Posted: 4/2/2004 4:12:02 AM EDT
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I have these anoying wasp/hornets/BEES that keep buzzing aroung me and my house. The are in the eaves always watching over my shoulder. I have tried to be nice and shooo them away but it doesn't work. I have tried poison and that doesn't seem to work. I have set traps...nothing. Still have the damn BEES/Wasp/whatever. I know I have a flower garden that attracks the QUEEN BEE and all, but I am tired of getting stung. ANy ideas? SGtar15 |
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If they are wasps then you are in luck. Lilly Miller used to have this stuff called WHACK. It penetrates their bodies and paralyzes/kills instantly. It shot a stream about 25 feet. Ortho has something similar today. Look around your house up in the eaves on the outside for a little "ball" of dirt suspended from the top. It will look a bit like a honeycomb as it will have little holes all around it. That's where they go in/out. Wait until after dark when it is cool, stand NOT under it, and hose it down with the Ortho stuff. Totally soak the nest. You will see a few fall out. Any others that were not inside at the time will return, touch the stuff, and die too. |
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Wasp are docile. I've climbed down in an old chimney before only to look over and see a huge wasp nest staring me in the face and about 30 wasps on it looking back at me. Didn't even bother me...but I went and got some wasp spray before I continued working. You must be doing something to piss them off. What it really sounds like to me is maybe they are carpenter bees, a.k.a. bumble bees, if it's the flower garden attracking them. I've never seen a wasp attracked to a flower. |
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burn the hive. wait until evening and tie a piece of news paper on a long stick. light the paper and hold it under the nest. the nasty little bastards will stick tight to the hive and fan their wings to cool it and they will all burn to death. then clean the area and be sure to remove the little "stick" that connects the hive to the house. good luck. don't burn your house down! |
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Quoted: Bumble-bees are also called carpenter bees??? Why? They are two different insects--similar in appearance (size similar, colors similar, BB's have a hairy abdomen, carpenter bees are shiny and bald), NOT similar in life cycle or habits. Also, carpenter bees are not aggressive in the least, BB's are very aggressive. Edit: Google is our friend: [url]http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology/entfacts/struct/ef611.htm[/url] |
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True story about a friend some twenty years older than me. He grew up waaaaayy back in the country on a working farm...and like us, a gun nut. One day his dad and mom saddled up the truck and went to town...a mostly all day affair...they had been having troubles with a big nest of "gineau wasps" just over the barn door...but my buddy Al had a plan. With his parents gone, he cut open two shotgun shells and filled them with some of his mothers pink face powder, got his daddy's old double barrel that always stayed behind the kitchen door, loaded the "special ordnance" and carefully...with muzzle held up so as not to spill any powder...crept to the barn door and let the wasp nest have it with both barrels! Of course all that managed to do was piss off the wasps really bad...so he ran back, reloaded tha gun with its normal complement of #00 buck, and had just managed to get everything back in place when his parents showed back up. Immediately, his dad started toward the barn for something, and in spite of all Al could do to distract him, he walked right into that bunch of pissed off gineau wasps...who promptly lit him up! Until the old man died, Al never told him what had happened that day, and when the conversation turned to bees and wasps, his dad would tell people..."Them gineau wasps are usually pretty easy to get along with, but in the time of year when they get that "pinkish cast" to 'em they will eat your ass UP! |
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Quoted: Quoted: Bumble-bees are also called carpenter bees??? Why? Because they make their nest by boring into wood. I had five nests in my window frames last year from them. You city-slickers... Bumble-bees live in holes in the ground. That's why in the summer you carry a ping-pong paddle when you plow or disc with a tractor. It's quite the fun game. |
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For killing them if they get in your house: My bride read this in a woman's magazine and it works! Hair spray. Spray it on them and the stick stuff keeps them from flying. Then you can whack em to death without spattering them on walls and stuff. The big red wasps get in our house from this time of year till October and we use hairspray to knock em down and then can pick em up with something and crush em.... |
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I generally mix a mild solution of liquid Diazanon(sp?)and water and spray up it under the eaves of house two or three times every summer. Wasps / Yellow Jackets find the odor unpleasant and stay away. It will also kill them if they have established nests, but not too quickly. (I wouldn't use it for an assault in the heat of the day...) |
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[b]Spectracide Pro's Wasp & Hornet Killer[/b] Dielectric breakdown voltage of 47,300 volts. This stuff is designed to kill wasps, hornets, yellow jackets and eliminate the nests where they live and breed. Also kills mud daubers. Fast knockdown Jet spray reaches nests up to 20 feet away Kills the entire nest Kills returning wasps and hornets for up to 4 weeks. Worked for me with over 21 nests under my eaves. Still have half a 18 oz. can left. |
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Most of the guys above are telling you the right thing. Most of the good sprays continue to kill the wasps/bees as they return to the nest for several day/weeks. Always works for me. -OR- IM me your address. I will call the ATF to inform them of the post-bans you have with pre-ban uppers. Also, I have heard you keep incendiary ammo. When they knock on your door, yell "F U ATF!"; barricade yourself into the house. They will promptly burn your house to the ground. Problem solved. (ask them not to trample the flower garden, while burning down your house) |
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BeeKeeper, never realized there were 2 different types of the big ones. I am used to the wood-borers, but have only experienced the ground nesting type on one occasion; when my Dad and I were excavating for an addition on his house. We dug up a nest, and had to cease digging for a while until they calmed down. A few gallons (actually many) of gasoline later, I think we fumigated most of them out. The underground nest was huge. Probably enough hive material to fill a trash can. It was unreal how many bees were flying around. Another method, I've heard, (back in the old days when lawn mowers didn't have all the safety equipment) you could park a lawn mower over their exit hole and hear them getting swatted by the blades as they emerged. |
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I had a yellow jacket problem a couple of years ago. They can be nasty. They lived under the tin sheeting on my second floor roof. This is what I did. I waited until I got a cold day so they would slow down and not get too active against me. Then I covered myself up real good with clothing/hat/etc. Then I climbed the ladder to the roof and peered inside their lair. I was face to face with the guards, inches away from me, but they were in a state of torpor. Then I took my trusty Hornet Spray and gave the nest a REALLY GOOD SHOT. THEY DIDN"T LIKE IT AT ALL!!! I very nearly fell backward off of the ladder to my death, but I hung on and beat a hasty retreat down the ladder. I haven't seen a singe yellow jacket since. |
| I believe they are circling your house right now looking for a place to build a nest. I sprayed two nests with the 25 ft. spray early last year, then left the nests. They won't rebuild near them, so my problem is partly solved. I had a couple circling the house the other day, so I did my favorite wasp killing activity. Get a broom, and wait. When they come around, smack 'em with the broom. Then stomp them while they are dazed on the ground. You get extra points if you can hit them with the broom and make them hit the side of the house. It's very satisfying to hear the SMACK of them ramming the vinyl siding. |
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Quoted: You city-slickers... Bumble-bees live in holes in the ground. That's why in the summer you carry a ping-pong paddle when you plow or disc with a tractor. It's quite the fun game. You must be kidding. Bumble-bees are the up-fvckers of worlds. Those docile, almost friendly bees in the garden are Satin's personal, heat/sound/movement seeking, guided little missiles when their nest is disturbed. They are [i]very[/i] bad. I've never encountered a nest while plowing--I think there's nowhere for them to nest in chronically disturbed soil, but bushhogging (mowing pastures)? Oh-my-god! Sage advice: If/when mowing pastures and Satin's soldiers are disturbed, DO NOT SWITCH OFF THE TRACTOR! Set throttle to minimum, put it in park, and RuLAMF. It has been my experience that BBs' Target Acquition, Tracking, and Attack Systems (TATAS) are significantly suppressed by sound and heat noise. Most will be pre-occupied with kamikazi dives onto the engine block and especially, they will try to fly down the exhaust pipe. Go back and get the tractor at night. I've tried to swat the bastards with a shovel before, at last light of day after disturbing a nest; an attempt at revenge. In this situation, they posted slow flying and orbiting sentries about eight feet off the ground. All I did was step out of the truck v-e-r-y slowly, grabbed the shovel out of the back, and crept toward the nest. It was getting dark, but I could see one of the bastards coming very slowly in my direction as he was silouetted against the darkening sky. I figured I could stand still, wait for him to get close enough, and wack-his-ass with the shovel. Sure enough, his slow orbit eventually brought him into range. But, I reckon they have some super-sensory power the US military establishment should study, for the SOB must have sensed the malicious command signal leaving my brain to my arms because he had already jumped on the shovel before it even moved an inch toward him! My imediate response was to drop the buzzing shovel and RuLAMF back to the truck as a pitiful victim of bumble bee Shock and Awe Tactics. When I made it to the safety of the truck, several of the bastards had acquired my ass and chased me there and proceeded to commence their attack...all this was about two hours after the nest was disturbed! |
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Quoted: Quoted: You city-slickers... Bumble-bees live in holes in the ground. That's why in the summer you carry a ping-pong paddle when you plow or disc with a tractor. It's quite the fun game. You must be kidding. Bumble-bees are the up-fvckers of worlds. Those docile, almost friendly bees in the garden are Satin's personal, heat/sound/movement seeking, guided little missiles when their nest is disturbed. They are [i]very[/i] bad. I've never encountered a nest while plowing--I think there's nowhere for them to nest in chronically disturbed soil, but bushhogging (mowing pastures)? Oh-my-god! Sage advice: If/when mowing pastures and Satin's soldiers are disturbed, DO NOT SWITCH OFF THE TRACTOR! Set throttle to minimum, put it in park, and RuLAMF. It has been my experience that BBs' Target Acquition, Tracking, and Attack Systems (TATAS) are significantly suppressed by sound and heat noise. Most will be pre-occupied with kamikazi dives onto the engine block and especially, they will try to fly down the exhaust pipe. Go back and get the tractor at night. I've tried to swat the bastards with a shovel before, at last light of day after disturbing a nest; an attempt at revenge. In this situation, they posted slow flying and orbiting sentries about eight feet off the ground. All I did was step out of the truck v-e-r-y slowly, grabbed the shovel out of the back, and crept toward the nest. It was getting dark, but I could see one of the bastards coming very slowly in my direction as he was silouetted against the darkening sky. I figured I could stand still, wait for him to get close enough, and wack-his-ass with the shovel. Sure enough, his slow orbit eventually brought him into range. But, I reckon they have some super-sensory power the US military establishment should study, for the SOB must have sensed the malicious command signal leaving my brain to my arms because he had already jumped on the shovel before it even moved an inch toward him! My imediate response was to drop the buzzing shovel and RuLAMF back to the truck as a pitiful victim of bumble bee Shock and Awe Tactics. When I made it to the safety of the truck, several of the bastards had acquired my ass and chased me there and proceeded to commence their attack...all this was about two hours after the nest was disturbed! I have found all this to be true too--save one thing. I mow in north Missouri, and we have a good population of barn swallows and purple martins. When mowing a field they don't get you when you mow over the nest--it's always on subsequent passes. If I'm in a hurry, I just don a bee suit and go about my business. That's hot though. If I'm not in a hurry, and I see them circling the nest up ahead, I just take a half hour break while the birds swoop down and eat them. Problem solved! Also--a tractor never moves so slowly as when you are being attacked by those nasty bastards! [shock] |
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Quoted: Quoted: Bumble-bees are also called carpenter bees??? Why? They are two different insects--similar in appearance (size similar, colors similar, BB's have a hairy abdomen, carpenter bees are shiny and bald), NOT similar in life cycle or habits. Also, carpenter bees are not aggressive in the least, BB's are very aggressive. Edit: Google is our friend: [url]http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology/entfacts/struct/ef611.htm[/url] Learn something new every day![:D] |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Bumble-bees are also called carpenter bees??? Why? Because they make their nest by boring into wood. I had five nests in my window frames last year from them. You city-slickers... Bumble-bees live in holes in the ground. That's why in the summer you carry a ping-pong paddle when you plow or disc with a tractor. It's quite the fun game. City-slicker I'm not! Grew up in the country. Never saw a bumble bees nest plowed up but saw a few yellow jackets nests plowed up and have stepped in a few.[BD] |
| The building next to the one I'm working in now has a bee problem. Our building had clogged plumbing, so I went out back to pee. Well, all these bees seemed to take a disliking to me and came at me, so I ran. Next day I went out and they left me alone. We called Roto-Rooter to come out and snake the pipes and guess where the trap was? Right under the bees nest. Waheed the plumber said they're no problem as long as you're not in their flight path. Riiggghhhttt. I showed him the trap and left. Twenty minutes later I went to check on Waheed and caught him running across the parking lot flailing his arms all about his head and body screaming about killer bees. I was laughing so hard at the sight that my sides hurt. He wouldn't (couldn't) go back for his equipment because whenever he got near, they attacked him. I was able to get it with no problem. Someone has since put a box near where they are, I guess to collect them. Good that was funny. |