Bees in the loft

[KangarooKenny]

Anyone know how to stop them coming in ?
Would a bee keeper take them away to a hive ?

What kind of bees?

Bees or wasps?

Ooo, I don’t know. They are going into the roof so too high to see.
if they will all go away at some point I’m happy to wait until they’ve gone, then seal up the hole.

Bees.

Look up local beekeepers and they should help!

What problem are you expecting from them? I don't think any bees or wasps would cause any particular problems, we have a regular wasp nest at the bottom of our garden, solitary bees in the walls and bee nest boxes I put out and an annual tree bumble nest in the garage but none of them have ever caused us any bother at all. It would only be honey bees that could potentially be put in a hive so you'd need to know what type of bee you have.

There are local beekeepers that can come out, identify the bees and relocate them if honey bees. Please do this before thinking of an exterminator as european honey bees are practically endangered.
www.bbka.org.uk/find-beekeeping-near-you

Beekeepers will only take honey bees, they're unlikely to come out unless you can id them but it's worth asking. Bees have been swarming so they might be. It's a bit early for established bumble nests (I think) and masonry bees I know nothing about.

They won't bother you though. They don't chew through ceilings like wasps and won't come back next year. Please don't kill them

They can fill your cavity wall with honey though!

I've had bees living in my attic on and off for years. They haven't caused any problems at all.

Just leave them bee 🐝

We had bumble bees nest in our loft a few years ago, they were getting in right by a bedroom window so we had to tape some netting over it to stop them buzzing in. One day they had gone. They didn't even say goodbye. It was a sad day.

Leaving them would be a mistake IME
Had them in the garage roof, it was a nightmare, there were 100s if bees in the garage, they ejected their load when they got stuck, (distress I assume) everything was covered in yellow goo.
Honey stated dripping through the plaster board.
Get a beekeeper to come & get them

We had a nest in the loft. Was empty. Removed it. Filled up the hole. Easy.

I’m not going to kill them, I just want them to go away. It’s my loft and I don’t want them in there.

I'm a beekeeper and the honeybees are definitely on the move. Mine are busy but looking settled.
Contact your local beekeeping association and if they're definitely honeybees someone will come and fetch them assuming that they're accessible.

My DM has a honey bees nest in her chimney. We have a beekeeper booked to remove them in a couple of weeks but with the cost of the scaffolding it will be several thousand pounds.
He said therefore "only" be 5,000 to 10,000 bees at the moment but 50,000 to 60,000 in the summer. Now is the best time of year to remove them as they find it more distressing later in the year apparently.
Our guy is in Stoke on Trent and happy to give you his contact details of that's anywhere near you. We are probably 50 miles south so he covers a wide area.

If I leave them alone until they’ve done why they’re doing, will they go away so I can fill the hole ?

In all likelihood, no they won't go. There's no "leaving them alone until they've done" because they live all year round.
Even if they swarm it just means the queen is on the move, but she'll only take about half the colony with her. The remaining bees will then make a new queen and the whole cycle begins again.
They could be there for years if they think it's nice in there!