To be pissed off with bees terrorising my garden

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While mowing the grass, we found out we have a bumblebee nest in the garden- in the gorund, which I didnt even know is a thing. Not at the very far end where we dont use much anyways, but right at the very beginning of it, near the kitchen door. We cant use the garden at all, as contrary to what uncle Google says, they attack kids and me whenever we approach.
How do I get rid (I know I know bees are the future, but I want my garden!). it's hot, kids are going mental inside, and we're stuck inside as we can't use the garden because of mental bees. And it takes months for them to move nests :(

Not all miner bees are solitary. Some make massive colonies and basically have orgies.

When I worked for technical support for a phone and broadband provider, a customer once called to say they had buzzing on the line.

Ran some tests, all fine, said it's probably the handset as it was old.

After closer inspection, bees had made their nest in the cavity of the wall next to the phone socket.

Not helpful to you in the slightest OP, but thought I'd share my nuisance bee story 😁

A lot of local bee and wasp companies will come and relocate bees though for cheap or free. Have a Google. Hope it's sorted quickly for you.

Your local beekeeping group will be happy to help and will probably take them away for free.

Your very lucky! I know it doesn’t feel it. I had them in my garden. They didn’t bother us, even though they are close. So I’m wondering what’s going wrong in the hive for them to bother you.

only the girls can sting, the boys can’t and this time of year it will be lots of boys looking for new queens.

there’s a real lack of bees this year so you are very lucky, the bumble bee is coming to the end of their season now (which may explain the odd behaviour). So it won’t be that much longer before the new queen moves on.

Bumblebees are notoriously non aggressive and rarely attack humans. But I think the confusion here is that your child is going near the nest through no fault of his and is unlikely to be able to avoid doing so. In which case they will sting if they particularly feel threatened.

I don’t think anyone will remove a bumblebee nest (if that’s what it is) only honeybees.
Most councils will only remove honeybees (safely without killing them). They won’t kill bees as they are endangered, essential and not regarded as a pest.
They will kill wasps.

Bit of a tricky situation really but they will go soon.

bpca.org.uk/pest-aware/bee-control-how-to-get-rid-of-bees-bpca-a-z-of-pests/189185

You can tell if they're bees or wasps if you've been stung. Bees leave the stinger in (and die), wasps don't.

I've had a wasps nest in the ground. If you disturb that, they'll definitely sting you!

I’m sorry OP. I wouldn’t be happy about that either. I do hope a kind bee keeper agrees to help you

You can tell if they're bees or wasps if you've been stung. Bees leave the stinger in (and die), wasps don't.

Bumblebees don’t leave a stinger in or die after stinging. Honeybees do.

there not hornets are they

Me and my kids have spent hours watching our nests, like face in the nests and they’ve been fine.
this is really unusual behaviour.

You have my sympathies, op.
I'm allergic to stings and as a result scared of all stripey buzzing things, whether aggressive or not.
I would just wait for the cycle to end, as difficult as that is.

Nah. Op said someone waa atung few times. They would be in a hospital if it were hornets. Evil things

Christ Op get a grip they have to live some where, a lot of misunderstanding of bees on here.

Bee keepers only keep honeybees not bumble bee`s. Bumble bees are fury and fat, honey bees are small dark.

Bumble bees build hives below ground and have short lives, honey bees build hives above ground and live a lot longer, as others have stated only honey bees leave a stinger behind and can sting once. Bumble bees are also the best pollinators and are in big decline.

People who collect bees have no interest in bumble bees, admire them and let them live.

Bumble bees can repeatedly sting and they don’t die,honey bees sting once and die.

Pretty sure bee keepers won't remove a bumble bee nest

all species need to co-habit in this world together.

Bit hysterical saying they’re ‘attacking’ they’re like 1cm🤣

have them safely removed. Please don’t kill them!

We need bees 🐝

Do you know where all the entrance(s) to the nest are? It might be possible to block up the entrance(s) closest to your door so they use one further away. Another solution can be to use a piece of hose or piping to extend the main entrance so the bees come out at a better location. This should be done at night when there aren't bees around. Use a red filter on a torch if you need a light as bees will fly towards a white light.

I may go against the general tone of the thread here but if you have a situation where a nest of bees is placing a vulnerable child at risk, pest control might be the right answer.

I love bees I currently have 4 honey bee hives in my garden and I plant huge numbers of annuals every year for bumblebees etc. so my garden is a cloud of insects. I will happily stand within a few feet of one of my most active hives and know I am safe. However, I have taken steps to arrange the hives and screening to avoid the main flightpaths back to the hives crossing the most used bits of the garden. Most of the stings we have got outside of the beekeeping process are from bees crashing into us when their flightpath was badly located. I suspect that is the problem here. The entrance to the nest is in a position that means the bees main routes are crossing your main routes so there is constant interaction / collision.

Even though a colony of bees can occasionally be aggressive its pretty unusual. I interact with thousands of bees a week and I might find a couple of stings on my suit at the end of it. It's probably a proximity and disturbance issue rather than outright aggression.

I know most people have said it but contact your local beekeeper for advice and ask them if they can move it to a better location.

Good luck! I love bees but certainly wouldn't want them on the lawn with small children about.

Another one for contacting a local bee keeper. My next door neighbour has hives. Bees are fascinating and my neighbour does on occasion go and collect from elsewhere.

I think the confusion stems from op calling them just bees

@Cheeseplant72 so I should be happy with my kids being plastered to kitchen door not being able to leave, cool story. Please take the bumbles away and coexist with their nest in your garden! And good luck with that. Anyone else is invited too 🤣

Yeah they are definitely not wasps nor hornets, and sadly not honey bees so we won't be able to get anyone to get them out. We didn't even know there was a neast until we cut the grass. I love wildlife, but... It's just impossible to use the garden at all and peopke who say to 'teach kids not to approach or respect the boundaries' lol I did, they didn't get it, so it's pretty hard. They love being outside and the nest isn't like some sites say in a dark corner of the garden but in full sun right at the beginning of it where we have a swing we can't move, bit also bbles become agitated when anyone vibes within a few feets, which is pretty pants.

Vibration is often a bigger problem than physical presence etc. I can use a strimmer or hover mower around the hives with no problem at all. The bees don't care, but if I bump one of the hives whilst I am doing it - very different story - that's run for the hills time.

Honestly I would leave the bee - sorry . I had them under my back door step 2 years running and loved them. They really won't attack, they may bounce of you because they are big clumsy oafs, but they are adorable. I was gutted when they didn't return the third year.

Loads of bee rehoming people about. Just use Google or Facebook to find one near you. You've probably attacked them when mowing the lawn so they're protecting the hive.