There is a bee's nest under the siding of the garage, who is responsible for the bee's removal the tenant or the landlord?

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I noticed bee's entering the garage wall through a loose siding tile on the day I moved into the rental property.

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J. Jae LeeImmigration AttorneySchaumburg, IL ·
Hi, talk to the landlord about it. It appears that you may demand the landlord to remove them for safety reasons.
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David B. KarpDivorce / Separation LawyerMilwaukee, WI ·
You should review your lease, but I would think common sense would dictate your informing the landlord of the problem as soon as practical.
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James Connolly ·
I question whether what you saw was a bee. Given the location, it strikes me as more likely to have been a wasp. In any event, I don't know that anybody is necessarily required to remove whatever it was. If you can demonstrate that there is a beehive or wasp's nest on the premises in or around an area that you have a right to be present in under your lease, and can demonstrate that such presence poses a substantial danger to you (for example, you are strongly allergic to bee/wasp venom and would go into anaphylactic shock if stung), you might have an argument that the premises are not "habitable" and that, therefore, the Landlord must remove the hive/nest to avoid your declaring the lease breached. Instead of getting all "legal" about the situation, you might consider a little "self help." Why not just go buy a can of bee/wasp killer, spray a good dose into the location into which you saw the insect enter, head inside the apartment, and see if that solves the situation? I have had to do this in my backyard shed a few times over the years. I think a can of bee/wasp killer is probably $10 or $15. A lot cheaper than a lawyer.
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Ronald Tusler ·
Landlord. S/he has to make the property habitable. What kind of a landlord would refuse to do this for you? I wouldn't rent from a landlord that refused.
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