I Have Honey Bees In My Roof

To ensure all the bees are killed you first must make sure to locate all the nests.

I have honey bees in my roof.

Bees can make nests in tricky spots like the ground in the siding of your home and other hard to reach areas. Follow the bees as they enter your house. Honeycomb left in walls or roofs should be removed to prevent meltdown of honey. Honey bees in roof spaces are not nearly as common as you might expect in fact we don t come across honey bees in roof spaces that often.

If there are nests in the wall you may hear buzzing from all the bee activity. Unborn larva can often have foul orders that can permeate through the walls. Honey bees in roof spaces. Generally honey bees don t colonise roofs when they are flying in beneath tiles they more often than not are colonising a cavity wall or an old dismantled chimney stack that is hidden beneath the tiles or possibly a soffit.

Getting them out of there can be a tedious task. If the bees are not in a very noticeable area it is likely they have been there a good while. Ask for the bees to be housed. If you ve just seen bees flitting in and out but don t really know where they are living it s obvious that you need to first find out where they are.

I remember turning up on a sunday morning having no real idea of what to be expecting other than that we had been told that there were some honey bees in a flat roof and that they needed to be removed. Bees get into corners and spaces between walls or other structures like attics. A charge may be made for this service. Thankfully the roof was being replaced so we were allowed free access to it.

Bees will not normally attack you unless they feel threatened e g. They are a great place for the bees because they are elevated have insulation and most predictors have no way of getting to them. It is important to know that when you have a hive inside a wall the honey and the bees have to come out. You may not know for sure how many nests are inside your siding or how large the nests are.

Bee removal inside of structure. Nests under roof eaves or in the ground. Buzzing noises in the wall. This always attracts more bees.

In the summer months its common to have honey leaking out of the walls and roofs. If you get to close to the entrance to the nest or obstruct it. They can arrange for a beekeeper to take the swarm away. The first step towards removal of a beehive is spotting the nest.

We understand that getting the bees away from your home is important to you. Since the nest is in your siding you have never seen it only the bees entering and exiting. This is what professionals do for a living so tap into their expertise. Is a likely indicator.