Advice on a Bee's Nest

[p_glover]

Pottering around in the garden today and we have noticed that we have a bee's nest at the bottom of the garden in a compost bin. Any ideas or advice on how to get rid of it.

many thanks

[Tarot]

For goodness sake dont poke it around,phone the local council they will sort it out.

[p_glover]

Oh Yes that was my first idea.......Poke it and make them angry!!!!!

I will contact the council

Tarot Wrote:

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> For goodness sake dont poke it around,phone the

> local council they will sort it out.

[Frankito]

Tarot does have a point.... Some people have been known to try the DIY approach with varying degrees of success...

You can buy a powder from B&Q which you pour over the nest at night when they are sleeping. I wouldn't personally as I am shit-scared of anything that buzzes.

[bonniebird]

Don't touch it call the beeman on here he said he will take them away, I think its in offered or wanted section.

[bonniebird]

PLEASE DO NOT KILL THEM, BEES ARE DYING OUT, WE NEED THEM!!!

[Annette Curtain]

Firstly, is it really causing an issue ?

If not please take into account of necessity of the humble bee in our environment.

Bees are relatively benign & if you could leave them alive, then all to the good.

Please read the link i've put on here.

Good luck.

Nette(tu)

[Frankito]

But if they are wasps get them destroyed otherwise they will start bugging you.

[bonniebird]

No he takes wasps too, I have tried to find hie details on here, but can't find him :( wasps only bug when they are dying off late summer, of you leave well alone you'll BEE ok ;-)

[bonniebird]

http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?9,652867,654095#msg-654095

found him, you have to pm him.

[p_glover]

Many thanks bonniebird

I have PM'd the bee man.

bonniebird Wrote:

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> http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?9

> ,652867,654095#msg-654095

> found him, you have to pm him.

[bonniebird]

Your very welcome, good luck (tu)

[p_glover]

Bee man (joe) popped round tonight to have a look at the nest in the garden. Apparently the nest is massive.

He informed me that bee's are Bumble Bee's not honey Bee's that i thought so he couldn't do anything.

Was informed me that they are protected and you cant go around killing them. Pointed me in the direction of Bromley Bee Club. Spoke to a member of the club and have been advised to just leave them alone as they wont cause you any problems unless you disturb the nest. As the nest is in the compost bin they should have a happy summer before they die off at the end of the summer months.

[huncamunca]

Bees are good

[McSporran]

Hi, we had the same situation a couple of years ago, and after much searching on the internet discovered that bumble bees are protected and that we shouldn't disturb the nest.

We really wanted just to move the nest so that we could use the compost bin again, and had no desire to harm the bees in any way. So, we left them be for the summer and used a temporary compost bin. They were no trouble and we (including our little boy) found them fascinating. As mentioned above they vacated or died off at the end of the summer and we reclaimed the bin.

We became quite attached to them, so during that summer we bought a bee house in the hope that they would move or come back, but they never did :-(