<div dir="ltr">I'm late the the party here but Mark's mention of Sevin reminded me. We have had problems with carpenter bees. They look like bumblebees and dig nests straight into wood, in my case preferring pine rake boards and soffits. We know they're around when we see little piles of sawdust appear out of nowhere. I was told by a good friend who's a professional exterminator to use Sevin. I got a small plastic squeeze-bottle (I think it originally contained bicycle chain lube) which will puff out little clouds of Sevin when you squeeze it. Each hole got a good dose. That took care of the problem until the next season rolled around. I haven't seen them in a few years now; maybe they gave up and moved on (or I got ALL of them?!) I repair their holes by gluing in hunks of 3/8" dowel, which seems to always fit perfectly.<div><br></div><div>Anyway, another vote for Sevin.</div><div><br></div><div>SO</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 4:00 PM magreer67 <<a href="mailto:magreer67@gmail.com">magreer67@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">
<div dir="auto">That's how the Sevin dust treatment works. It takes a week or so to kill them all.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div id="gmail-m_4828007400123795698composer_signature" dir="auto"><div style="font-size:85%;color:rgb(87,87,87)" dir="auto">Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size:100%;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Mike M <<a href="mailto:meulenms@gmx.com" target="_blank">meulenms@gmx.com</a>> </div><div>Date: 8/21/20 1:13 PM (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: <a href="mailto:at@lists.antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">at@lists.antique-tractor.com</a> </div><div>Subject: Re: [AT] OT-Ground bees </div><div><br></div></div>
I thought of another idea I might try for the hard to access hive. I
have some commercial grade powdered insecticide, Cyper WP. It is
designed to be mixed with water, and sprayed. However this entrance
must go horizontal for a bit then down. I'm going to sprinkle the
powder in the entrance and all around it. They will have no choice
but to crawl through it to get in. Then they'll track it through the
nest. That's my theory at least, we'll see how it works.<br>
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Mike M<br>
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<div>On 8/21/2020 12:57 PM, Spencer Yost
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RE: soap and water: I think we probably need a recipe. A good
friend that is environmentally conscious recommended this one
time. I used it. The next day I went out to use gasoline on my
very pissed off, but very clean yellow jackets.
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<div>Does it treat the larvae too? <br>
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<div>I would love to find a ratio/proportion where this works.
I hate pouring gasoline in the ground.</div>
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<blockquote type="cite">On Aug 21, 2020, at 11:43 AM, cgs
<a href="mailto:oxygenfarm@gmail.com" target="_blank"><oxygenfarm@gmail.com></a> wrote:<br>
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<font size="+1">If a solution of Dawn+water works, why not
do it the safe way?<br>
Burning flesh smells bad!<br>
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<pre>Yes, light it too. I’ve never had luck with just gasoline and walking away. I always had to light it.
Igniting it also helps to minimize - at least in some small way - the ground contamination caused by the gasoline.
Interesting side-note: my wife was side dressing some plants with dried manure when she got stung. Went out there at night, put in the gasoline and lit it. Found out dried manure burns very well :-). Fortunately not in a conflagration kind of way, just sort of a slow, strong, coal ember type burn. I had my 5 gallon bucket of water with me though so all ended well and I suggest you bring a bucket too. I’ve heard of mulch fires using this method in shrubbery/natural areas that have been mulched. So do be careful with mulch as well.
Spencer
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<pre>On Aug 21, 2020, at 7:47 AM, Mark Johnson <a href="mailto:markjohnson100@centurylink.net" target="_blank"><markjohnson100@centurylink.net></a> wrote:
I have been told that gasoline in the hornet nests works even better if you ignite it. :-)
Of course, if it's near anything combustible, that's not an option.
Mark J
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<pre>On 8/20/2020 9:26 PM, <a href="mailto:drgerber@bright.net" target="_blank">drgerber@bright.net</a> wrote:
Might be unorthodox but I had ground hornets a few years ago; two holes in the ground from which they swarmed. Nasty little things. I tried seven dust per guidance from the local landscape guru; didn't work and I got stung. Went out at dusk, and poured gasoline down the holes; killed them overnight. Trick an old farmer friend told me about.
Dave in Ohio
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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.
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Mike M
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