My problem is with a bee nest in my back yard that is under the ground. I didn't know I even had one until i was weed whiping the fence line and I got stung by one of the pesky occupants. My question is how can i get rid of or kill the bees that are at the nest, so i can dig out the nest and get rid of it? I have tried using palmaliv dish liquid and rubbing alcohol in a hose end sprayer but with no luck of killing the bees. any suggestions? my last resort is fuel oil and a match.
2006-08-31 18:52:55 · 19 answers · asked by single_male_in_carleton 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
I've had this too. Found them while mowing, its wasn't much fun.
I took a 2 liter bottle and popped a very small hole in the cap with a finish nail. I put about 1/2 cup of gas in the bottle. I stuck the bottle, top down, into the hole.
The gas will drip slowly and the fumes will do the job for you. I left it there for about 2 days. After everything was quiet, I took a bit of cement (mortar or concrete would work if you have any) and plugged the hole in case others tried to reuse the hole later on.
Be safe.
2006-09-01 08:23:51 · answer #1 · answered by In The Woods 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
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2016-12-24 20:06:40 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We've been having the same problem! Although we haven't yet done anything about it--except talk about it, research the subject (mostly online), theorize, buy some insecticide, and get stung (twice)--we have decided that one of these nights we are going to use the insecticide. We got this at a local chain nursery; it's an Ortho product called Hornet & Wasp Killer. When we emailed Ortho, they said that it foams up quickly, trapping and killing the little buggers and will quickly dispatch the entire hive. But, alas, we haven't yet tried this, because by the time the bees are ready for bed, so am I.
Another solution you might try; one that is less poisonous and one that I have seen work against some very persistent bees in the past. Make a cup or two of sugar water: Corn syrup with a bit of water, or a simple syrup: sugar & water, 1:1. Put this in a large jar, cover with a piece of wax paper & a rubberband, and put a small hole in the top, just large enough for a bee to enter. Put this invention in a shady spot & watch the workers go in, weigh themselves down with the happy juice and drown in it. (I know there's an Irish joke out there about some pour fellow drowning in a vat of beer, but the exact premise eludes me at this time.). Or buy a bee trap....
One last thing (I swear): I did read that if we set out a homemade trap early enough in the spring--such as the one I just described--we may be so lucky as to catch the queen and end up with no hive at all next year! (Remember: the whole hive dies off in winter's cold.)
Happy trails!
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2006-08-31 19:13:28 · answer #3 · answered by suzanne 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, bees do live underground next to homes. I have been watching our bees fly around for a couple of weeks now. I am college educated, and know what a bee looks like. I also have two young kids, that I am not sure if they are allergic yet? I do not wish to find out with a whole hive of bees. Tonight I took a measure to put this problem to an end. I have been having nightmares for the past couple of weeks, and cannot take it anymore. We also are having my son's birthday party in the same yard with a bounce house and a bunch of kids soon, so the problem had to come to an end. I do not want my kids, let alone anyone else's dying, finding out about an allergic reaction, etc. during a birthday party here. Anyway, my point being, that YES, bees do make their homes underground. They are here, and hopefully after tonight, they will be gone!
2014-10-13 14:17:33 · answer #4 · answered by buckeye 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
First, be careful listening to some of the other peoples' suggestions. You could easily get stung. Wait till night to spray the nest. The bees are asleep then, preventing you from getting stung. The colder the temperature is the better. So pick a cool night to do it. Then spray fuel oil or bee and wasp spray down into the nest. Watch the hole over the next day or so and make sure that no bees are going in or out of it. If you see any going in or out of it, you may need to do another at night applicaton. You don't need to set flame to nest. The fuel oil or bee/wasp spray will suffocate them and kill them. If you set flame to the hole you run the possibility of it exploding. Once you see that no bees are flying in and out of the hole then it should be somewhat safe to dig the nest out.
2006-09-01 01:44:14 · answer #5 · answered by devilishblueyes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-04-20 05:17:51 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Been there done that. I found that Hot Shot Bee and Wasp spray is the bomb. I waited until dusk and went out there and sprayed there hole with almost the whole can and they were gone the next day when I checked it. I wish you the best and hope this helps. Is is best to do this at night with a flashlight as they are not active as they would be in the daytime.
2006-09-01 04:33:44 · answer #7 · answered by twinsmakesfive 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can try and smoke the bees out of the nest with a lighted branch or something. But, keep a gourd on the top of some faraway place so that they will go and settle there, else, they will trouble you and enter your house. Smoke away the bees towards that gourd
2006-08-31 22:48:31 · answer #8 · answered by Nam 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are not bees, because bees don't nest in the ground. They are wasps, likely yellow jackets or something similar. You can use the type of wasp and hornet killer that comes in an aerosol spray can and sprays the pesticide a long distance. They have various brands of these sprays at your local yard and garden store or Home Depot, Lowes, etc. If you opt to use these sprays, wait until dark, when the wasps have returned to the nest. And be VERY careful, because they usually have another exit, and when you spray into the nest, they will leave by the back door, and they won't be in a good mood!
I am highly allergic to wasp stings and have had a number of exciting trips to the ER as a result, so I am quite paranoid about them. The best solution I have found is a wasp trap. I don't set it up myself, since I can't take the risk of getting stung, so my adult son usually comes by to take care of it. We buy disposable wasp traps at the feed store or Home Depot. They are plastic bags with a wasp attractant already in them. You just add water and hang them up. The wasps are drawn by the attractant, fly into small holes at the top of the trap, and can't get back out, so they drown. They find the attractant more compelling than anything else, so they are drawn to the trap and leave the rest of the yard alone.
I haven't been stung while in my yard in over 8 years now. I really believe that the traps are the way to manage the problem.
2006-09-01 16:22:26 · answer #9 · answered by sonomanona 6 · 2⤊ 6⤋
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2016-12-16 04:05:39 · answer #10 · answered by binford 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋