Bees - are they a landlord responsibility?

[Dan Perrott]

Today I received a call from a tenant that bees have invaded and have made a nest in the soffit by the front door.  My question is - Is this the responsibility of the landlord to kill off the bees or is it the tenants responsibility?

I went and sprayed them but I wanted to hear what everyone thought.  Should I have left the tenants take care of them?

[Linda Weygant]

As a beekeeper, I can only add my pleas to the others.  Honeybees have enough problems without being sprayed and killed.  If they just arrived, they are easy to relocate.  Sounds like you already killed them though.  :-(

Wasps and hornets are nature's thugs.   They would shank you in broad daylight if they could carry knives.

Bees will build a colony INSIDE your structure, entering and exiting through a small hole or holes.  Wasps and hornets build a nest ON your property, using mud to attach their nest under an eave or soffet.

Here's how to tell the difference: