Baking Soda and water will aid greatly to neutralize the venom in a bee sting. Keep some handy in case something happens.
http://pestkilled.com/how-to-get-rid-of-bees/
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Natural Bee Lure
Bees will often relocate to be closer to their food source and are attracted to strong, sweet smells. Cut soft, ripe pears or mangoes into chunks and place them into an open sandwich bag. Place this 15 to 20 feet away from the hive. After a few days, move the bait a few feet further away from the hive. Continue this process until the bees stop visiting the original location and have set up a new hive closer to the bag.
A more lethal form of lure is to fill a basin with sugar water and place it where the bees congregate. The bees will be attracted to the water and drown. For better effect, add some soap, which will disrupt the water’s surface tension.
Natural Bee Repellents
While bees are attracted to sweet smells, they are equally repulsed by pungent smells. One of the simplest methods to repel bees is to liberally sprinkle garlic powder in places where the bees congregate. Not only will they generally avoid the area, but direct application of the powder on bees may prove lethal.
Citronella candles will not harm bees, but they will avoid any areas containing the smell. This helps protect some areas if you have a hive in your yard, and may prove partially effective in forcing a colony to relocate if the candles are being burned close to the hive.
Scatter a handful of cucumber peels as another natural form of repellent. The peels give off a scent that bees and many other insects find repulsive. The downside to this method is that it is not easily used to make bees abandon their hive. However, if used in the garden, the degraded peels will help fertilize your plants.
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Not sure of the efficacy of this method and whether you want a deck that smells like garlic powder... cheaper than Citronella though and probably easier to obtain than cucumber peels, but if there's a nest, it needs to be properly removed.
Worth a shot?