Hola piggs, avid and long silent reader finally steps with non-housing topic! Got a bees’ swarm in back yard … any recommendations for a removal company? Thank you!
Had the same problem and called an exterminator. They said that the swarm would be gone by the next day, and sure enough, they were right. Since they don’t have a hive they aren’t very aggressive – I walked out of my garage right into the swarm and nothing happened.
But if you get bees in your house do not tarry make sure they die or leave. I have a friend who had a hive in the wall with unbelievably disastrous results.
You could shop vac them up and then put a free posting on craigslist, I’m sure somebody will want them. Come to think about it, I guess you could do that with anything,surprised I haven’t seen somebody giving their significant other away on craigslist.
There are ads on Craigslist for bee removal. I had the same problem. Swarms could turn into hives and depending on proximity to house, it could be a problem. Bees are good for your yard, pollinating, etc so I didn’t want to kill them. I had a guy come out and take them away. I can’t remember the name now, but you’ll find many on CL
[quote=moneymaker] Come to think about it, I guess you could do that with anything,surprised I haven’t seen somebody giving their significant other away on craigslist.[/quote]
Is it me or are we seeing more bees now? 10 years ago it seemed that all the bees were dying but lately I’ve had to get a hive removed every two years (waiting 2 days to confirm the swarm decided this was a great place to make a new home).
I’ve noticed more bee swarms that I’ve encountered while driving our local highways (5, 805, 52, 56 in my case). I read that they’ve rebounded somewhat from the mysterious colony collapse, but there probably are other factors that have attracted them to the area.
It has been a heavy year for bees. I went through a swarm so thick on I15 a few weeks back that I thought it was raining, so many of them were getting plastered to my windshield so fast that it sounded like raindrops…
I wonder if people are just more aware of using pesticides on their flowers. We’re lucky that there is a bee keeper down the street form us with a hive. Those little buggers do an awesome job of fertilizing our garden. We get an amazing amount of produce.
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