Bees nest in shed - needs to be removed

Pearses1

Hi

a bee hive has been in our turf shed and obviously turf cant be thrown in until bees are taken care of.

does anyone have the name and number of a beekeeper in the galway,roscommon or westmeath region close to ballinasloe so they can be removed in the correct manner?

Many thanks in advance

SC Kevin

Are you sure it's a bee colony and not a wasps nest?

Pearses1

SC Kevin wrote: »

Are you sure it's a bee colony and not a wasps nest?

Definitely bees Kevin.

SC Kevin

Cool, do you know what type?

honey bee, bumblebee etc

Im only asking cause beekeepers will only come out and take honey bees away

Pearses1

SC Kevin wrote: »

Cool, do you know who type?

honey bee, bumblebee etc

Im only asking cause beekeepers will only come out and take honey bees away

Definitely wouldn't know much about them but they have a white tail - a white tail bumblebee I guess.

Oldtree

SC Kevin wrote: »

Cool, do you know who type?

honey bee, bumblebee etc

Im only asking cause beekeepers will only come out and take honey bees away

Now if only we had loads of bee ID pictures here somewhere

SC Kevin

Pearses1 wrote: »

Definitely wouldn't know much about them but they have a white tail - a white tail bumblebee I guess.

Ya, i would think its a bumblebee nest you have so.

If that is they case, if you can at all leave them, they will be gone in a few weeks

solargain

beekeeper will not take bumble bees away either

Qualitymark

Enough of the negativity.

http://www.irishbeekeeping.ie/federation/affassoctxt.html

Three separate associations in Galway, lots of contacts on that page.

SC Kevin

Qualitymark wrote: »

Enough of the negativity.

http://www.irishbeekeeping.ie/federation/affassoctxt.html

Three separate associations in Galway, lots of contacts on that page.

If they are indeed bumblebees Qualitymark, no beekeeper take them away or even come to take a look

Qualitymark

Care to post up a picture or two, OP?

Apparently white-tailed bumblebees are easily confused with bombus magnus

http://www.arkive.org/white-tailed-bumblebee/bombus-lucorum/image-A7125.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombus_magnus

Bombus Magnus is a threatened species

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/13341899/0

I always used to love the way people in Aran and Connemara piled turf up against the windy gable of the house. Beautiful use of technological expertise: the wind dried out the turf; the turf pile acted as insulation during the coldest months, and it was handy for the fire; and as the weather warmed the pile lessened.

Knowall Macduff

I was called out to look at bees in a hay shed where the farmer was putting in hay last year. They were bumble bees. He left a tunnel for them which they used until the end of their season and worked around them without any problems. This year a woman had bumblebees build in a basket beside her washing machine in an outhouse at first she was terrified but then came to be fascinated they are now working around each other without bothering each other.

Oldtree

I have had a few ground level nests in the garden over the years and never been bothered, nor have I bothered them. They love my dog roses.

GrumPy

Bee careful though....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYtXuBN1Hvc