bee hive, feckers have moved into my baler

vanderbadger

lads I had a post earlier about tightening the pickup reel of my baler..anyway i noticed while i was taking off covers etc that a few bees started buzzing about..i didnt pay any heed at first but the other evenig a few appeared again when I was at it and I got stung in the face for my trouble..no big deal i got the stinger out almost straight away so no harm done..now only a few of them are buzzing about and its only about 2 weeks since i was baling last so i find it hard to believe there is a full hive there, maybe they are just starting to move in..whats the best thing to do..bale on as they say or should I try and smoke them out..without burning the place down... i think theymust be under the main cover, with my baler if you lift the cover the sides lift as well so Im nearly afraid to lift it for fear of getting stung again

Username John

vanderbadger wrote: »

lads I had a post earlier about tightening the pickup reel of my baler..anyway i noticed while i was taking off covers etc that a few bees started buzzing about..i didnt pay any heed at first but the other evenig a few appeared again when I was at it and I got stung in the face for my trouble..no big deal i got the stinger out almost straight away so no harm done..now only a few of them are buzzing about and its only about 2 weeks since i was baling last so i find it hard to believe there is a full hive there, maybe they are just starting to move in..whats the best thing to do..bale on as they say or should I try and smoke them out..without burning the place down... i think theymust be under the main cover, with my baler if you lift the cover the sides lift as well so Im nearly afraid to lift it for fear of getting stung again

Hi Vander,

Give a local bee keeper in your area a shout to take em.
I think you're in Clare are you - http://bannerbeekeepers.com/

Bees are in short supply... so be a shame to kill em if you can at all avoid it.

reilig

Are you sure that they aren't wasps?

CardBordWindow

reilig wrote: »

Are you sure that they aren't wasps?

If he had to get the stinger out, then it was a bee. Wasps don't leave the sting in.

vanderbadger

reilig wrote: »

Are you sure that they aren't wasps?

ya i stamped on the guy that got me, he was a bee, well actuallyhe got a belt of my cap first then i stamped on him..deffo bees, kinda short and chubby compared to wasps..i think they die anyway after stinging before anyone starts giving out about killing him

vanderbadger

Username John wrote: »

Hi Vander,

Give a local bee keeper in your area a shout to take em.
I think you're in Clare are you - http://bannerbeekeepers.com/

Bees are in short supply... so be a shame to kill em if you can at all avoid it.

do you think if there is a few in there its means there is alot more out of sight?

CardBordWindow

vanderbadger wrote: »

do you think if there is a few in there its means there is alot more out of sight?

They swarm around this time of year, so the odds are they a swarm settled there. If there is a steady flow of bees in and out, the odds are that you'll need to call your local beekeeper......unless that's where you keep your flowers?

Bodacious

Proper bee fella will just pick up the queen and they'll swarm
into his hive and away with him.... Happy out!!

sh1tstirrer

Just hitch up the baler to the tractor close all windows and give it a run, that will clear them out

LostCovey

sh1tstirrer wrote: »

Just hitch up the baler to the tractor close all windows and give it a run, that will clear them out

Nice

vanderbadger

LostCovey wrote: »

Nice

no the baler has been on a few times and a few have come buzzing about but no more than that

pakalasa

Leave em there! A bit of honey would be a nice way of bringing up the sugar levels in the silage.:D

Muckit

Local beekeeper as suggested is the answer. I'm no expert, but my sister has a hive so knowledge limited to what I hear her talking about.

Moving location of a beehive is tricky. It will throw their 'sat-nav' off track if when they go to collect pollen their hive is moved. The result is they won't be able to find the hive on return and will die. Therefore I wouldn't recommend moving baler either until they are professionally removed.

P.S. Reading up about clover etc recently, it seems we should all have a hive located somewhere on the farm (possibly not in a baler though). Helps with pollonation of the clover plant and so helps it's spread in pasture.

johngalway

Muckit wrote: »

P.S. Reading up about clover etc recently, it seems we should all have a hive located somewhere on the farm (possibly not in a baler though). Helps with pollonation of the clover plant and so helps it's spread in pasture.

Yep, and you'll have some honey for the brekkie as well

49801

if you cant get the hive removed properly i believe an aerosol of ant killer will work if you cant find the foaming bee killer.

light a smoky fire upwind of the baler to calm them.

vanderbadger

well no sign of them since , kinda half lifted the cover the other day and couldnt see anything so kinda hoping they have moved on