I found a hive today,in my garden festering in an old pot belly stove.
Just wandering if there is any bee fanatics who want a free hive.
Easy access and on the ground.
Any ideas for a quick mass kill,if there are no takers?
Cheers
call a local bee keeper. dont kill the little buggers, they are the life source of the planet. weve had a hive in our yard for the last couple of years and have been more amusement than harm.
Maaaate - keep 'em healthy!!!!!! ..... absolutely nothing like fresh honey , and once you've squeezed it from the waxcomb , you can separate it and maybe use the wax for your boards , or make your own candlesticks .... keep 'em for sure!
I had a nest in one of my old windsurfing boards I tried and ring around to get someone to move them but they didnt show.
Hope you have some luck mate. I think extermination is the last resort.
(that photo was of the board after i had flipped it multiple times and dragged it around the lawn with the car.. The hive was much larger. Just wait about 2 weeks they may just be swarming. If there not gone in two weeks and no ones collected them you will have to go with Marks resolution.
I attached the bottom half of a 4.8 to the top and bottom half of a 4.2 mast 6 metres
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/General-Discussion/Chat/Bees-episode-2-the-end/
Same its so disappointing killing something alive. Just need a good good tree hollow ;-(
You could also try this link. www.daleysfruit.com.au/forum/bee-hives/
It worked for me, otherwise a nighttime euthanasia.
Please don't kill them and do your best to find a person to re house them
because if you don't know we are one of the only countries left that does not have Varroa mites....
Did you know we actually ship our bees to America? "yes we do!"
A Varroa mite sits on the back of a bee like a tick...
Varroa mites are the most serious pest of honey bees worldwide.
Varroa infects honey bees in every major beekeeping area of the world, except Australia.
Although there is a combined government and industry effort to keep them out of Australia, it is generally accepted that it is inevitable that varroa mites will eventually establish in Australia. This will radically change beekeeping practices.
Link:- http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/livestock/honey-bees/pests-diseases/varroa-mites
Mate......... I had one hive in an old Webber, kept it for a while.... could smell the honey! Then one day went in the backyard and walked in front of the Webber (I had done it for months) and the little buggers went very agro
for some reason and decided to attack me had to run inside they followed me I and got stung about 50 times
all over my legs, arms and they went under my T shirt. I called the bee keepers association and they gave me the number of a guy that came and removed them, he came at night to be sure to get them all and charged $100-00, he did not kill them but relocated the hive, he told me that when I went around I must have walked or touched one bee and she sent a panic pheromone to the hive for the soldiers to come out and defend. The guy gave me a kilo of honey in the deal!
Don't kill give them a chance!
would local councils know of some beekeepers? just a thought
Edit... felix idea sounds the way
