Photos are 6 hours apart.
I noticed a couple bees buzzing near this compost tumbler yesterday, and woke up to this.
Sigh. Help
by plants_animals_anime
Photos are 6 hours apart.
I noticed a couple bees buzzing near this compost tumbler yesterday, and woke up to this.
Sigh. Help
by plants_animals_anime
21 Comments
They thought it would make a good home. Post this to r/beekeeping
Seems like they’re swarming. Has nothing to do with your compost (I think). Let them be and they should move on to a permanent hive soon, or if you’re feeling impatient you can call a local beekeeper to take care of them.
Start calling local beekeepers who may want to come pick up your honeybee swarm for free!
If you don’t want them there,
Smoke should make them go away without hurting them.
Otherwise a bit of dish soap in a super soaker or a lawn sprayer attachment would do it, but would be lethal for them.
I would not recommend peeing on this one.
Bees swarm sometimes looking for a new place to nest. Sometimes they stop to rest before they carry on there way.
Unless they find a spot they like and want to stay.
If they don’t move on, you could find a local bee keeper and they will most likely come and take the bees off your hands.
Bees follow their queen. The beekeeper just finds the queen and puts the queen safely in a box and waits for the rest of the bees to follow her in. Then will just take the bees away.
Please do not kill them.
Swarming behavior. You did nothing wrong.
Also. Mild point. This means your bin is hot lol. When bees swarm they’ll usually swarm to a source of warmth.
You have two options here. The first is to do nothing and they’ll eventually move on or at least they should. The second is to start calling local beekeepers and see if they’ll come grab them, usually for free. Personally I’d recommend the second option as the swarm is likely to move somewhere that could get them killed.
Feeling lucky? Give it a spin
I have wasps in mine. 🥲 if anyone has tips on how to make those guys go away, I’m all ears…
Let them have it
A hive split and you now are the “temporary” owner of a free hive of honey bees. When they are in a group like this, it’s because they are looking for a new home
For their queen. Call your local ag department or cooperative extension. They may be able
To put you in touch with a person who can safely collect them and take them away.
This feels like a task failed successfully. Congrats! 🎉
Pee on it
It may be a sign to get into beekeeping
This is likely swarming. There’s probably a queen in there. Give it a few days and they should find another home. IF they’re still there in a day or two, please don’t kill them. There’s many people who will relocate them safely.
I would swoop in and take “free bees” of your hands, but I am in NC.
https://preview.redd.it/7yohrhjlcd6h1.jpeg?width=5000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4b4661717da1564a73d446b5d798fc47dc8e5c78
Had this happen to me a few years ago. Brand new tumbler with only a week’s use too.
I ended up having to call a guy cus they didn’t leave after 2 days. But maybe these will. Always good to give them a day to see if they’re just passing though.
Steak too juicy. Lobster too buttery.
😂 congrats!
Nothing to do with you. They’ll usually leave on their own but if they don’t a local beekeeper will usually be pretty happy to take free bees off your hands.
Beekeepers call those tumbler composters “swarm traps”.
Not the bees…NOT THE BEEEEES!!
It’s incomprehensible to me that as a species we are producing individuals that, when blessed by Mother Nature to witness such a spectacle first hand, ask what they did wrong.