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Bees swarming outside my back door, what are they after?
Posted on 3/23/19 at 1:05 pm
Posted on 3/23/19 at 1:05 pm
Got home from my kids soccer game and he was in the kitchen getting a snack. He calls me in there and points at the window. I walked out another door to go around and look and there’s anywhere from 40-60 of them just swarming around a door and window. Nice warm clear day here in Birmingham and I’ve just never seen them swarm around a house before. They’ll get in the bushes and under trees but this is on my deck about 15 feet off the ground. I plan on laying waste to them soon if it continues. Just curious what their aim is.
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Posted on 3/23/19 at 1:12 pm to TU Rob
Look up your local beekeepers association and call them. Someone will gladly come get them. If your in the Jackson area I would do so myself. They won’t harm you and are in there most gentle state when swarming.
Posted on 3/23/19 at 1:19 pm to TU Rob
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Just curious what their aim is.
It was always my understanding that they swarm when they are looking for a place to live. I'm not 100% on that.
Posted on 3/23/19 at 1:20 pm to Columbia
Yeah I’ll do that. There must be a hive nearby. Neighbors have been cutting grass so I wonder if they got disturbed. Now there’s hundreds of them.
Posted on 3/23/19 at 1:25 pm to TU Rob
Honey bees?
Posted on 3/23/19 at 1:33 pm to TU Rob
Looks like it. I only know honey, carpenter, and bumble. It definitely isn’t carpenter or bumble.
Posted on 3/23/19 at 1:33 pm to TU Rob
Yes. Italian Honeybee. There are many reasons they swarm.
Posted on 3/23/19 at 1:35 pm to Columbia
Talked to my wife and she knows someone that keeps them. Going to try and contact them. Also found a local site wirh a list of names of people to help wirh swarms.
Posted on 3/23/19 at 1:38 pm to TU Rob
smoke will chase them off, get an old paint can and put a paper towel in it and light it.
the smoke smell repels them, thats why bee keepers use it to pacify bees, once they leave they will move on and they wont be back unless they are nesting in the walls, if thats the case call a bee collector
the smoke smell repels them, thats why bee keepers use it to pacify bees, once they leave they will move on and they wont be back unless they are nesting in the walls, if thats the case call a bee collector
This post was edited on 3/23/19 at 4:30 pm
Posted on 3/23/19 at 2:14 pm to TU Rob
My neighbor knew a guy at our church that keeps them. I’ve been in touch and he said he’s already captured a swarm this morning. He’s been very informative. Once they all land somewhere he can come capture them. He said they may be passing through but for now they’re still out there. Not as many as earlier but still a hundred or more.
Posted on 3/23/19 at 2:38 pm to TU Rob
Post some pics if they settle
Posted on 3/23/19 at 2:52 pm to Columbia
They are looking for a place to start a new hive.
Posted on 3/23/19 at 2:59 pm to TU Rob
I almost broke a good fishing pole over a buddy's back while an enormous swarm passed 6 feet over our heads as we were bass fishing deep inside of a lilly pad field. I was trying to incentivize him to crank the motor and get our arses out of there, but truth be told, we wouldn't of had a chance if their interest was in lighting our arses up because we had bushwacked our way in to where we were.
They never paid us any attention, but as a a staunch opponent of any stinging insect (I don't bother bees one bit), it was pretty terrifying. We thought some weird sounding piece of machinery was coming through the adjacent woods when we 1st heard it. It was quite the act of nature.
They never paid us any attention, but as a a staunch opponent of any stinging insect (I don't bother bees one bit), it was pretty terrifying. We thought some weird sounding piece of machinery was coming through the adjacent woods when we 1st heard it. It was quite the act of nature.
Posted on 3/23/19 at 3:12 pm to Bigbee Hills
A friend and I were at the camp one day and we were in one of those Gator ATV things driving on a rock road behind a truck. Next thing we know there are thousands of bees coming out from under the truck and going right at us. We drove right through those suckers and didn’t get stung. They ran into us but never stung us. It was very scary at first but funny when we passed through them all
Posted on 3/23/19 at 4:06 pm to TU Rob
Pretty cool. Thanks for sharing.
Posted on 3/23/19 at 6:58 pm to TU Rob
honey
Posted on 3/23/19 at 7:13 pm to TU Rob
Did they settle and ball up?
Posted on 3/23/19 at 8:39 pm to TU Rob
Three years ago a swarm tried to start a hive in the soffit of my house. I called a beekeeper thinking he could get them out. He said there was no way to remove them and killed them with what he said was basically 7Dust.
Posted on 3/23/19 at 9:46 pm to Columbia
Never balled up. They were getting behind my siding though. The guy got here a little before dusk. He pointed out that several were fanning. And if they had been in there already they probably wouldn’t be doing that. We’re going to cut a section of my kitchen ceiling out early next week and he’s going to attempt to capture them. I can’t really describe it and the space is too tight to take a good picture but we don’t seem to think they are going up the siding. We think they’re slipping behind it in this one spot and getting in between the ceiling and floor of the house. If that’s the case I’ll have a ton of pictures early next week for y’all.
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