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Anyone here have any bee-keeping knowledge?
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<blockquote data-quote="rlsnights" data-source="post: 422900" data-attributes="member: 7948"><p>Are these your bees?</p><p></p><p><a href="http://flatbushgardener.blogspot.com/2008/05/andrenids-mining-bees.html" target="_blank">http://flatbushgardener.blogspot.com/2008/05/andrenids-mining-bees.html</a></p><p></p><p>Unless you have mistaken ground nesting wasps for bees, then these bees are indeed gentle and may be there to harvest a specific plant pollen in your area.</p><p></p><p>The easiest thing to try that I know of is simply to make it unpleasant for them to nest where they are by making it damp. They like dry usually sandy spots. If you keep your entire yard area damp for a while they should vacate the nesting area in favor of someplace dry.</p><p></p><p>I'm not sure if it applies to this type of bee, but regular honey bees have flight paths in and out of the hive that are pretty rigid and predictable. If you stay out of their flight paths and you aren't wearing perfume they like or have plants they like where you are working they will leave you alone.</p><p></p><p>If there seems to be a flight path toward your work area/home you can try changing their path by putting up something to block the path. Placing a tall section of fence - at least 8' tall - where it will interfere with their flight path may get you the results you want without forcing the bees to move. Typically this will make them either choose a different route entirely or cause them to fly straight up and out so they aren't flying at person (or animal) height in the yard.</p><p></p><p>Patricia</p><p></p><p>Who knew having lived with a you-name-it-she-had-it roommate would pay off some day. I can tell you about Galapagos turtles in heat and Komondork dogs too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rlsnights, post: 422900, member: 7948"] Are these your bees? [url]http://flatbushgardener.blogspot.com/2008/05/andrenids-mining-bees.html[/url] Unless you have mistaken ground nesting wasps for bees, then these bees are indeed gentle and may be there to harvest a specific plant pollen in your area. The easiest thing to try that I know of is simply to make it unpleasant for them to nest where they are by making it damp. They like dry usually sandy spots. If you keep your entire yard area damp for a while they should vacate the nesting area in favor of someplace dry. I'm not sure if it applies to this type of bee, but regular honey bees have flight paths in and out of the hive that are pretty rigid and predictable. If you stay out of their flight paths and you aren't wearing perfume they like or have plants they like where you are working they will leave you alone. If there seems to be a flight path toward your work area/home you can try changing their path by putting up something to block the path. Placing a tall section of fence - at least 8' tall - where it will interfere with their flight path may get you the results you want without forcing the bees to move. Typically this will make them either choose a different route entirely or cause them to fly straight up and out so they aren't flying at person (or animal) height in the yard. Patricia Who knew having lived with a you-name-it-she-had-it roommate would pay off some day. I can tell you about Galapagos turtles in heat and Komondork dogs too. [/QUOTE]
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