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Just noticed some bees flying around under the guttering of the house.
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On 22/05/17 15:42, DerbyBorn wrote:
Just noticed some bees flying around under the guttering of the house. Can't see a nest and don't want one. Any ideas on how to discourage them? Wait until dusk, spray some wasp/bee killer (a whole can) into any hole you can see. Ideally, try to see where the bees are entering first. I used an elastic band to keep the spray going and left the can in place while 'retiring', having bunged up the hole with a rag. In my case it was wasps. A day or so later, I removed the rag and there was no more activity. I then lifted the tiles after a couple of days and cleaned out the mess. Don't rush it. Ideally, you want a cool evening, they 'retreat' at dusk when it is cool. |
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On 22/05/2017 18:37, Brian Reay wrote:
On 22/05/17 15:42, DerbyBorn wrote: Just noticed some bees flying around under the guttering of the house. Can't see a nest and don't want one. Any ideas on how to discourage them? Wait until dusk, spray some wasp/bee killer (a whole can) into any hole you can see. Ideally, try to see where the bees are entering first. I used an elastic band to keep the spray going and left the can in place while 'retiring', having bunged up the hole with a rag. In my case it was wasps. A day or so later, I removed the rag and there was no more activity. I then lifted the tiles after a couple of days and cleaned out the mess. Don't rush it. Ideally, you want a cool evening, they 'retreat' at dusk when it is cool. what's the point of that? if they are wasps they will all die come autumn and it gets cold. If they are bees then killing them is a bit silly.Get a beekeeper to sort it. |
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On 5/22/2017 3:42 PM, DerbyBorn wrote:
Just noticed some bees flying around under the guttering of the house. Can't see a nest and don't want one. Any ideas on how to discourage them? What do you mean by "some"? It won't be a swarm of honey bees unless you have a strange idea of "some". Now that the weather has warmed up, it could be that a number of solitary bees are finding good places up there for their burrows/nests or whatever they are called. No reason to get rid of them IMHO. This won't suddenly turn into a swarm. Bees will normally leave you alone, unless you threaten them. Wasps will be attracted to food and you might consider them a nuisance if you have barbecues, parties outside, etc. In that case you won't want them to build a nest inside the roof, it will start small but may grow year on year. Normally not difficult to destroy with a DIY spray when small. Established and "hidden" ones are probably best left to the experts. |
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On Mon, 22 May 2017 18:37:01 +0100, Brian Reay wrote:
On 22/05/17 15:42, DerbyBorn wrote: Just noticed some bees flying around under the guttering of the house. Can't see a nest and don't want one. Any ideas on how to discourage them? Wait until dusk, spray some wasp/bee killer (a whole can) into any hole you can see. Ideally, try to see where the bees are entering first. I used an elastic band to keep the spray going and left the can in place while 'retiring', having bunged up the hole with a rag. In my case it was wasps. A day or so later, I removed the rag and there was no more activity. I then lifted the tiles after a couple of days and cleaned out the mess. Don't rush it. Ideally, you want a cool evening, they 'retreat' at dusk when it is cool. Do that with bees and leave even the smallest opening and the nest will be robbed out for its honey by bees from elsewhere, who then carry a small amount of the poison back, which then poisons that hive and before you know it there are dead bees all around the vicinity and some very ****ed off beekeepers. -- |
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On 22/05/2017 15:42, DerbyBorn wrote:
Just noticed some bees flying around under the guttering of the house. Can't see a nest and don't want one. Any ideas on how to discourage them? Might they be masonry bees? I'm pretty sure I had some when I took down a partition - some dopey alive, a few dead. I was told they were basically harmless, and to let them, er, be. -- Cheers, Rob |
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On 22/05/2017 15:42, DerbyBorn wrote:
Just noticed some bees flying around under the guttering of the house. Can't see a nest and don't want one. Any ideas on how to discourage them? Leave them bee. If it's around the guttering, even if they're wasps they'll not cause a problem as you'll not inadvertently disturb them. Wasps are a bit tetchy with regards to what they consider an attack IME and most of the time it's accidental disturbance of their secret nest entrance. Live with them and give yourself a pat on the back from mother nature for allowing them to set up home for a very short while in your loft/cavity wherever they just want to do bee things and we should be helping them not destroying them for no reason. |
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www.GymRatZ.co.uk wrote:
On 22/05/2017 15:42, DerbyBorn wrote: Just noticed some bees flying around under the guttering of the house. Can't see a nest and don't want one. Any ideas on how to discourage them? Leave them bee. If it's around the guttering, even if they're wasps they'll not cause a problem as you'll not inadvertently disturb them. Wasps are a bit tetchy with regards to what they consider an attack IME and most of the time it's accidental disturbance of their secret nest entrance. Live with them and give yourself a pat on the back from mother nature for allowing them to set up home for a very short while in your loft/cavity wherever they just want to do bee things and we should be helping them not destroying them for no reason. I had a load of bees setting up home in my loft last year. I killed them all. They can live where they like, but not in my house. Your Mother Nature can also **** off with her bloody spiders. |
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On 22/05/2017 15:42, DerbyBorn wrote:
Just noticed some bees flying around under the guttering of the house. Can't see a nest and don't want one. Any ideas on how to discourage them? I'll tell you about last weeks stupid client and "her" bees. I said to her"BTW you have a bees best in your bird box at the back of the garage" I discovered this when drilling through the garage wall to fit a dusk till dawn sensor. She then said "That might explain why I see a lot of bees, Ill have to get someone in to get rid of them" About 20 minutes later the next door but one neighbour came around (she had seen my van and wanted a price for an outside socket). I went around and this neighbour had bee hives not bees nests in her garden. I pointed out to the my client that that is probably where the bees are coming from and she replied "does she know that sees has got bees, and do you think I should offer to go halves with her to get rid of them?" -- Adam |
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Just noticed some bees flying around under the guttering of the house. Can't see a nest and don't want one. Any ideas on how to discourage them? I spray them with flyspray and they **** off or die. |
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"critcher" wrote in message news On 22/05/2017 18:37, Brian Reay wrote: On 22/05/17 15:42, DerbyBorn wrote: Just noticed some bees flying around under the guttering of the house. Can't see a nest and don't want one. Any ideas on how to discourage them? Wait until dusk, spray some wasp/bee killer (a whole can) into any hole you can see. Ideally, try to see where the bees are entering first. I used an elastic band to keep the spray going and left the can in place while 'retiring', having bunged up the hole with a rag. In my case it was wasps. A day or so later, I removed the rag and there was no more activity. I then lifted the tiles after a couple of days and cleaned out the mess. Don't rush it. Ideally, you want a cool evening, they 'retreat' at dusk when it is cool. what's the point of that? if they are wasps they will all die come autumn and it gets cold. If they are bees then killing them is a bit silly.Get a beekeeper to sort it. Lot quicker to kill them yourself. |
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"Mr Pounder Esquire" wrote in message news
www.GymRatZ.co.uk wrote: On 22/05/2017 15:42, DerbyBorn wrote: Just noticed some bees flying around under the guttering of the house. Can't see a nest and don't want one. Any ideas on how to discourage them? Leave them bee. If it's around the guttering, even if they're wasps they'll not cause a problem as you'll not inadvertently disturb them. Wasps are a bit tetchy with regards to what they consider an attack IME and most of the time it's accidental disturbance of their secret nest entrance. Live with them and give yourself a pat on the back from mother nature for allowing them to set up home for a very short while in your loft/cavity wherever they just want to do bee things and we should be helping them not destroying them for no reason. I had a load of bees setting up home in my loft last year. I killed them all. They can live where they like, but not in my house. Your Mother Nature can also **** off with her bloody spiders. I'm waiting for the day you find out you have an incurable painful condition so that I may **** myself laughing. |
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Well how nice, Bees are quite persecuted enough, surely?
Brian -- ----- - This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please! "Rod Speed" wrote in message ... DerbyBorn wrote Just noticed some bees flying around under the guttering of the house. Can't see a nest and don't want one. Any ideas on how to discourage them? I spray them with flyspray and they **** off or die. |
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On 23/05/2017 07:55, Brian Gaff wrote:
Well how nice, Bees are quite persecuted enough, surely? Brian I can't understand why people are so nasty to bees. They only do good and are not interested in hurting people unless to protect themselves from violent humans. |
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Brian Gaff wrote
Well how nice, Bees are quite persecuted enough, surely? Mosquitoes and flys are much more persecuted, and they deserve it too. "Rod Speed" wrote in message ... DerbyBorn wrote Just noticed some bees flying around under the guttering of the house. Can't see a nest and don't want one. Any ideas on how to discourage them? I spray them with flyspray and they **** off or die. |
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"Bod" wrote in message ... On 23/05/2017 07:55, Brian Gaff wrote: Well how nice, Bees are quite persecuted enough, surely? I can't understand why people are so nasty to bees. Because a bee hive in your house has a few downsides. They only do good Thats even sillier than you usually manage. and are not interested in hurting people unless to protect themselves from violent humans. And in turning your house into a bee hive. |
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On 23/05/2017 08:36, Rod Speed wrote:
"Bod" wrote in message ... On 23/05/2017 07:55, Brian Gaff wrote: Well how nice, Bees are quite persecuted enough, surely? I can't understand why people are so nasty to bees. Because a bee hive in your house has a few downsides. They only do good Thats even sillier than you usually manage. and are not interested in hurting people unless to protect themselves from violent humans. And in turning your house into a bee hive. Hmm, we've always encouraged bees into our gardens and have never had a bee hive in or on the house. We deliberately plant flowers that the bees prefer. They never bother us. |
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On 23/05/2017 06:44, Richard wrote:
"Mr Pounder Esquire" wrote in message news I'm waiting for the day you find out you have an incurable painful condition so that I may **** myself laughing. |
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"Bod" wrote in message ... On 23/05/2017 08:36, Rod Speed wrote: "Bod" wrote in message ... On 23/05/2017 07:55, Brian Gaff wrote: Well how nice, Bees are quite persecuted enough, surely? I can't understand why people are so nasty to bees. Because a bee hive in your house has a few downsides. They only do good Thats even sillier than you usually manage. and are not interested in hurting people unless to protect themselves from violent humans. And in turning your house into a bee hive. Hmm, Humming aint gunna save your bacon now, boy. we've always encouraged bees into our gardens and have never had a bee hive in or on the house. Plenty of others have, including me. We deliberately plant flowers that the bees prefer. They never bother us. Thats because you lot stink. |
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On Tuesday, 23 May 2017 06:44:42 UTC+1, Richard wrote:
"Mr Pounder Esquire" wrote in message news www.GymRatZ.co.uk wrote: On 22/05/2017 15:42, DerbyBorn wrote: Just noticed some bees flying around under the guttering of the house. Can't see a nest and don't want one. Any ideas on how to discourage them? Leave them bee. If it's around the guttering, even if they're wasps they'll not cause a problem as you'll not inadvertently disturb them. Wasps are a bit tetchy with regards to what they consider an attack IME and most of the time it's accidental disturbance of their secret nest entrance. Live with them and give yourself a pat on the back from mother nature for allowing them to set up home for a very short while in your loft/cavity wherever they just want to do bee things and we should be helping them not destroying them for no reason. I had a load of bees setting up home in my loft last year. I killed them all. They can live where they like, but not in my house. Your Mother Nature can also **** off with her bloody spiders. I'm waiting for the day you find out you have an incurable painful condition so that I may **** myself laughing. Don't we all have that and it's called life ;-) |
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On Tue, 23 May 2017 09:07:07 +0100, Bod wrote:
On 23/05/2017 08:36, Rod Speed wrote: "Bod" wrote in message ... On 23/05/2017 07:55, Brian Gaff wrote: Well how nice, Bees are quite persecuted enough, surely? I can't understand why people are so nasty to bees. Because a bee hive in your house has a few downsides. They only do good Thats even sillier than you usually manage. and are not interested in hurting people unless to protect themselves from violent humans. And in turning your house into a bee hive. Hmm, we've always encouraged bees into our gardens and have never had a bee hive in or on the house. We deliberately plant flowers that the bees prefer. They never bother us. I've had several stings from bees and wasps in my life. I therefore kill any I see. -- What's red and sits in the corner? A baby chewing on razor blades. What's blue and sits in the corner? A baby in a plastic bag. What's green and sits in the corner? The same baby a month later. |
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On 5/22/2017 7:51 PM, Tim Streater wrote:
In article , newshound wrote: Wasps will be attracted to food and you might consider them a nuisance if you have barbecues, parties outside, etc. In that case you won't want them to build a nest inside the roof, it will start small but may grow year on year. No it won't. A wasps' nest only lasts a season, not even a year. Construction starts in the spring and the nest is inhabited until the frost kills them all off. Nests are not reused (not by wasps, anyway). Only the queens survive, they hibernate over winter in places such as your attic. So where do the monsters come from then? Surely they are not built in a single season? I had always *assumed* they were added to year on year by a queen which had hibernated nearby on the basis that it was a safe site. I'm happy to be proved wrong. I've seen pictures of ones inside a loft with a sort of "tunnel" to the outside. Easy to see how that might be re-used. Maybe it is a different wasp. I'm not sure how big they can get in a single season, most of the ones I have seen have been golf ball sized with only a couple of dozen cells. Do wasps from different nests fight? When you have a dozen or so around a pub garden, do they all come from the same nest? |
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On 5/22/2017 7:54 PM, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Mon, 22 May 2017 19:40:47 +0100, newshound wrote: Wasps will be attracted to food and you might consider them a nuisance if you have barbecues, parties outside, etc. In that case you won't want them to build a nest inside the roof, it will start small but may grow year on year. A wasp nest only lasts for one year. In the late summer and through into autumn, the worker wasps and old queen all die leaving only the young queens who find somewhere to hibernate (usually in your trousers hanging in the wardrobe!). They re-appear in the spring and make a new nest somewhere else. They don't return to the old nest; it doesn't get re-used. I looked it up, I was wrong; but apparently they will sometimes start a new nest adjacent to or inside an old one. And they can produce 8000 in a season (but I think most are much smaller). |
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Tim Streater Wrote in message:
In article , www.GymRatZ.co.uk wrote: Wasps are a bit tetchy with regards to what they consider an attack IME and most of the time it's accidental disturbance of their secret nest entrance. I managed to stop the lawnmower right over a wasps' nest entrance - I'd been distracted by a glider landing in the field just behind our house. Biggles then needed to know who owned the field so he could get permission to be rescued, only after dealing with that did I notice where I'd stopped. They didn't seem bothered, although I did return later to cement their friendship by putting some readymix down the entrance hole. Readymix? How big was this hole? -- Jim K ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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Totally persecuted. Last night I found out that bees are nesting in my
parents garden. My Mother wants shut of then "the grandkids will not be able to play in the garden" type of stuff Dad "They can, just not near the bees nest, leave the bees alone and tell the kids to keep clear of the nest" Mum "What if they get stung" Dad "It'll teach then to keep clear of the bees nest and do as they are told" On 23/05/2017 07:55, Brian Gaff wrote: Well how nice, Bees are quite persecuted enough, surely? Brian -- Adam |
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"ARW" wrote in message news Totally persecuted. Last night I found out that bees are nesting in my parents garden. My Mother wants shut of then "the grandkids will not be able to play in the garden" type of stuff Dad "They can, just not near the bees nest, leave the bees alone and tell the kids to keep clear of the nest" Mum "What if they get stung" Dad "It'll teach then to keep clear of the bees nest and do as they are told" With genes like that, its no surprise how you ended up {-( On 23/05/2017 07:55, Brian Gaff wrote: Well how nice, Bees are quite persecuted enough, surely? Brian -- Adam |
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On 26/05/2017 20:29, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Fri, 26 May 2017 18:27:48 +0100, ARW wrote: Totally persecuted. Last night I found out that bees are nesting in my parents garden. My Mother wants shut of then "the grandkids will not be able to play in the garden" type of stuff Dad "They can, just not near the bees nest, leave the bees alone and tell the kids to keep clear of the nest" Mum "What if they get stung" Dad "It'll teach then to keep clear of the bees nest and do as they are told" Are you/they sure they're bees and not wasps? Is that a rhetorical question? -- Adam |
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On 23/05/17 17:53, Chris Hogg wrote:
A beehive can contain 50,000 bees, all produced in a single season. Actually, more like half a season, as that's the peak number, mid-season. And at that time of year there's a big turnover in numbers, as they only live about six weeks. They work themselves to death. Bees that over-winter last about six months, but there's far fewer of them and they don't have to do any work. Do they claim benefit? -- Adrian C |
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On 26/05/2017 21:52, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Fri, 26 May 2017 21:39:17 +0100, ARW wrote: On 26/05/2017 20:29, Chris Hogg wrote: On Fri, 26 May 2017 18:27:48 +0100, ARW wrote: Totally persecuted. Last night I found out that bees are nesting in my parents garden. My Mother wants shut of then "the grandkids will not be able to play in the garden" type of stuff Dad "They can, just not near the bees nest, leave the bees alone and tell the kids to keep clear of the nest" Mum "What if they get stung" Dad "It'll teach then to keep clear of the bees nest and do as they are told" Are you/they sure they're bees and not wasps? Is that a rhetorical question? No. Judging by what gets put up on the TV when they're discussing bees, many people don't know the difference. I don't have a TV:-) Deffo bees. Ill have a look and see what species they are later this weekend -- Adam |
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On 27/05/2017 15:47, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Sat, 27 May 2017 15:02:29 +0100, ARW wrote: On 26/05/2017 21:52, Chris Hogg wrote: On Fri, 26 May 2017 21:39:17 +0100, ARW wrote: On 26/05/2017 20:29, Chris Hogg wrote: On Fri, 26 May 2017 18:27:48 +0100, ARW wrote: Totally persecuted. Last night I found out that bees are nesting in my parents garden. My Mother wants shut of then "the grandkids will not be able to play in the garden" type of stuff Dad "They can, just not near the bees nest, leave the bees alone and tell the kids to keep clear of the nest" Mum "What if they get stung" Dad "It'll teach then to keep clear of the bees nest and do as they are told" Are you/they sure they're bees and not wasps? Is that a rhetorical question? No. Judging by what gets put up on the TV when they're discussing bees, many people don't know the difference. I don't have a TV:-) Deffo bees. Ill have a look and see what species they are later this weekend If they're big and furry and living in an old mouse hole or hole in a wall, they're bumble bees, which are pretty docile and reluctant to sting (unless stepped on, barefoot DAMHIKT!). OTOH if they're in a hollow tree or old shed or outhouse, they could be honey bees, who might be a bit more aggressive. The bumbles can happily be left to their own devices, but the honey bees would be best dealt with by a beekeeper. They might even be solitary bees, in which case ignore them completely. Most are incapable of stinging. Thanks for that. They are nesting in a "Robin" bird box ie one with a letterbox shaped entrance. -- Adam |
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On 27/05/2017 16:45, ARW wrote:
Thanks for that. They are nesting in a "Robin" bird box ie one with a letterbox shaped entrance. I have a bee identification chart here so if you can post a picture I might be able to identify it. I now know that some bees look almost the same as wasps so don't assume its a wasp just because its got bright yellow stripes. |
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On 27/05/2017 17:17, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Sat, 27 May 2017 16:45:10 +0100, ARW wrote: Thanks for that. They are nesting in a "Robin" bird box ie one with a letterbox shaped entrance. Hmm...could be honey bees, but they usually size up the space available and go for something rather larger than a bird box. I'd guess bumbles. Bumbles was also my Dad's suggestion. He is happy to leave them alone - just let nature be as it should be. -- Adam |
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"ARW" wrote in message news
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On 26/05/2017 20:42, Rod Speed wrote:
"ARW" wrote in message news Totally persecuted. Last night I found out that bees are nesting in my parents garden. My Mother wants shut of then "the grandkids will not be able to play in the garden" type of stuff Dad "They can, just not near the bees nest, leave the bees alone and tell the kids to keep clear of the nest" Mum "What if they get stung" Dad "It'll teach then to keep clear of the bees nest and do as they are told" https://bumblebeeconservation.org/ab...-and-children/ -- Adam |
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On 28/05/2017 09:05, Richard wrote:
"ARW" wrote in message news On 27/05/2017 17:17, Chris Hogg wrote: On Sat, 27 May 2017 16:45:10 +0100, ARW wrote: Thanks for that. They are nesting in a "Robin" bird box ie one with a letterbox shaped entrance. Hmm...could be honey bees, but they usually size up the space available and go for something rather larger than a bird box. I'd guess bumbles. Bumbles was also my Dad's suggestion. He is happy to leave them alone - just let nature be as it should be. Common sense prevails. And the bees are bumbles and they are staying:-) There are not that many of them. Of course it was Bank Holiday Monday and ****ing it down when I called in for a look. -- Adam |
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On Saturday, 27 May 2017 18:28:57 UTC+1, dennis@home wrote:
On 27/05/2017 16:45, ARW wrote: Thanks for that. They are nesting in a "Robin" bird box ie one with a letterbox shaped entrance. I have a bee identification chart here so if you can post a picture I might be able to identify it. There was a TV program on last night where someone who'd had a car scrape yard had just left it for years and it'd over grown into a wildlife type sanctuary, he showed a wasp spider that I;d never seen and that was new to him and a bee he hadnlt seen before it had a largish brown body loked a bit triangluar in shape (and no it wasnlt a toblerone bee !) and a long probosus which it used on the flowers rather than spend much time landing on the, but the program never said what sort of bee it was, I'd never seen this type either. I now know that some bees look almost the same as wasps so don't assume its a wasp just because its got bright yellow stripes. That's what the spider had. |
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On 31/05/2017 13:55, whisky-dave wrote:
There was a TV program on last night where someone who'd had a car scrape yard had just left it for years and it'd over grown into a wildlife type sanctuary, he showed a wasp spider that I;d never seen and that was new to him and a bee he hadnlt seen before it had a largish brown body loked a bit triangluar in shape (and no it wasnlt a toblerone bee !) and a long probosus which it used on the flowers rather than spend much time landing on the, but the program never said what sort of bee it was, I'd never seen this type either. The program was Springwatch and that was a "bee fly" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombyliidae - not a bee at all. We get loads here (Hampshire). They are amazingly agile. -- Reentrant |
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scribeth thus On 31/05/2017 13:55, whisky-dave wrote: There was a TV program on last night where someone who'd had a car scrape yard had just left it for years and it'd over grown into a wildlife type sanctuary, he showed a wasp spider that I;d never seen and that was new to him and a bee he hadnlt seen before it had a largish brown body loked a bit triangluar in shape (and no it wasnlt a toblerone bee !) and a long probosus which it used on the flowers rather than spend much time landing on the, but the program never said what sort of bee it was, I'd never seen this type either. The program was Springwatch and that was a "bee fly" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombyliidae - not a bee at all. We get loads here (Hampshire). They are amazingly agile. We've got some Mason bees in the office wall here. A Low humming noise can be heard most of the day, but they seem as bees are to be rather busy. Sometimes they fly in the office door and have to be shepherded out again silly sods!... -- Tony Sayer |
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On 5/26/2017 8:29 PM, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Fri, 26 May 2017 18:27:48 +0100, ARW wrote: Totally persecuted. Last night I found out that bees are nesting in my parents garden. My Mother wants shut of then "the grandkids will not be able to play in the garden" type of stuff Dad "They can, just not near the bees nest, leave the bees alone and tell the kids to keep clear of the nest" Mum "What if they get stung" Dad "It'll teach then to keep clear of the bees nest and do as they are told" Are you/they sure they're bees and not wasps? What would you rather, be or a wasp? |
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o.uk... On 5/26/2017 8:29 PM, Chris Hogg wrote: On Fri, 26 May 2017 18:27:48 +0100, ARW wrote: Totally persecuted. Last night I found out that bees are nesting in my parents garden. My Mother wants shut of then "the grandkids will not be able to play in the garden" type of stuff Dad "They can, just not near the bees nest, leave the bees alone and tell the kids to keep clear of the nest" Mum "What if they get stung" Dad "It'll teach then to keep clear of the bees nest and do as they are told" Are you/they sure they're bees and not wasps? What would you rather, be or a wasp? e? |
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