How do I get rid of bees?

Are the bees outside or inside?

If they're in the walls of your home, they'll keep coming back as long as they can scent the honey.

Honey bees living within a building do not cause structural damage, though if abandoned, their waxy comb and honey will melt and foul wall board, siding, and insulation. Occasionally, foraging bees may enter rooms of a building rather than using their outside entrance. If the nest is accessible, call a beekeeper for removal. If a beekeeper is unavailable or unable to remove the colony, contact a licensed pest management company who has experience with this task. Unfortunately, removal of an established colony may require moving siding, soffit, or roofing. This is why some beekeepers refuse to remove a colony and professionals will charge for this service and repairs.

Removal or control measures are best accomplished in late winter or early spring when the number of bees and the amount of stored honey are low. If the entire colony is accessible and removed, fill the void with insulation and seal and paint all entrances to avoid reestablishment. When a colony is further inside the structure and cannot be removed, insecticides in the form of a dust may provide satisfactory results. Sprays and aerosols are usually not effective because the nest can be several feet away from the entrance hole, whereas the products are blown straight into the hole and quickly absorbed by the structure.

Keep in mind that pesticides applied at the bee entrance may agitate the bees and cause them to enter the house or building! A repeat application may be necessary to reach the queen and the remaining foraging adults. Monitor the exit/entrance hole after treatment to determine if any foraging bees are still active. Plug the outside hole when no activity is seen in five to seven days of warm weather. Avoid applying insecticides during the day when bees are actively foraging. Be sure to remove dead bees as well as the comb to prevent reinfestation, as the odor of honey comb and wax is attractive to other honey bees and insects. Older nests can have substantial combs with honey. Complete removal is recommended, as soon as the honey bees have been removed or killed.

You can read more about this problem and what to do about it here: https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/HYG-2079

Hi Molly,

See if any of these ideas work.

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Good luck!

call a professional who can relocate the bees.

You probably have more than one hive and/or an old hive the bees are returning too. I had this problem and had to keep the professionals coming back until finally they got to the root of the problem. Expensive but worth it.

If you use cinnamon oil or peppermint oil, you might get rid of the bees but it draw flies. Yes, I tried it.

why get rid of the very things needed to obtain vegetables and fruit?