one f the largest hive in a house that he had seen. The next day he brought out a hive box ( I'm not sure what the proper name is for it) and built a little ledge for it to sit on a ladder. He put a funnel screen on the house with the big part tight to the house and the small opening away from it so that they could get out but had a hard time getting back in.
He also brought a Queen bee with him in a real small box maybe the size of a cigar with an opening at each end sealed with bees wax and a screen over the area where she was so the bee's could smell her and see her. He put her in the box and went home for the night.
Before dark that evening there were so many bee's they were hanging like a cone from that box. So when the guy came back the next night he brought another box with him and then there was enough room for the whole bunch.
I should just take the bee keeping hobby up because I have had 2 more hive come to the house since then.
we had some very good honey to eat for a few years after that and that part was great.

Answer 3

An established honey bee colony will sometimes divide itself, and one or more swarms will leave the hive. The new swarm may cluster for a while on a tree limb or bush near the old hive while scout bees search for a suitable place to establish a new home. Usually scout bees find a hollow tree, but occasionally they will choose the wall voids of a home. Unfortunately, bees may nest in the wall or attic some distance from where they enter the wall.

Answer 4

You bet: with this unusually hot weather I've had an enormous amount of wasps and just a few Yellow Jackets making nests around the house and the ground around it. We have to be careful.

I watch them in the evening get water at my ponds and follow then to see where they go, mark the spot and in the morning when it's cool, knock the nest into a plastic bag and spry in the bag with "Raid"
I shoved a plumbers torch into the hole of the Yellow Jackets in the ground, then a garden hose. They didn't come back.

I try and keep up with them but, they're all over and soon they have a nest somewhere else.

Answer 5

Yes, this happened to one of my neighbors. He said that the sheetrock in the area of the nest was warm to the touch from all the bees inside the wall. When the area was opened up, it was full of honeycomb and honey. They had it removed by a guy who had an apiary.

Answer 6

Ever heard of carpenter ants? From what it sounds like, you have carpenter bees. (they exist) everyone else told you they will damage your house. this is true. they will chew up the wood to make the "paper" they build the nest out of, and eventually they WILL swarm. early spring when its time to kick the males out to make new nests, or if the queen dies, they will swarm. this happened in my house several years ago. there were hundreds of them in my house, all seeking a way out. i did get stung, several times, but i am not allergic. have a professional exterminate them. when they are all gone, (no buzzing in the walls), search thoroughly around the exterior of the house, especially where the frame meets the foundation, and seal any small cracks with something like "Great Stuff" to prevent another infestation. don't skip that, or they'll come back next year. Good Luck!!

Answer 7

Yes. Yellow jackets were in my wall last week. They got into the crawl space vent, and got into the wall from there. I had to pay $125 for an exterminator to spray a powder in there that kills them when they try to lick it off themselves. After 2 days they were all dead.

Answer 8

Bees can build nests wherever they are able to get in. We have used Orkin to destroy them and then seal areas where they have been prevalent.

Answer 9

they will build any where. carpenter bees like a damp and dark place. swimming pools draw them to the area. moisture in walls. call exterminator out to kill them.

Answer 10

yeh, the only way to fix it is cut the wall open