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Bee deterrent?
On 2013-05-05 18:57:34 +0100, David Hill said:
If the cottage is owned by you as landlord then just get it properly repointed. Rod Late in the year, though. Why, by then they will be hibernating in the walls. It appears to be a question of letting the female finish laying her eggs. and timing it before hibernation starts, encouraging them to go somewhere else. Unfortunately, the re-pointing in late summer will prevent the emergence of new bees next year though. But if it's a serious problem for the owner of the building they have to persuade Mrs Bee to go elsewhere and re-pointing seems to be the only way to go about it. They go back to where they were born to lay again and can eventually cause quite a lot of damage because they keep on boring into masonry to make new holes for new generations. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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