[AT] OT-Ground bees

Fri Aug 21 12:51:40 PDT 2020

What I meant was to take one of the 2 lb propane bottles that you use for soldering copper pipe with a torch attached and strap it to a stick. After lighting it you can position the flame into the nest without getting too close. If you make the stick long enough you could do that during the day. 

The only trouble with trying to get rid of a nest during the day is that all of the occupants won’t be in the nest, you risk the chance of being attacked from the back while you’re concentrating on the nest hole.

I brought one of those 3000 degree flame throwers from Harbor Freight a while ago and have thought about using it the nest time I have a nest issue. 20 lb of propane and 3000 degrees should warm the ground up a little.

Carl

Carl
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From: Dave Maynard <dave at themaplehillfarm.com>
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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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