Bees Living In My Siding

The most common places to find bees would be under eaves and awnings porches and in the voids of walls a particularly annoying place for a queen bee to choose as a hive.

Bees living in my siding.

During summer a top priority of most homeowners is to eliminate bees from the yard and property. Nests under roof eaves or in the ground. If bees are making nests in your walls or attic you may find dead bees in windowsills or near doors. Just this summer i got my first sting from a bee where the colony had made its hive just under the first step of my mother s second story porch.

If possible mark off any entrance holes you find so that you can easily identify them later. Common places for bees to hide and build nests include overhangs cracks window frames shutters door frames and underneath the siding. Once the nest has been removed dead bees must be removed and the siding and exposed wall must be cleaned with soapy water before replacing the siding. Follow where they seem to disappear into the side of your house.

If wasps bees or hornets have built some sort of nest in the siding of your home you can do something about it. The honeycomb and bees can be stored in a commercial hive until it can be delivered to a local beekeeper. The most common types of bees you re likely to stumble across are honey bees carpenter bees and bumble bees says board certified entomologist glen ramsey senior technical services manager at. Bees are so endangered that i would never suggest anything that could cause them harm.

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. Observe the bees during the afternoon as that is the most active time of day for yellow jackets. If there are nests in the wall you may hear buzzing from all the bee activity. Buzzing noises in the wall.

Bees will usually sequester themselves away in overhangs cracks window and door frames and under siding basically anywhere they can build a cozy nest.