I really need advice. I have bees that have moved into my house thru an outside outlet that had no fixture. we had planned to do all that when we put up the deck outside our upstaris bedroom, but ran out of funds. that was 30 years ago. I digress. I'm now 70, hubby is 74 - we stil have no deck and have bees that I'm pretty sure are in the walls of our bedroom................. the outlet is approx 2.5 stories up. I'd have to place an extension ladder on a hill just to get up there. I don't want to kill the bees. I'd rather figure out a way to get them to leave. a bee escape was a thought. do you think that is something that might work? our house is cedar sided and it almost looks like they have gotten in not only thru the outlet, but perhaps under some shingles. I'm a little afraid to climb up a tall ladder. I recently had hip replacement surgery and still not totally stable. My son and I had bees together and he often caught swarms for people just for doing it. never charged them. the worst part here is that he would know what to do, but he lost his battle with cancer a year ago in april, so I have no one to guide me. I can't pay hundred of dollars to have someone do it. we're faced with trying to figure out how to remove them or hopefully not just spray something inside that would kill them. I don't have issues with cutting out drywall to get rid of them. a pain, but better than killing them. I had thought a thermal camera might tell me what I'm dealing with, but they are super expensive. do you have any advice for me.? I live in Northeastern Illinois near the Lake Geneva, WI border. thanks for hearing me out.
Hey Linda, sorry, swamped with my day job and never looked at the comments. I think you could, but I find that bees tend to climb, so I normally point the cones down. My thought is that they would climb the cone, then at the peak go back down. You'd be better off to try to put some kind of box on top of the sprinkler box, then a cone on the side, but honestly, a sprinkler box should be something you can cut the comb out of.
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I really need advice. I have bees that have moved into my house thru an outside outlet that had no fixture. we had planned to do all that when we put up the deck outside our upstaris bedroom, but ran out of funds. that was 30 years ago. I digress. I'm now 70, hubby is 74 - we stil have no deck and have bees that I'm pretty sure are in the walls of our bedroom................. the outlet is approx 2.5 stories up. I'd have to place an extension ladder on a hill just to get up there. I don't want to kill the bees. I'd rather figure out a way to get them to leave. a bee escape was a thought. do you think that is something that might work? our house is cedar sided and it almost looks like they have gotten in not only thru the outlet, but perhaps under some shingles.
I'm a little afraid to climb up a tall ladder. I recently had hip replacement surgery and still not totally stable. My son and I had bees together and he often caught swarms for people just for doing it. never charged them. the worst part here is that he would know what to do, but he lost his battle with cancer a year ago in april, so I have no one to guide me. I can't pay hundred of dollars to have someone do it. we're faced with trying to figure out how to remove them or hopefully not just spray something inside that would kill them. I don't have issues with cutting out drywall to get rid of them. a pain, but better than killing them. I had thought a thermal camera might tell me what I'm dealing with, but they are super expensive.
do you have any advice for me.? I live in Northeastern Illinois near the Lake Geneva, WI border.
thanks for hearing me out.
I can't find the 1/8 inch hardware cloth unless I order yards at a time. suggestions? is is the same as window or door screen?
I use the flange with adjustable 45 so I can swivel cone in whatever direction I want.
I want to do a trap out from a sprinkler box. Can the cone be vertical?
Hey Linda, sorry, swamped with my day job and never looked at the comments. I think you could, but I find that bees tend to climb, so I normally point the cones down. My thought is that they would climb the cone, then at the peak go back down. You'd be better off to try to put some kind of box on top of the sprinkler box, then a cone on the side, but honestly, a sprinkler box should be something you can cut the comb out of.
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