Bumblebee nest in the garden.

[Sweet FA]

Well I think they're bumblebees. This is one of them:

A swift google tells me I should leave it as they don't last that long & they'll have gone by Autumn. None of my family are allergic to stings afaik but Lil'FA's a bit freaked by them & I can't face a summer of her going nuts and not wanting to play in the garden.

The nest is under the stairs at the back of the garden so getting them out would mean digging them up.

Any advice/suggestions? Leave it or get the council in (for £50)?

 

[Voley]

Will the council even touch them? I thought they were protected now.

 

[nino_savatte]

I *heart* bumblebees.

 

[Ax^]

leave them alone

bees are

 

[colacubes]

Bumbles

 

[equationgirl]

They are an endangered species, and don't overwinter, so won't last longer than a few months.

Why not use the opportunity to educate your daughter about how bees need protection?

 

[geminisnake]

You could try googling for a bee person, can't remember what they're called atm. They might come and take them away.

 

[Ax^]

apiarists

methinks

 

[mr steev]

Leave them

We had a nest under our shed/summerhouse a few years ago. It actually lasted 2 years (unless it was another nest). They're not aggressive and don't bother anyone. Maybe it will help Lil'Fa learn to like them... they just keep following each other going in and out of the nest

As NVP says, I don't think the council will touch them. You will have to get a bee keeper to move them.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

I don't think bee-keepers move anything but honeybees. Bumblebees are protected and sting-wise are just not a threat...I totally agree with equationgirl that the way forward is to educate your child.

 

[pogofish]

Yup - Treasure your Bumbles! They are seldom a great problem in gardens, so if you can, leave them alone - They will do a lot of good cross pollinating in your locality.

Also, bumble nests seldom get as large as other bees, so it is unlikely to be much worse than you have now.

 

[Sweet FA]

Maybe it will help Lil'Fa learn to like them...

Why not use the opportunity to educate your daughter about how bees need protection?

I totally agree with equationgirl that the way forward is to educate your child.

OK, OK, GODDAMIT, IT'S ME OK? THEY FREAK ME OUT. FAT FUCKING CLUMSY, BAD FLYING, SWERVING AT THE LAST MINUTE, LANDING ON ME BASTARDS

I suppose I was hoping someone would give me the go-ahead to nuke from orbit but the educational route it is I guess. Bastard nature loving hippies

 

[quimcunx]

Get your daughter to educate you.

 

[Cid]

Their nests are tiny, there're probably 50 of them ranging over a couple of kilometers, stop being a wuss.

 

[Cid]

OK, OK, GODDAMIT, IT'S ME OK? THEY FREAK ME OUT. FAT FUCKING CLUMSY, BAD FLYING, SWERVING AT THE LAST MINUTE, LANDING ON ME BASTARDS

I suppose I was hoping someone would give me the go-ahead to nuke from orbit but the educational route it is I guess. Bastard nature loving hippies

Nothing hippyish about concern over declining numbers of pollinators.

 

[Sweet FA]

Nothing hippyish about concern over declining numbers of FAT FUCKING CLUMSY, BAD FLYING, SWERVING AT THE LAST MINUTE, LANDING ON ME BASTARDS

 

[Cid]

They can smell your fear.

 

[equationgirl]

OK, OK, GODDAMIT, IT'S ME OK? THEY FREAK ME OUT. FAT FUCKING CLUMSY, BAD FLYING, SWERVING AT THE LAST MINUTE, LANDING ON ME BASTARDS

I suppose I was hoping someone would give me the go-ahead to nuke from orbit but the educational route it is I guess. Bastard nature loving hippies

First time I've been called a hippy

And they won't hurt you - stop getting in their way

 

[kittyP]

I was gonna laugh at you but then thought, if it was a moth nest (yes I am aware that moths don't have nests) in my garden I would chuck a grenade down there to be sure and not ask any fucker if it was ok to do so first

 

[Lock&Light]

I've never heard of a bumblebee stinging anyone unless perhaps if caught and held in the hand.

 

[Sweet FA]

*lies on couch* I got stung when I was about 7. On a cross channel ferry ffs.

 

[Ax^]

*lies on couch* I got stung when I was about 7. On a cross channel ferry ffs.

2 spoonfuls of cement

 

[equationgirl]

I was gonna laugh at you but then thought, if it was a moth nest (yes I am aware that moths don't have nests) in my garden I would chuck a grenade down there to be sure and not ask any fucker if it was ok to do so first

Yes, but moths aren't cute.

Wiping out a nest of an endangered species can sometimes result in legal action (they're quite aggressive in punishing bird egg collectors up here in Scotland, for example).

 

[Lock&Light]

*lies on couch* I got stung when I was about 7. On a cross channel ferry ffs.

By a bumblebee?

 

[Sweet FA]

Ludicrously yes. Tbf I did tread on it. Though wtf it was doing in the bar on the way to Calais, I'll never know.

Pollen shots maybe.

 

[Ax^]

I was gonna laugh at you but then thought, if it was a moth nest (yes I am aware that moths don't have nests) in my garden I would chuck a grenade down there to be sure and not ask any fucker if it was ok to do so first

Werd..

Moths are evil

 

[Pingu]

bumblebees are the one insect with black and yellow stripes that does not change its name to mr squishy in the pingu household. we will even rescue them from spiders webs etc if we spot them in time.

 

[smmudge]

Try having a swarm of 30,000 honey bees in your back garden, or in the boarded up fireplace IN YOUR BEDROOM, and then complaining about a few measly, harmless bumblebees!

Ludicrously yes. Tbf I did tread on it. Though wtf it was doing in the bar on the way to Calais, I'll never know.

Pollen shots maybe.

Or why you were barefoot in the bar? It might have already been dead, bees can bite you even after they're dead you know.

 

[Pingu]

we had a wasps nest in the garden the other year. homemade flamethrower 1 - wasps nest - 0. some advice though if you do go this route with a wasps nest... make sure you have an easy and clear scape route as squirting petrol into a wasps nest REALLY pisses them off

 

[Ax^]

Tried the home made flamethrower option with a moth once...



Worked wonders until I noticed the clothes horse and it contents was also on fire