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lucalex
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Location: Cambridge
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 Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2014 1:28 pm Post subject: Help! Bees under my floorboard |
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Hi,
I recently took the carpet off in my son's room and it seems that we have a bee's nest under there. A few comes out from under to go out..There is a definitely buzzing sound near the brick work.
What can I do? I had to move my son's out of his room but really need to do something about it.
Thanks for your help
Alexa
PS: I'm in Cambridge |
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catchercradle
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Location: Cambridge, UK
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Hi Alexa, I have responded via the private message facility.
Dave |
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biobee
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Alexa - is that Cambridge UK or Cambridge, MA?
Please update your location so people know approximately where you are. Thanks. |
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catchercradle
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| Quote: | | Alexa - is that Cambridge UK or Cambridge, MA? |
And if UK Cambridgeshire or Gloucestershire?
I should have thought of that as my aromatherapy webiste gets regular hits from America and not just on the page devoted to bees either. |
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MikeRobinson
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In general, when a wild hive moves into a wall or somesuch, it is "a curious buzzing," but it probably represents no harm to anyone inside the building as long as the bees cannot readily get inside your living-space ... which they probably cannot.
Local beekeepers will be happy to have a wild hive and should be able to help you properly extricate the colony without harming it. |
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