General Chat

There's a bumble bee nest over my bedroom window. In themorning it sounds like the entire airforce is revving up in there.

Oddly,as the day warms up.they seem to buzz less loudly.

i would remove it by waiting till night time when they are asleep
and putting a carrier bag over it snapping it off inside

and put the nest well away from houses and people before they wake up

council will charge if your a home owner, but remove it free if ya a council tenant x

why would I want to remove it? They are lovely little workers, busying about in my garden.

I feel very honoured to have had them choose my eaves to live in. They need all the help they can get now too.

Exactly. leave them alone.

Nobody is likely to get up in the eaves and upset them. If they do it is their lookout!

The only bit of nuisance is when they take the wrong turning and come in the window.

We have a nest in one of the compost bins.I I think I saw somewhere that we should just leave them and they will be gone in the Autumn.

We have/had a nest in the cavity wall. They get into it via a head height air brick. Not having seen them recently, can't be sure they are still there, but apparently they don't chew, so won't cause any damage.

And they are so slow, you have plenty of time to get out of the way! :-D

I have read the bumblebee site and it seems it is too much like hard work to sting.

Just my kind of pet.

Good for you Sharon bees will only sting if you invade their nest or hurt one. They die if they sting so it is a last resort for them. I work at a school and if I find one on the floor I get it on my finger and carry it to where it will not be stood on. Wouldn't try it with a wasp though as they do not die if they sting so use the sting with less provocation. Elaine :-)

Bee keepers might be interested if they become a problem, our neighbour had to have a hive moved recently. They were Drones with no Queen. An expert will know if they are drones etc...they made a fantastic hive.....:o))

Good on yeh Sharron, l want one:o))

jude

Island..... :-P.....lol

Do bees sting each other?

There are two hammering round the room at the moment.They took the wrong turning again.

My bed head is against the window and last year I had left a packet of cough sweets on the window sill for far too long. a wasp started coming in for the sugar. After the initial annoyance and window closing I realized she was only wanting the sugar and not interested in stinging me.All through the summer she came in and out the window for her sugar until the weather cooled and she died or hibernated.

There are four bumblebees buzzing round the light now.You should see the dust coming off the shade!