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Posted by Tim Behle (Member # 209) on August 27, 2006, 08:52 AM:

Anyone know of a sure fire way to remove a hive of bees?

They found a hole under the edge of the siding in my house and moved in. Right under my bedroom door.

They've survived four bug bombs and numerous sprayings. Yesterday I left the radio on the steps next to their entrance playing a Mexican station ( Think of a loud German Polka, with Spanish singers )

I need to get them out of here before they attack someone.

Posted by stevecriner (Member # 892) on August 27, 2006, 08:55 AM:

just reach in and grab em"

Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on August 27, 2006, 08:58 AM:

No clue. But, you know, smoke comforts them. I'd call the County or maybe the local newspaper? Rave about killer bees, get Miss Joyce hysterical, screaming, etc. Gotta be a way?

Good hunting. LB

Posted by varmit hunter (Member # 37) on August 27, 2006, 09:14 AM:

Tim do you have a county agriculture agent?. They can put you in touch with beekeepers that can remove them.

Also mix a heavy solution of Dawn dish washing soap with water in a garden sprayer. It kills the bees on contact and they won't return to the hive.

Posted by canine (Member # 687) on August 27, 2006, 09:22 AM:

I'd think that music should have done the trick!! [Big Grin]

I'd have got the hell out of there!

Can you see the hive? How big is it?

I would wait till evening time and if you can get to it, saturate it with WD-40, i found that stuff kills em quickly. If it's a real big hive, fill an airless sprayer up with mixed gas and hose it down. Unless someone knows a better chemical to spray without the fumes.

Edit.. I was typing the same time Ronnie was..that dawn soap sounds better than anything flamable. Thanks for the tip Ronnie.

Good luck to ya.
JD

[ August 27, 2006, 09:24 AM: Message edited by: canine ]

Posted by Rich Higgins (Member # 3) on August 27, 2006, 09:57 AM:

Tim, Swarms hived in the walls of our house in the front entrance area twice in the last year. Their buzzing in the walls sounded like a deisel engine running. I tried all of the Ortho products and nothing worked. Finally sprayed them with Ace Hardwares Scorpion Killer. Killed 'em all instantly. The stuff works on ants also.
You may want to call Stan Scheple(sp?) at Arizona Predator Callers. He offers free bee removal around the state and moves the hives to his property in northern Az. Of course he would have to expose the hive to remove it. That could be kinda hard on your house. [Eek!]

Posted by CCP (Member # 913) on August 27, 2006, 09:59 AM:

quote:
It kills the bees on contact and they won't return to the hive.

Why wont they return to the hive after killing them on contact? [Big Grin]

Posted by varmit hunter (Member # 37) on August 27, 2006, 10:57 AM:

CCP, unless you do at night, the bees are out being busy. It's what they do.

Posted by Buffalobob (Member # 825) on August 27, 2006, 11:05 AM:

Take some rags and soak them in gasoline and stick them next to the entrance. Do not plug the entrance. You jsut want the fumes to go in. Also teh gaqsoline will "soak in" a little and that will help too. Try to rmember not to light your cigar at that moment. Also, don't tell anybody that you have recently called a "queer liberal" that you have these gasoline soaked rags piled up against your house. [Big Grin]

I don't guarantee that this works for honey bees but I have done it many times for paper wasps and for yellowjackets. For paper wasps under the eaves of the house, I put the rags on a long pole and just lean the pole up next to the nest and they never ever come back.

Posted by Nahuatl (Member # 708) on August 27, 2006, 01:35 PM:

I've been dealing with colonies of wild bees every summer for years getting into the eaves and under the roof tiles. I've had the best luck with scented clothes drier sheets, the fabric softener kind, stuffed in the holes and a spritz of Raid. By far better than any poison alone, and I tried them all. ((Except the scorpion spray!! great idea.))

Posted by Tim Behle (Member # 209) on August 27, 2006, 01:46 PM:

I had a couple of hives of bees that I kept while in High School and have never had a problem with working around bees, but these are Africanized Bees, and deserve a higher level of respect.

It seems like every summer, someone around here gets killed by a swarm. I'd just as soon get rid of them with out pissing them off.

I know the local Bee man removes them by spraying them with Dawn dishwashing soap, but I couldn't think of a good spraying method until Ronnie mentioned the garden sprayer.

I'm heading for Wal-Mart now, got to pick up a couple of bottles of Dawn, a garden sprayer, a box of fabric softening sheets and a roll of cheese cloth. I'll stop at ACE for the scorpion spray on the way home.

Can anything else go wrong this summer? [Roll Eyes]

Posted by TA17Rem (Member # 794) on August 27, 2006, 01:57 PM:

Look at the bright side Tim, summer is almost over and hunting season is just a month away and the campout. Sitting at a camp fire with friends and a couple of dead coyotes laying at youre feet and a good cigar what more could a man ask for....

Posted by Cdog911 (Member # 7) on August 27, 2006, 06:29 PM:

Hey Tim,

Before you go out there, cover yourself completely with that ostrich giz Ronnie and I sent you for your shingles. Might not help, but it sure can't hurt. And hope that africanized bees don't like ostrich giz. [Smile]

We want to see pictures when you're done. This might be better than your sea lion attack shots.

Posted by Rich Higgins (Member # 3) on August 27, 2006, 07:15 PM:

If Tim is smart he will stay inside and send Joyce out to deal with them. These Africanized bees are aggressive. They would not let us or our dogs out the front door. I waited until dark to spray them and still a bunch came out of the hive.

Posted by Jack Roberts (Member # 13) on August 27, 2006, 10:16 PM:

Sevin is probably the most deadly insecticide for bees, a bit spread around the entrance will certainly kill the entire hive quickly, not instantly, but surely within 8 hours.

Jack

Posted by Tim Behle (Member # 209) on August 28, 2006, 05:52 AM:

Joyce wouldn't help me, she's still pissed at me for Farting while we were in that fancy mall up in Tucson on Saturday. [Confused]

But the good news, the sun is coming up, and there no signs of any bees ..... Yet!

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