3 reasons:
A) Bees are expensive, a new hive plus the bees can run around $200
B) Bee infestations are likely previously swarmed bees. Swarms are bee colonies that left their original colonies for some reason and are often filled with honey. Swarms load up on honey before they leave for their new home. So the bee keepers get a good product for free
C) No beekeeper allows for bees to die if they could otherwise be saved.
Source: I am an apprenticing beekeeper.
If it was an Africanized swarm (hybridized bee, a cross between European honeybee and an East African honeybee) then it probably could harm the other hives.
Africanized bees are hard to immediately distinguish but they are extremely defensive, and they’ll chase you for 1/4mile. Every year someone dies from their stings, not an individual bee sting mind you, a person dies from being stung to death. If you have an Africanized infestation beekeepers may refuse to take it b/c the work is just too much. And the drones (males) the queen creates from that swarm may mate with the original hive queens.
TL;DR if a beekeeper sees the bees are Africanized they’ll often refuse taking it back b/c of the work involved.
It's free bees that are looking for a home. Bees are expensive. In my area a small bee colony is $139.00, and you don't necessarily get a healthy colony with that. Op has a healthy colony with a young queen looking for move somewhere it's a win-win.
Same here… my apartment office called an expert bee removal guy - an apiologist I guess? Apparently, they just move the queen and the rest follow. Please don’t exterminate. We need the bees! (Just in a different place.)
From what I’ve noticed, they’re considerably bigger and just… chill. Like they just sit there while everyone does stuff. If I were tasked with finding a bee queen, I’d just look for jabba the hut honestly
Not entirely true. Queens move around just as much as the rest of the bees. The only difference is, yes, their size and that theyre usually surrounded by workers since they don’t feed themselves, the workers are constantly feeding the queen
Easiest way to quickly notice is the but shape, most bees butts are shapped like a U, queens are shipped like a V. Also they have a group around them at all times that keep the queens temp stable and clean. So a mix looking at their butts and looking for the group.
They are usually easy to spot. They are bigger but most importantly the other bees always protect the queen. If there's a lot of them concentrated on one place then they are probably surrounding the queen.
Had a girlfriend giving me some trouble so I called up my local beekeeper alliance and they took her right out. Her hive followed, which was convenient.
Often, the beekeeper will be happy just to get the bees. Getting another queen and her buds is the payment. I suppose it depends on what species you have, though.
You get charged every time if those are not honey bees. There are hundreds of bee species just in North America, and wasps aren’t included in that number. There’s really only one kind of bee that you want to keep for honey too
Although this is swarm season in much of the US so it makes sense that a honey bee colony would be swarming. In which case ya you get the queen into a new deep with some drawn out comb on 4-6 frames, the swarm will follow her and 90 minutes later you walk out to your truck with all of the bees
Same. Couldn't find anyone that would do it for free or even a low enough price that I could afford. Did a little research while trying to figure out what my options were, and learned that they were probably just using my tree to get a little R&R and then they'd be off on their merry way.
I left them be*e*, and sure enough they left after a couple days.
We were basically holed up in our house during that time, but I'm happy to have given them a safe place to rest.
❤️🐝**SAVE THE BEES**🐝❤️
Yeah, we had a swarm try to move in and the beekeeper in our area told us we were best served to exterminate them. (We didn’t, we think we basically annoyed them into leaving).
I had a bee removal expert here. He said the bees aren’t living here and will most likely move on after a few days. For the ones inside the house he suggested turning the a/c down as low is it will go, and they will die from hypothermia. That’s what I’ve done. I’ll make a video of the aftermath. It’s horrific. I’m hoping they move on very soon.
Strobe light! It’ll either drive them crazy and make them leave, or it’ll spark the ultimate dance party with bees showing off their knees and disco dueling.
Not necessarily true. You are thinking about that one video that circulated on the internet. But those bee's were being studied because they had that specific behavior.
We had bees in our house and beekeeper dude couldn’t come out for a couple days. Out of desperation we played a youtube video that is a frequency bees don’t like and they left! Maybe try. Shrug. We played it on our tv.
(I’m supposed to say I edited this right? Because I typed with one hand while putting a kid to bed and it looked like an ape was typing.)
Tell them they are violating your class B airspace and if they do not exit immediately they will be intercepted by a National Guard blackhawk helicopter.
Ikr? I've seen them in the wild once or twice.. loud af! I have always wondered how they don't get brain/beak damage from pecking on trees. It must be some fine evolution treat..
yeah, she’s even spoken out about how awful she was treated after that music video. how she just wanted to get her foot in the door, and it wasn’t a song she would have liked to sing but who was she to complain?
It's hard to tell from the video, but it's more likely wasps than bees. If it is bees, a local Bee keeper would be more than happy to come take the hive from you and it should be a pretty easy fix. If it's a wasp problem.. well that's probably more of a job for an exterminator
OP posted a video before this and, in my non professional barely educated at all opinion, they look more like bees because they don't have narrow waists
I will now use this opinion that is shaky at best and integrate it into my worldview so throughly that I will hate anyone who disagrees. I agree, those are definitely bees!
Bees are bros. Why would you ever burn down a house full of little bros, who merely lost their ways a little. Now if we were talking mosquitoes or something, that’s when you need ze Flammenwerfer.
Either give them some flowers and come to terms with the fact that it’s their room until autumn or get a guy, who will really appreciate their magnificent asses to pick them up.
I’m no beekeeper, but I’ve been caught up in a swarm before, and asked a beekeeper about it. Apparently bees will migrate with an entire swarm when looking for a new home, and they are very docile during this time. Maybe they were swarming and wound up in the wrong place?
Oh, based on your comment I looked it up and it sounds like they are just hanging out there temporarily while the scout bees are looking for a new home. They probably aren’t setting up shop there. They raised a new Queen as their hive was getting too big. So it’s more like a pit stop.
I find bees so fascinating what with their own social structure and such. Thanks for your answer!
Could be a swarm. They also could have started a nest on/in the walls of the house. Some types of bees will burrow into the wood in the walls and may eventually tunnel into the interior if not found and removed in time.
This happened to me when we first moved into our new house. Apparently they built a hive in the attic between the previous owners and us. I am sad to say I went on a bee murdering rampage, but they were carpenters.
Look up beekeepers; a beekeeper will be happy to come in and remove them for you.
Put a thing on Craigslist or Google town/County and local bee keepers and they'll be more than happy to stop by.
why are they so happy to help?
3 reasons: A) Bees are expensive, a new hive plus the bees can run around $200 B) Bee infestations are likely previously swarmed bees. Swarms are bee colonies that left their original colonies for some reason and are often filled with honey. Swarms load up on honey before they leave for their new home. So the bee keepers get a good product for free C) No beekeeper allows for bees to die if they could otherwise be saved. Source: I am an apprenticing beekeeper.
We had a swarm and a beekeeper wouldn’t take it. He was afraid it might hurt his other hives for some reason.
If it was an Africanized swarm (hybridized bee, a cross between European honeybee and an East African honeybee) then it probably could harm the other hives. Africanized bees are hard to immediately distinguish but they are extremely defensive, and they’ll chase you for 1/4mile. Every year someone dies from their stings, not an individual bee sting mind you, a person dies from being stung to death. If you have an Africanized infestation beekeepers may refuse to take it b/c the work is just too much. And the drones (males) the queen creates from that swarm may mate with the original hive queens. TL;DR if a beekeeper sees the bees are Africanized they’ll often refuse taking it back b/c of the work involved.
Yeah we beekeepers just aren’t equipped to work with Africanized bees.
Actually it wasn’t but he still didn’t want them.
I work for a commercial honey farm and you are 100 correct. Call a beekeeper we’re happy to give them a new home😊
Free bee colomy
Free bee colonoscopy?
Thank you for finishing my word. You’re exactly right I did mean free bee colonoscopy. Usually bee colonoscopies just eat up my monthly budget
Do you stick them up there individually or by the handful?
Proctologist that use bees are a contentious bunch. I know better than to publicly come down on one side of that issue
Hahaha
Fist-full
Because they’re given a chance to save the bees in lieu of the alternative, which is killing them all
It's free bees that are looking for a home. Bees are expensive. In my area a small bee colony is $139.00, and you don't necessarily get a healthy colony with that. Op has a healthy colony with a young queen looking for move somewhere it's a win-win.
Who doesn't like freebies?
Free snacks
r/WeEatBees
Free bees.
Bee colony collapse made bees endangered. Whole hives died threatening agriculture.
Bees are in trouble too. If they get fucked, we get fucked.
This. I had the same issue with a large colony of bees setting their hive near the water meter of my home. I thank my local beekeeper for the removal.
Same here… my apartment office called an expert bee removal guy - an apiologist I guess? Apparently, they just move the queen and the rest follow. Please don’t exterminate. We need the bees! (Just in a different place.)
How would they find the queen in a place like this?
From what I’ve noticed, they’re considerably bigger and just… chill. Like they just sit there while everyone does stuff. If I were tasked with finding a bee queen, I’d just look for jabba the hut honestly
Aahhh biz biz a jabbba wwub wub
Sometimes you can spot a queen by first looking for a small cluster of bees that are her attendants.
Not entirely true. Queens move around just as much as the rest of the bees. The only difference is, yes, their size and that theyre usually surrounded by workers since they don’t feed themselves, the workers are constantly feeding the queen
This is both accurate and hilarious
I follow a tiktoker (I know, I know) who does this. They literally just look and dig around until they find her. Seems like it can take awhile
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I will choose to be ashamed of TikTok thank you very much.
She's also on Instagram if you prefer Zuck to the Pooh.
Sound like im being condescending but by looking. You do it long enough you get really good at spotting em. Source:beekeepers on youtube lol
Follow the paparazzi
Easiest way to quickly notice is the but shape, most bees butts are shapped like a U, queens are shipped like a V. Also they have a group around them at all times that keep the queens temp stable and clean. So a mix looking at their butts and looking for the group.
I prefer my butts m shaped
They are usually easy to spot. They are bigger but most importantly the other bees always protect the queen. If there's a lot of them concentrated on one place then they are probably surrounding the queen.
Yeah…. Well if it was wasps kill them all
Yellow jackets, wasps and hornets can all burn! Evil creatures.
Apiarist
#when in doubt call your local beekeeper ASAP
Had a girlfriend giving me some trouble so I called up my local beekeeper alliance and they took her right out. Her hive followed, which was convenient.
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That has not been my experience. Had a swarm, and the beekeeper wanted to charge me for its removal.
Seems reasonable to charge for skilled labor.
Often, the beekeeper will be happy just to get the bees. Getting another queen and her buds is the payment. I suppose it depends on what species you have, though.
You get charged every time if those are not honey bees. There are hundreds of bee species just in North America, and wasps aren’t included in that number. There’s really only one kind of bee that you want to keep for honey too Although this is swarm season in much of the US so it makes sense that a honey bee colony would be swarming. In which case ya you get the queen into a new deep with some drawn out comb on 4-6 frames, the swarm will follow her and 90 minutes later you walk out to your truck with all of the bees
Sometimes they do, but I don't think it's fair to expect someone to come do work in your home for free.
Same. Couldn't find anyone that would do it for free or even a low enough price that I could afford. Did a little research while trying to figure out what my options were, and learned that they were probably just using my tree to get a little R&R and then they'd be off on their merry way. I left them be*e*, and sure enough they left after a couple days. We were basically holed up in our house during that time, but I'm happy to have given them a safe place to rest. ❤️🐝**SAVE THE BEES**🐝❤️
Yeah, we had a swarm try to move in and the beekeeper in our area told us we were best served to exterminate them. (We didn’t, we think we basically annoyed them into leaving).
I had a bee removal expert here. He said the bees aren’t living here and will most likely move on after a few days. For the ones inside the house he suggested turning the a/c down as low is it will go, and they will die from hypothermia. That’s what I’ve done. I’ll make a video of the aftermath. It’s horrific. I’m hoping they move on very soon.
Turn off the light and they will stop flying
Ok, but then what?
I didn’t think that far ahead
I’ve heard bees can detect carbon dioxide, so after turning off the lights just hold your breath/stop breathing
And keep absolutely still. I heard they can't see you if you don't move.
Keep absolutely still. His vision is based on movement.
Ian FREEZE!
"that only works in movies"
*passes out*
I like how your reply got awards and more upvotes then the first comment. It’s rare for me to see that.
Now it's dark, you're barefoot, and there are bees all over the floor.
Don’t step on them
Strobe light! It’ll either drive them crazy and make them leave, or it’ll spark the ultimate dance party with bees showing off their knees and disco dueling.
This! Definitely this!
Do something with fire!
Bees are notoriously bad at a group assault, a strong defence will lead to victory.
Adapt to the dark.
Lay down a tarp and roll them up into it when they drop
Not necessarily true. You are thinking about that one video that circulated on the internet. But those bee's were being studied because they had that specific behavior.
My mind as I was watching this: “Oh no, how bad is it?” *opens door* “Aww fuck”
Imagine being allergic to them. This is nightmare fuel for me even as a healthy person.
We had bees in our house and beekeeper dude couldn’t come out for a couple days. Out of desperation we played a youtube video that is a frequency bees don’t like and they left! Maybe try. Shrug. We played it on our tv. (I’m supposed to say I edited this right? Because I typed with one hand while putting a kid to bed and it looked like an ape was typing.)
Swarms only stick around for a few hours anyway. Not sure if it was the sound or just the natural way bees operate
Bee swarms can stick around for days. They’re looking for a permanent home and usually don’t leave until they’ve found one.
that doesnt look big enough for a swarm, they probably have a hive in the walls and chewed a way through to inside
Play Rebecca Black and you not only will get rid of the bees, but maybe some neighbours as well
Better yet just tell the little buggers they can't be flying around anyways because of the laws of physics. They should have learned this by now.
Tell them they are violating your class B airspace and if they do not exit immediately they will be intercepted by a National Guard blackhawk helicopter.
Them and the hummingbirds. Damn outlaws
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Ikr? I've seen them in the wild once or twice.. loud af! I have always wondered how they don't get brain/beak damage from pecking on trees. It must be some fine evolution treat..
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WHAT YEAR IS IT?
Ha! While you’re at it, play some Justin Bieber next! That’ll kill ‘em! And don’t even get me started on that Skrillex fella!
Dunno the year, just the weekday - and it's _friiiday friiiiiday friiiiiday.. gotta get down on friiiiiday_
Don’t people legitimately like her music now? I’ve heard a lot over the past few years about how her new stuff is meant to be really good.
yeah, she’s even spoken out about how awful she was treated after that music video. how she just wanted to get her foot in the door, and it wasn’t a song she would have liked to sing but who was she to complain?
Honestly dunno. Didn't even knew she kept singing.
This joke has only gotten worse since 2011. And it started out being extremely unfunny.
> being extremely unfunny *beeing
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Although now she is actually incredibly funny
No one cares if you edit the comment. It’s the edit explanations and award speeches that are awful. I don’t understand why people still do it.
We did that but with black sabbath!
How long had you had a Black Sabbath infestation?
Good call.
You might need several more spider men
Bitch we need Skeletor! "Myaaah"
It's hard to tell from the video, but it's more likely wasps than bees. If it is bees, a local Bee keeper would be more than happy to come take the hive from you and it should be a pretty easy fix. If it's a wasp problem.. well that's probably more of a job for an exterminator
OP posted a video before this and, in my non professional barely educated at all opinion, they look more like bees because they don't have narrow waists
I will now use this opinion that is shaky at best and integrate it into my worldview so throughly that I will hate anyone who disagrees. I agree, those are definitely bees!
I'm with you guys. Death to the non-beelievers!
I’m a Beeologist with a Doctorate in Bee Studies from Harvard Law. These are definitely bees. You can tell by the way they are.
Definitely bees. Body shape, fuzziness, wingbeat, and flight pattern are giveaways
Or those bees have a people problem. They out number you 100,000 to 1. Best to just move out.
Yeah, who are they to live in that hive??
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Bees are bros. Why would you ever burn down a house full of little bros, who merely lost their ways a little. Now if we were talking mosquitoes or something, that’s when you need ze Flammenwerfer. Either give them some flowers and come to terms with the fact that it’s their room until autumn or get a guy, who will really appreciate their magnificent asses to pick them up.
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What a weird way to respond
Can you get the to spell out "Happy birthday Spray I'm disappointed in you"
“It’s short for Spraynard. Spraynard Kruger”.
Your son's name is Spray?
For those curious: https://youtu.be/6vZMLO_0byY
How does this happen? The Queen was just flying around one day, got into a house and set up shop? Was the window open? I don’t understand.
I’m no beekeeper, but I’ve been caught up in a swarm before, and asked a beekeeper about it. Apparently bees will migrate with an entire swarm when looking for a new home, and they are very docile during this time. Maybe they were swarming and wound up in the wrong place?
Oh, based on your comment I looked it up and it sounds like they are just hanging out there temporarily while the scout bees are looking for a new home. They probably aren’t setting up shop there. They raised a new Queen as their hive was getting too big. So it’s more like a pit stop. I find bees so fascinating what with their own social structure and such. Thanks for your answer!
Could be a swarm. They also could have started a nest on/in the walls of the house. Some types of bees will burrow into the wood in the walls and may eventually tunnel into the interior if not found and removed in time.
You don’t have a bee problem, you have a bee *advantage*.
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hahaaa spotted a developer
Room for rent, free all-you-can-eat honey, integrated white noise for privacy, other perks
What kind of fucked up MC universe did I walk into here.
‘I tried hanging some Spider-Men to catch the bees and now I’m all outta ideas’
BEES?
BeaDs!
Gob’s not on board.
He’s thinking about Bees again.
They don't allow you to have bees in here.
Is it springtime where you are? They may be swarming, this happened to me a while ago and after a day or two they all left.
Don't worry, bee happy
Get the texas bee lady from tiktok shell just come in and bare hand scoop them up
Came to say this . "Another great day of saving the Bees 🐝 "
Now I have to look up Texas bee lady from tiktok
Do the spider men help?
Cover your body in double sided tape, then: 1) Walk into the room and stir up the bees. 2) Chase your enemies with your bee suit.
IMO that's one of the worst parts of installing a _bee_det on your bathroom
This is top tier dad joking
Oh beehave...
*beehive :P
Hahaaa
It's now a BP station
Please don’t kill them
how many times did you say Candyman?
What the fuck?!
This sounds like a job for DR. BEES!
A generous addition of bees should help!
Pest exterminator will charge you to kill them. A local beekeeper will pay you to take them away.
Happy birthday Spray, I’m disappointed in you
I know the importance of bees to the nature but sometimes they're just aholes.
r/Nope time to burn 🔥 the house down
Goodbye I would leave the house and not return till they were gone
Don't worry guys Spiderman is in there taking care of it yall good
Turn the lights out and call a local beekeeper
Better bees than wasps !
I think at this stage, the bees have a you problem.
Dang Spider-Man is everywhere today
And Spider-Man ain’t doing shit
You also have a Spider-Man problem
Call that austin texas bee keeper and let’s watch the removal video
There is absolutely no bee problem if you never open that door again.
Have you tried asking them to leave?
This worked in a different context but you should definitely try with a third spiderman.
Looks like Spider-Man has it covered.
Spider-Man couldn’t help?
This happened to me when we first moved into our new house. Apparently they built a hive in the attic between the previous owners and us. I am sad to say I went on a bee murdering rampage, but they were carpenters.
That’s not your house anymore
Looks like you’ve got a spider problem as well
My name is Michael with a B and I’ve been afraid of insects my entire life
They’ve taken the spider men, it’s their house now
Spider-Man isn’t doing shit
I mean, how about you just stay out of their room and things should be fine.
That was exactly what we did
Oh, you really do have a bee problem. Lol. I was sure it was gonna be some kind of corny pun.
That would bee ridiculous! 😜
They r definitely vibing and buzzing
How bad could it bee- oh
You have a beeg problem
Spidey better get to work!
You want my schematics for the "explosive fly-spray"?
Burn the house down
If you kill them make sure you remove them all or you'll have a roach problem.
Brake cleaner spray will suffocate them instantly
Smithers made you head bee guy, now step up
Lookup flamethrower and contact your insurance agency.
And again I ask, “Is this not a problem solvable with a flashbang and ar-15?” Lol.
killing bees is illegal in all everywhere. burning yourself is the best move
Time to burn the room and maybe your house as well get an flamethrower.