Bees

[barry44544]

Our Neighbour Keeps Bees adjoining our garden.
He has 23 hives and there hundreds of Bees flying around our garden every day.
My wife has been stung several times, she has a Bee sting allergy and each time she is stung we have to go to the Hospital.
I've asked that he move them and told him about the allergy.
He said he would move them, but that was weeks ago.
Any suggestions (other that killing them or violence to him) that you can think of doing???
Thanks

[nichola]

Is this here or in the UK.

If here I would speak to the Zabita.

[Ray1951]

This is a bit of a delicate situation. Whilst I sympathise with your wife's situation, I am sure that the be keeper was not aware of her condition.
Fethiye has a honey co-op and this bee keeper may be associated to that. It's not easy to re-locate bee hives without disturbing the bee's honey production. Are the hives a recent addition, did you buy or rent the property before or after the hives were set up?  So many questions and probably none of our business.  I have an allergy to tom cats but unfortunately I cannot ask my neighbours to get rid of their cats and with so many strays around, I have to deal with the situation as best I can.  I hope this matter can be resolved to both party's satisfaction.

[SteveJ]

Moving hives is not as simpled as it sounds. The rule of thumb is that unless you move them a distance of greater than three miles then the bees will return to where the hive was originally - problem not solved. The bees are returning to the hives after foraging in the local area, which will include your garden. They will always take the quickest and easiest route back to the hive to conserve energy which means that if they can get back by flying in at head height or below then this is what they will do. The trick is to force them to fly in at above head height and thereby avoiding anyone in your garden. This can be done with a fence or hedge between your garden and your neighbours garden. Once they have learned the new route (which they will do very quickly) you should not have any problem.

23 hives does not sound like a hobby apiarist so perhaps he is part of a honey co-operative.

I know that it's difficult to not try and swat a bee that's suddenly invaded your space but that's exactly the worst thing to do. The bee will think that it's being attacked and release a feremone which will attracts other bees to come to it's defence but unlike a wasp, a honey bee will only sting as a last resort. It's stomach is attached to the barbed sting so when it stings and then flies away it rips out most of it's own insides and dies within a few minutes. If you can tell your wife to try very hard to ignore them they will happily ignore her and get on with their job.

[heather07]

http://voices.yahoo.com/7-ways-avoid-bee-stings-272727.html

Does your wife wear perfume? This could be attracting them.  I stopped using perfume to avoid mossies who are partial to a bit of me.

[barry44544]

We have lived in this house 8 years.
He never kept Bees to begin with.. And at first he only had 2 hives.
I am giving him a copy of the letter I'm going to give to the Zabita and see what he says.
Thanks all.

[Jacqui Harvey]

I put on my mozzie repellant and then my  perfume.  Discovered the Boots all nature Repel this year and it worked totally for 3 weeks. 
I could not do without my perfume and my method seemed to work well.

[scorcher]

Sweet & Sour trick ?

[Jacqui Harvey]

No sweet and sweet

[heather07]

I put on my mozzie repellant and then my  perfume.  Discovered the Boots all nature Repel this year and it worked totally for 3 weeks. 
I could not do without my perfume and my method seemed to work well.

I use boots tropical mosquito wipes.  Having had horrendous bites in the past I play safe and go perfumeless.