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BajaBlanca
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lots of good advice but most of you have not been here to our remote minute village... there is no exterminator in La Bocana ... however,
I haven't seen/heard the bees this morning and I simply left the garage door closed all day yesterday. Interesting that they look for water ... I
think we have to move our perro Rex's water OUT of the garage. Like right about now.
Redmesa - are you serious about that hive ??? holy MOLY.
I did take this pic of one bee that followed me into the house yesterday and met his or her maker.
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vandenberg
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Looks like the little dark bees we get around here. Not agressive if you leave them alone. Somehow, if you swat and kill one, more seem to show up.
Best to leave them alone. When too many get around our feeders, we spray with bugspray a couple of times and they usually disappear after a few
times.We have several fountains, so water for them shouldn't be an object.
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El Jefe
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Bees threatening you in your own home? My God woman, you should have one a them assault rifles with a really big magazine! Yep, you could really smoke
em out then.
No b-tchin\' in the Baja.
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Bajaboy
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Hi Blanca,
We had a huge hive in our front yard and were concerned due to our children. Our neighbor said "no problema" and went down to the store. She bought
some powdered laundry soap and we mixed the whole package in a water bucket. We tossed the bucket of soapy water on the hive and within moments the
bees were dead.
I'm not a big fan of killing bees but in this situation, it was necessary.
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redmesa
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I just can't bring myself to kill the bees. We had hives in Canada and there is a desperate need of bees because many hives are dying from disease.
If they become a problem and we can not find someone to move them then we will deal with them in a final way.
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Bugman
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There are a number of bee and wasp species and the advice on how to deal with them will vary from one species to the next. Since honeybees seem to be
familiar to many the following advice pertains to them and them alone. Should a swarm of bees show up in your yard and form a visible ball of bees on
a tree limb or fence post just try to avoid them for a day or two as this is how they hold up while seeking a new place to live. They usually only
stay for a few days at most unless the weather is bad. While in this stage they are not very defensive and much more tolerant of people and animals
as long as you don't mess with them. Once you see bees going in and out of an opening in a tree, rock crevice or home it indicates they have probably
made a hive there. The longer the hive has been there the greater their instinct to protect it. If the hive is someplace in the yard only the
homeowner can decide if it is too close for comfort and make the decision to live with it or call an exterminator or bee removal expert. If the bees
have started to make their home in your wall or attic I would encourage removal ASAP. The longer they are allowed to stay the more difficult the
removal (= more $$) will be. Leave them there too long and you may have to contend with all the problems that come with a hive in your home. The
worst would be angry bees that attack you near your home but could include bees getting inside, honey dripping down the walls and the many other bugs
that will show up trying to get that honey. Walls can actually collapse from the weight of the honey in extreme cases. FYI - when you kill a bee or
a bee stings you it releases a chemical alarm (pheromone) that puts all the other bees on high alert and increases your odds of getting stung again
big time.
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MMc
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Most bee's I don't mind. It's the sons of B's, that Tee me off
"Never teach a pig to sing it frustrates you and annoys the pig" - W.C.Fields
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Skipjack Joe
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I hear marmalade repels them. Try that.
FYI - when you kill a bee or a bee stings you it releases a chemical alarm (pheromone) that puts all the other bees on high alert and increases your
odds of getting stung again big time.
Now that's interesting.
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BajaDanD
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If they are honey bees dont kill them. Call a pro to have them removed They are dying off in huge numbers around the world. dying from a parasite,
Look it up. or being taken over by africanized bees. Bees are used for pollenating crops Africanized bees cant be used for that.
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Bugman
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I am not sure how you got that impression Africa bees are not good for pollination but the fact is that Africanized bees are basically a regular
European honeybee with a few minor genetic changes that are not even perceptible to the eye. Africanized bees pollinate in exactly the same way as
European honeybees and are just as good at it. The problems arise due to the fact that when the European honeybees hybridized with the African strain
they picked up a few traits that make them much harder to manage. The obvious one is the attitude as the Africanized strain is much more protective
of the hive and will sting intruders much more readily. Away from the hive that instinct is not there and you will never know whether that random bee
buzzing the flowers in the yard is Africanized or not. The African strain also tends to have smaller hives which is not as convenient for honey
production. There are some other minor differences but it's that attitude that makes the African strain hard to work with and increases the liability
concerns for bee keepers. In the USA where lawyers may be more dangerous than bees who wants the risk of getting sued because somebody got stung by
your bees.... 
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BajaDanD
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Didn't mean they wont pollinate crops. Africanized bees pollinate just fine its that they are much harder to manage. Bees need to be moved in their
hives to different locations. need to build large hives and need to be docile enough to have farm workers around them making noise with machinery
without going crazy. Ive been stung a few times but still dont try to kill every bee I see around my house or in my garage . I also know not to pee
them off. Got attacked once by lady bugs thousands of them thought I was in a B rated syfy thank God they dont have stingers.
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durrelllrobert
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MMc
Most bee's I don't mind. It's the sons of B's, that Tee me off |
Their habitate is mostly limited to the area in and around Sunova Beach.
Bob Durrell
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