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beehive removal - Green - 07-19-2010
Does anyone have recommendations for honey beehive removal ?
RE: beehive removal - Scott_S - 07-19-2010
Is it in a house?
RE: beehive removal - Green - 07-20-2010
It's in the exterior wall of house.
RE: beehive removal - DoryGray - 07-20-2010
I've had ongoing problems w/ bees trying to live in my house. It's a dome so must look like a beehive to them [
] I've had them removed several times & going in from the outside is the best. The last time I let the guy cut through the drywall inside & wound up w/ 20,000 bees in my house, making a mess & dying. It was a nightmare. So my suggestion is get someone w/ bee suits to remove the exterior wall, free the bees & remove the hive. As long as the queen leaves or dies, it will kill the hive. Now, during swarm season, I obsessively inspect my house perimeter, every time I see ANY bees going in, I spray them immediately. Once the scouts find a good spot, if they are not killed/discouraged, they go get the rest of the swarm & establish a hive in your house. Once a hive is established even if it is removed, they will continue to come each swarm season to start a new hive. Good luck, let me know if you have any other questions.
RE: beehive removal - Green - 07-20-2010
Thanks for the info and advice, i should have taken care of this sooner as now there are alot of bees.
RE: beehive removal - kolohe1998 - 07-21-2010
Call the University of Hawaii agriculture department. Ask them about bee removal. I used them before. They send out one of their people to do it. Cost a few bucks, but they know what they are doing and wont leave anything behind to reattract.
RE: beehive removal - Scott_S - 07-22-2010
There is also a guy on craigslist advertising bee removal.
RE: beehive removal - csgray - 07-22-2010
If someone in the household is allergic to bees the State AG Department will come and kill them. They will not remove the hive, just kill it.
Carol