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How to Bee-Proof Your Home
Last Updated: 03/03

 

Problem areas

 

Here are some photos of typical problem areas found around homes. Each of these is a potential front door to a bee colony.

 

Room addition roof tucked up underneath the overhang of the existing roof. This provides a void protected from the weather with enough room for a bee colony.
Room addition with a gap where
the new and old roof join.

 

 

Close-up of above
Missing light fixture

 

 

Newly added conduit
Gap where chimney
attaches to house.

 

 

Hole for electrical wire
Close-up of above

 

Gap around roof beam