Safely Remove Bumblebees Without Harming Them

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The nest starts in spring when a queen bumblebee who has hidden in a safe place to survive the winter emerges and makes a nest.

The nest starts in spring when a queen bumblebee who has hidden in a safe place to survive the winter emerges and makes a nest.

What is a Bumblebee?

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A bumblebee nest is a colony consisting primarily of mothers and their babies. Mothers just don’t leave babies – no matter what species. 

How are Bumblebees Different from Honeybees?

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Bees also pollinate wildflowers and things that other animals eat, and allow natural plants to reproduce and clean the air and water for us. 

Why We Should not Kill Bumblebees?

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Why Bumblebees Always Come Back

So the best strategy is to create places for bumblebees to live where they do not cause you problems.

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How to Make Bumblebees Go Away?

Mothers just don’t leave babies – no matter what species.

For the vinegar or citrus oil-water mix, get an old sprayer bottle that had some household product in it.

Smelly Harmless Sprays

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Bumblebee Removal

In this case, it is best to find a bumblebee remover in your area, and ask them to come and remove the bees. 

Close any holes in eaves, move compost heaps to places that are not problematic if bees move in, and relocate bees that move into trees. 

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