It's no secret that bees love trees, but did you know that they really like cypress trees? Cypress trees have natural hollow spots that make great places to build a hive. Occasionally I will find a hive in a valve box, but most times when I find one it is in the base of a cypress tree. To eliminate the hive is a pretty simple process...seal up the void an the hive will die.
The first thing I do is cut a piece of screening material to plug the void so when the bees get angry they can't come shooting out and get me. Then I take expanding foam insulation and start pumping it into the void. The foam keeps expanding and I keep filling until the entire void is sealed off. The remaining bees will fly off since they can no longer enter their old hive.
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