Rolfe 2 Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 First phone call this morning was from a school where i have a long term contract. Just opened up a shed for the first time in years to tidy it up.......Bumble Bees nest underneath wheelie-bin. It was an easy one to get at so everything was scooped up into a bucket and ready to be transported to its new home. Downside.......Bumble Bee up trouser leg.......3 stings but luckily never got any higher than my Lower thigh. The sting is quite mild actually bit like a stinging nettle. Anyway.......it provided the entertainment for the site supervisors as i Brake-Danced around the car park trying to shake the bee from my trousers....lol..! On to job number two........heating engineers working in a roof space wanted a huge wasp nest removing, it was last years and went around two sides of the chimney column in the roof.It always amazes me the amount of work that must have gone into the building of these fantastic constructions, almost seems a shame to destroy them. All in a days work i suppose........! Quote Link to post
Lab 10,979 Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 First phone call this morning was from a school where i have a long term contract. Just opened up a shed for the first time in years to tidy it up.......Bumble Bees nest underneath wheelie-bin. It was an easy one to get at so everything was scooped up into a bucket and ready to be transported to its new home. Downside.......Bumble Bee up trouser leg.......3 stings but luckily never got any higher than my Lower thigh. The sting is quite mild actually bit like a stinging nettle. Anyway.......it provided the entertainment for the site supervisors as i Brake-Danced around the car park trying to shake the bee from my trousers....lol..! On to job number two........heating engineers working in a roof space wanted a huge wasp nest removing it was last years and went around two sides of the chimney column in the roof.It always amazes me the amount of work that must have gone into the building of these fantastic constructions, almost seems a shame to destroy them. All in a days work i suppose........! Now that is some size...... How do you go about getting rid of that then Rolfe?.... Quote Link to post
Rolfe 2 Posted June 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 First phone call this morning was from a school where i have a long term contract. Just opened up a shed for the first time in years to tidy it up.......Bumble Bees nest underneath wheelie-bin. It was an easy one to get at so everything was scooped up into a bucket and ready to be transported to its new home. Downside.......Bumble Bee up trouser leg.......3 stings but luckily never got any higher than my Lower thigh. The sting is quite mild actually bit like a stinging nettle. Anyway.......it provided the entertainment for the site supervisors as i Brake-Danced around the car park trying to shake the bee from my trousers....lol..! On to job number two........heating engineers working in a roof space wanted a huge wasp nest removing it was last years and went around two sides of the chimney column in the roof.It always amazes me the amount of work that must have gone into the building of these fantastic constructions, almost seems a shame to destroy them. All in a days work i suppose........! Now that is some size...... How do you go about getting rid of that then Rolfe?.... As its an OLD nest and not occupied........it's simply a case of breaking it up bit by bit into a black bin-liner. Had it been later in the summer and i was dealing with an ACTIVE nest ........then it's a bit more envolved. Quote Link to post
Lab 10,979 Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 First phone call this morning was from a school where i have a long term contract. Just opened up a shed for the first time in years to tidy it up.......Bumble Bees nest underneath wheelie-bin. It was an easy one to get at so everything was scooped up into a bucket and ready to be transported to its new home. Downside.......Bumble Bee up trouser leg.......3 stings but luckily never got any higher than my Lower thigh. The sting is quite mild actually bit like a stinging nettle. Anyway.......it provided the entertainment for the site supervisors as i Brake-Danced around the car park trying to shake the bee from my trousers....lol..! On to job number two........heating engineers working in a roof space wanted a huge wasp nest removing it was last years and went around two sides of the chimney column in the roof.It always amazes me the amount of work that must have gone into the building of these fantastic constructions, almost seems a shame to destroy them. All in a days work i suppose........! Now that is some size...... How do you go about getting rid of that then Rolfe?.... As its an OLD nest and not occupied........it's simply a case of breaking it up bit by bit into a black bin-liner. Had it been later in the summer and i was dealing with an ACTIVE nest ........then it's a bit more envolved. .....ok ok keep the tricks of the trade too yourself then........ Quote Link to post
Urban Fox Control London 8 Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 A Pest Controller found themselves in Court last year and was luck to get away with a suspended sentance and only £3,000 worth of costs - all for a £68 'bee job'. He hadn't broken the law by treating the bees nest, but by failing to take all reasonable precautions to prevent other bees from other colonies from gaining entry to the nesting site after treatment. Check out www.npta.org.uk for guidelines on dealing with bees. I think it is going to be a bumper wasp season this year Quote Link to post
Rolfe 2 Posted June 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 A Pest Controller found themselves in Court last year and was luck to get away with a suspended sentance and only £3,000 worth of costs - all for a £68 'bee job'. He hadn't broken the law by treating the bees nest, but by failing to take all reasonable precautions to prevent other bees from other colonies from gaining entry to the nesting site after treatment. Check out www.npta.org.uk for guidelines on dealing with bees. I think it is going to be a bumper wasp season this year Yes..........But in that particular case they were Feral Honey Bees..........vastly different fom moving and relocating a colony of Bumble Bees.....! Quote Link to post
jackg 7 Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 I thought old wasps nests deterred queens building a nest in the vicinity? So best to leave it where it is. Quote Link to post
arnieboy 93 Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 dont work like that mate sometimes queens from that same nest set up in the same roof space Quote Link to post
Rolfe 2 Posted June 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 dont work like that mate sometimes queens from that same nest set up in the same roof space Exactly........Queens often over winter in the old nest of the season..........then start afresh in the same roof space. I have treated plenty of wasp nests built alongside older ones. Sometimes these Gigantic nests are the result of several seasons building in the same location. Quote Link to post
Urban Fox Control London 8 Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 I wasn't having a dig. Just making everyone who may get a call out to feral bees to be careful in whatever they choose to do, especially if it is possible that there are bee hives around the area. Quote Link to post
Rolfe 2 Posted June 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 I wasn't having a dig. Just making everyone who may get a call out to feral bees to be careful in whatever they choose to do, especially if it is possible that there are bee hives around the area. Yes you are exactly right.......we all need to be very careful especially where chemicals are involved Quote Link to post
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