How do you get rid of honey bees floating around in the grass area of the yard?

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Usually bees during Winter into late Summer will stay high and crawl around on the grass in a dormant state in the Fall, so I'm assuming you have bee hives closeby. If you don't have honey bees yourself, then a neighbour must have. Try to find out where they are coming from and talk to the neighbor. Honey bees can be controlled by smoke. If you do find out where they are coming from and the neighbor refuses to try and control them, you are going to have to call pest control. Usually honey bees will stay close to the crate where they make their honey, so it could be someone has abandoned them. Bees, as you know can give one nasty sting, not to mention stinging children or pets as well.

If you can afford pest control (they aren't that expensive and you could phone around for estimates) plant Spanish Lavender (a beautiful bush and really attracts the bees.) Bees are wonderful creatures for pollinating and keeping our plants healthy, but they can be a nuisance as well.

Good luck Marcy

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Also, keep the lawns short enough that you don't have flower heads on the grasses.

You, your kids and pets will have the use of the lawn and the bees will gather pollen amongst the bushes where you don't want to be, anyway.

First answer by Marcy. Last edit by Spikepipsqueak. Contributor trust: 36 [recommend contributor]. Question popularity: 140 [recommend question]

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