I woke up this morning and heard a loud buzzing from one of my bedroom
windows, like an insect was trapped there trying to get out. I opened the
blackout shades (which more or less effectively seal the windows off from
the room) and found at least half a dozen bees trying to get out through the
glass. All the windows to the bedroom were shut and always are. There were
two dead bees on the floor.

I went outside and saw several bees buzzing around the eves of the house, a
yard or so away from the windows. I could also see numerous bees inside the
window (the same ones I'd seen before), still trying to get out.

I had to leave for an appointment, so I closed my bedroom door so no bees
would get out into the rest of the house, should they be able to get out
from behind the blackout shades.

I came home five hours later. A few bees still buzzed around the outside
house around the eves. But when I came inside and went in the bedroom,
there were 27 dead bees on the windowsills and floor, and not one live one.

It's Southern California. The temperature outdoors was in the low sixties
all day. Temperature in the bedroom was 73.

I can't find an opening that appears large enough for one of these bees,
much less a slew of them, and even those openings are just light fixture
cans. The windows are shut, not a crack showing. The windows haven't been
opened in months.

How'd they get in, so many all at once? How'd they all die in the span of
five hours? (I've never used a pesticide on the property, which is only two
years old.) And do you think they're coming back? (Not the dead ones, of
course, but their buddies.)

BTW, I'm presuming dead bee stingers still work, so I won't be picking them
up by hand. Am I correct in that presumption?

Jim Beaver

Jim Beaver wrote:

I woke up this morning and heard a loud buzzing from one of my bedroom
windows, like an insect was trapped there trying to get out. I opened the
blackout shades (which more or less effectively seal the windows off from
the room) and found at least half a dozen bees trying to get out through the
glass. All the windows to the bedroom were shut and always are. There were
two dead bees on the floor.

I went outside and saw several bees buzzing around the eves of the house, a
yard or so away from the windows. I could also see numerous bees inside the
window (the same ones I'd seen before), still trying to get out.
SNIP

They have a nest *inside* the wall framing.
GOOGLE around.

Jim

"Jim Beaver" wrote in message
m...
I woke up this morning and heard a loud buzzing from one of my bedroom
windows, like an insect was trapped there trying to get out. I opened the
blackout shades (which more or less effectively seal the windows off from
the room) and found at least half a dozen bees trying to get out through
the glass. All the windows to the bedroom were shut and always are. There
were two dead bees on the floor.

I went outside and saw several bees buzzing around the eves of the house,
a yard or so away from the windows. I could also see numerous bees inside
the window (the same ones I'd seen before), still trying to get out.

I had to leave for an appointment, so I closed my bedroom door so no bees
would get out into the rest of the house, should they be able to get out
from behind the blackout shades.

I came home five hours later. A few bees still buzzed around the outside
house around the eves. But when I came inside and went in the bedroom,
there were 27 dead bees on the windowsills and floor, and not one live
one.

It's Southern California. The temperature outdoors was in the low sixties
all day. Temperature in the bedroom was 73.

I can't find an opening that appears large enough for one of these bees,
much less a slew of them, and even those openings are just light fixture
cans. The windows are shut, not a crack showing. The windows haven't
been opened in months.

How'd they get in, so many all at once? How'd they all die in the span of
five hours? (I've never used a pesticide on the property, which is only
two years old.) And do you think they're coming back? (Not the dead
ones, of course, but their buddies.)

BTW, I'm presuming dead bee stingers still work, so I won't be picking
them up by hand. Am I correct in that presumption?

Jim Beaver

hope they're not KILLER BEES!

In article ,
says...
How'd they get in, so many all at once? How'd they all die in the span of
five hours? (I've never used a pesticide on the property, which is only two
years old.) And do you think they're coming back? (Not the dead ones, of
course, but their buddies.)


They don't need much of an opening to get in. Recessed lighting will
give enough of an entry. Hard to say what killed them, for the ones in
the window sill maybe the built up heat, if they were between the shades
and windows, was too hard on them. The insides of homes are actually too
harsh an environment for many insects. As long as you have bees getting
into the walls of the house you will continue to find bees inside. If
the bees are actually dead then you should be ok picking them up. A
barely alive bee may be a different story.
--
Lar

Oh, if only Noah would of been a bit more wise,
he surely would of swatted those two flies.

to email....get rid of the BUGS

Jim Beaver wrote:
I woke up this morning and heard a loud buzzing from one of my bedroom
windows, like an insect was trapped there trying to get out. I opened the
blackout shades (which more or less effectively seal the windows off from
the room) and found at least half a dozen bees trying to get out through the
glass. All the windows to the bedroom were shut and always are. There were
two dead bees on the floor.

I went outside and saw several bees buzzing around the eves of the house, a
yard or so away from the windows. I could also see numerous bees inside the
window (the same ones I'd seen before), still trying to get out.

I had to leave for an appointment, so I closed my bedroom door so no bees
would get out into the rest of the house, should they be able to get out
from behind the blackout shades.

I came home five hours later. A few bees still buzzed around the outside
house around the eves. But when I came inside and went in the bedroom,
there were 27 dead bees on the windowsills and floor, and not one live one.

It's Southern California. The temperature outdoors was in the low sixties
all day. Temperature in the bedroom was 73.

I can't find an opening that appears large enough for one of these bees,
much less a slew of them, and even those openings are just light fixture
cans. The windows are shut, not a crack showing. The windows haven't been
opened in months.

How'd they get in, so many all at once? How'd they all die in the span of
five hours? (I've never used a pesticide on the property, which is only two
years old.) And do you think they're coming back? (Not the dead ones, of
course, but their buddies.)

BTW, I'm presuming dead bee stingers still work, so I won't be picking them
up by hand. Am I correct in that presumption?

Jim Beaver




They are probably getting in through the attic. If you can open it up,
take a look. I think slight heat difference is too much for bees on a
sustained basis.

Zombified bees can seriously decrease your property value. Better call
Ghost Busters

--
Thank you,



"Then said I, Wisdom [is] better than strength: nevertheless the poor
man's wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard." Ecclesiastes 9:16

"Speedy Jim" wrote in message
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Jim Beaver wrote:

I woke up this morning and heard a loud buzzing from one of my bedroom
(snip)
e the
window (the same ones I'd seen before), still trying to get out.
SNIP

They have a nest *inside* the wall framing.
GOOGLE around.

The wall framing, or the sofitt overhang- the spaces usually connect a
little. BTDT. If you are allergic, call an exterminator, otherwise buy a
spray bomb and dose the outside of house near there, after dark when they
are less active, and home to be killed. You wanna take care of this before
the flowers bloom- honey leaking out of your walls is a mess to clean up.
You have some small holes on the outside providing an entry, somewhere.
Caulk or foam as needed, but make sure not to block any weep holes on the
window trim.

aem sends....

"Jim Beaver" wrote in message
m...
I woke up this morning and heard a loud buzzing from one of my bedroom
windows, like an insect was trapped there trying to get out. I opened the
blackout shades (which more or less effectively seal the windows off from
the room) and found at least half a dozen bees trying to get out through
the glass. All the windows to the bedroom were shut and always are. There
were two dead bees on the floor.

I went outside and saw several bees buzzing around the eves of the house,
a yard or so away from the windows. I could also see numerous bees inside
the window (the same ones I'd seen before), still trying to get out.

I had to leave for an appointment, so I closed my bedroom door so no bees
would get out into the rest of the house, should they be able to get out
from behind the blackout shades.

I came home five hours later. A few bees still buzzed around the outside
house around the eves. But when I came inside and went in the bedroom,
there were 27 dead bees on the windowsills and floor, and not one live
one.

Follow-up: with no action taken two days later, no sign of a single bee,
alive or dead. If there's a hive inside the walls, wouldn't they continue
showing up?

Jim Beaver

how cold is it outside? they will be scarce when its cold