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Hi there,
I'm a new Beekeeper and am trying to get as many free locally adapted bees as possible rather than buying them from other locales. I've already removed a few swarms and I've gotten a few "bees in my house" calls but the majority of them have been sprayed prior to contacting me so I declined. Last friday I received my first call about a hive in a house that hasn't been sprayed and it seems to be a fairly strong colony judging by the amount of foragers coming and going. It is in a newish house and I think that they may be above the vinyl soffit or in the wall above.
The problem is that the house belongs to a realty company and they want to start showing the house so they want to do absolutely no damage to the vinyl siding or soffit since it is sunfaded and would be impossible to match new siding to the old. And since I am not a contractor I have zero experience with the removal and replacement of vinyl siding or soffit. Has anyone ever had this problem? Should I try to hire a contractor to help me out or explain to me how to get them out or should I just tell them sorry and to call a pest control company. The shame of the whole thing is that someone is going to have to remove the comb regardless of how the bees are removed.
Any advice would be appreciated.
I'm a new Beekeeper and am trying to get as many free locally adapted bees as possible rather than buying them from other locales. I've already removed a few swarms and I've gotten a few "bees in my house" calls but the majority of them have been sprayed prior to contacting me so I declined. Last friday I received my first call about a hive in a house that hasn't been sprayed and it seems to be a fairly strong colony judging by the amount of foragers coming and going. It is in a newish house and I think that they may be above the vinyl soffit or in the wall above.

The problem is that the house belongs to a realty company and they want to start showing the house so they want to do absolutely no damage to the vinyl siding or soffit since it is sunfaded and would be impossible to match new siding to the old. And since I am not a contractor I have zero experience with the removal and replacement of vinyl siding or soffit. Has anyone ever had this problem? Should I try to hire a contractor to help me out or explain to me how to get them out or should I just tell them sorry and to call a pest control company. The shame of the whole thing is that someone is going to have to remove the comb regardless of how the bees are removed.
Any advice would be appreciated.