How should I destroy a swarm

[For want of a better word]

The lady who lives in the cottage carries an Epipen.. can she get desensitised?

My worry would be if it was a swarm... them bees is still under the roof... but fewer of them!... a feral bee sight??

Yeghes da

 

[oliver90owner]

Come out onto a fence post?

This thread gets more interesting!

Here is cynical me thinking all along that this is never a swarm. First reason was that once in situ, it was a swarm, but is no longer. Second was the knowledge that many who have only just noticed some bee activity say it has just arrived when really it may have been there some considerable time.

I now strongly suspect that this swarm is a real swarm - a cast from a nest which likely swarmed a few days ago.

Beekeepers are often hoodwinked by those that expect them to sort out their problems - like removing bumble bees (how many times have beekeepers asked the righf questions and still the 'honeybees' are bumbles or wasps?)

So, what are the betting odds that the colony is still in residence? From here, I wouldn't be expecting anything but odds on favourite, at this present time.

 

[Moggs]

Unlikely for the bees to leave and give up residence completely IMO. You may have seriously peed them off and dislodged a few but even this split would be unlikely. If they're there and they have to go, I would leave this to the experts. Pesties will respond, in my experience, especially when they learn that beekeepers have tried in vain. I wouldn't mess with insecticides either. There is a legal requirement to seal and prevent further access, certainly not something I would undertake lightly. Determined effort though.


I've had that déjà vu before...