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Posted: Sep 6, 2012 10:24 pm
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 Active Pinecam Poster Joined: Mar 19, 2006 12:38 pm
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Are they bees? (slightly fuzzy) or hornets? (no hair). If bees, I may be able to help. I have a bee suit and a smoker.
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Post subject: Beehive
Posted: Sep 6, 2012 10:53 pm
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 Posts pretty often  Joined: Apr 5, 2008 2:52 am
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Very carefully. Drums..badahmp
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Posted: Sep 7, 2012 9:08 am
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Active Pinecam Poster  Joined: Sep 25, 2007 8:33 am
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Location: Woodside
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Let the professionals handle it.
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Posted: Sep 7, 2012 9:49 am
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Prolific Pinecam Poster Joined: Dec 11, 2002 6:40 pm
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Location: North Turkey Creek
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If Sharpened Axe can't get them, we recommend Golden Service, 303 670 4653. They did a great job for us a year ago. They do use pesticides, so be forewarned, but they can get places where beekeepers may not be able to.
Good luck, a gnarly problem to have 
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Posted: Sep 7, 2012 10:30 am
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 Pinecam Hall of Fame poster!  Joined: Jan 6, 2006 3:04 pm
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Location: Conifer
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don't kill the bees... geez.... have a professional remove them. we need them
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Posted: Sep 16, 2012 2:44 pm
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Active Pinecam Poster  Joined: Jan 13, 2011 8:25 am
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Location: Hilldale Pines
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Bee's are protected. Have a bee keeper come and get them.
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Posted: Sep 16, 2012 3:25 pm
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Pinecam Hall of Fame poster!  Joined: Oct 5, 2005 6:47 pm
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a hive about the size of a basketball sounds like wasps to me (not bees) - call in the pros -
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Posted: Sep 16, 2012 4:42 pm
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 Infrequent Pinecam poster Joined: Nov 6, 2007 11:41 am
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Location: Aspen Park
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If it is round and looks taupe or grey and papery in texture it is a wasps nest. An exterminator would be your best bet. Wasps, hornets, yellow jackets all have a thin "waist" and a shiney exoskeleton. Honey bees are golden and fuzzy.
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Post subject: Re: How do you remove a bee hive in the attic?
Posted: Sep 16, 2012 4:47 pm
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 Oh my, Big Time poster!  Joined: Dec 30, 2007 3:59 pm
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lilfish wrote: We just moved in and noticed dozens of bees (on a warm day) going in and out of a crack in the house. My husband found an abandoned hive about the size of a basketball under the deck near this location so I can only imagine what is up there.
Any suggestions, help, or referrals would be MUCH appreciated. And I though the leak through the ceiling was our welcome home gift...  Bees usually will build inside the walls. Sounds like paper wasps to me? Is the "hive" kind of pretty and looks like grayish tree bark? _________________ What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls a butterfly. |
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Posted: Sep 16, 2012 5:23 pm
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Prolific Pinecam Poster Joined: Dec 11, 2002 6:40 pm
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Location: North Turkey Creek
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Thanks for posting that, VH. We had a swarm of bees a couple of years ago that settled between our exterior paneling and the dining room wall. Pinecam poster COBeeMan and Mrs COBeeMan graciously came to my home on their own time and determined that they could not get the bees...most beekeepers are not equipped to do removals that involve tearing apart structures...so we had to take the sad step of calling a professional before we had bees in the house. There were easily a couple hundred swarming outside my kitchen window every day.
I do not advocate euthanizing bees, though there are situations where a beekeeper may not be able to help. I agree, this sounds like wasps, call a professional! |
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Posted: Sep 16, 2012 5:54 pm
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Pinecam Hall of Fame poster! Joined: Oct 5, 2005 6:47 pm
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does it look anything like this?
if so, 
pesky little critters! |
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