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Offline malachii

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How to get bees out of double brick wall
« on: November 23, 2010, 12:04:19 am »
Ok - got a call from the local lolly factory today - they have a swarm of bees inside a double brick wall.  They're not sure how long they have been there - could be several months.

Short of taking the wall down - is there anyway to get them to come out?

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Re: How to get bees out of double brick wall
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2010, 12:10:46 pm »
Best thing is to open the wall, second best is a trap out.

If they had been there but a short time you could have possibly run them out with bee quick, honey robber etc... but that doesn't always go according to plan, could just move them into another section.


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Re: How to get bees out of double brick wall
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2010, 05:18:21 pm »
You could borrow JP's magic flute.        :-D

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Re: How to get bees out of double brick wall
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2010, 06:28:59 pm »
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Re: How to get bees out of double brick wall
« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2010, 07:47:52 pm »
Funny.

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Re: How to get bees out of double brick wall
« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2010, 10:52:41 pm »
Double brick - do a trapout!
Will take a bit of gear, some time to prep, time to setup, and several followup trips.

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