Bees Behind House Siding

My house has vinyl siding.

Bees behind house siding.

If possible mark off any entrance holes you find so that you can easily identify them later. I ve also had one get in the house as i was going in the door. Inspect the basement ceiling in the immediate area of their entry point at the siding. Wasps also have longer wings that extend down their bodies at an angle whereas bees have shorter wings.

Rap on the wall. Where the siding meets the concrete foundation of the house bees are going up there and i assume they re building a hive of some sort. Certainly raid is not a good thing to be spraying around the house but i trust raid as a brand name pesticide and bee control poison. Even though a hive nestled inside the wood aluminum or vinyl siding is hard to actually reach these are in fact some of the easiest and safest types of nests to get rid of because they require no contact.

Unlike bees which are generally a dark orange ish brown color wasps can be black dark purple red and dark brown. We ll discuss ways to deter bees from invading your pool in the next section. Follow where they seem to disappear into the side of your house. Locate the entrance through which the bees are entering your siding.

Common places for bees to hide and build nests include overhangs cracks window frames shutters door frames and underneath the siding. Looks a little high to be in basement ceiling though. Put your ear on the wall. They may have gone up into the first floor wall void too.

While bees generally have a fatter hairy body wasps are typically long and thin with a smooth body. Go inside the house to that wall void and listen carefully for a rustling sound. Get rid of bees in siding. They aren t aggressive but this is happening right by the most used door of the house so it s probably just a matter of time before i piss them off.

If bees have decided to build a nest in your home s siding you have a few options. There are other ways to get rid of bees. For instance boric acid otherwise known as borax often sold as a fine powder is a slow but certain remedy for killing bees that have made a hive in your siding. These bees can taste with their feet so it s no surprise that they are attracted to saltwater pools.