Bee removal?

[cordes]

My grandmother has some bees in her bathroom wall. Would I have to rip the whole wall out on the inside to remove the bees, or would I be able to coax them out from the exterior where their entrance (and hopefully las exit) is? Is there any way to convince them to live in a TBH that I have made rather than the house?

Any tips would be appreciated.

[honeyman46408]

My grandmother has some bees in her bathroom wall. Would I have to rip the whole wall out on the inside to remove the bees, or would I be able to coax them out from the exterior where their entrance (and hopefully las exit) is? Is there any way to convince them to live in a TBH that I have made rather than the house?

Any tips would be appreciated.

Look for a local club to "join" if you are interested in becomeing a beekeeper, it is a LOT more involved than letting them live in a tbh.

http://beesource.com/suppliers/association/il.htm

Look at this list of clubs and see if any are close to you or check with your county extension agent or local Library

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[Pete0]

I concur with honeyman46408. Check out this link for some info on the procedures for getting bees out of a structure. It is not as easy as it reads. There is additional information you can get just by doing a Google search.

http://maarec.cas.psu.edu/BegMethods.html#removeTreesWalls

Good Luck,

Pete0
Bena, VA

[CSbees]

Get someone to get them out for you. I took some bees out of a wall this September. Needless to say, I will never take bees out of a wall again. The work is hot, hard, frustrating, and sticky. You will get stung multiple times. I will leave this job up to someone who likes it. I will continue to tend my bees in their hives with nice, sturdy, movable frames.

[iddee]

Everyone is assuming this will be your first time keeping bees. If so, I concur with what they are saying. If you are an experienced beek, repost and I'll help you with a few possible ways of removing them. Both by removing the wall and by leaving the house intact. Neither is workable for a new beek without hands on assistance.

[cordes]

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I like the idea of the hive outside the existing in house hive idea. That could work pretty well for us I would think.

I am not an experienced beek, but I would like to get into it. I think I may write one of the organizations listed on the site for some info. I am a teacher, and I think that this would be a good way to supplement my income, and get honey for myself to eat, as I really like it.

Thanks again guys.

[honeyman46408]

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I like the idea of the hive outside the existing in house hive idea. That could work pretty well for us I would think.

I am not an experienced beek, but I would like to get into it. I think I may write one of the organizations listed on the site for some info. I am a teacher, and I think that this would be a good way to supplement my income, and get honey for myself to eat, as I really like it.

Thanks again guys.

BEE careful you can get bit by the BUG like the rest of us :D

[Hobie]

... a good way to supplement my income...

Fair warning: If you are anything like me, you will become facinated and end up spending more on bee equipment, books, etc. than you make from selling honey! Of course, there is more than one way to be "rich." :)

[cordes]

Fair warning: If you are anything like me, you will become facinated and end up spending more on bee equipment, books, etc. than you make from selling honey! Of course, there is more than one way to be "rich." :)

That is an excellent point. I am also a bit of a survivalist, so if I am sitting on a couple food grade 55gal drums of honey when I am done that would make me happy too.

[dcross]

Bee removers:

http://www.ebeehoney.com/zIL.html

http://www.beesource.com/forums/showthread.php?t=213507

[WVbeekeeper]

If you have any carpentry skills you can easily remove the colony from the inside or outside of the house.

Colony Extraction from May, 2007 (http://wvbeekeeper.blogspot.com/2008/01/colony-extraction-from-may-2007.html)

[iddee]

If you have 1 hive and end up with 1 or 2 55 gallon drums of honey, use it to start raising queens from. We ALL will buy bees from you.

If you get 5 gallons from it the first 2 years, consider yourself very lucky.