will boiling water kill a beehive?

Answer 1

only if you are boiling the beehive not just pouring it over it.

Answer 2

Just hosing it with hot, warm or cool water won't penetrate the nest. Do not do anything in dark clothing, wasps and bees are attracted to darker colors, that is why "bee suits" are usually white, bet you didn't know that huh? They also don't like Yellow, or blue. Wear long sleeves and long pants. When ever you attempt to take care of a hive yourself, and you can, do what the professionals to and smoke the nest, this calms bees, keeps them from panicing. Take a rag soaked LIGHTLY with BBQ fluid, wrap it around th end of a pole and light the ball of cloth on fire after it has burned a few, maybe only a minute blow out the fire and let the cloth smoke, as the smoke gets going wave it around the hive, the bees with come ut, to "check out whats going on" so this for a few minutes, geting the air around the hive real smokey. Fire doesn't do anything and might catch things on fire, so use smoke only ok? Make sure the kids are in the house, pets inside, everybody safe BEFORE you get started. Once you've smoked out the hive it would be a good idea touse a propellent Wasp killer. If your hive is large you should probably call Animal Control. They want to keep control of the Wasp situations just like the rest of us. You probably have either wasps/Yellow Jackets or Mud Wasps. Once you have sprayed the nest. Go inside the house, go for a drive, go to the park for at least an hour. Your spray will upset the nest and the critters are going to be mad and seek out anything that looks as if it was the destroyer. They want to protect the Queen. She is the one you need to kill, that is why just hosing it down, or throwing boiling water on it will be just like a rain shower, you need to get to the Queen deep inside the nest. Doing this early in the morning is also something to keep in mind because the bees are still in the nest and don't usually become really active until it starts to get like 7am. When you get back home and the nest looks quiet later that night knock it on the ground, bees still alive, oops get another spray bottle. But actually Animal Control will give you the best service without having to call in the pros $$$ Ihope this helps!

Answer 3

Use a spray type of poison:

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Depending on the size of the hive, I'd recommend using this. But do so in the evening, around sunset when they are least active, then wait about 24 hours, before going near it again to see if it has worked. Give it about 72 hours before knocking the hive down.

Answer 4

Mix up a bunch of soap and water and throw it on them. I do that to wasp nests all the time. You just have to be ready to run for cover because they still fly a short distance after you've coated them. The soapy mixture smothers them.

Answer 5

Call a professional otherwise you will likely end up in a hospital or worse, in a hospital being video taped for one of those America's Most Foolish Videos or some such thing.

Answer 6

It probably could, but might not get all the bees. I would not recommend trying it yourself -- hire a professional bee exterminator to do it for you.

Answer 7

get a sprayer with soap and water,just be sure you have plenty of water and an escape route

Answer 8

i would assume so but please be careful i normally use fire i just think its easier