Removing Honey Bees From Siding

This is the simplest way to get bees to leave a hive that they have started in a home.

Removing honey bees from siding.

Honey bees aren t native to the united states and they were transported to the us by european settlers. Neutralization is the complete removal process of the bees comb and honey from within the walls with as little damage as possible. If you see a honey bee in the united states you ll be looking at the european honey bee. Even though a hive nestled inside the wood aluminum or vinyl siding is hard to actually reach these are in fact some of the easiest and safest types of nests to get rid of because they require no contact.

Common places for bees to hide and build nests include overhangs cracks window frames shutters door frames and underneath the siding. The first thing you ll have to do of course is to locate the nest or nests. Where the siding meets the concrete foundation of the house bees are going up there and i assume they re building a hive of some sort. I ve also had one get in the house as i was going in the door.

My house has vinyl siding. Minimally you will need a smoker a bee suit gloves and tools to remove whatever is covering the bees. Some honey bees look black too. Chances are unless you have x ray vision you won t know exactly where they are but you can take a clue from your six legged friends.

Removing a honeybee colony from within walls is tricky because. Where the bees are located. I also saw them squeeze through the grout lines where the siding overlapped the brick. It s probably not the front door remember bees don t have.

Take note of where the bees are entering and exiting your house. Basically just make it an undesirable place to live and they will leav. This affects bee removal cost the most. They aren t aggressive but this is happening right by the most used door of the house so it s probably just a matter of time before i piss them off.

Likewise if the bees are hard to reach high in a tree behind siding tucked away in an attic the price will go up. Honeybees were entering through holes around trim and in the corners by windows.