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Tree in my yard. Thousands of bees around that hole. Guess honey bees. Was there last year but a lot more this year. Had a guy up trimming limbs last year and he came down in a hurry!!!! He gave up!!! Only way I knew they were even there. That's solid bees around the opening....
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I have a black walnut with bees, they lay outside like that when daytime temps are hot.
Cool!!!!!
Don't mind the bees (maybe not that many) but hate wasps. Got stung again yesterday :(
Lucky to heir someone to do yard work. Ought to be up there doing your own work.
Ha. Not me. That tree is 3-4 stories tall! Pole saw is about as high as I go! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by canebreaker
If u want em gone, find a bee keeper. They will move mountains to get the queen and remove the hive.
Wannabe...
As long as it isnt more of the above type bees it will be ok.
Not honey bees but this morning I went out to my Dad's to borrow an extension ladder. It was around 60 degrees when we loaded it on my trailer. It was about 70 when I unloaded it and noticed something buzzing around me, it was not yellow jackets, looked like small yellow wasps. Luckily I had some spray and found them inside one of the ladder rungs. I sprayed it from both ends and probably 50 of the little bastages came out, ready for war but not for long.
Been a long time since I got stung but used to be deathly allergic to their stings. I think I missed a good chance.
Not 100% sure its honey bees but not sure what else they would be. They aren't hurting anything. Not sure how they'd get to it w/o cutting the tree down. Maybe smoke em out. I'll just leave it alone for now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wannabe...
I would leave them alone as long as they are up high enough to not cause a problem.Honey bees are normally quite tame and just want to do their thing.They may die out on their own with all the problems we have trying to keep bees nowadays.A beekeeper can put a screen funnel over the hole but may be another entrance somewhere.The bees could come out but unable to go back in with a funnel across the hole.That may be better than having to lose the tree.With bees going at 100.00 for a three pound package someone may try to capture them
Yep, they will do anything to get a free hive of bees. Driving through town to get my granddaughter I noticed 3 people climbing a water tower with suits on and bags. I got closer and there were 4 more on the ground. Then I saw a spot about the size of a basketball about 3/4 ways up.