Bees (Scottsdale: home, price, to relocate)

[Garson]

A huge colony of bees set up in a neighbors tree but they only stayed one night and then moved on - which is exactly what the "bee officials" said probably would happen. I cannot remember exactly who they called)

[Ponderosa]

Originally Posted by MovingSomewhere5

How funny that this topic is here, I'm moving to Phoenix in August and was just wondering if they have a lot of bees there. I'm from Southern California and have probably been stung >20 times and I've had bees fly into my car so much that I pretty much don't open my windows without fear. I am not allergic, but I am really afraid of bees. Are there a lot of bees in Arizona, Phoenix in particular? I'm not sure if they like/dislike the dryness or anything, I hope they hate it!

Lots of bees here. The bees have been having a tough time lately with their hives dying off, but they seem to be back in huge numbers this year in my little corner of the universe so that is good. We need bees. We have a big Mesquite tree and there are zillions of them in it when the flowers come out. I can hear the buzz from quite a distance. None of us has been stung by one. I think they are pretty docile unless defending a hive - African or otherwise. You don't have to worry about one flying in your open car window here. It's too hot for open car windows by the time the bees get active.

[sablebaby]

Originally Posted by Steve-o

You might want to tell your work to keep the landscapers away until they remove the swarm, seriously. Things like weedeaters, lawnmowers, etc, aggrevate Africanized bees, causing attacks, etc. Heck, even motorcycle engines have been known to aggrevate swarms.

Thanks for the warning. Haha, we don't have a landscaper - that would be my BF and he goes out there when he really has to.

[altus2006]

Have there been reports of people being attacked in their pools? I have read that the swarm will wait for a person over the pool, so diving in and holding one's breath is a waste of time and energy.

altus2006

[MovingSomewhere5]

Originally Posted by altus2006

Have there been reports of people being attacked in their pools? I have read that the swarm will wait for a person over the pool, so diving in and holding one's breath is a waste of time and energy.

altus2006

Oh holy @*#&. That sounds like an urban legend to me, even if it's true, I choose not to recognize it because it scares me

[vegaspilgrim]

Wow, this is great! I come home just an hour ago and there's a swarm of bees right in front of my 2nd story bedroom apartment window, with a hive hanging down from the roof overhang. I can even hear the buzzing and tapping against the window even with the windows shut due to the paper thin walls and single-pane windows. I called the apartment management and it looks like they won't even do anything until tomorrow. Is it true that bees go inactive at night? I'll admit, I'm a little freaked out.

[altus2006]

Originally Posted by vegaspilgrim

Wow, this is great! I come home just an hour ago and there's a swarm of bees right in front of my 2nd story bedroom apartment window, with a hive hanging down from the roof overhang. I can even hear the buzzing and tapping against the window even with the windows shut due to the paper thin walls and single-pane windows. I called the apartment management and it looks like they won't even do anything until tomorrow. Is it true that bees go inactive at night? I'll admit, I'm a little freaked out.

You probably shouldn't sleep with your windows open tonight. I would be freaked out too.

altus2006

[twiggy]

Did you hear about those two ladies and their dog getting attacked in Phoenix?The bee's killed someone, I hope and think it was the dog? Sent the other two to the hospital. They were walking there dog.
You know, I never worry about this happening to me, should I? Da da daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!:confuse d:
Did anyone else happen to catch the story, I might be wrong on some of the details.

[vegaspilgrim]

To answer my own question, the bees out there seem to have gone "asleep" now that it's dark out. Fortunately, the exterminator is coming tomorrow morning. They're saying they might have to go into the attic too to check if bees got in there. I'm curious, how often/rare do these urban behives occur?

[twiggy]

Originally Posted by vegaspilgrim

To answer my own question, the bees out there seem to have gone "asleep" now that it's dark out. Fortunately, the exterminator is coming tomorrow morning. They're saying they might have to go into the attic too to check if bees got in there. I'm curious, how often/rare do these urban behives occur?

Yes, they do snooze at night. And I have only had 2 bee issues in the last 15 yrs. different houses. Oh, and one swarm I witnessed in the neighbors yard, about 2 or 3000, it was a sight. They left after about an hour.