Re: honeybees in wood siding

Sounds like there is definitely a colony in there.  I think you should
contact a local beekeeper.

Peter Edwards
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"D. anon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Hard to count, but I think there are around 40 hovering at one time until
I
> apply citronella oil. Then they stop moving in and out for a short period.
> At this point the incoming exceed the outgoing and the number of hoverers
> ups to 70-100. It doesn't take long before they start moving in and out
> again, though.
>
> I can approach the bees without a shirt on and they don't attack. Applying
> the oil doesn't anger them. Neither does beating the board to close the
> crack (it slowly comes open again). The bees that have dropped to the
ground
> are drones (no stinger). Definitely honeybees or a damn good
impersonation.
> Like this:
http://www.dadant.com/journal/toc/images/WhiteFlowerwithBee36.jpg
>
> I'd never heard of Jeyes fluid, but a Google search gets an ingredient
list
> of: tar oils 60-70%, vegetable oil soap 10-15%. Other descriptions include
> "phenol-based" and "foul-smelling". Doesn't appear to be imported here.
Pine
> Sol is a pretty stinky disinfectant and I have some. I'll see how the bees
> feel about that.
>
> Would scout bees hang around for 10 weeks?
>
> Thanks,
> D.
>
>
> "Peter Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
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> > 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).
>
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