Bees in your A/C?
SInce coming back from Florida in May, our trailer has been sitting in the driveway. Last week went up to clean the roof. Noticed a lot of bees flying around. But didn't really pay a whole lot of a...
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Vulcaneer wrote:Dog Folks wrote:
If the mass of bees was shaped like a ball, as the OP reported, all this battle was completely unnecessary!
Vulcaneer wrote in the OP.... A bees nest about the size of a volley ball.
Not a swarm. A NEST.
First of all, bees do not NEST. They form "COLONIES."
It depends on what you saw that define as a "NEST." If there was any physical structure, then chances are they were not bees but rather some other insect in the group hymenoptera.
No structure, just lots of bees, more likely a SWARM.
In most instances the colonies are NOT VISIBLE, but rather buried in a crevice. You only usually see a few (Less than 20) bees outside the colony at one time. Not "a lot of bees flying around."
There really isn't enough information to make an trustworthy identification.
You wonder if insects could build a "nest" in two months. The short answer is, sure they can. That is not unusual, at least in Florida, depending on the number of insects and the specie.
Did you carry it back from Florida? Highly unlikely.
I offer this information so that maybe, people that are allergic to bee stings can recognize the difference between a SWARM and a COLONY and do not have to risk a sting killing a swarm.
I am glad it worked out for you, and that you were not stung.
