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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Make sure you don't just piss them off. It would not many survivors to ruin your day. </div><div><br></div>
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On Friday, August 21, 2020, 03:01:21 PM CDT, <szabelski@wildblue.net> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">Mike,<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Have you considered shoving the barrel of a 12 ga into the hole and pulling the trigger 2 or 3 times? To be environmentally safe, use steel shot. 😜🤪<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Carl<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">----- Original Message -----<br clear="none">From: Mike M <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:meulenms@gmx.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">meulenms@gmx.com</a>><br clear="none">To: <a shape="rect" href="mailto:at@lists.antique-tractor.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">at@lists.antique-tractor.com</a><br clear="none">Sent: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 12:37:10 -0400 (EDT)<br clear="none">Subject: Re: [AT] OT-Ground bees<br clear="none"><br clear="none">The one by the driveway is in open grass, very accessible, the other is<br clear="none">tucked right under a boxwood bush next to our walkway we use every day.<br clear="none">I'm going to try the hot soapy water on that one, and hopefully not kill<br clear="none">the bush in the process.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Mike M<br clear="none"><br clear="none">On 8/21/2020 12:20 PM, Dave Maynard wrote:<br clear="none">> A propane cylinder to a stick and light it??? You might need an<br clear="none">> excavator to fill in the crater after!<br clear="none">> That is unless maybe that was worded a little wrong, lol<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Dave<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> On Fri, Aug 21, 2020, 11:46 AM <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:szabelski@wildblue.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">szabelski@wildblue.net</a><br clear="none">> <mailto:<a shape="rect" href="mailto:szabelski@wildblue.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">szabelski@wildblue.net</a>>> wrote:<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Mike,<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> You’ve gotten several methods that will work. A couple of more<br clear="none">> that you can consider are:<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Pouring a mixture of ammonia and bleach down the hole. This<br clear="none">> produces a poisonous gas that you don’t want to breath.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Strap a propane cylinder to a stick and after lighting it, place<br clear="none">> it at the nest opening and let it burn for a while. The heat will<br clear="none">> do the job if 5he nest isn’t too deep.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Whichever method you do, do it at night when they don’t fly. But<br clear="none">> be careful since they will crawl out of the nest, and if you<br clear="none">> happen to be holding a flashlight, they will crawl towards it.<br clear="none">> I’ve been stung at night by bees that crawled up my pants leg and<br clear="none">> got me good in the stomach. What I’ve learned to do is place a<br clear="none">> halogen light on the ground and let it get hot. Then if one crawls<br clear="none">> towards the light they get fried on the hot surface of the light.<br clear="none">> The light also helps with seeing what you’re doing.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> When you’re done, dig up the nest and make sure there aren’t any<br clear="none">> survivors. You’d be surprised on how big some nests can be, and<br clear="none">> how there constructed. Also, leaving the nest essentially intact<br clear="none">> can lead to a new family moving into the hole. You want to make<br clear="none">> sure the hole is filled in. Again, do this at night unless you’re<br clear="none">> sure you got them all, then you can do it during the day.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Carl<br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> ----- Original Message -----<br clear="none">> From: Mike M <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:meulenms@gmx.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">meulenms@gmx.com</a> <mailto:<a shape="rect" href="mailto:meulenms@gmx.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">meulenms@gmx.com</a>>><br clear="none">> To: Antique tractor email discussion group<br clear="none">> <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:at@lists.antique-tractor.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">at@lists.antique-tractor.com</a> <mailto:<a shape="rect" href="mailto:at@lists.antique-tractor.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">at@lists.antique-tractor.com</a>>><br clear="none">> Sent: Thu, 20 Aug 2020 21:55:27 -0400 (EDT)<br clear="none">> Subject: [AT] OT-Ground bees<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Hi all, a little slow here lately so I was wondering if any of you<br clear="none">> have<br clear="none">> a sure fire way to rid yourself of ground bees, yellow jackets. We're<br clear="none">> having a dry summer and that seems to have made them explode. A<br clear="none">> friendly<br clear="none">> neighborhood skunk or opossum cleared out 3 for me, but I am<br clear="none">> battling 2<br clear="none">> more without much success. One is along the driveway a long ways from<br clear="none">> the house, so all options are on the table for that one. I<br clear="none">> discovered it<br clear="none">> after my wife had trimmed an elm branch and was getting ready to drag<br clear="none">> it away. I saw them swarming, but she didn't notice. I told her back<br clear="none">> back up slowly but steadily and hop back into the truck. The other one<br clear="none">> is under a Boxwood shrub right next to the garage, I've sprayed<br clear="none">> it with<br clear="none">> poison (Bifenthrin) but they won't die. 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