Comments on: Bees Under Attack! http://thebeespace.net/2008/08/29/bees-under-attack/ Smart, Simple & Sustainable Beekeeping Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:14:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Linda Zahl http://thebeespace.net/2008/08/29/bees-under-attack/#comment-9950 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:39:04 +0000 http://thebeespace.wordpress.com/?p=678#comment-9950 Today is a cool, cloudy day near Portland, Oregon so I was not concerned when there was not much activity near my hive. But when I looked closer there were no guard bees and every three minutes or so a yellow Jacket would fly in, spend about 20 seconds doing who knows what havoc, then leave. Every once in a while a lone bee would fly out. Thanks for your posts, I will narrow the entry right away and look for the Yellow Jacket nest. Please let me know if anyone has had luck with the trap Chuck made.

]]> By: Kate's Bookshelf http://thebeespace.net/2008/08/29/bees-under-attack/#comment-8429 Sat, 06 Aug 2011 02:21:22 +0000 http://thebeespace.wordpress.com/?p=678#comment-8429 Thank you so much for this post. I was working on a children’s story, and I couldn’t remember if yellow jackets attacked bee hives. This answered all my questions plus gave me a great resourse for my father who has been interested in bee keeping. Looking forward to showing him this site.

]]> By: Joshua http://thebeespace.net/2008/08/29/bees-under-attack/#comment-5670 Wed, 11 May 2011 21:27:18 +0000 http://thebeespace.wordpress.com/?p=678#comment-5670 The best thing to help protect your bee hive is always check it every day or so!! The bees wont mind you looking around the hive a few times a day. Inspecting the hive will help prevent some hive beatles. Also if your a bee lover and you want your hive to do well, also just watching it every now and than and looking around your yard will prevent other attacks from yellow jackets and prevent many threats from your hive!!!

]]> By: Randall http://thebeespace.net/2008/08/29/bees-under-attack/#comment-5039 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:50:00 +0000 http://thebeespace.wordpress.com/?p=678#comment-5039 Sounds like you may have hive beetles.. You can check with your county or state beekeeping authority and they will come out and inspect it and then offer some suggestions as to what you should do to re-mediate it.

]]> By: Brad http://thebeespace.net/2008/08/29/bees-under-attack/#comment-4992 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 19:30:41 +0000 http://thebeespace.wordpress.com/?p=678#comment-4992 For your information, the Yellow Jacket or Genus Vespula shown on picture is a WASP, not a bee.

]]> By: Kelly http://thebeespace.net/2008/08/29/bees-under-attack/#comment-4908 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 03:40:53 +0000 http://thebeespace.wordpress.com/?p=678#comment-4908 my bees have been under attack by some unadetafied large looking flee not any kind of mite one hive has left about 20’00.00 bees I have one hive left. About 5000.00 I need help .I have battled all other pest and won.

]]> By: Chuck http://thebeespace.net/2008/08/29/bees-under-attack/#comment-2573 Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:51:28 +0000 http://thebeespace.wordpress.com/?p=678#comment-2573 I have a topbar hive in town. We have quite a few yellow jackets around. I use a hornet trap near my hive. I took a quart jar, drilled a few 1/4 inch holes in the lid, and put in a cup of water with a couple tablespoons of jelly. The bees aren’t interested. When the hornets come looking around the hive, they become attracted to the trap, and drown themselves.

]]> By: Nick http://thebeespace.net/2008/08/29/bees-under-attack/#comment-201 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:04:05 +0000 http://thebeespace.wordpress.com/?p=678#comment-201 Paul – Wow. That is sad. Yellow jackets are nasty!

Like you mentioned, minimizing the beehive opening is the best method to combat yellow jacket attacks.

]]> By: Paul http://thebeespace.net/2008/08/29/bees-under-attack/#comment-190 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:17:31 +0000 http://thebeespace.wordpress.com/?p=678#comment-190 I had the same issue two years ago with my hives in Wilton California. The yellowjackets actually attacked the hive and robbed it of much honey. I had not looked at the hive for about 2 months and when I saw it the bees where out of the hive except for a few frozen bees. I found about 20 yellowjackets nesting in the hive. Of course I killed them quite easily since it was cold. That was the last time I was going to allow that. Since then I usually narrow the hive. That reminds me I better narrow the hives this week.

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