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urgent - bee behavior!! ??

2 months ago

hello kind people of houzz gardenweb,


in my hour of need, I call upon your wisdom ... !! (Maybe I am overreacting a tad.)


Okay, what happened is, yesterday afternoon, all of a sudden there were 5 bees in the living room.


They weren't aggressive - in fact, they were just trying to get out. (Two of them seemed ill - those I scooped up in a jar and put outside.) I opened the window and pushed out the edge of the screen and they left. Though, one of them hung around on the outside of the screen a bit. Like, why??


But - how did they get in? I looked around, I don't see anything obvious. Would 5 bees all fly into a house together? (Someone had just come home recently - so, the door was open for maybe a minute.)


Five of them though? I just have this feeling that this isn't over.


Why did they come in? Are they scouts? Was it an accident?


What do people think is most likely? Have we got a tiny hole in the wall somewhere? Eeeesh.


I have a photo, I'll post it soon.


Thanks in advance!!

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  • 2 months ago

    Anytime you have an open window or door during warm weather, a honey bee might find its way in. As to why you had 5 at once, just your lucky day? However, it's not impossible they came from somewhere else in the house. Depending how your home is constructed, if it has any exterior holes into voids (under eves, behind chimney's, gaps in the siding, loose porch floorboards, etc) honey bees might have created a colony. Inspect the exterior of your house looking for bee activity.

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