I have never seen a swarm of tree bees . The bee that is found in wood is the carpenter bee or the orchard mason bee and they are solitary bees But if it is a large number it could be a swarm as it is the time of year for swarms and they might not want to move on . find a bee keeper all bees make honey apart from the solitary ones .I should know I kept bees (6 hives) over 20 years ago until a new disease killed my bees within 2 weeks of each other as did other hives in the area
Tree bees are a typeof bumble bee that nest in holes in trees and have been using nesting boxes. We had some last year, when we emptied the box, there was no honeycomb, everything had moved on. The new queens had mated and gone into hibernation,the workers and drones had died.
dont mind the tree bees but much larger size ones are here and darting around in all directions. why are the bigger ones here? near my back door under pvc gutter going through small hole in wall. big ones cant get in. they look the same type of bees.
They are Bumble Bees. They will die out in Autumn when the Queen leaves the nest. They do absolutely no harm to you or the house. You can then find where they are coming in and block the hole if they worry you.
HELP PLEASE?!!? I have just found out that Tree Bees are taking up residence under the top pitch, ridge roof tile of a bungalow that I am in the process of renovating. The advice of a local pest controller was, as many here have already said, to leave well alone as they'll be gone by/during September but since I spoke to him, the activity around that ridge tile and others nearby is increasing. The problem I have is as just said, I'm renovating the place to ideally sell on in the next two to three months. I need to have the sides of the roof tiles re-pointed and sealed very soon but with the bees being there, the job is going to be a nightmare. Is there anyway I can pursuade these guys to go somewhere else? Smoke them away? Temporarily subdue them? Wait until it rains and go do the cement repairs and unfortunately trap them inside? Clearly I do not want to kill them but I need to do something soon. Any help / advice would be greatly received.
They suggest that if the bees have become a genuine problem, there may be an alternative solution to calling in the pest controller. I will post their response here if anyone else should be interested in the outcome.
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They should be gone by the end of the summer.
I have never seen a swarm of tree bees . The bee that is found in wood is the carpenter bee or the orchard mason bee and they are solitary bees But if it is a large number it could be a swarm as it is the time of year for swarms and they might not want to move on . find a bee keeper all bees make honey apart from the solitary ones .I should know I kept bees (6 hives) over 20 years ago until a new disease killed my bees within 2 weeks of each other as did other hives in the area
No don't want to get rid of them, not doing me or anyone else any harm and hopefully when my runner beans flower they will pollinate them for me
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Honoured that they choose my roof.
and I was honoured to offer a safe haven to some that were unwanted
In the sticks near Peterborough
Tree bees are a typeof bumble bee that nest in holes in trees and have been using nesting boxes. We had some last year, when we emptied the box, there was no honeycomb, everything had moved on. The new queens had mated and gone into hibernation,the workers and drones had died.
dont mind the tree bees but much larger size ones are here and darting around in all directions. why are the bigger ones here? near my back door under pvc gutter going through small hole in wall. big ones cant get in. they look the same type of bees.
They are Bumble Bees. They will die out in Autumn when the Queen leaves the nest. They do absolutely no harm to you or the house. You can then find where they are coming in and block the hole if they worry you.
like bumblebees, if they polinate why block up the hole?
HELP PLEASE?!!? I have just found out that Tree Bees are taking up residence under the top pitch, ridge roof tile of a bungalow that I am in the process of renovating. The advice of a local pest controller was, as many here have already said, to leave well alone as they'll be gone by/during September but since I spoke to him, the activity around that ridge tile and others nearby is increasing. The problem I have is as just said, I'm renovating the place to ideally sell on in the next two to three months. I need to have the sides of the roof tiles re-pointed and sealed very soon but with the bees being there, the job is going to be a nightmare. Is there anyway I can pursuade these guys to go somewhere else? Smoke them away? Temporarily subdue them? Wait until it rains and go do the cement repairs and unfortunately trap them inside? Clearly I do not want to kill them but I need to do something soon. Any help / advice would be greatly received.
Thanks Pansyface but rest assured, I am certainly not wanting to create that!
I have just sought guidance from The Tree Bee Society. See link: http://www.treebee.org.uk/conflict-bees/
They suggest that if the bees have become a genuine problem, there may be an alternative solution to calling in the pest controller. I will post their response here if anyone else should be interested in the outcome.