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How to keep honey bees from coming back to an old hive site.?
Honey is running down the walls of our Church. Hive is in the boxing around the center I-Beam.
5 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
The only way to stop the honey from making a bigger mess is to take the boxing apart and removing the honey and wax.
It is unlikely that there is another colony trying to start if the honey is running down the walls. That is a sign that the colony has abandoned the hive and the wax is melting or the comb is being destroyed.
Spraying is only going to cause harm to colonies that are cleaning up the mess and pollinating crops.
It is not going to attract another colony to move in. That will happen because the place is a suitable home not because there is honey there.
Source(s): B.Sc. Horticulture, 20 years in the Green Industry, indentifying plants, practicing the art of Bonsai. Kept or helped to keep Honey Bees since the age of 11. - 1 decade ago
number 1 you have to get rid of the honey comb that is in there. They will never leave if you dont. You also have to make sure its closed very securely. This should be done soon or it will be very expensive. You should do it at night and smoke them it makes them drowzy and sluggish remove the honey comb and put it else where they will go to it. Make sure its far enough away. You have to make sure you get it all out and the queen too then they will not come back. Its a job but it will work.
- 4 years ago
If you remove the queen and all the brood, the rest of the bees will leave or die off in a matter of time. If you don t get all of the brood they can re-queen and your problem will still be there. Remove all of the cone, wash area with mild soap and seal area where bees are able to come in. They can get through a hole as small as a 1/4". If not cleaned with mild soap, other swarms could move in. Bees are familiar with the smell of the old hive and tend to choose moving there over an area that doesn t smell like honey, bees wax ect... Good luck
- 1 decade ago
I had a problem with wasps and mud dabers trying to nest on my front porch, I filled a spray bottle with dish soap and water. Set the spray on STREAM, and everytime I saw one I sprayed it and also sprayed the area where it was going. After about a week or so of this, they eventually gave up on that area. I will not use poisons.
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