I Have A Bumble Bee Nest In My Roof

We get asked all the time.

I have a bumble bee nest in my roof.

For honey bees it is essential that entrance points or blocked off and if possible. Follow where they seem to disappear into the side of your house. They are a great place for the bees because they are elevated have insulation and most predictors have no way of getting to them. Call in the professionals.

A very common place to find bees around your home is actually inside an eave or roof. It is important to know that when you have a hive inside a wall the honey and the bees have to come out. Locate the entrance through which the bees are entering your siding. This is one case where we advocate calling in a professional to remove the nest.

Obviously where practical it is better to access from the outside by removing slates or tiles and cutting through the membrane which is often in poor condition in these scenarios. They don t see red light well so if you need to see what you re doing put some red plastic film acetate over a torch or use a red l e d. Bees inside an eave roofing system or attic is by far the most common place we find bee hives. They might buzz a bit but they won t fly in the dark so it s safest to do it then.

Observe the bees during the afternoon as that is the most active time of day for yellow jackets. To move a nest safely it is best to do it in the dark when all of the bees will be in the nest and docile. Prevention is the best cure when it comes to keeping bees out of your house. I ve found a bumblebee nest read our bumblebee nest faqs every year we receive hundreds of enquiries relating to bumblebee nests so in addition to our main webpage about bumblebee nests we have prepared this list of frequently asked questions to help answer our most common nest enquiries we have also created this guide to bumblebee nests and what you need to know to help people.

Do not attempt to remove the bees yourself or spray them with pesticides or water. Call a professional exterminator if the bees have been in the roof for longer than six months or if you cannot kill the hive after two rounds of poison spray. If you have a bee s nest near the pool or underneath your pool s deck it can pose a serious risk in the summer. Bees often build hives around a crack in wood.

This will only anger the bees and they will be likely to attack you. However this must be thorough as bees hunting for a nest site will soon locate areas that have been missed. When removing honey bees in roof spaces there are two main options either get to the honey bee nest from outside thru the roof or from the inside thru the ceiling.