[AT] OT-Ground bees

[Dave Maynard]

A propane cylinder to a stick and light it??? You might need an excavator
to fill in the crater after!
That is unless maybe that was worded a little wrong, lol

Dave

On Fri, Aug 21, 2020, 11:46 AM <szabelski at wildblue.net> wrote:

> Mike,
>
> You’ve gotten several methods that will work. A couple of more that you
> can consider are:
>
> Pouring a mixture of ammonia and bleach down the hole. This produces a
> poisonous gas that you don’t want to breath.
>
> Strap a propane cylinder to a stick and after lighting it, place it at the
> nest opening and let it burn for a while. The heat will do the job if 5he
> nest isn’t too deep.
>
> Whichever method you do, do it at night when they don’t fly. But be
> careful since they will crawl out of the nest, and if you happen to be
> holding a flashlight, they will crawl towards it. I’ve been stung at night
> by bees that crawled up my pants leg and got me good in the stomach. What
> I’ve learned to do is place a halogen light on the ground and let it get
> hot. Then if one crawls towards the light they get fried on the hot surface
> of the light. The light also helps with seeing what you’re doing.
>
> When you’re done, dig up the nest and make sure there aren’t any
> survivors. You’d  be surprised on how big some nests can be, and how there
> constructed. Also, leaving the nest essentially intact can lead to a new
> family moving into the hole. You want to make sure the hole is filled in.
> Again, do this at night unless you’re sure you got them all, then you can
> do it during the day.
>
> Carl
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mike M <meulenms at gmx.com>
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> Sent: Thu, 20 Aug 2020 21:55:27 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: [AT] OT-Ground bees
>
> Hi all, a little slow here lately so I was wondering if any of you have
> a sure fire way to rid yourself of ground bees, yellow jackets. We're
> having a dry summer and that seems to have made them explode. A friendly
> neighborhood skunk or opossum cleared out 3 for me, but I am battling 2
> more without much success. One is along the driveway a long ways from
> the house, so all options are on the table for that one. I discovered it
> after my wife  had trimmed an elm branch and was getting ready to drag
> it away. I saw them swarming, but she didn't notice. I told her back
> back up slowly but steadily and hop back into the truck. The other one
> is under a  Boxwood shrub right next to the garage, I've sprayed it with
> poison (Bifenthrin) but they won't die. Any tips or advise would be
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike M
>
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