Q&A for How to Get a Bee out of the House

The easiest way to remove bees flying around your home is to open the windows or a door. Bees are attracted to the outside light, and they'll probably fly out on their own. Bees are incredibly important to the planet, so it's best to allow them to escape on their own.

If you do not see the bee in your home, it may have flown away. You could open your windows or doors to give it an exit if you think the bee is still inside. If it hasn't flown away, it will survive for only about one day.

Bees can survive only about one day indoors without a source of nectar and pollen.

Get an exterminator. This could possibly mean that there is a hive behind your wall.

If there are multiple bees in your attic and you're allergic, you should hire a pest control specialist to take care of this problem for you.

If the bee refuses to leave on its own, trap it in a container and move it outside as described above.

If bees are swarming near your house, they might have constructed a hive in or near your home. Don some protective clothes like thick gloves, pants, and a sweater and check your attic for signs that a beehive is within.

First, make sure it actually is a bee. Mosquitoes and flies also make similar sounds. Then, just leave jars of sugar water as described in the article around your house and open windows. Hopefully, after a while, you will stop hearing the sounds.

Don't be afraid. It's not going to attack you unless you do something like run up waving your arms. Bees don't sting unless they feel very threatened, so move calmly and it won't sting you.

Calmly and slowly remove your jacket, set it down, and let the bee escape on its own.

Try carefully going into the room with the bee in it and opening the window. If there are lights on in the room, turn them off. The bee should soon fly out of the house.

Try opening the window with gloves. You can also spray bug spray or some spray that can be poisonous to the bee, since you've got him cornered.

Try to find a beekeeper in your area. Your city or town hall may have information on this. Beekeepers will often come to people's homes and relocate a hive so the bees will survive. If this is not an option, you'll have to call an exterminator.

I wouldn't use bleach, as it's a very strong chemical and potentially hazardous to any other life forms nearby (including you), but if you do use bleach, I can't imagine it would take more than a couple of minutes to kill the bee.

If you move slowly to the window and open it slowly, there's nothing to be afraid of. The bee will not sting you unless it feels threatened. Just tell yourself that this is the only way to get the bee out of your room and do it.

Then the bees shouldn't be able to get into your house and you've no bees inside to worry about!

If there are multiple bees, call pest control. If there is only 1, you can use the methods shown above.