Re: honeybees in wood siding

"D. anon"  wrote:
> I'm thinking of taping a plastic sheet over the wall and piping car
exhaust
> in. Would carbon monoxide kill the queen? Would this then prompt robbing
of
> the honey from the wall?

Novel idea - I really do not know!  Anyone out there ever tried it?

However, I see from your other post that you think that there are only
around 100 bees (presumably that is in total, not the number flying outside
at any one time?).  If so, then I do not think that you have a problem!  I
would suggest that they are either scout bees - and a swarm may arrive
later - or perhaps bumblebees rather than honeybees?

If they were bumblebees in the UK then I would leave them (beneficial,
pollinators); if scout bees then I would convince them that they were trying
to choose the wrong home by painting Jeyes fluid around the entrance.
(Jeyes is a carbolic based disinfectant - not sure if you have it, but
something like that should do the trick).

Peter Edwards
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