Yard Worries

[FROG MAN]

Be careful out there guys. August is here and Yellow Jackets are everywhere. I have to patrol the property frequently to ensure the safety of family members. Ramona is allergic to bee stings and so is the son-n-law. He is in the ER now receiving a IV treatment from bee stings. He got stung twice this evening after weed eating and found a new nest.He is OK and on his way home in about an hour. My tower crew has been killing snakes like crazy this week just cleaning up some of the company assets. It's Copperhead and Yellow Jacket time.

[Yammer Dan]

I usually find a couple nests a year on my place. Not seeing them this year. They must have moved your way. A soda bottle after dark is the best way to get rid of them. Fill bottle about 1/2 full of gas and use flashlight to find hole in ground. Just stick bottle neck first into groun and let gas run into hole. LEAVE BOTTLE IN PLACE. Push it in tight. There will be No Bees left alive in the morning.

 

Haven't seen any copperheads lately either. Killed a 53 inch one on my place. Didn't know they got that big.

[FROG MAN]

We have killed three nest here and one at the camp. I still have one active nest with bee's pouring out of a small opening in the house siding next to our bedroom window. There coming out the bottom next to the block foundation.They must be high in the exterior wall somewhere between the studs. No way to get them out I have sprayed about two cans of spray up there but can't reach them. This new nest this evening is in the ground beside an out building. I'll check it out tomorrow.

[Guest seuadr]

carb cleaner and brake cleaner work GREAT for killing wasps, depending on what you are spraying it on.

[Kregerdoodle]

I had about 1,000,000,000,000 killer type honey bees get in a hole under a window of my old house, I got a roach fogger and a garbage bag, put the fogger inside the bag, tape the bag around the hole real good, through the bag, press the release on the fogger and hold in the hole best that you can, the fog will go up the inside of the wall and into all the little areas that are in there.... leave the bag on the wall over night, you should end up with a bunch of dead bees in the bag in the morning...

 

Good luck

 

 

 

We have killed three nest here and one at the camp. I still have one active nest with bee's pouring out of a small opening in the house siding next to our bedroom window. There coming out the bottom next to the block foundation.They must be high in the exterior wall somewhere between the studs. No way to get them out I have sprayed about two cans of spray up there but can't reach them. This new nest this evening is in the ground beside an out building. I'll check it out tomorrow.

[Venturous Randy]

If you have an infestation of honey bees, first try to locate a local bee keeper and see if he can get them out. I know honey bees are agrivating, but they are a great contributor to our food manufacturing process through the pollenation process. There have been some real concerns expressed about how many honey bees are dieing off.

OK, that's my soapbox for the day.

RandyA

[Yammer Dan]

I think with retirement i will be looking into getting me a couple stands of Honey Bees. Honey is great stuff. Can be used in a lot of things and is better for you than sugar.