Bee Hive Problem?
Is there an easy be to get rid of them? Either humanely or WMD style, I don't particularly nurture. I wouldn't mind garnering the orange blossom honeycombs if at all possible.
Answers: Oh, man, Papa Mac..I wish my father were still alive. He have beehives passed down from his grandfather (my great grandfather). But, my father would often be asked to get rid of bees that have formed a swarm in trees, etc. and he knew how to do it.
As a kid, I would step on bees within the yard and would suffer for about a week.
It be very good drinking the honey and no one had to verbs about their teeth going bad...there's no sugar within honey. And it's also such a wonderful way to sweeten tea, coffee, etc.
Since it is a ground nest, it is typically yellow jacket or bumblebees. Normally, these bees are great for the environment and the nests are transitory - meaning if you can wait it out for the summer, they will verbs next year and make a current nest somewhere else. But, since your wife is allergic, it is best to get rid of them before they form a dangerous situation. I've had luck doing a couple of things.
You can kind a really soapy solution, with Dawn. I bottle of Dawn for two buckets of hot water, and dump it on the hive at dusk, when the nest is tiniest active.
If that doesn't work, then you'll involve to go to Lowes or Home Depot and pick up a dust/foam pesticide. You pump it into the nest and it takes them out.
Get a cardboard box, in the region of medium size. Buy some sticky traps and place them inside.
Take the center of a few flowers, (pollen works best) and sprinkle on the sticky traps.
Cut a hole, about 3 inches around, newly enough for those bees to come charging in.
Try pouring some honey on the sticky traps as powerfully, to lure more bees.
Place the cardboard box close to the hive, about 5-10 feet away.
Wait. Pretty soon, copious of the bees will be stuck in the box, and you can call someone to yank them away. Use extreme caution as many bees will still be alive and angry. Don't step near the box.
Use an insecticide to kill any residual bees and a queen if she didn't set out the hive.
Seal all access to the hive so future swarms don't find it and embezzle up residence.
Papa, just had that same problem. huge hive on the eaves of the roof. we call a bee removal service. turns out that they were africanized killer bees. in attendance were 100's and 100's of them. they sprayed some sort of calming spray on them and it didn't in control them, just pissed them off. but afterwards the used a puddy knife to scrape the hive past its sell-by date the eaves. most of the bees are gone now. but a few have hung around bc the dont realize that the hive and the queen are gone. this is really damgerous, as i am also alergic. be immensely careful. Poor oil over the nest. Car grease works very good. You can also use gas on hte nest. Either one of these will work. I have a yellow jack nest next to the house contained by the ground and that's what the ole man did. Of course you have to do an old indian nekked leap around the hive to send their spirits to The next plain. Thank mother floor for the honey? if it's truly bees, not those sudo ones. LMAO
Humane methods aside... Spray contact adhesive.. never fails and they can't fly to sting you.
I'm allergic to bees and wasps, I've used it on paper-wasp nests because it's impossible for them to fly at adjectives, let alone far enough to sting me.
It may be cruel, but I numeral it's them or me at that stage. I only do it if they are outside the door or something and I can't avoid them.
I have have this problem too.Try this...
Just before sunset spray them with wet from the hose.this causes them to disperse and start looking for some where else to nest...save doing this for a few nights and hope fully they will go elsewhere.. it must be done beforehand sunset tho... and from a safe distance..good luck past doing any of the aforementioned. have you tried contacting an apiarist (bee keeper)? we have hives on our property which are kept up by an actual apiarist and i've literary a great deal about bees from him.. they are comparatively valuable and should be saved. a beekeeper simply might want them.
Apparently there is a huge shortage of bees and Haagen Daz and Burt's Bees have started campaign to try and save the bees. Email them and ask them to send a representative over for your "donation". I really dont hold a solution to your problem, but I just realized that I hold a little statue in my put money on yard that looks exactly like you. It's uncanny. I'm calling him McCain from in a minute on.
Cover yourself in a meshy material that they cant gain access to with gloves etc. Bees fall asleep when smoke is around, so purloin something extremely smokey, and put it near the bee hive. When all are sleeping obtain em with bug spray. You either smoke them out or you can try this feeble trick.
Get some clams & a catapult. Shoot some clams into the hives (it got to be pretty big). When the clams dies inside, the odor created will drive the bees away,,,
Edit:- U need to shoot a few more can. Try abalone as well,,,heehee,,,
You have to stand outside half-nekked, and drink and pour Jack Daniels adjectives over yourself, and then declare beside utter drunken redneck poetic authoritay...
"Leave Me, Bee!"
(Best to keep the women folk "inside" on THIS one...)
If they are useful honeybees, a beekeeper may come and take them for free...czech it out...there is some weird virus going around explicitly decimating bee colonies and beekeepers can always use a topical hive... Starting fluid works quite well my friend.ya know the charitable for getting your carburator going. They won't come back. Promise.
This might help you...Love honey
http://www.safe2use.com/bestcont/toc20-2...
not sure what description of bees you have...
http://www.bees-online.com/RemoveBees.ht...
I'm sure you could find an up and coming entrepreneur in your neighborhood (kid) that would do it for $5, you could be the one to assistance teach him his first lesson... At night, when they're adjectives in the hive, smoke them out. Anything that will generate a fair bit of smoke will do the trick.
Contact a Bee Keeper and see if they want them. That opening it's a win win situation.
:O) Hi Paps,
OK, in Australia we would use a frag grenade in a situation resembling this, although I notice you want the honeycomb.and probably the house, I can understand that..
So plan B would involve a big pressure water blaster, a NASA space suit, a french teddy, a Catherine Zeta Jones and a nice Cuban cigar.
Method:
Fit the Zeta to said NASA suit,..
(You may stipulation someone who is skilled at getting an angry cat into a small box to accomplish this.)
..Start the water blaster, shove the suit and the blaster towards the hive, close the door securely, retire to the gentleman's lounge and dawdle.
The aforementioned extra equipment is for the celebratory celebrations afterward.
(Ps. Remove the NASA thingie first)
Sorry Papa, I was merely kidding there...
Call Yogi take on.
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Gotta get the Queen! Dig it up. Just dress for it. and Home Depot does have a few wearing clothes not so environmentally safe sprays that would work but you wouldn't reap the benefits of the honeycombs...other than the wax. I am no bee expert but I do do business with them often. The nests are small and they don't bother me much. I know the nouns where you live and I know that I cant compare where I live. Different bee...much bigger nests. Just bee diligent.
Maybe this will help..This is what I where to protect myself ...lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmVn6b7Dd...
As long as you do not mind offing the hive, continue until night time as most of them will be in the hive after. and pour about a half cup of gasoline on the entrance to the hive after run. do NOT ignite the gasoline, that will get rid of the gasoline and you want them to get the fumes from the gasoline, to be exact what will kill them. Do not tell the EPA or they will enjoy your left nut for spilling gasoline into the environment and you will have men contained by white suits all over your home trying to get the partly cup of gasoline cleaned up. Gasoline is good for killing most types of pests if you can find the nest. If you try the smoke entity, all that will do is make them smaller number aggressive so you can handle them, it will not harm them at adjectives. Good luck! It depends on the bees.
Honeybees need professional removal because they are protected (at least within PA). You can call a beekeeper/apiarist/honey vendor - they will come receive them. I doubt you have honeybees, though. They can nest in the ground but my experience is they similar to hollow trees. I bet you have yellow jacket - they like to nest in the ground. Hornets and composition wasps nest in trees and shrubs. Bumblebees can nest in the ground, but they don't bother anyone.
Yellow jacket are mean - one of the few species that will attack people short provocation. They like the ground.
To get rid of them:
1. Yellow jacket spray. Not adjectives bee sprays work on all bees - wasp and hornet spray won't kill adjectives bees. If you can, find a foaming yellow jacket spray and spray them well after sunset. (They nest after dismal, although there may be a sentry or two.)
If you cannot find a spray or the definitely are not pale jackets, wait until ably after sunset and soak the ground with gasoline or kerosene. No need to lantern them on fire.
<---country boy whose father was deathly allergic to bees.
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