Bizarre this one - some bees seem to have taken up residence in my boiler overflow pipe, all 15mm of it. There don't appear to be very many of them, it being a rather small residence, but I don't really like the idea of beeswax stuffing up one of the things between me and an exploding kitchen.
Anyone got any suggestions? I don't want to kill them, given they;re bees rather than wasps. Just persuade them to take up residence elsewhere...
Are they perhaps mason bees?
How is he supposed to see their handshakes in a 15mm pipe?
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males and females nest together?
Contact local beekeeper who will want to give them a good home.
Beekeeper here. They are very, very unlikely to be honeybees, so don't bother a beekeeper. Mason bees are the most likely.
Having said that, and will reassure you they won't sting, I'm not too sure how to get them out. You presumably don't have access from the inside end to apply some sort of pusher to get them out. I don't think smoke will work with this type of bee. The only thing I can say is that they typically will disappear in a month or so, and it may be best just to leave them. I doubt that their nest will bloke the pipe to any extent.
Rob
Simple. Mouth round pipe and suck.
You need a pooter. (This is your new word for today)
Andy
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