Hi any one know how to get rid of a nest from under my shed NO not petrol and a match is there a smoke bomb or any think that will kill them
I cannot get to the nest without dismamteling the shed
Jacko

B&Q sell smoke bombs in the plumbing section. Come in a plastic tube. Put a match to one then throw it under the shed it shouldn't burn. Dunno whether it'll get rid of the bee's? Maybe just p1ss them off while you smack the nest to bits with a brush handle

oooh, now, homebase sell this foam spray, but i forget what its called, and its pretty expensive. about £10 a can, but it shoots out this foam for quite a distance, something like 4m, so you can keep well away from them. you smother the nest in it and it kills them.

well, at least it worked for the wasps in my loft, i guess it works on bees too. best bit, i kept a good distance away so i didn't get stung, and any wasps trying to get out the nest have to go through the foam can't fly and die straight away

top stuff

Try looking for bee-keepers on Yell.com - they'll happily take a swarm away, and they'll probably not charge you anything (cost of petrol maybe, if they've had to travel some way).

A swarm is valuable...

Bumble bees are very docile and won't attack you like wasps might unless they are seriously provoked. They'll be gone in the autumn anyhow, so if you're careful whilst going in and out of the shed, why not just leave them bee

Phil

Put a hive next to the shed, get the bees, make some honey. Sweet

Or smear your chin in honey and video yourself for youtube with a beard of bees. You might want to check how long it takes to get to your local A+E department first though

Depends if they are honey bees or bumble bees, we have one under the top shed and are bumble bees so best to lefeave them until October when they have def left the nest and then block up the hole, honey bees and somebody will gladly take them away.

Regards

Rich

Forgot to say... bees are useful creatures and don't deserve to be poisoned. Either wait until they go away (as they will, eventually) or get a bee-keeper to take them away.

Don't kill 'em. Bee number are dwindling and if they all die there'll be no cross polination in the farmers fields so then we won't have any vegetables to eat and all the vegetarians and civil liberty sorts will starve to death........

Yeah just kill em with flames and a brush handle.

Just had a similar problem myself. A swarm of honey bees came and made a nest in the air brick at the top of the chimney on Friday, get the neighbours a right fright.

Called the council out and they said it was too inacessable to kill or remove. They also said they were in hugh decline due to some parasite or something killing them off. Also said that if they have only just moved in then they will probably not last the winter as they wont have gathered enough food to hibernate on.

As they were so high they wouldn't cause a problem and are not nasty creatures so best to leave them. Turns out I get home from work today to find my patio, drive and lounge littered with dead bees, looks like some disease has got to them and wiped them out, shame really was just getting used to them being there as a novelty.

If they are bumble bees then they will die out in autumn. If they are honey bees then try the council or local bee keeper but if they are quite inacessible they wont be interested.

Bees only use a common route out of the nest so if you can block up the front of the shed they will start using the rear to get in and out and not bother you.

Bumble bees are dying out through habitat loss and environment change.

Honey Bees are valuable and the (probably local-ish) bee keeper from whom they've swarmed may well like them back!
They're also dying out from some nasty virus.

Always been interested since a kid when my elderly neighbours had numerous hives... and used to show me everything they were doing and gave me free honey!

When I've got that large house in the country I might keep some myself for a bit of a hobby!

Cheers,
James

EDIT: I meant to add. To get them removed, contact your local bee keeping association. They may well know who's recently lost a swarm in your area and will know what to do about them.

[Edited on 8/7/08 by James]

Take a look here: http://www.britishbee.org.uk/swarm_collection.php

drop an email to your local person and see what they have to say. I contacted my local one and he was very helpful

so whats teh difference between a bumble bee and a honey bee (or more accurately, how do you tell them apart - apart from looking for the one being chased by poo bear)

tell the kids next door theres a ball under the shed they can have, give them a stick and quickly retreat inside.

they will get a couple of days off school you get rid of the nest bargain everyone wins

bumble bees are the big fat round buzzy fellows, yellow or orange highlights, some of 'em are really big. Honey bees look like brown wasps, a wee bit thicker set.
My folks kept bees when I was younger. They're bloody psychos! Full marks for the honey though!
Actually different hives have markedly different temperaments - my folks seemed to specialise in psychos....

Had a wasps nest in the shed a few years back now. Made a giant pooter - you remember the things from school that you collected bugs in? - from a giant whiskey bottle, a vaccuum cleaner, and a length of hose pipe. Used a broom handle to feed the hose into the gap where they were coming out, and fired up the hoover.

That pi%%ed them off quite a lot!

Chris

We've just had a bees nest removed. We called the local council and they gave us the number of a local bee keeper. As said above, if they are honey bees they are valuable and bee keepers will happily take them away.

But it turned out our bees were bumble, so he didn't want them. He said either leave them, or destory the nest. He said he doesn't like destroying nests, but as we have 3 young kids and the nest was in our garden he got suited up and went about knocking it apart. He then killed the queen and said as she was gone after a bout 2 or 3 days the rest would just disperse. And they did. We had about 100 to 150 ish bees and he said thats a big number for bumble bee colonies.

Interesting stuff and I am ashamed that we actually got rid of them.

I say be nice too the bees too, You can offset them against your car and burn more v power with a clear conscience knowing you have done your bit for the month.
On the other hand if wasps move in kill themall without mercy, ha.
Sorry hate wasps.

be nice to bees.

my bee poem just for you.

I am a bee
I am happy
I have a girlie
She is Tracey.

Wasps do actually do good work, eating aphids and such stuff.

Still hate the little b*st*rds though...

Get a lot of hornets where I live - don't mind them, 'cos if you leave them alone they'll stay away from you. They eat wasps!

[Edited on 9/7/08 by David Jenkins]