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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => DISEASE & PEST CONTROL => Topic started by: cookies on July 03, 2010, 04:23:20 am

Title: Bees or wasps come everynight.. help
Post by: cookies on July 03, 2010, 04:23:20 am
I am not sure whether they're bees,wasps, etc but they come everynight around 9.30pm and wonder outside my top corner ceiling.  It doesn't look like there are nests outside the area but might be that they have built a home inside the walls/ceilings there.

do i need to call a pest control company or beekeeper?

If they had to remove the walls outside do they do it themselves and fixed them after? or I'll have to hire a contractor to do that?
Title: Re: Bees or wasps come everynight.. help
Post by: Michael Bush on July 03, 2010, 05:16:30 am
If they are bees they are not "coming everynight" they are just home for the night instead of half of them being out working.  They've probably been there a while.  Assuming they are bees, and they may be yellow jackets, usually you pay the beekeeper to come tear into the wall and remove the bees and honey and then have a contractor put it back together.  If you don't then you have all that honey left int he wall to attract pests... ants, etc.
Title: Re: Bees or wasps come everynight.. help
Post by: cookies on July 03, 2010, 09:34:47 am
I think so too.. I've been noticing bees(assuming they are bees) out the backyard since 1 or 2 years ago..
Also, We found little honey bees (like a baseball size) on the corner of our canopy.. I removed those safelly..

If they come tonight, i'll take a picture of them and upload it.
Title: Re: Bees or wasps come everynight.. help
Post by: Kathyp on July 03, 2010, 11:29:11 am
that would be helpful.  you'll have to get one of the moderators to post the pics for you, but we'd love to see them.  the bees, if they are honeybees, will not do damage to your home.  they may build a lot of comb that needs to be removed at some point.  after you post the pics, someone here will be able to give you info on what to do.
Title: Re: Bees or wasps come everynight.. help
Post by: cookies on July 03, 2010, 02:15:38 pm
oh i see.. okay..
I hope the picture turns out well... it's kind of dark by then..
yesterday I took a video of them, and one of them clinged onto my window screen , scared the heck out of me while filming..:)

Title: Re: Bees or wasps come everynight.. help
Post by: hardwood on July 03, 2010, 03:29:40 pm
It would help if we knew your location too...one of us might just be close enough to pop by for a look!

Scott