Urgent bee question - not a joke.

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OK, I have three bathrooms in my house, so this doesn't mean that we can't "go". It's still a problem and I want to do something about it, but can't figure out what.

The windows have not been opened and I have no idea how it got in, but there is a bee, a very angry bee, in my bathroom. He can't get out. I cant get the screen off the window so opening it with the screen off isn't an option. I've just shut the door, and ran water in the tub and sink and left the toilet lid up hoping he may fall into water somewhere. I'm allergic to bees, plus they hurt.

I have no spray or anything, so does anybody have any idea on how to get him out? He's huge! It could be a wasp though. It's bigger than a bee and doesn't have that fat body that lots of big bumblebees have.

What would get him out, or sedate him enough so I could smack him or pick him up with a paper towel and put him in the toilet?

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no spray- can you spray water at it?

If you spray flies with hairspray it makes their wings stiff and they fall to the ground. I don't know if that works with bees though.

WD40, starter fluid, carb cleaner, spray on bee, bee will die/be incapacitated and later die. Note your room will then smell like said things.

i heard laquer thinner is supposed to make a bee drunk.... and fly around kinda stupidly...

Smoke calms bees. Sit by the door and chain smoke, exhaling through keyhole or under the door.

Roll up a newspaper & whack it for a home run. Stick a tone of cloths on. & get some wet towels & rap them around your head & hands. & go after it with the newspaper. Maybe you will scare it straight through the screen, when it sees you walk in lol :/

Or get a plant & a jar stick it on a stick, with some tape to make a hook, to slide down the stick & attach a string to the top of the jar by making another hook. Stick the string over the top of the stick by inserting a grove into it, wide enough not to trap the string. When the bee goes for the flower, yank the string to trap it or let go of it. Then go outside & release it.

Use just about any kind of spray with chemicals in it such as a strong Bleach cleaner like Fantastik.

I reach for this when I see a wasp in a difficult spot where I can't hit it. Do test shots into a sink and adjust the nozzle for wide spray.

Douse the bee to drench it's wings so it can't fly then stomp it.

The fumes from leaving an open jug of laundry bleach in the bathroom would probably kill it.

I appreciate all the answers and I'll remember to look at this thread next time, cause I'm sure it'll happen again. I just left the door shut for a few hours, with a towel pushed under it and when I finally went back in, he was gone. I looked everywhere. He's not even dead somewhere. Now I wonder if they have some sort of a nest up in the vent or the exhaust fan.

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You'd probably see bee's around outside somewhere, or a flying line of bee's. While in Texas there tended to be so many of the little guys around that while they had a party they'd fly around the wine glasses. People would just push them into their wine with their finger... saying it improves the flavor.

But if you a allergic, stay far away. Those emergency shots are like a grand, right?

Fyi, when I was moving into my current home there was a line of bee's coming out of the stucco on the side of the condo. They sprayed 2-3 times when the hive came back, but eventually had to extract the bee hive from the wall. It was about a 2 foot by 8 foot section of wall they had to remove. They actually moved into the insulation and went as far as 20 feet into the building. Pouring out of ceiling fixtures in the home below mine... So do a visual inspection if your worried, and get it fixed prior to major damage.

You might want to check (or have someone who not allergic check) for a bees nest in your attic. They've been known to get in through the vents or any other opening and set up housekeeping with no one knowing they are there. Some of them eat up wood, too.