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I've always been a fan of bees and I wouldn't gratuitously do violence to one. I'll happily open a window or door to release one that's trapped indoors and clearly wants to get out.
In the 30-odd years we've lived in our house, I've never encountered a bee in our integral garage, where the bikes live (too small for the car). Until now. But for the past few weeks, I've been ushering an average of 2-3 bees per day back into the open air.
The only thing that has changed recently is that, with the lockdown, we've been trying to minimise our shopping trips to ideally only weekly. The prospect of lugging back a week's worth of beer didn't appeal, so I've started buying 36-pint polypins from the local brewery (not every week, obviously
) and keeping them in the garage.
Whether that's connected with the sudden influx of bees, I don't know, but the circumstantial evidence would suggest so. When I find one, it's typically crawling around on the floor, so I carefully use a tumbler and a bit of cardboard to capture it and release it outside. They fly away OK, so they're clearly not inebriated.
Are bees typically attracted to beer? If so, what can I do to dissuade them from coming in (there are too many gaps around the up-and-over door to make it bee-proof)? Is there such a thing as a humane bee-trap that I can inspect a couple of times per day and release any inhabitants? Do I need to go back to drinking cans?
Advice appreciated.
In the 30-odd years we've lived in our house, I've never encountered a bee in our integral garage, where the bikes live (too small for the car). Until now. But for the past few weeks, I've been ushering an average of 2-3 bees per day back into the open air.
The only thing that has changed recently is that, with the lockdown, we've been trying to minimise our shopping trips to ideally only weekly. The prospect of lugging back a week's worth of beer didn't appeal, so I've started buying 36-pint polypins from the local brewery (not every week, obviously
) and keeping them in the garage.Whether that's connected with the sudden influx of bees, I don't know, but the circumstantial evidence would suggest so. When I find one, it's typically crawling around on the floor, so I carefully use a tumbler and a bit of cardboard to capture it and release it outside. They fly away OK, so they're clearly not inebriated.
Are bees typically attracted to beer? If so, what can I do to dissuade them from coming in (there are too many gaps around the up-and-over door to make it bee-proof)? Is there such a thing as a humane bee-trap that I can inspect a couple of times per day and release any inhabitants? Do I need to go back to drinking cans?
Advice appreciated.
