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| This topic is available here on The Repair-Place forum | Anyone know how to repel bees away from my house?
They keep building a nest up at the peak of my roof, among other locations, but that one I can't reach. Not even on a ladder, and honestly, I'm not too fond of the idea of trying to wreck a bees nest up on a ladder anyway. I just want them to stop trying to build there at all. They keep coming into my room and I can't seem to find any cracks in the doors and windows that I haven't already sealed. | |
| Willowsprite: Hope the Handyman guy doesn't mind this intrusion to his boards...............
Just curious, are these honeybees or carpenter bees? If honeybees, they may have an active hive inside the attic or between the walls. What you may be seeing are bees outside trying to force air inside to keep the colony cool.
Carpenter bees are not seen in large groups as with honeybees. You'll see them coming and going from wood. They bore into wood to enlarge their colony.
Honeybees are a real mess. Not only the stick fermenting honey, but also the sweet attracts carpenter ants........not something you want in your home.
Carpenter bees generally don't bother painted wood or well stained wood and of course aren't going thru mental. Some reports suggest benzaldehyde, the almond oil used in cooking, might be a carpenter bee-repellent.
I hate to say it but an inspection might be necessary.
sheepieboss | I think they're wasps actually...
Just looked it up, they look like this,
and their nests are like this....
Used by permission from http://www.cirrusimage.com/Bees_wasp_polistes.htm | You are going to have to spray. Somehow. I know it is far up, but you are going to HAVE to spray.
Do it at night ONLY
Do it on a windless night ONLY
Open a window close to the nest and carefully spray bee/wasp killer. Some say they repell for a while others don't so read the cans. They will spray up to 20' or so. You will hear the buzzing when you start to spray, but that is the buggers dying as they drop out of the nest. So the way I do it is give a spray as long as you can to soak the nest with out the fear getting in the way. Duck back inside and close the window quick. Go out the door with a flashlight and look around at the nest and on the ground. There will be a bunch of dead ones. Wait a little while until there is no more activity you can see and go back to the window and SOAK the nest.
In the next few days you can get a long stick and knock the nest to the ground as all will be dead. | I live in Phoenix and my house backs up to the desert preserve. At any given time during the day I can have anywhere from 20 - 60 bees drinking from my pool. They're not aggressive, but I have 2 little kids so I was looking for solutions.
I finally talked to a bee guy who lives nearby and he sprayed a chemical called TenGuard and the bees are gone. It's only been a day, but I can't believe that there are ZERO bees in my pool.
Apparently it is harmful to birds and fish, but is ok for people, dogs and cats. If you spray it on the bees, it will kill them, but once you spray it it repels them.
I hope this helps someone.
Do a search for PERMETHRIN BY TENGUARD and you should find it. |
Willowsprite wrote:
Anyone know how to repel bees away from my house?
They keep building a nest up at the peak of my roof, among other locations, but that one I can't reach. Not even on a ladder, and honestly, I'm not too fond of the idea of trying to wreck a bees nest up on a ladder anyway. I just want them to stop trying to build there at all. They keep coming into my room and I can't seem to find any cracks in the doors and windows that I haven't already sealed. |
I havn't ever had trouble with honey bees, however I don know that if you have a yellow jacket/ wasp issue. Like in the first picture. The ones that build inside of everything with that mud that you can't wash away. If you spray their nest and then leave it there they will not come back to it and it is one less place that they can build. I know it may be a bit unsightly it is better than being bitten though. Hope that helps. |
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