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I need some method of getting bees, all kinds from the big black fuzzy bumbles to the little mason bees, to buzz off for awhile.

Posted by zeitgeist May 23 '10, 14:46

I need some method of getting bees, all kinds from the big black fuzzy bumbles to the little mason bees, to buzz off for awhile.

I don't want to harm bees...

I don't want to kill any...

I don't want to permanently chase them away.

My problem is, I have a little wedding garden to perform small 'elopement' type ceremonies and the area has a carpet of thyme and an arch (made of a pig panel) covered with climbing roses, here and there are lavendars and pots with all kinds of flowers. The main problem is close to where the bride stands is a very enthusiastic lavendar which attracts dozens of bees and I really don't want to dig it up as it seems to enjoy the spot.

However, very few elopement brides wear full length wedding dresses, most often if they are dressed up at all its a regular cocktail dress or even a sun dress and lengths are typically knee or shorter.

This means a hem line right about where a squadron of hungry bees are gathering pollen.

Now the worse case senario might make a great video for any of those TV shows of wedding disasters, certainly a Utube hit, I'd like to be able to avoid any misunderstandings with the bee community and that whole If you don't bother them they won't bother you thing.

Is there some kind of spray that would tell bees, you don't want to be 'bee' here for awhile?

Responses:

lure them away with a giant pile of sugar. -- nm - mafic May 23, 18:30
a beekeeper suggested smoke, like make something I could heat up with some wood chips inside and release a stream of smoke, I have a pile of cherry... - zeitgeist May 23, 16:35 1
- brides *love* smoke. -- nm - TFox May 23, 16:38
Oh god, no! NO! NOT THE BEES! NO! -- nm - Qale May 23, 16:10
i'd just move it - this'll be an ongoing problem. (sorry, I don't have any other ideas!) -- nm - kare May 23, 15:59 3
- yeah, I think you are so right, sigh. -- nm - zeitgeist May 23, 16:34 1
  - I agree with karecumber. -- nm - loosilu May 23, 17:00
- me too. if this was a one time thing, i'd do something else, but, if that's the main use of the space, you need to design it for that. -- nm - Andie May 23, 16:04
plastic flowers! -- nm - Danedukenuuk May 23, 14:56
put something more interesting for them (like a bowl of coca cola) and they will go there. -- nm - loosilu May 23, 14:52 5
- and they supposedly love marmalade. One link I just found suggests smearing marmalade on tree trunks. - loosilu May 23, 14:55 4
  - I dunno, they really really like lavendar and this is a bush with hundreds of spikey flowers, its not like there aren't a dozen other tasty nectar... - zeitgeist May 23, 14:59 2
    - dude, just try it. -- nm - loosilu May 23, 14:59 1
      - ok -- nm - zeitgeist May 23, 15:17
  - they love free sugar honey - Danedukenuuk May 23, 14:57
We'll never know. -- nm - Marky Mark May 23, 14:48

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