My neighbors just had a swarm move in yesterday where
they're building a new room over the garage. They went
into a crack between old and new construction. I got
there within 15 min. after they moved in, then waited
45 min. for the builder to get there and explain where
the joists, etc., were.

With my ear against the wall, I could hear them loudly
near the outside entrance, but also, more softly, up
to 8-10 feet further in, as well as from a bathroom
half a floor down.

I cut into the new drywall I found a large cluster in
the loudest area, and just a few bees in the adjacent
sections. I scooped the cluster out and put in a nuc
box, and am quite certain I got the queen. After dark
(3 hours later) I hauled away the nuc box, which had
probably 20,000 bees in it.

The problem is, there were still quite a few bees
scattered throughout the wall. The homeowner vacuumed
out all the ones he could reach from where I cut the
wall, and I told him to leave all the windows in the
room open and maybe they'd find their way out in the
morning. Unfortunately, it's raining this morning, and
his wife just called me to say there's a big cluster
there again. I'm thinking the scattered bees have just
come back together?

The question is, if the queen is gone, will the rest
vacate the premises, and if not, how can we get rid of
them without tearing all the walls out?

Eugene

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