Bee Hive😳 | Imamother

amother

OP ↓

Thu, Sep 12 2024, 6:20 pm

There is a massive beehive attached to a tree in my backyard.
How do I get rid of it???

mommy2b1

Thu, Sep 12 2024, 6:41 pm

We had a small one and sprayed it with raid hornet spray and they all died instantly

amother

↑ OP ↓

Thu, Sep 12 2024, 7:06 pm

meeze wrote:

Exterminator

Any reccomendations of an exterminator in Bklyn?

Juicy

Thu, Sep 12 2024, 8:14 pm

mommy2b1 wrote:

We had a small one and sprayed it with raid hornet spray and they all died instantly

This is what we do too

GLUE ↓

Thu, Sep 12 2024, 11:37 pm

Find out if it's a bee Hive or a wasp hive.

It's illegal to kill bees in NY state, if it really a bee hive people will come to your house and remove it for free.

amother

Bone ↓

Fri, Sep 13 2024, 4:38 am

GLUE wrote:

Find out if it's a bee Hive or a wasp hive.

It's illegal to kill bees in NY state, if it really a bee hive people will come to your house and remove it for free.

Brooklyn really doesn't have bees. We have horrible horrible wasps and hornets.

MrsEsther

Fri, Sep 13 2024, 4:45 am

Yes I also have a large wasp hive on my tree too! What do we do?

vintagebknyc ↓

Fri, Sep 13 2024, 6:27 am

amother Bone wrote:

Brooklyn really doesn't have bees. We have horrible horrible wasps and hornets.

Brooklyn has tons of bees, and beekeepers! There are apiaries at the museum, in Red Hook and Gowanus, I have friends with one in Kensington.

This sounds like a wasp nest though, and you need an exterminator.

amother

Scarlet

Fri, Sep 13 2024, 6:29 am

mommy2b1 wrote:

We had a small one and sprayed it with raid hornet spray and they all died instantly

Op do not do this if you have a massive hive. Hundreds of bees can come out and attack you. Call a professional

giftedmom

Fri, Sep 13 2024, 6:40 am

amother Scarlet wrote:

Op do not do this if you have a massive hive. Hundreds of bees can come out and attack you. Call a professional

Dh did it with a massive nest and smaller ones. The sprays are designed to spray from up to 6 ft away. Spray at dusk when activity is low. Bh he was never stung. Really brave though. I stayed inside or at a safe distance lol.

amother

↑ OP ↓

Fri, Sep 13 2024, 9:26 am

Anyone have an exterminator to reccomend to get rid of it?

Amarante ↓

Fri, Sep 13 2024, 9:49 am

Please don’t call an exterminator if this is a beehive.

There are beekeepers who will move the hive without killing the bees. Bees are an important element of the ecosystem to keep the plants fertilized.

If it is a wasp or hornets nest, that is different and they can be killed as they don’t serve an important ecological need in terms of plants.

amother

Almond

Fri, Sep 13 2024, 9:57 am

Anyone know what large fuzzy ones are?
Also I don’t think a beekeeper would be able to reach my hive. They enter through a crack in the cement of the wall on the side of the steps going down to my basement.

↑ GLUE

Fri, Sep 13 2024, 10:03 am

amother Almond wrote:

https://leafyplace.com/types-of-bees/

Hope this helps.

Aurora

Fri, Sep 13 2024, 10:07 am

Amarante wrote:

Wasps and hornets are also super important. They eat bugs that would eat the plants and/or bother you. I know they're scary, but they are very necessary also.

↑ vintagebknyc

Fri, Sep 13 2024, 10:15 am

amother Almond wrote:

Large, fuzzy ones are bees

↑ Amarante ↓

Fri, Sep 13 2024, 12:48 pm

Aurora wrote:

Wasps and hornets are also super important. They eat bugs that would eat the plants and/or bother you. I know they're scary, but they are very necessary also.

I didn’t mean to seem anti hornets or WASPS 😂 but bees are having a death rate which is impacting pant fertilization.

l know beekeepers will move hives. I don’t know of people who do that for WASPS which can also be destructive to one’s home.

amother

Brickred

Fri, Sep 13 2024, 1:31 pm

vintagebknyc wrote:

Large, fuzzy ones are bees

I had no idea, I always thought the smooth non fuzzy ones were bees. So the smoother black and yellow ones are wasps?

↑ Amarante

Fri, Sep 13 2024, 1:34 pm

amother Brickred wrote:

I had no idea, I always thought the smooth non fuzzy ones were bees. So the smoother ones are wasps?

There are different varieties of bees.

I am nit an expert but I think the bumblebees and honey bees are furry.