Vanity: I have a large hive of bees in my wall, and want to transplant them (no-kill): HOW!?

18 JUN 09 | dcbryan1

[ClearCase_guy]

It’s one of the things that bugs me about the place.

[Beckwith]

Call a beekeeper.

He’ll be glad to take them off your hands.

[Revelation 911]

yeah - it bugs me too LOL

[constitutiongirl]

Thanks for the laugh:)

[Suz in AZ]

Call your local fire department. Many of them do swarm removal or may be able to point you in the right direction.

[ArrogantBustard]

A: (The sane solution) Find a beekeeper, and ask for assistance. Find a supplier of beekeeping kit (since you're interested in learning the art), and ask for assistance. Either way ... this is the sort of thing where I think you'd do well with hands-on assistance.

B: (The insane solution) Take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

[Gator113]

LMAO

[Deb]

Do you have toast?

[DCBryan1]

Hmmmm...didn't think about the bee sting thing/liability.

Point taken. Thanks.

BTW....yard is posted No Tresspassing. I also have "Tresspassers will be shot, survivors shot again posted".

[Just another Joe]

You do know that you will have to tear out the exterior wall, don’t you? Especially if they’ve been there 4 to 5 years.

[null and void]

Gasoline and matches on the side of my house? No thanks.

Good point.

C-4

There are few problems in this world that can't be solved by the judicious use of C-4...

[theDentist]

Let us know what you ultimately do. In the meantime, may I suggest:

[Petronski]

You need to find a local beekeeper or apiary society. Here are a couple of leads:

http://www.mdbee.com/

http://www.virginiabeekeepers.org/

They’ll probably need to cut a hole in your wall, so a carpenter will be involved too, I should think.

[calex59]

There are beekeepers who specialize in this sort of thing. However, they usually want to keep the bees for themselves. I am sure you can find one who will transplant them for you if you can find any in your area.

[Cboldt]

I googled ... you are going to be impressed with the scope of work that accompanies the chore. Good luck! I’ve been tempted to do beekeeping, from time to time, but now live on a small plot in a cold climate.

[KYGrandma]

Had a huge hive in my kitchen ceiling and called a bee keeper as the exterminator wouldn’t do it. The bee keeper came in with many cans of bug killer and zapped them. He said if the ceiling had fallen through someone could have been stung to death before they could get to the door. Don’t mess with them.

[nikos1121]

Unless you have the proper equipment you should avoid doing this yourself. Pest exterminators specialize in this, but some demand that they keep the honey. I don’t think they charge much, but you’ll have to open the wall and remove the large, and I mean large combs.

[w1andsodidwe]

Best solution yet. At least he appears to have the qualifications for this job.

[antceecee]

You really should call someone who specializes in removing bees. I know they have a method for vacuuming them up and then releasing them into another area.
The bees are unharmed by this method.

[Holicheese]

I would cover myself in honey and run into the middle of the bees and start swinging your arms wildly... get back to me on how that works out!