I have had a job come up with black bees coming down the chimney,I have identified these as Anthrophora plumipes that are obviously burrowing into the morter in the flue.
I have told the client that i will tape cardboard over the fire place and when they are gone in the autumn i will put quarter inch weldmesh over the chimneys, but the client wants them gone now,I dont really like killing bees as they are having a hard enough time as it is but if i dont do something i will lose a decent contract that i have ongoing with the client.
Any suggestions fellow pest controllers
Terry