06-22-2016, 07:21 PM
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Calgary Alberta
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Bees in my basement
In the last three weeks I've found 4 dead bees in my basement . And today I found one alive bee just strolling around on the carpet. I don't have a outside door downstairs. I have three windows but they are all closed. How the hell are they getting in. I'm freaking out I hate bees.
Has anyone ever had this issue. Where do I start to find where these bees coming in.
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06-22-2016, 07:24 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Pickle Jar Lake
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Orbit. Nuke.
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06-22-2016, 07:24 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Victoria, BC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cflames_12.5
In the last three weeks I've found 4 dead bees in my basement . And today I found one alive bee just strolling around on the carpet. I don't have a outside door downstairs. I have three windows but they are all closed. How the hell are they getting in. I'm freaking out I hate bees.
Has anyone ever had this issue. Where do I start to find where these bees coming in.
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Bees or wasps? Do you have a vent leading to the outside down there, maybe from a dryer or the vent fan in a bathroom that leads outside? Is there a way they could get in from your siding outside and into your walls if your siding has cracks in it (this happened to a friend of mine)? Crack in the foundation they're coming through?
We get wasps in our attic conversion every year. But last year I finally had soffit guards put over the very small eaves and this year I'm clear.
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06-22-2016, 07:26 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Not sure
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Bees or wasps? Bees usually won't nest in an occupied house. wasps on the other hand will try and eat you.They can get in through surprisingly small holes. Around dryer vents, through holes for power, gas lines etc.
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06-22-2016, 07:32 PM
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Calgary Alberta
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They look like bees. I hope they are not wasps.
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06-22-2016, 07:34 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Cape Breton Island
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06-22-2016, 07:38 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Not sure
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cflames_12.5
They look like bees. I hope they are not wasps.
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If they have a pointy thing on their bums? Bees. If they have the mandibles from hell? Wasps.
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Maybe he hates cowboy boots.
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06-22-2016, 07:40 PM
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I believe in the Pony Power
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I used to get basement bees. Big fat ones that wouldn't fly - they would just be on the carpet or floor, barely able to move. Don't really know where they were getting in.
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06-22-2016, 07:42 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Victoria, BC
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Bumble Bees are big and fat, and typically build nests in the ground. If that's the case there could be a crack in the foundation and their nest is near there, on the outside or inside.
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06-22-2016, 07:58 PM
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Franchise Player
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I had this problem before. There was an old vent at the back of the house that wasn't sealed off properly. A can of spray foam fixed that problem pretty quick.
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06-22-2016, 08:33 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Calgary
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We have had a lot of bees in the place where I work this year (residential). They are all pretty lethargic. Maybe it's just the year for them?
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06-22-2016, 08:54 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Calgary
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I'm actually super disappointed this hasn't been posted yet. You all should be ashamed of yourselves.
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06-22-2016, 09:02 PM
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Franchise Player
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At least they aren't in your bonnet!
Amirite? 
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06-22-2016, 09:04 PM
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Franchise Player
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beads?
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06-22-2016, 09:12 PM
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Franchise Player
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If they are Wu Tang Killer Bees take caution as they are going to swarm.
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06-22-2016, 09:53 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Locked in the Trunk of a Car
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Last edited by csnarpy; 06-22-2016 at 10:01 PM.
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06-22-2016, 10:04 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Calgary
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I nearly started a thread for this very thing a couple months ago. Moved into a new house and found about 4-5 dead bees in the first month. I had never experienced such a thing before. A quick search on the trusty internet had me convinced there was a bee hive in the walls of my house and I was ready to move and burn it to the ground (similar to looking up your mild symptoms on the internet and you always have lupus).
Anyway, my room mate found some vents on the outside of our house that were flipped open, he closed them and haven't seen a bee since.
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06-22-2016, 10:16 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Calgary
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06-22-2016, 10:55 PM
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Could Care Less
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Embrace the bees. They are our friends.
Kill every last ####ing wasp you see.
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06-23-2016, 06:52 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: I'm right behind you
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Quote:
Originally Posted by heep223
Embrace the bees. They are our friends.
Kill every last ####ing wasp you see.
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We need to help out the bees as much as we can so we can avoid having to artificially pollinate crops to sustain the food supply. Wasps should be killed on general principle.
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