Bees swarm chinmey flue, into wood stove

[Swimmer]

Sitting in the family room I am hearing buzzing. Not just the buzzing of one bee, but buzzing like the heavey drone of a B-25 buzzing. I then looked up at the ceiling windows and see about fifty bees. Other windows had some bees in them but only a few. I then see about fifteen bees in between the glass in the front of the stove and where the door drops down. Those ones are struggling and in fact died. Bee keeper later says soot kills them. So now I spray this chit in the house that your not supposed to spray in the house and I catch it for that. Bev gets advice about closing off the room, which of course we now have done. Looks like we are protecting ourselves from radiation or somesthing.

Anyways at one time I could hear a chitload of buzzing in the stove and the flue. It has dissipated somewhat, and she went and bought some stuff that you can spray in the hosue but you have to cover everything beforehand.

So the beekeeper implored me not to spray anymore than I have to, because bees are becoming endangered, but beekeeper isn't so distressed about the bees eating the soot and dying from that though.

Anyways, it looks like this is going to cost about what a decent rod and reel would cost.

[tysdad115]

Aint that a buzzkill.....
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[Swimmer]

Geezus Andy, aint that the truth. I had to get into this after fishing from 3 a.m. till 10:45 a.m. without a tap while fishing and a nap when I got home. They either have left or are sleeping for th night in the flue. Either way beekeeper is coming in the a.m. late. When he takes the cap off I think I am going to get some screening and put it inside the cap, so they can inhabit it again. I have a feeling a chitload of them are dead in the bottom of the stove flue or the tin piece I have installed that encloses the fire box.

[Hookedagain]

when they are sleeping, light a fire. Problem solved!

Would be nice if it were that easy.

[tysdad115]

Good luck Frank, hopefully they all get out.
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[Raven]

we had fifty hives "once"
and when they swarm your at their mercy
because there's just to many of them
they were coming in all the vents
like from stove to the outside
so duct taping every possible entry
became the only way to stop the invasion
until they moved on ........but for a time
you were a prisoner in your own house.

[Swimmer]

Little buggers were squeezing in between bricks and the sheet metal fire box cover over the wood stove that the wood stove flue goes up through. Couldn't squeeze a piece of paper in the space but they got through. Finally taped the whole thing and I believe that stopped the flow into the house. Two guys came this morning. One guy went up and dug out the queen and put it in a bucket and sat it on top of the chimney flue, and after an hour or so the bucket was quite full. Bee guy had another job in Plymouth so wife is waiting for him to come back. He says the ones in the flue die from the soot, and or dehydration. There has to be a chitload in the chimney flue, the sheet metal wood stove flue, on top of the sheet metal blocking the firebox and inside the stove. I think I'll give it a week or two before I vacuum and lean out everything.

[UserRemoved1]

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[Adam_777]

I had some going through holes in cement under my shed.I used some expansion foam to seal the area off temporarily.It worked but the bees still stuck around for a few more days trying to get back under the shed.

[Swimmer]

Beekeeper did his job. Got the queen in a 5 gallon bucket. None left now.