Problem with bees

[Arak]

First of all, I respect all life. And I also understand how important bees/wasps are to our ecosystem - if they perish so do we.

That being said, I am allergic to wasp/bee's sting and it could be very dangerous if one would sting me. And that leads to some territorial problems as they would love to make their nests to our house. That is the reason why I am forced to poison them when encountered with some nasty chemicals. I dont like to do so, but I really dont know any other options?

So what I am asking is that if anyone would know some natural repellent that would just keep wasps/bees away. As we live in the countryside there is plenty of space around us where they can build their nests, but not in our house or near vicinity.

[meat suit]

offer them some alternative housing....
many beekeepers catch bee swarms buy placing empty hives in the field or garden. bees used to the look of hives move in....

[Omi]

The bees can sense your energy field quite accurately and instantaneously. If you have an energy field of love and care towards them, they too will be happily buzzing around you in the same positive energy field of their own. When you have an attacking energy field out of fear or stress, they will also respond in the same energy, resulting with a sting on you.

I have a neighbor friend who's a beekeeper and went to their bee house the other day. It was the first time for me to see a bee house and was quite exciting! :)
It was so amazing how they can sense the subtle energies, I was so happy to see them, and they buzzed around me happily. Then I wanted to test them to see how they would react when I challenged them with a thought of, "You little guys can't sting me, can you now hmm?" and surely a second later I got stung on my hand :p Seems I'm not so effected by their stings, which was also interesting to experience for the first time.

My friend uses smoke to repel the bees while they worked on maintenance for the bee house. I didn't ask them what they use to make the smoke so I don't know, but if you do a little research on the web you can find some natural bee repellents.


How Do I Make My Own Bee Repellent?
One way you can make your own bee repellent is by using tea tree oil and benzaldehyde. Use equal parts of each and mix, then spray on areas you do not want the bees to go. Another bee repellent you can make is by using peppermint or sage leaves, with lemon or orange peels to make a strong tea. Soak them in water overnight, then strain and mix with an equal amount of witch hazel or rubbing alcohol in a spray bottle. Spray to repel bees.

http://www.ask.com/question/how-do-i-make-my-own-bee-repellent

Wish you good luck with the bees :)

[TigaHawk]

Do some googling, find a bee keeper. Don't be afraid to try interstate either.

the USA buy's bee's from Australia. They import them purely to let them loose in the fields to pollinate. Because of that it would be likely many people would be more than keen to travel to you - get the colony moved - for free.

[Matt P]

The bees can sense your energy field quite accurately and instantaneously. If you have an energy field of love and care towards them, they too will be happily buzzing around you in the same positive energy field of their own. When you have an attacking energy field out of fear or stress, they will also respond in the same energy, resulting with a sting on you.

This is an absolutely brilliant statement. I know first hand. I have so many amazing "being stung" stories from my childhood. My mother and her mother were both very allergic and I think that's where I learned my reaction towards bees, bumbles and wasps. My stepfather used to keep bees and one hive got taken over by Africanized bees and those guys were very aggressive. That probably didn't help! I still laugh at the though of myself or my mother running around the yard, brushing under trees and flailing our arms! What a sight!

Just a couple of my sting stories:

I was walking down a gravel road on my neighbors farm and away in the distance I somehow noticed a bumble bee flying towards me at about 20 ft off the ground. As it got close to me it just dive bombed me and as I lifted my arm to shield myself from it, it stung me on the armpit. My whole side swelled up. I had done nothing. Was just walking down the road.

Early one morning in the Daniel Boone national forest, at about 13, my cousin and I were walking through the woods and stepped on a hornets nest. They chased us all through the woods, through the yard, up on the porch, into the house. Stung too many times to count. We woke up the whole house and I still remember my naked aunt pulling us into the bathroom before realizing she was naked and my naked uncle standing in the living room swinging his pillow at the bees.

While standing on my porch admiring a beautiful morning, a wasp crawled up my jeans leg and stung me multiple times on the inside of the thigh. Yeah, ouch.

While walking to the hospital to see my uncle a bee flew up and stung me on the top lip. My lip swelled to a massive size and we went to a movie that night and my friends laughed all movie long at the silhouette of my lip against the big screen.

While driving down US 27 in Kentucky with my father as a young teenager, with my hand resting out the open window, something hit and cut my hand and landed in the backseat window. By the sound of the helicopter coming to life in the back, I noticed it was a cicada killer (those massive orange wasps). My father said, "No way it can still fly" right as it started to fly. I was in his lap, accidentally pushing the gas and break pedals before I knew it and the only thing in reach for me to swing at it was an unopened bag of chips. At the first swing, chips exploded in the car and we were luckily able to get the car on the side of the road without killing ourselves or someone else.

At the local pool one day, I went to spring off the high dive board and landed on a bee at the end of the board and it stung me on the bottom of the foot and then I went splat into the water. That was fun.

I have many, many more stories like this. And because of all these events that I never felt I provoked, I always had this very intense fear of all stinging insects. I always wondered what they had against me. What is very interesting is that in the last 10 years of learning gardening and learning about bees being threatened, my attitude changed about them and I was able to develop an appreciation for them. A strange thing then happened, as you might expect. I am to the point now where I can let them fly around me and I do not swat or run or smush. I mentally say hello and wish them well and make a great effort to send energy of peace and love and thankfulness for the job they do. Interesting that I haven't been chased or stung in years. I have officially made peace. The only thing that changed in all this time was my own consciousness.

Now, if I could get my consciousness to change for mosquitos!! ;-) I like that Dos Equis commercial of the most interesting man in the world where they say "mosquitos don't bite him out of respect." Our growth is never done!

Matt

[Arak]

Thank you for your advices. Due the fact that English is not my native language I made a slight mistake: the intruders are not bees but wasps, pretty much like this fellow: http://www.lga.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/images/European_Wasp_-_Full_Body_Picture.jpg

And as I went to get some stuff from store I also found some sort of fake hives which are supposed to keep wasps away because they are territorial cretures. And the hive is sign that the place is taken. Or something. Hope those work. Also could try that sage tea solution. :)

[The Truth Is In There]

they don't just sense your energy but also that of the place. places that bees, wasps, ants and certain other animals choose for their dwelling place are not good for humans. the energy is just right for them but degenerative for humans.

it won't work to just move these animals' homes elsewhere and expect them to accept the new place unless you happen to be energy sensitive yourself and can find another good place for them. they sense energy way better than humans and choose the places that are best for them. birds or mammals do the same but the energy that's good for them is good for the average human, too.

[Becky]

Have you tried one of these? I've heard they're really effective - worth a try. It's mainly against wasps though apparently but may have the same effect on bees

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tEyNGXG5M0

My dad is horribly allergic to these stings too, so I understand your concern.

[Arak]

Have you tried one of these? I've heard they're really effective - worth a try. It's mainly against wasps though apparently but may have the same effect on bees

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tEyNGXG5M0

My dad is horribly allergic to these stings too, so I understand your concern.
Yes, just yesterday I bought 4 of those after I had asked help here. And as I corrected above, the problem are wasps, not bees. In Finnish language we tend to call all wasps and bees the same: ampiainen. Although there is a word for both (ampiainen/mehiläinen). :)