we have had two bee hives on the side of our driveway in the ground, husband put gas down them. we thought they were gone but, today another one is there. all in a 20 foot radius. could they all be connected as one? and how can we get rid of them? seriously he was chased by them all the way to the house.
2006-09-26 10:11:05 · 12 answers · asked by leslie405d 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
The bees that nest in the ground are usually Yellow Jackets and we are coming into the season where they become more and more aggressive.
Use Sevin dust (carbaryl) on them. Put a brick beside each hole in the day--don't throw it and stir them up--just set it there. Then use an old squeeze catsup bottle or something similar and put 1/8th cup Sevin in the bottle for each hole (do 1 at a time).
Do this on a cool evening after dark because they will be less active. Shine a lantern on a hole about 90 degrees from your approach route. This is so you can see and also if any escape they are photosensitive and will go to the lantern instead of to you. Gently walk up to the 1st hole and put the end of the bottle down to the hole (you can even touch the ground) and squeeze the whole 1/8th cup into the hole and then quickly put the brick over the hole to trap them down there with the dust overnight. In the morning they will all be dead. Repeat for the other holes. Normally spaced as far as you say they are, it's probably separate colonies--maybe related but separate.
Sevin will have no ill effects on your lawn or other plants.
2006-09-26 12:22:12 · answer #1 · answered by college kid 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-24 19:06:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
citrus scent and oranges work great at keeping the bees from going back to the hive. look up some more info on the Internet. type in bee hive removal. a bunch of sites should come up.
2006-09-26 12:27:49 · answer #3 · answered by bigrman17 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wait until after dark, go out with a broom or a long pole, knock it down and burn it right away. That is the safest way of not getting stung. This works much better than the spray cans.
2006-09-26 10:19:14 · answer #4 · answered by malanina 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Build a fire near the hive and smoke them out
smoke makes them less aggressive
or you could try some pests sprays
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2006-09-26 12:29:55 · answer #5 · answered by darknightmare01 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you will have to call in a professional bee exterminator and what ever you do, don't try to burn them out, especially after gas was poured down it, call a professional, really!
2006-09-29 13:16:11 · answer #6 · answered by Jae 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
more than likely,they all come from the same family.bee that are returning to the hive and find it damaaged will just build again.keep destroying the hives the season is almost ended.good luck
2006-09-26 10:12:48 · answer #7 · answered by jitterbugjims 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
best thing to do is to spray the area with something like spirit or kitchen cleaning spray .. that will help rid them .. bees only come where there is sweet sugary taste there
2006-09-26 10:22:58 · answer #8 · answered by Azul 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Ground bees" are actually a form of hornet, and the easiest way to get rid of them is to plug up all the holes except one and fill the hole with water. You may have killed the adults by gassing them, but the larva hatched out. Flooding the nest with water also kills the larva.
2006-09-26 10:19:57 · answer #9 · answered by Clown Knows 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you could call an exterminator and ask them to come and get the hives daown it mught actually work
2006-09-26 10:14:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋