Ground bees

[bwframe]

Next time just go out at midnight and fill the hole with diatomaceous earth. Death from a thousand microscopic cuts.

I'll do that, thanks. Always have DE around.

 

[blain]

Best stuff for those bastages is Sevin Dust. After dark, sprinkle a couple tablespoons into and around the entrance hole. As they come and go they track it in and it kills the ENTIRE colony dead.

I just did this about a week ago. The activity wasn't heavy, so I was able to sprinkle some dust during the day when I first noticed them.
I never got stung by this colony, but I mow over the hole every week.
Sevin Dust has been like GOLD DUST for me. Always keep some around.

 

[shibumiseeker]

I see. I need to be more observant, I guess.

I’ve noticed there are a couple of different type of people who live in the woods. Those who build houses in the woods and rarely venture into the woods, or even indeed, outside of the house much beyond the lawn. Not judging here, it’s still better than living in the city. And then there are folks like Leadeye and I who spend as much if not more time deep in the woods off of any trails than we do in the house. I am endlessly fascinated by nature, and a lifetime of observing it will only have taught me a fraction of what there is to learn.

 

[shibumiseeker]

I have one in one of my hay bale stacks. I was curious to see that particular one this close to the beehives. I had wondered if the competition from our bees would have forced them away. Like most things in nature, yellowjackets have their place. But that place is not around where I have to work all the time. This particular nest I’m going to wait until we have a cold morning to take apart. It makes wearing the bee suit, a lot more tolerable, especially with an extra layer underneath. Flames and chemicals are not applicable here. I had a huge nest right next to the house that took me a while to get rid of.

 

[bwframe]

I have one in one of my hay bale stacks. I was curious to see that particular one this close to the beehives. I had wondered if the competition from our bees would have forced them away. Like most things in nature, yellowjackets have their place. But that place is not around where I have to work all the time. This particular nest I’m going to wait until we have a cold morning to take apart. It makes wearing the bee suit, a lot more tolerable, especially with an extra layer underneath. Flames and chemicals are not applicable here. I had a huge nest right next to the house that took me a while to get rid of.

Can you take pics, while wearing the bee suit?

 

[Cameramonkey]

Can you take pics, while wearing the bee suit?

This is INGO, not Onlyfans. Kinky.

 

[spencer rifle]

Be glad you don't live in New Zealand - the nests there get enormous:

 

[Leadeye]

I have one in one of my hay bale stacks. I was curious to see that particular one this close to the beehives. I had wondered if the competition from our bees would have forced them away. Like most things in nature, yellowjackets have their place. But that place is not around where I have to work all the time. This particular nest I’m going to wait until we have a cold morning to take apart. It makes wearing the bee suit, a lot more tolerable, especially with an extra layer underneath. Flames and chemicals are not applicable here. I had a huge nest right next to the house that took me a while to get rid of.

Good stuff, I have used it for years when yellow jackets get into sensitive areas. Go out at night and just squirt some of the dust into the hole, in a few days the colony is dead.

Not as dramatic as fire, which after you get stung by surprise I think we all want to use for the revenge factor.

 

[canebreaker]

A ground bee's nest will have 2 holes. Locate them both. Drill a 1/4" hole in the bottom of two 5 gallon buckets. About dark do a heavy mix of Dawn and hot water in 2 other buckets. I fill about 3/4 of the bucket with hot water, add 1 cup of Dawn and stir. Try not to make suds. Center as well as you can the nest holes with the bucket holes. Fill both buckets with the mix. It does pretty good on fire ants too.