Bee Removal

[flare]

I've got a huge bees nest on a tree next to my house, and it's becoming an issue (my AC can't be serviced, for example, and the bees freak out from the movement and noise).

 

Can anyone recommend a removal service?  In Thai only is no problem.

[Bill97]

Your tree?

[KhunBENQ]

Really bees? Not these lovely creature we had in 2022, nest growing cancerous? Painful sting and can be dangerous in larger numbers.

A brother in law had to be brought to emergency at hospital.

In the village it's quite easy. You ask around, ask the village headman and he will know who can take care.

 

[Sir Dude]

Not "bees"... hornets mate. Get a removal service in pronto, those thing can be bad ass.

[steven100]

they're hornets ....   get someone to diesel & burn the nest.

[flare]

1 hour ago, Bill97 said:

Your tree?

Yes, on our property- here's a pic (sorry it's not the clearest- I was keeping my distance...)  We were told the Tessaban might take care of them (not sure as it's our tree and not on public property) and we're waiting for a call back, but I may have to find someone, hence my asking here:

 

 

 

 

[flare]

52 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

Really bees? Not these lovely creature we had in 2022, nest growing cancerous? Painful sting and can be dangerous in larger numbers.

A brother in law had to be brought to emergency at hospital.

In the village it's quite easy. You ask around, ask the village headman and he will know who can take care.

 

Now that looks like a proper bee guy.

[KhunBENQ]

Just now, flare said:

Now that looks like a proper bee guy.

What I have in the photo is different from the picture of the OP.

And we had these terrible hornets.

And don't try to get close to them without such equipment.

[flare]

3 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

What I have in the photo is different from the picture of the OP.

And we had these terrible hornets.

And don't try to get close to them without such equipment.

Hornets would be a bigger problem, but these bees are becoming an issue- the AC guy who came by today was like 'Nope' and I don't blame him a bit.  The bees came from the other side of the house to have a go at him.

[Sir Dude]

There are 4 types of honey bees in Thailand, and from your picture it looks like they are bees, not hornets, like in the picture someone posted in reply to your original post with the guy in what looks like a hazmat suit... hornets have that swirly paper-style nest they make, whereas the picture you posted looks like them all clinging to the honey combs that will be just under the surface of the bee covering... however, caution is advised as they might still be aggressive, and get someone in to sort it. The hornets are the ones to worry about, especially the Asian giant hornet that is super nasty... but it doesn't look like they are the ones in your picture as they prefer making their nests in the ground or dead tree trunks near the ground.

 

[jvs]

Take a little bit better picture and ask a few Thais about.

If they are honey bees some one will want them and relocate the population.

This is a big one with a lot of bees.

We have them in the garden often,we just let them bee.

[flare]

49 minutes ago, Sir Dude said:

There are 4 types of honey bees in Thailand, and from your picture it looks like they are bees, not hornets, like in the picture someone posted in reply to your original post with the guy in what looks like a hazmat suit... hornets have that swirly paper-style nest they make, whereas the picture you posted looks like them all clinging to the honey combs that will be just under the surface of the bee covering... however, caution is advised as they might still be aggressive, and get someone in to sort it. The hornets are the ones to worry about, especially the Asian giant hornet that is super nasty... but it doesn't look like they are the ones in your picture as they prefer making their nests in the ground or dead tree trunks near the ground.

 

A couple have gotten in the house, so I know they're bees rather than hornets, and it does look like a honeycomb they're clinging to.  

[flare]

14 minutes ago, jvs said:

Take a little bit better picture and ask a few Thais about.

If they are honey bees some one will want them and relocate the population.

This is a big one with a lot of bees.

We have them in the garden often,we just let them bee.

I'm pretty sure they're honeybees-  the population has been increasing so it's time to do something, but I want to find a professional that will relocate them rather than kill them.  The gardener working on the property next door was stung, and, as I noted, the AC guy had to bail on his job today and I couldn't get two units serviced, so I can't let them remain in place.

[Gecko123]

1 hour ago, flare said:

Yes, on our property- here's a pic (sorry it's not the clearest- I was keeping my distance...)  We were told the Tessaban might take care of them (not sure as it's our tree and not on public property) and we're waiting for a call back, but I may have to find someone, hence my asking here:

 

 

 

 

 

It's a little hard to tell from the picture, but there is a variety of bee which is smaller than a typical Thai honey, and they are very aggressive and persistent when their hives are disturbed and are capable of biting or stinging multiple times almost behaving the way hornets/wasps behave when their nests are disturbed. 

 

You should be able to find someone locally who is skilled at wild honey harvesting who can tell you best way to manage. Usually smoke is used.

 

Edit: @flare regular honeybees in Thailand are golden colored, and the smaller variety I mentioned are darker. But don't let their small size fool you their stings/bites can hurt, and cause swelling and itching. I had a big hive in a mango tree last year. I could be wrong about this, but when the honeycomb remnant was finally removed, it was all wax with no honey, so wild honey harvester might not be overly interested in the hive, but willing to remove it for a fee.

 

@flare Probably gonna take a drawn out length of time to get an answer from tessaban. Just ask your puu yai or neighbors for a wild honey bee harvester reference. Probably take a little bird-dogging, but shouldn't be too hard.

[stupidfarang]

What part of Thailand are you in? Here in the South there is a local goverment office that teach about Bees to locals. They will come out and remove bees so I suggest if you have a Thai partner they ask at the local goverment office for contact details.

[flare]

5 minutes ago, stupidfarang said:

What part of Thailand are you in? Here in the South there is a local goverment office that teach about Bees to locals. They will come out and remove bees so I suggest if you have a Thai partner they ask at the local goverment office for contact details.

I'm in Chiang Mai- we're still waiting to hear from the Tessaban.

 

i can't get a good picture- the lighting isn't great at the moment.  While I was near them the neighbor's dog barked, and the whole hive pulsed like a heartbeat as the bees reacted to the sound- it was freaky.

 

Best I could do, and not much different from my first pic:

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Sir Dude]

Usually the removal will be done at night as they are less aggressive than during the day... and they will use the old smoke trick to make them more passive. The removal guys should know the score, but it's about catching the queen, then the rest will follow as long as she lives.

[NotEinstein]

A couple of years back we had a reasonably sized bees nest in a mango tree that looked a lot like yours. The wife got a guy from the next village to remove them. He covered up, smoked them and then dropped the majority into a bag. There was a clump left, but they left by themselves about an hour later. He did it for the honeycomb - we got some too.

 

The tessabahn may remove them. We had their snake wrangler remove a not so deadly a few years back.

[jvs]

24 minutes ago, flare said:

I'm pretty sure they're honeybees-  the population has been increasing so it's time to do something, but I want to find a professional that will relocate them rather than kill them.  The gardener working on the property next door was stung, and, as I noted, the AC guy had to bail on his job today and I couldn't get two units serviced, so I can't let them remain in place.

Some one who keeps bees will want them and place them in a hive,they will use them to produce honey.

No need to kill them at all!

[norsurin]

3 hours ago, Sir Dude said:

There are 4 types of honey bees in Thailand, and from your picture it looks like they are bees, not hornets, like in the picture someone posted in reply to your original post with the guy in what looks like a hazmat suit... hornets have that swirly paper-style nest they make, whereas the picture you posted looks like them all clinging to the honey combs that will be just under the surface of the bee covering... however, caution is advised as they might still be aggressive, and get someone in to sort it. The hornets are the ones to worry about, especially the Asian giant hornet that is super nasty... but it doesn't look like they are the ones in your picture as they prefer making their nests in the ground or dead tree trunks near the ground.

 

Actually 5 different BEES..one of my ex nickname was BEE and she was horrible.

[flare]

The Tessaban said they'll come after Songkran (they didn't mention a charge, but I'd imagine it won't be much), so I'll try to live in harmony with the bees for another week (which really hasn't been an issue until recently).  If I'm home when they arrive I'll post some pics on this thread.

[Snackbar]

Cardboard fire will humanely move them

 

stand well back

[NORDO]

If you are not trying to capture or kill them, then get a metal container and build a very smokey fire below them for a day.  Not huge fire, just smokey.  It disrupts their communications and they will swarm to a new location.

[Formaleins]

Depends where in CM you are - but if you are in the sticks up here you should have no problem in getting some locals to remove it - If it is a really nasty one (mine put 35 in hospital) it will cost about 1000 Baht to remove the nest and they will keep all of the honey except maybe a couple of pints which you get.

 

It really depends on location, further into the sticks the easier it gets.

 

You do not want a hospital bill for everyone that gets stung if you are in a busy place.

[ujayujay]

Normal Thai honey bees, definitely not hornets! See YT video from minute 17.....

 

[arick]

On 4/7/2025 at 9:37 AM, flare said:

I've got a huge bees nest on a tree next to my house, and it's becoming an issue (my AC can't be serviced, for example, and the bees freak out from the movement and noise).

 

Can anyone recommend a removal service?  In Thai only is no problem.

Normally they move on. Spray them with water and insecticide they will leave 

[arick]

Air conditioners don't really need to be service from the outside.

[digger70]

1 hour ago, arick said:

Air conditioners don't really need to be service from the outside.

Split aircons have the compressor and condenser outside and fan  they need cleaning when dirty.

[flare]

26 minutes ago, digger70 said:

Split aircons have the compressor and condenser outside and fan  they need cleaning when dirty.

Yup, and it needed to be topped-off with Freon and the drain needed clearing.

[flare]

4 hours ago, Formaleins said:

Depends where in CM you are - but if you are in the sticks up here you should have no problem in getting some locals to remove it - If it is a really nasty one (mine put 35 in hospital) it will cost about 1000 Baht to remove the nest and they will keep all of the honey except maybe a couple of pints which you get.

 

It really depends on location, further into the sticks the easier it gets.

 

You do not want a hospital bill for everyone that gets stung if you are in a busy place.

I'm  near the intersection of HD Road and the Middle Ring Road, so not the sticks.  As I noted, the Tessaban will come out and take care of them- the bees aren't normally a problem, but there were a couple issues the last few days so they're getting evicted.