At my parents' place, the bees decided to make a hive in the wall cavity (outer wall brick, inner wall plasterboard). Their entry/exit points are via the vent holes on the outer wall brick.
Is there any way to "persuade" the bees to move away without totally killing all of them?
If killing them is the only option, what is the best way of doing it since there is no way of reaching the hive without dismantling half the plasterboard wall. And I am only guessing that it could be reached that way.
Hi Wey2Go,
In your situation, I'd probably attempt to get hold of a beekeeper to assist with their removal.
In the absence of a beekeeper, you could use a pest control operator.
Have you considered smoking them out?
I think you have to remove the queen if you're going to move the swarm....but you could fill an encyclopaedia with the things that I don't know about bees.
Gary
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Iff they are honey bee's, a beekeeper like Gary said is the way to go IMO. I did that my selfe and got a jar off honey in return for the bee's.
I would be sceptical towards smoking them out (smell/fumes).
I have got rid off bees/wasps by closing their entrance/exit hole(s)
Also I have had sucsess with CO2 (fire extinguisher) I couldn't locate their entrance, so I had a friend come with a thermic camera normaly used to detect poor or missing insulation in buildings.
He located the hive in the wall (detecting heat/activity), then I drilled a hole in the wall, and emptyed the CO2 slowly thru the hole, and frose or chocked? the wasps to death, I prefered CO2 instead off pestecides or smoke (no isues).
Good luck
cheers
Around here bee keepers don't do it free but they will try to capture the hive and later replace the queen with one of a known genetic background. A lot of hives have a small % of africanized bees.
http://swfbees.com/
http://swfbees.com/freebeeremoval.gif
Last edited by jobney; 6th January 2012 at 05:05 AM.
I know i'm a bit late to the party, but thought I'd leave a comment for future reference. The last thing you want to do is just spray the hive and leave them to die. This would leave all the workers and underdeveloped brood rotting in your wall. It is possible that left unattended, any honey stores they have could ferment -again getting stinky- or attract vermin.
The best way to deal with them is to fumigate them, open the wall cavity up and remove all traces of the hive. Make sure you leave no possible entry holes for them to re-enter the wall cavity. If you are adverse to killing the bees then beekeepers have technique for creating a oneway system over the hive entrance- allowing bees to exit and not enter- which they might be able to adapt to your situation. The bees that can't enter would have to be collected and added to an existing hive if you want them to live- without their hive and queen they will die.
Best to call in a professional beekeeper or exterminator.
Also consider repointing the mortar in your brickwork as this is a classic entry point for bees establishing new hives.
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