Black Bees coming from my chimney!!!

As the title says, we have had several bees a day coming from our chimney into the front room.

They are completely black, which I assume is to do with them living in a chimney.

Obviously I am aware that bees are precious these day and would like them to have a good home, just not my chimney. Would it be possible for a beekeeper to come and remove the nest/swam?

Thanks

Just block the chimney with a cushion and they’ll exit via the top?

I have a loft full of wasps, but I figure they found their own way in, so can find their own way out….

Racist!

Capture Bees.

Attach small brushes.

Voila – mini free chimney sweeps.

So you don’t like black bees eh ? I suppose you’re just as prejudice against disabled bees too then ?

You probably wouldn’t even give a helping hand to Eric 🙁

save on heating bills next winter..?

🙂 Thank you STW 🙂

Old house by any chance? Sounds like mortar bees. They will eat through old brick and mortar to nest.

We had our chimney repaired a few years ago, there were gaps big enough to get an arm in and the chimney was a gnats fart away from crumbling and so the bees were able to get right in.

Masonry bees, get an exterminator in they are no good to anyone.

When I had black bees coming out if my chimney I told them where to go and gave them a piece of my mind.

I’ll not have them coming out of MY chimney, you mark my words!

Next time it could be a child’s fireplace.

Sounds like you’ve got Ninja bees. Nothing you can do about it. They’ll disappear into the shadows and you’ll never find ’em.

Can’t believe nobody has suggested lighting a fire

Back in the early 90’s I got a swarm in my chimney. I was cool about it and quite protective, but it all got messy in the warm weather when honey began running out the bottom onto the floor. It was a closed off chimney and was oozing out of the boarding. It all got sticky and became a pain to clear up every day. It was actually nice honey (in a sooty sort of way).

In those days people were less protective about bees. I contacted some beekeepers but they advised me to get rid of them.

It pained me greatly then, and it still does, I administered wasp killer down the pot. Most despicable thing I ever did I guess..

“Can’t believe nobody has suggested lighting a fire”

Or pitchforks? We like a mob around here.

😆 @ Drac

OP will need to check for chimney slugs also. They can be major problem if left untreated and can lead to chmney collapses.

Chimney slugs 😆
I had wall slugs (and worms) in my student house in Bradford. It had a cellar kitchen. They used to come right through the mortar and ooze about the worktop in the night.

Imagine…

Slugs the size of pigs

….

What they gonna look like with a chimney on ’em?

I had hoped that this thread was euphemistically titled and therefore comedy gold, alas not, it’s just about bees.

I had wall slugs (and worms) in my student house in Bradford.

par for the course, from friends’ experiences. I must have got lucky with the student houses I rented, but reports of slugs were common in the uni back in the day

>Masonry bees, get an exterminator in they are no good to anyone.

You sure? doesn’t sound like them from this – one clue being they’re solitary:

http://www.chelmsford.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=13990

or this

http://www.east-northamptonshire.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.aspx?documentID=270&pageNumber=3

>Just block the chimney with a cushion and they’ll exit via the top?

You can buy inflatable balloon-kinda things for stopping hot air from the room disappearing up the chimney – that might well do the job.

We had them in a dryer vent. If you make the place uncomfortable for them they will move on. You could start by blocking the flue for a couple of weeks, they won’t like the stuffy air. Failing that, just light a nice hot fire…..

Print this picture of a bee eater and stick it in the fireplace.

X Files 😯

Maybe it’s a portal to hell? The entry to the catacombs of Lucifer’s realm? The coming of the Dark Lord, his minions and the subsequent plagues?

Pop to Wilkos and get some ‘Anti-Hellswarm’ powder. The keep it near the rat poison. Glad to help.

X Flies

And now bees, some sort of sex change type op.

Does anyone know how to eradicate mortar bees from external walls?

Yep, re-point the brickwork. Although TBH if mortar bees can borrow into it, your pointing is fecked and needs re-pointing anyway. I believe that mortar bees evolved millions of years ago long before brickwork ever appeared, and they are solely equipped to borrow into compacted sand, soil, etc. Your pointing should be a tad stronger than that.