swarm-list Mailing List: Re: Bumblebees in ground Pleasanton

[Gerald Przybylski (gtp000000]

Last year one of our Zoom speakers said bumblebees can adapt to having 
their entrance extended with pipe in the ground (and probably some elbows.
1 inch pvc might be OK.   I haven't done it, but worth a try.

In order to successfully move a bumblebee nest it has to be extracted in 
tact, and they're fragile.  Like doing an archeological or forensic dig, 
or maybe harder.
It's easy if the nest is built inside a birdhouse or some other 
structure that doesn't require digging.  The object just goes on vacation

that's my 2¢


On 4/8/26 1:53 PM, Bees & Beeks via swarm-list wrote:
> Bumblebees in ground of Pleasanton home, inside built-in cement planter right 
> near front door.  Co-existence is not an option as wife has been stung.
>
> Who can help this family relocate the hive? Brian said they are in-between gaps 
> of tall grasses and you can access with shovel and take home hive with grasses. 
>  Vector control has identified them as bumblebees.
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> Brian 212-217-9512
> 1938 Clover Court
> Pleasanton, CA
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