Getting rid of bees within in tree trunks or hollows.

If the hollow is large, the trunk can be filled partially with some crumpled newspaper, and next with expanding foam. Bees may have more than one opening even if it's small or the bees have sealed it off with wax.

It is quite common for a curious rodent or critter to chew through the foam, re-creating a hole for bees to move back in! Feb 17, In most instances, the only way to remove bees from a tree is by doing what is called a “trap out.” To do this a beekeeper makes a cone out of 1/8 inch hardware cloth that will act as a Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins.

Mar 20, If they are way up in the tree and not bothering anyone, take a chill pill. Hire a beekeeper to remove the hive. What Kirk has done with tree hives is to come at night when all the bees are in their hive and wrap a screen around the entrance so they can’t get out. Next day he comes with a chainsaw and saws off the limb with the bees in bushnotch.barted Reading Time: 3 mins.