I'll keep this short but basically I've moved into a new house which comes with an active honey bee nest in one of the chimney stacks.
The problem is that I need to replace the air vent in the chimney stack the bees are in. Now I'm not that fussed about the bees being there but I do need to replace the air vent as the current one is a horrible faded yellow colour and damaged.
So I've partially removed the existing vent and looked inside the hole and found the following -
Large quantities of small live maggots.
Live millipedes.
Live small insects which look like fleas.
Other living stuff.
Is this normally found at the bottom of a chimney which has been closed off for several years or do I have a bigger problem. The area I'm looking at is where you would normally have a fireplace about 1'inch above the skirting board.
Help??
The problem is that I need to replace the air vent in the chimney stack the bees are in. Now I'm not that fussed about the bees being there but I do need to replace the air vent as the current one is a horrible faded yellow colour and damaged.
So I've partially removed the existing vent and looked inside the hole and found the following -
Large quantities of small live maggots.
Live millipedes.
Live small insects which look like fleas.
Other living stuff.
Is this normally found at the bottom of a chimney which has been closed off for several years or do I have a bigger problem. The area I'm looking at is where you would normally have a fireplace about 1'inch above the skirting board.
Help??
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