any idea how to get rid of a bee nest in my fireplace wall. tried spraying?

Answer 1

Look under pest control in the yellow pages: this is one job where it pays to hire a professional.

I try to go organic/green/natural in most aspects of my life. However, the current crops of bees (hornets, yellow jackets, paper wasps, mud dawbers, bald-faced hornets, whatever) appear to be horrifically aggressive. The summer after we saw our first signs of these critters, our entire house, the boat, the decks, the trees close to the house, were full of their nests and homes. After fighting them for a year with over the counter remedies we faced a worse infestation the following year. The day we couldn't leave the house because of nests at ALL doors, we called a professional pest control company.

They have pesticides that you can't buy; their pesticides leave a residue that will kill the later-hatching critters and prevent migratory bugs from entering and setting up housekeeping. The professionals know how to get close enough to the colony to actually apply the pesticides ... and they offer a guaranty for a certain period of time.

We have called the professionals each spring for the last five years after we sight the first buzzing mean bee. No more stings, no more unsightly hornets nests on the light fixtures, door frames, window recesses ... we don't have to buy and store hazardous chemicals. We don't have to climb a ladder and risk having the pesticides blow back in our face, on our clothes etc.

Call the professionals ... a bit spendy the first time but SO worth it.

Answer 2

are they bees or wasps?

if they are bees you need to ring an apiarist in the yellow pages They will generally take the bees free of charge.

If its wasps like the european wasp then if you go to a hard ware store and explain your problem they will give you stuff to kill them. You need to apply the stuff at night as wasps will try to protect the nest by stinging.

please don't kill the bees try the apiarist idea.Bees are really having a tough time in australia because of the drought. cause of the drought, thats why honey is so expensive

Answer 3

You'll have to call in a professional exterminator familar with bee removal. You are dealing with more than a few bees. You have the outer guard, those that are near the hive opening. Then the workers deep inside caring for the queen and the unborn bees. Then there's the honey and comb that can not be left behind....unless you want it to ferment, stink and invite in other insects that will eat the stinking honey and your house for dessert. Sorry. It's expensive to remove them, but more expensive to repair the damage then cause.

Answer 4

get a professional. i had a problem with bees and luckly a friend knew some one who owns bees and he came and got them. what they do is take the queen bee and put her into a special bee box and wait until almost dark and all the other bees will go to the female bee and they will spray them to make them sleep so they can relocate them with out being stung.
if its imposible for them to get to them you should smoke them out if you can not light a fire try inscense sticks they hate smoke but make sure you dont get stung. you may have to put them up higher to get the smoke off the inscense though and burn a fair bit the more the better as a little bit will not do anything.

Answer 5

First of all are you dealing with bees or hornets? All insects have their place in our ecosystem, even masquitos, nasty little buggers,but bees, in my opinion ,are more important than hornets or wasps. I am alergic to stings,ie. bees ,hornets, wasps, and would call a pro. If you decide to go about this yourself, I would be very careful. If the intruders in your fireplace happen to be Baldface hornets, you run the risk of a nasty attack if more than a handful get into your house and you are nearby. Whatever you choose to do, good luck.

Answer 6

I'm not sure what would happen so I'd ask an exterminator first, but could you not build a nice fire in the fireplace... wouldn't that get rid of them? But like I said, I'm not sure so call a pro.

Answer 7

bees don't like smoke. ever notice how bee keepers use that little smoking device when trying to get to the honey? just light a fire in your fireplace. they'll leave.