Hi all, A couple of weeks ago I asked you all for your views on how - & if - one can remove bees from a cavity wall. Here's a synopsis of the replies: There seem to be two possible ways of removing the bees - by removing the bricks and cutting the comb out (the messiest job in the World?), or by setting up a small colony nearby and using a one - way (e.g. Porter) bee escape to allow them out. The principle is that the bees come out, can't get back in, and join the other colony. There was some scepticism about this working, however - not least because bees tend to find another way in somewhere else in the building. The only other suggestions were to leave them be, or to destroy them (for which I was recommended whitefly powder). Many thanks are due to all who contributed (most of whom, as it happens, were from the UK) - I'll let you know what happens when (if!) we muster up the courage to do something! Simon Rees (almost a Twickenham beekeeper) [log in to unmask]