Bee issue inside the house.

[npgraphicdesign 3]

For the last month and a half or so, we've had a pretty annoying problem. We have bees...inside the house. I don't know where they're coming from or how they're getting in. For the last 10 days, I've kept windows closed, screen doors shut, and still there are anywhere from 2 to 3 bees every day, either flying around or lying around dead. Some are smaller, some are fully-grown.

Ordinarily, I wouldn't care & I would just let them bee...(). But my stepdad is allergic to bee stings. About 10 years ago, he was stung, and had to go to the ER. Since then he carries an anti-bee sting syringe (with some medicine or something) 24/7.

So, the only option is find out how they're getting in, or if there's a nest inside the house, and kill them.

How? Any suggestions?

[skydiverbry 0]

Ask them to leave...nicely



Bry

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[lowapproach 0]

We had this problem. It started with a few bees every now and then in our house. The bees were very lethargic and tended to congregate around the windows. One day we came home and there were hundreds, another time there were over a thousand. Getting someone to 'bee proof' and guarantee is impossible. We had this happen several times a year for 3 years. It turned out that they were coming in the chimney. The smallest opening is enough and because of the pheromones they will come back year after year after year.

What finally worked for us was to:
1. Put very small mesh over all openings in the house... stove vents, rafter vents, etc
2. Put a chimney caps on the chimneys. Get good quality ones that close very tightly with a gasket, then make sure you close it as much as possible. The installer asked me to closed it while he was on the roof. I pulled it close and he told me there was still an opening. I really had to crank down on it.

For what it is worth, I live in Southern California and this happened more when it was hot and dry such as in a santa ana.

Hope that helps. It was a frustrating experience. We have been bee free for about 14 months now.

[tigra 0]

Do you have any vents that lead outside? From your attic or stove, dryer, anywhere? I would start there. We had that problem in our trailer before, and they had made a nice little hive in the vent coming from our stove if I am not mistaken. We had never used the stove in our trailer so it made a perfect home for them. We had to spray the crap out of it and seal it up. I swear for months you would see them coming back and trying to get into their home, then flying away.
(Obviously a trailer is a lot smaller than a house so it was a little easier to find the hive, but it still took us a while.)

[billvon 3,111]

You likely have a hive somewhere inaccessible, like under roof tiles or inside a gable vent. Call a bee expert. Finding and removing hives is what they specialize in; we've had to do it twice,

[Misternatural 0]

Yep
What Bill said....if they are honeybees some bee keepers will do the deal for nothing as they get to keep the bees, but beware they may have to tear the walls apart and some of them are not very good carpenters! Most extermination companies will either hire a beekeeper or do the job themselves. Around here they refuse to kill them, which is good.

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