Any ideas on how to move the bees into a new hive?
I live in Miami, 5 months ago honeybees (not hybrids of Africans) took up residence inside my attic. They gain entry from a small diameter eve vent hole. (I have a barrel tile roof). The hive is in the eve and is now about 4 feet wide, hanging from rafters.
I do not wish to kill the bees. All beekeepers I have spoken to want to exterminate or cut giant holes in my ceilings. Also I cannot find a beekeeper willing to crawl on his/her belly in my attic and cut out the hive.
I was told that oil of almond (artificial acetaldehyde) deters them. I tried this, but they loved it.
I am looking for a humane (bee-friendly) method to make them leave. After they leave I will plug up the eve vent holes so they don't return, and find a very small person (possible a family of garden dwarfs, Ha!) who will crawl in my attic and eat the honey. (Then I might be writing to you asking how to get rid of dwarfs in my attic, Ha!)
Seriously
2007-08-09 08:10:59 · 5 answers · asked by walkathisway 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
I had this problem, I had a hive in my apartment wall, and would get stung a couple of times a week by bees on my floor. I could hear them through the wall.
I talked to a bee guy, and he said the best you can do is close the hole, and they die in place. But he also said if the hive isn't tended, the wax could melt, and the honey seep through the wall.
I moved.
1/3 of the US honey bee population has died, because of bee virus. give them enough time, and they may all die on their own.
2007-08-09 08:22:14 · answer #1 · answered by jimmeisnerjr 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Id'e call pest control or your local SPCA. Many companies will harvest the hive, vacuum the bees, then reintroduce them in a different area. If this service is not available in your area, your only choice is extermination.
2007-08-09 08:47:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
well, i've heard about smoking the bees out. no, they won't die, it's not like you'll set them on fire, but you somehow get a steam torch and smoke em out. they'll freak out and leave!! (through an open window maybe...?) it might not be so simple though. i'd research it a little more first. ALSO, you might want to ask a professional to do it. i can't have an innocent person on yahoo mauled by bees because of my advice!!!
2007-08-09 08:17:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Call in winnie the pooh...He shall eat the hunny causeing the bees to come out he runs home and they follow him all tha way back to 100 acre woods....Worked for me.
2007-08-09 08:14:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call animal control. if they don't move them, they will refer you to a bee expert and move them.
You have no way of knowing if you are allergic to hundreds or thousands of stings. Don't chance it.
2007-08-09 08:21:19 · answer #5 · answered by ed 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋