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Blogslife as a new investorINVASION!!!

Posted almost 17 years ago

INVASION!!!

As I stated in previous posts, the inside of my rental is completed. I've been going over there periodically in my spare time to work on the outside of the house. I've been noticing that there have been bumble bees (just a few) in the laundry room. I've removed them as I see them. Yesterday there were four more!  I'm not really sure where they're coming from. There is a crawl space under that part of the house, and I don't hear or see anything in there. The total number removed is 7. I'm hoping that there aren't too many more. I'm scheduled to go out there again on Saturday to work on some roofing. I'll take a look and see. The tenants, although they are paying for this month, don't physically move in for another couple weeks.

Comments (8)

  1. Look for little piles of "sawdust" , it is an indication of where they are burrowning in. If you find more bees but can't find their entry point I would call someone who specializes in this problem. Good luck with it and let us know how it turns out!

    Dana Gibby, almost 17 years ago


  2. Hmmm, not sure, usually just some type of poison or repellant

    Norm Chrostowski, almost 17 years ago


  3. Lulu, thanks for the comment. Good luck with your investing, there is a TON of good information on this site. If you're buying and holding I would strongly recommend buying Michael Rossi's book. He is on this site and is a seasoned buy/hold full time investor. Buy at the right price and you'll do fine.

    Rich Schroeder, almost 17 years ago


  4. Norm, the joists are covered up with drywall. The landry room was gutted before I got in there, and I put drywall up. I did check the drywall and there are no holes. I'll take a look at the rest of the wood that I can see. Any ideas on how to evict them? lol

    Rich Schroeder, almost 17 years ago


  5. Hi Rich, am new to the network and was mulling around the blogs... am glad i found this website. Am really looking forward to the exchange of ideas, although I only plan on getting my first property this year end... Of cozy'all blogs will help me know what I;m really getting into,take care

    Lulu Maliza, almost 17 years ago


  6. Those sound like burrowing bees. Check your joyces, and all wood areas. I bet I'm right, I see them all thetime. They're quite common. They're bigger than yellow jackets right?

    Norm Chrostowski, almost 17 years ago


  7. They are big, black and yellow. I call them yellow jackets but my wife insists they are bumble bees. Luckily they are not aggressive and easy to track down. I may wind up getting in the crawl, but I may have to.

    Rich Schroeder, almost 17 years ago


  8. If they're rather big with shiney bodies, they are probably burrowing bees. They burrow into wood almost like termites, but much bigger holes. I'd go under there and take a look.

    Norm Chrostowski, almost 17 years ago