The honey bee is one half to three fourths an inch in length.
Bumble bees in siding.
Among the honey bees the queen along with her many offsprings stays in the hive and hibernates.
Honey bees aren t native to the united states and they were transported to the us by european settlers.
Honey bees live in big hives consisting of around 20 000 60 000 bees.
Some honey bees look black too.
Even though a hive nestled inside the wood aluminum or vinyl siding is hard to actually reach these are in fact some of the easiest and safest types of nests to get rid of because they require no contact.
Among the bumble bees just the queen hibernates and that too inside a hole in the ground.
Where the siding meets the concrete foundation of the house bees are going up there and i assume they re building a hive of some sort.
Try planting a bee garden away from where the bees are congregating around your house siding.
My house has vinyl siding.
Whether it s the fall season and you re hoping to squeeze in a little more patio time perhaps with some hot chocolate sitting around an outdoor firepit or spring is here and you want to soak in the sunshine chances are you d like to enjoy the outdoors without having to worry about one of nature s more aggressive if only annoying pests.
Bees are so endangered that i would never suggest anything that could cause them harm.
Bumble bees have small colonies consisting of around 50 300 bees.
If the bees are boring holes into your siding they are carpenter bees not bumble bees.
How to get rid of bees in siding.
If you see a honey bee in the united states you ll be looking at the european honey bee.