my dad is a beekeeper...so lets see how much Iactually learned over the past few years...
1. Bees don't like smoke. Beekeepers use smoke to get the bees out of the hives when they check on them, or get the combs for the honey.
2. Beekeepers use a beekeeping suit that simply keeps the bees from grabbing hold to and stinging, because its slick. (I forget what it's made out of)
3. Don't make them mad, and your a-ok.
So if you want to get them out yourself, you can either:
1. go to
www.gabees.com/catalog/ and buy the $100+ suit
or
2. Wear a misquito mask(not the cheap kind that touch your head, but the army surplus type that is slightly raised so the bees can't stink your head through it. Also wear a thick winter jacket and 2-3 layers of jeans, thick socks. Find something that you can put some stuff in to burn. Make sure the stuff you burn is nice and smokey. I think old cloth works good. While wearing your home-made beekeeping suit, smoke the bees out, and move the nest away.
or you could find out someone local that is a beekeeper (not the big business type), and they will probly be glad to come over and take the nest away because that = free honey, which is mmmm good. Someone called my dad once and he went over with a friend and removed a bee nest.
chicken