ended up costing about 650, but that included the repair carpentry and stuffing the cavity tight with fiberglass insulation so they never come back. honestly, i was amazed it was that cheap after yesterdays marathon

my old nemesis squirrels are responsible for making the initial entrance for the bees.

it always comes back to squirrels, the root of evil

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what is the difference, do they kill off the indigenous bees?

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They are more aggressive breeders so their drones mate more effectively with 'normal' honeybees. This actually serves to decrease the viscousness of the whole africanized bee population of hives by slowly diluting their aggressive nature.

just had a priceless incident with the internet guy.
still a few hundred bees milling around wondering what the hell happened.

guy was supposed to be by to install our internet and tv today. cable box is below the former nest area on the ground level exterior.

since most of the bees were removed yesterday, ive been down there no problem a number of times.

a jersey shore type showed up for the internet, and something about the guys hair treatment or cologne drove the remaining honey bees nuts. they were attacking this guy 30 feet away from the house, and chased him all the way to his truck in a swarm of about 50 of the suckers. he took off leaving a bunch of tools.

poor guy, guess no internet for a while till the bees disperse

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I love reading the stories of you buying and fixing up your new / old house.

You have a great way with words. When I read "jersey shore type", I formed a perfect mental picture of the guy running to his truck, leaving a cloud of cologne behind him.

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lol, thats exactly what he was. He had the whole spiked hair greased up look. I almost started calling him "the Situation" while he was here. "The Situation" I believe is actually a local boy to this area if I recall, maybe they go to the same salon

finally pics!

so here is the huge hole these guys opened up in the trim-



after the honeycomb was removed, this board looks burnt, but thats actually the resin they coat the inside of the hive with, goes on for another couple feet inside-



Heres a better pic of the resin dripping near one of their favorite entrances, notice how the bees smoothed over the entrance edge of the board for maximum efficiency. Must be like glassy marble to them-



this is our sample, the honey is delicious-




Heres probably the group that attacked the situation when he ran for the truck. This was after the major removal, but we still have a couple hundred a day end up inside the house taking shelter for at least 3 days. Coming up through the floorboards and any other cracks. These guys were pissed, I got the hell out of dodge before they attacked. Will be nice to actually use this room soon.

fortunately no bee yet born can stand the wrath of a 5hp wet dry vac sucking them into oblivion. The custom one keeps them alive, but a regular one will kill them when they make the sharp turns.

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I use a dustbuster to suck up bugs around the house and yard. If the trauma doesn't kill them the little bit of poison I put inside on the filter gets 'em every time.

so interesting development, the number of bees inside the house has gone from 3 to 5 a day, to 30 to 40 a day.

we had a couple glorious weeks of calm, but i think the colony has stabilized in its new quarters way across town, and these drones have started venturing far, catching the scent of the old quarters, and return there instead. they cant get in so they crawl all over the side of the house and end up in the wifes studio somehow.

i need to find the gap and paint everything immediately, we cannot have this restart.

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I hope they go to a local Apiary, would have been worth splitting the hive into two colonies and keeping them. I wish I was closer, I would have loved to have them

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Most people are so creeped out by bugs burning the house down would have been their preferred route. Glad to see you're treating the problem

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guy said they are thriving at his bee farm

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for some reason honey bees dont bother me. i dont want them attacking me, but their presence doesnt evoke the same response as if it were a roach infestation of something. the bees attack for a logical reason, you can understand their motivations

i dont like roaches, silverfish, or earwigs. those are the ones that creep me out.

spiders, ants, beetles ect no biggie.
i dont mind spiders in the house, as they hunt other bugs for me, but have almost been killed in a car accident because of a ridiculous violent reaction to a spider by a family member in the car, so i guess everyone has their pet bug phobia

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uNuQShExws

interesting update.

As I mentioned earlier, the bees getting into the house and yearning for their lost hive has been on the increase, with as many as 30-40 bees in the room per day.

The wife and I went on a long weekend and returned, and NO bees were around, none inside when we got back.

At the same time the wife noticed a massive wasp nest that has been seemingly constructed in less than a day hanging under the eave of the house nearby.

Do wasps hunt bees? Their presence seems to be directly connected to the lack of bee break ins

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Wasps will rob the bee nests. And to some extent will kill bees. I don't think they eat them though

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