Bees!

**Necron99** · 08-10-2012, 11:53 AM

Slowly getting accustomed to moobahn life. The house has been empty for some time so lots of work to do in the garden.
Outside the kitchen is a big shrub tree thingy that I want to prune, trouble is, it has a filthy big ball of bees in it. Are Thai bees aggressive? They don't seem to do much other than lounge around in the tree looking bee-ey. Bit like Thai girls.

**bobo746** · 08-10-2012, 11:57 AM

Belt it with a stick that should sort them out.

All jokes aside smoke them out they dont like it.

**bobo746** · 08-10-2012, 12:09 PM

https://teakdoor.com/farming-and-gard...a-beehive.html

**misskit** · 08-10-2012, 12:19 PM

Let them be. They'll pack up and leave soon enough.

**The Big Fella** · 08-10-2012, 12:20 PM

Think of the free honey you can get right on your doorstep ! live and let live is my motto. If they leave you alone then OK should they start to harass you and casue you grief then is the time to show them just who is boss.

**Dillinger** · 08-10-2012, 12:41 PM

Originally Posted by The Big Fella

Think of the free honey you can get right on your doorstep

When I see hives I think of stings and that ana thingy shock, not honey

**alitongkat** · 08-10-2012, 12:46 PM

i think its possible to resettle them...

i dont think, they will stay around the tree only... you might find them in the house occassionally, maybe only when they got the wrong turn, but they will.. and when you try to breakfast outside, they also might be around...

but killing is not good and not necessary... a bee-pro can hang the hive down and bring it elsewhere... its not a big deal for them, just someone with the right equipment... that suits and hats etc etc...

**somtamslap** · 08-10-2012, 01:21 PM

I've engaged with bees on a few occasions. If they don't leave in a few days throw a brick at them......and run away, fast.

**VocalNeal** · 08-10-2012, 01:37 PM

Without bees there is no pollination. Without pollination there is no beer or liquor/spirits.

Leave them bee until they step over the line. Then option 3.

**Daft Old Cat** · 08-10-2012, 01:40 PM

Originally Posted by somtamslap

I've engaged with bees on a few occasions. If they don't leave in a few days throw a brick at them......and run away, fast.

You could have chucked a kitten at them. Two birds and all that

**DrAndy** · 08-10-2012, 01:53 PM

Originally Posted by Necron99

, it has a filthy big ball of bees in it.

are you sure they are not wasps? we have a big ball in one of our trees too - I thought bees made cling-on structures rather than dangly balls

**alitongkat** · 08-10-2012, 01:55 PM

cruising the house and a breakfast nuisance is also true for wasps... they can be resettled, but are mostly killed...

**ENT** · 08-10-2012, 02:25 PM

Originally Posted by DrAndy

Originally Posted by Necron99

, it has a filthy big ball of bees in it.

are you sure they are not wasps? we have a big ball in one of our trees too - I thought bees made cling-on structures rather than dangly balls

Correct.

Light a BIG fire under the nest and they'll either piss off or burn.

**ltnt** · 08-10-2012, 03:16 PM

^Along with the house?

**ENT** · 08-10-2012, 03:57 PM

Originally Posted by Necron99

Outside the kitchen is a big shrub tree thingy that I want to prune, trouble is, it has a filthy big ball of bees in it.

Bend the big shrub tree thingy over away from the house, nick a cut in the base of the trunk with a machete so's the thingy will stay leaned over, then light the big fire under it.

**DrAndy** · 08-10-2012, 04:15 PM

well, that'll save you pruning it

as long as the wasps don't get too angry

**somtamslap** · 08-10-2012, 05:45 PM

Originally Posted by Daft Old Cat

You could have chucked a kitten at them.

Tis nothing short of a marvellous idea!

**ENT** · 08-10-2012, 07:59 PM

^ You wait 'till I tell ya mammy, you an' dat daft ol' cat, ya awful crool pair yez!!!

**palexxxx** · 08-10-2012, 09:49 PM

I suggest that you call in an expert.

This one for example.

**somtamslap** · 08-10-2012, 10:01 PM

^ Still available at a very competitive rate!

**tsicar** · 08-10-2012, 11:01 PM

the small bees that build the round, winnie-the-pooh type nests do NOT sting:
collect the nest and remove the honeycomb.
the larger variety sting like hell.
stay away from them.

**Necron99** · 15-10-2012, 10:23 AM

For the record, my BEE ball looked pretty much like this.

And after getting some sage advice from the mooban gardener, I left them the feck alone and they have done their part and moved on to annex someone elses back yard..

**kmart** · 15-10-2012, 11:46 AM

^Yup. Had one in a tree in my garden some time back. Bit unsettling to look at for a while, but the bees didn't bother us at all, and eventually they just disappeared virtually overnight.

**ENT** · 16-10-2012, 04:02 AM

^^ That picture is definitely of a bee swarm, not of a wasp's or hornet's nest, which is of a distinctive ball (or bell) shape covered in a papery shell.

The bees in your pic are all clustered around the queen who's basically taking a rest, after eloping from her previous hive with a couple fertile males and a host of honey laden workers swarming after her.

Now she's got a major work force gathered together around her carrying supplies of honey robbed from the old hive. Soon after, she'll climb out of the middle of that bunch of bees and fly off to a new location to establish the new hive.

It's at that point shown in your pic above that the whole swarm can be gently collected without the collector being stung, just shake the lot into an empty cardboard box or such, then place the whole lot in a sheltered position with either wooden beehive" supers" and waxed frames ready or just in a large straw or bamboo basket with a few wooden sticks across (preferably coated with some old bees wax) which encourages the bees to start building cells and comb to deposit the honey they're carrying from the old hive, and to place the new eggs which the queen is by then popping out in a hurry after her mid-air copulatory swarming flight.

As you said, you were advised to leave them alone, as they were indeed beneficial honey bees, not wasps or hornets, and they finally flew off to their new hive site.

If you can't catch the swarm, the next best thing to do is to locate their new hive by following the direction they fly in, usually possible for up to a day after they initially fly away, as some bees stay around the initial landing spot collecting spilled honey to take back to the new nest.

Good luck.

**jizzybloke** · 16-10-2012, 04:10 AM

Originally Posted by ENT

It's at that point shown in your pic above that the whole swarm can be gently collected without the collector being stung,

Balls to trying that..

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