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Going on right now 30 feet from my front door.......PIC

William81William81 Member Posts: 25,332 ✭✭✭✭

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  • redhawkk480redhawkk480 Member Posts: 2,516 ✭✭✭✭

    any one in your area that can get them in a new home ?

  • Texas1911DETexas1911DE Member Posts: 684 ✭✭✭✭

    …had that happen once, called a guy who kept hives and he was happy to come and take 'em…

  • Ditch-RunnerDitch-Runner Member Posts: 25,219 ✭✭✭✭

    Hope you were able to save them

    About 40+ years ago

    Wife and I came home from town our bed room was wal to wall honey bees many thousands of them

    We had left the window open the bees swarmed in

    I went in looked around just curious, but none of them paid any attention to me

    We Went back to town got two of the bug bomb spray cans the nozlewould locked down on

    Set them off and closed the door a couple hours later the floor was carpeted along with our bed with dead bees

    At the time it was the best and only option , I had to work next day

    It was like a sci-fi show walking in among the bees

  • Toolman286Toolman286 Member Posts: 3,206 ✭✭✭✭

    While hunting years ago, I found a hive in an abandoned farm house. Like @Texas1911DE a local bee keeper was happy to get them.

  • William81William81 Member Posts: 25,332 ✭✭✭✭
    edited May 16

    We have two wild colonies living in trees in our yard, Every year they swarm up like this and then moved on. They are all welcomed on our place…. We put out water for them durning the summer. I am allergic to bee stings, but as they have important work to do, I give them plenty of space. I do enjoy watching and taking pics of them from a distance..

  • William81William81 Member Posts: 25,332 ✭✭✭✭

    And today they were all gone !!!

  • MobuckMobuck Member Posts: 14,081 ✭✭✭✭

    Better check all your outbuildings. Years ago, I noticed a 'swarm' tucked into the cedar tree alongside the house. A month later there was a strange sound coming from the bedroom wall. The bees had found a tiny gap in the siding and were busily building a home.

  • William81William81 Member Posts: 25,332 ✭✭✭✭
    edited May 18

    We checked the shop and cellar house… all clear. We will keep an eye out…

  • Merlinnv12Merlinnv12 Member Posts: 1,321 ✭✭✭✭

    Check the outhouse too. You really don’t want them in there!


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    “What we’ve got here, is, failure to communicate.”
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