I Have Honey Bees In My Roof

You may not know for sure how many nests are inside your siding or how large the nests are.

I have honey bees in my roof.

Generally honey bees don t colonise roofs when they are flying in beneath tiles they more often than not are colonising a cavity wall or an old dismantled chimney stack that is hidden beneath the tiles or possibly a soffit. This is what professionals do for a living so tap into their expertise. It is important to know that when you have a hive inside a wall the honey and the bees have to come out. Since the nest is in your siding you have never seen it only the bees entering and exiting.

The first step towards removal of a beehive is spotting the nest. If you get to close to the entrance to the nest or obstruct it. Follow the bees as they enter your house. If the bees are not in a very noticeable area it is likely they have been there a good while.

If you ve just seen bees flitting in and out but don t really know where they are living it s obvious that you need to first find out where they are. Bees inside an eave roofing system or attic is by far the most common place we find bee hives. Buzzing noises in the wall. Bees will not normally attack you unless they feel threatened e g.

Bee removal inside of structure. This always attracts more bees. Unborn larva can often have foul orders that can permeate through the walls. We understand that getting the bees away from your home is important to you.

Honey bees in roof spaces. Is a likely indicator. Honeycomb left in walls or roofs should be removed to prevent meltdown of honey. Getting them out of there can be a tedious task.

A charge may be made for this service. In the summer months its common to have honey leaking out of the walls and roofs. If bees are making nests in your walls or attic you may find dead bees in windowsills or near doors. Thankfully the roof was being replaced so we were allowed free access to it.

Bees get into corners and spaces between walls or other structures like attics. They are a great place for the bees because they are elevated have insulation and most predictors have no way of getting to them. Nests under roof eaves or in the ground. Ask for the bees to be housed.

I remember turning up on a sunday morning having no real idea of what to be expecting other than that we had been told that there were some honey bees in a flat roof and that they needed to be removed. Honey bees buzzing around the roof line eave facial freeze block or a garage wall fence jacuzzi or a similar structure likely indicates a beehive exists. They can arrange for a beekeeper to take the swarm away. Honey bees in roof spaces are not nearly as common as you might expect in fact we don t come across honey bees in roof spaces that often.