bees in a hollow branch

[Gary Prentice]

Are bees a protected species?

 

Lots of conflicting information online.

[Paul in the woods]

I'm a new bee keeper and I've not heard anything to suggest honey bees are protected, people are often removing them from lofts, walls etc. They would belong to whoever owns the tree.

[David Humphries]

Are bees a protected species?

 

Lots of conflicting information online.

 

 

Not protected under the W&C Act 1981 from how I understand it but a number of bee species are given a priority species listing in the 2006 NERC Act which is more about preserving and conserving habitats.

 

 

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[Gary Prentice]

Thanks David, and Paul. Thought I'd failed to keep up!

[Nikk]

It is in best interest not to harm bees, however we can kill bees if we have to. But in all the cases I have dealt with have not killed any.

 

If you come across bees get in touch with bee keeping association and ask if they have a local bee keeper, see if he or she wants the bees, and ask if there's a charge to come out and collect them.

 

We do have a bee keeper co ordination for Manchester who does come out to collect bees.as we will keep them .

 

Remember bees won't sting unless severely stressed or threatened as they will die from stinging you ( not very reassuring when up a bloody tree ).

 

We have bee vacs to collect them or we handle the queen into a Nuc box and within period of time the swarm goes into the nuc and we collect.

 

The downside is it's can delay your job.

 

Remember Bee coordinator have good info and most will help if they can.

 

Cheers Nick