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Originally Posted by ron_mcb
they sound like yellow-jackets/wasps and not honey bees to me... the wasps are mostly predatory animals and dont behave like honey bees. yellow jackets and other wasps normally set up in either man made structures and or in the ground.. this is what i notice in my area. honey bees can nest in houses but i have rarely seen it. i normally see them build nests up high and away from structures. im sure they may behave a little different in different areas in order to survive.
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I have not actually captured one or gotten close enough about 3 ft to a stationary insect to peer at them closely. Due to the time of year and their numbers they are most likely honey bees. Also their behavior. These insects are constantly returning to their hive. I had a bee keeper at one time that was keeping some hives on my place so that I have some knowledge of their behavior. The local ground hornets tend to do return in large numbers in the evening. The use of the lower part of the structure is new to me for bees, but it is still possible. A good series of rains and on their own they may leave. I have killed several ground hornet nests in the past when they were in the wrong place with a small amount of gasoline poured down an entrance. I use a 10 ft pvc pipe to introduce the gasoline. Normally I leave wasp and hornet nests alone if they they pose no danger as I would these bees if they were somewhere else. I was about to clear some brush near the shed when I noticed them and backed off. At first I was worried that they were africanized, but they now put out fewer sentinels and are acting like normal bees. I assume they are getting use to their new lodgings.