03-06-2007, 16:26
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Bees Nest
Looks like I'm in a similiar predicament to this :
http://forum.koimag.co.uk/tm.asp?m=13581&mpage=1&key=
Anything to add ? In terms of trying to get rid of them ?
My missus was brave enough to get close enough to the nest to see them forming what appears to be honey.
So any ideas as to how I go about getting rid of them ?
( Yes it does sound cruel and potentially illegal if they are bumble bees but I would have let them be if it had not been for my little 'un who is becoming ever so fond of adventuring into the garden )
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03-06-2007, 16:31
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Re: Bees Nest
Our local council removes them for £50 - check your local council's website.
They say "We provide specialist pest control treatments and free advice. If you have a problem with pests, you need to report it to us as soon as you can. We offer a fast, discreet pest treatment service at very competitive rates. In many cases we can also offer advice on how to remove the pests yourself. "
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03-06-2007, 17:00
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Re: Bees Nest
Find a bee-keeper....
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03-06-2007, 17:49
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Re: Bees Nest
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Originally Posted by Ramrod
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Yep!Talk to your local bee keeping association and they will know what to do.  .Just type Bee Keepers into Yell.com.
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03-06-2007, 19:25
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Re: Bees Nest
I had the same problem last year, local bee keeper was not interested, said they would go away.
You could try some insecticide powder.
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03-06-2007, 19:57
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Re: Bees Nest
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I had the same problem last year, local bee keeper was not interested, said they would go away.
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Hmm didn't think they did 'just go away' unless they had picked a poor site for a nest
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03-06-2007, 20:04
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Re: Bees Nest
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Hmm didn't think they did 'just go away' unless they had picked a poor site for a nest
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bumblebee nests usually only last a short time
http://www.bumblebee.org/faqNests.htm#nest
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03-06-2007, 22:19
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Re: Bees Nest
I thought they lived in a hive  But as others have said, you need a professional, and shouldn't attempt anything yourself or try to kill them. We'd all be starving if not for bees, and there are many, many problems threatening the various UK bee populations, as Coggy says. Most of them caused by us (i.e. man)
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03-06-2007, 23:10
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Re: Bees Nest
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Plus Bumble Bees are under threat of extinction.
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I didn't know that. I just noticed this weekend we have loads in our garden. One flowering plant (bush really) had around 8 bumble bees on it. I was saying to my wife that I don't recall ever seeing that many bumble bees together.
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03-06-2007, 23:18
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Re: Bees Nest
That's one of the problems with conservation. A threatened or even endangered species might appear common because of a concentration in one area.
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03-06-2007, 23:20
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Re: Bees Nest
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I didn't know that. I just noticed this weekend we have loads in our garden. One flowering plant (bush really) had around 8 bumble bees on it. I was saying to my wife that I don't recall ever seeing that many bumble bees together.
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That's one of the problems with conservation. A threatened or even endangered species might appear common because of a concentration in one area.
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Yeh but according to Homealone's link the nest may only have like 400-500 bees in it which in hindsight doesn't sound a lot to me.
I explained to missus that maybe we should let them BEE (oops  ) but she thinks that their numbers will grow ?
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03-06-2007, 23:26
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Re: Bees Nest
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Na. They're cute
We once had a wasps' nest near the front door. That was a different matter. But, as Foreverwar said, we called the council and they got rid of it for about £40-£50. The man I spoke to on the phone said I could do it myself, but warned that I would get stung, so I gladly paid the cash for him to do it.
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03-06-2007, 23:34
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Re: Bees Nest
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Yeh but according to Homealone's link the nest may only have like 400-500 bees in it which in hindsight doesn't sound a lot to me.
I explained to missus that maybe we should let them BEE (oops  ) but she thinks that their numbers will grow ?
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I was meaning that it can be difficult to convince that there's a problem when there's a local concentration. "They're threatened" "How can they be - there's loads of them". Similar sort of problem with bush meat - lot of animals locally, plus the tradition, makes it difficult to convince the locals to stop munching on threatened and endangered species.
I'm not sure of the size of a bumble bee population - I would have thought that resources (food etc) would limit the size
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03-06-2007, 23:36
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Re: Bees Nest
Well tbh I feel like leaving the bees as they are. My wife was saying that my son was giggling and playing with one or 2 of the bees as they circled him.
Think missus is being a little too maternal.
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