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It appears we have had a hive of honey bees set up shop in my front porch.
We have a semi-enclosed front porch and they seem to have moved into one of the short walls. There is a small gap on the underside to let water drain, and there is a consistent flow of bees in and out. I'm assuming they have just moved in as we have never seen a large number of bees around the house before, and it only looks to be maybe 20-30 at the moment.
We know bees are good to have around and do not want to hurt them, we don't even mind having them on the property if there was a way to lure them into a more appropriate location. Just don't want them in the wall of the house.
Don't know if they would like one of those commercial bee boxes better, or failing that I'm guessing there are people who will relocate a hive without destroying it.
We have been talking about planting some fruit trees so having a local tribe of bees wouldn't be a bad thing.
Thanks
We have a semi-enclosed front porch and they seem to have moved into one of the short walls. There is a small gap on the underside to let water drain, and there is a consistent flow of bees in and out. I'm assuming they have just moved in as we have never seen a large number of bees around the house before, and it only looks to be maybe 20-30 at the moment.
We know bees are good to have around and do not want to hurt them, we don't even mind having them on the property if there was a way to lure them into a more appropriate location. Just don't want them in the wall of the house.
Don't know if they would like one of those commercial bee boxes better, or failing that I'm guessing there are people who will relocate a hive without destroying it.
We have been talking about planting some fruit trees so having a local tribe of bees wouldn't be a bad thing.
Thanks