Hey how do i get rid of these i left my light wind board out so it could dry cause it takes in water and there is a bees nest in there now .
I tried throwing bits of wood at them but they wont go away i even reversded the big v8 up agaist them and gave them a good gassing but it just made them more angry


If i wasn't alergic to them i would tie a bit of rope around the board tie it to my tow bar and do some donuts in the paddock.

Well that's one way to wax your board!

i just got a big stick and flipped the board they seem to be going now ;-) if not
ill stealth them with a pressure cleaner tonight

Pressure cleaner is the dogs nuts.
But stand clear they get pissed off quick.

We had some in our front yard couple years ago, masses of them, called the ranger they referred me to someone who told me we'll charge you a fortune or you can take a hose to them. I chose a hose.

mm oh dear i think ive made it worse now ;-(

SMOKE and lots of it!

Why not contact a bee keeper? They will be happy to come around and capture the swarm and then take them back to put them in a hive.

GypsyDrifter said...

Gumtree post buster



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Cheers Gyps

COOL gypsy i gave him a ring he said if they were still there at lunch time tomorrow he would pick them up ! ;-) he said that some bees hives get to big and its mabe a queen and a few workers splitting ! so there you go interesting!

Great post and pics. I wonder what made them congregate there. Funny stuff.

It it was me I'd be ringing a beekeeper. Or maybe researching it a bit more - google - and consider becoming a beekeeper myself. I've always thought beekeeping would be a pretty cool and interesting occupation.

I'm not 100% sure but I don't think bees are territorial as such. My family used to have beehives. We moved the hives around the farm and the bees never seemed to mind. I think bees are more interested in being close to the queen and the hive than a place. It all has to do with the chemicals the queen excretes. So I think the queen is probably at the center of the swarm.

The story of the bloke killing the beehive is symptomatic of how our modern society is so disjointed and ignorant. There are plenty of bee keepers who would have been happy to take the hive. Using toxic chemicals to kill bees like that is pretty sad.

Yeah bee keeping is now a good business. There did not used to be any money in it but now one can make a reasonable income from it. However its not without problems. A few years ago one bee keeper was murdered by another who was jealous of his success.

busterwa said...

Hey how do i get rid of these i left my light wind board out so it could dry cause it takes in water and there is a bees nest in there now .
I tried throwing bits of wood at them but they wont go away i even reversded the big v8 up agaist them and gave them a good gassing but it just made them more angry


If i wasn't alergic to them i would tie a bit of rope around the board tie it to my tow bar and do some donuts in the paddock.

Thats just a small swarm. When bees outgrow their hive a number of them leave home to set up a new colony. The bees produce a new queen prior to this by feeding an egg layed in a large queen sized cell with royal jelly. The bees gorge with honey prior to swarming which makes them non aggressive and they can be scooped up by hand in that state. (Unless you aggravate them by poking with a stick). The swarm will settle in a temporary resting site while the scouts go out in search of a suitable permanent site for a new hive. The swarm then usually flies off within a few hours to the new site. You can prevent a swarm from settling by spraying the flying bees or where they appear to be swarming with a fine mist, or if they appear to be making their permanent hive somewhere that you don't want then spray that area quite heavily to discourage settling. Not really much benefit to move a swarm on unless you want to use your board at that instant. Not sure that a bee keeper would be too keen to collect such a small swarm free of charge. Specially as it is more than likely they would have shot through by the time he/she had arrived.

TRY SINGING THIS TO THEM!!!

not quite the modern lovers but hey