Do bees nest in the ground, i.e. lawns?
Question:I have just taken my kids out of the garden because I noticed loads of bees making what looks like a nest, they are making the honey comb, are they making a nest, is that possible on a lawn?
Answers:
I know that regular honey bees won't make a nest on the ground but yellow jackets will.They're nasty too so it's best to keep your children away from them..
You'll have to destroy the nest when it's dark to get rid of them
Raid has a good spray for them.I foget what it's called but it has a horn type nozzle on the end of the sprayer.I "think" it's called a bee and wasp blaster but you'll be able to find it in the store.
Good Luck and be careful.Wait till it's dark.
Yes, it's possible. Yellow jackets will do the same thing. You'll probably need an exterminator to take care of them for you.
There are such things as ground wasps (yes they build nests in the ground) and they are nasty if you happen to have them coming after you. My dad happened to run over a nest with the lawnmower once, luckily he wasn't stung.
Odds are if if's a large number it's yellow jackects,
In the lawn you might get a solitary bumble bee, these are not aggressive
Some kinds of hornets make nests in the ground. They will dig a tunnel and build their home in the lawn. I've had them in my lawn at least 2 separate times. I've never seen the honeycomb through the opening, though. Could it be that the honeycomb you saw blew there or fell down from somewhere else?
You can see the comb? It could be hornets if they are building a paper nest close to the ground attached to a bush. Yellow jackets will do that as well, though they mostly build under the ground with no nest visible. I know of no bees that build and open nest on top of the ground.
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