Bee removal?

[21willys]

Anybody have any safe bee removal ideas? I've got a nest of what I believe to be yellow jackets in the roof of my front porch. The nest is the size of a beech ball and I'm pretty sure they laughed when we sprayed it with three different types of spray.

 

[ronnysplymouth]

Knock it down and run like hell.....come back later and they will have dispersed enough to spray the area.

I'll trade you my black widow problem for your yellow jacket problem

 

[21willys]

You would have to be in the attic to knock it down.

You can keep your spiders...

 

[cycledog]

In the early morning or late evening when the temps are cool spray the the crud out of them with brake cleaner. Kills em dead instantly, especially if its cool and they aren't moving much.

If its the big paper wasps go out at dark with a little light and spray some freeze stuff on them. You can get the freeze stuff at a farm supply.
Spray into the entrance hole and it freezes the buggers, they fall to the small opening plugging it up and the survivors can't get out and eventually die.

Carb cleaner works too but it will stain paint and plastic.

Yellow Jackets typically nest in the ground. You most likely have European Hornets or common Wasps. Neither of which are native to North America. Indians called them White mans fly's.

 

[Dirtyrat]

Well, I would say anything you can use to cool off the nest or do it when it is colder would be best so they cant move so quick... the ones we removed, like a paper wasp style nest we did early in the AM when it was cooler and completely saturated the nest with the 25ft spray wasp/bee killer...

 

[21willys]

The nest now has three entrances into it. I'm not to sure how well spraying the opening will work without being able to spray all them at once.

 

[Undercover Customs]

I had one about the size of a basket ball in my attic a few years ago. Being a do it yourselfer with just about anything I decided I was going to tackle this job like any other. As I was getting things ready to become the yellow jacket ace my wife pulled up a few videos of guy's that had attempted the same thing but caught attacked by those little buggers. She also called around and found a pro that would come take care of it for $120. She showed me the videos and the quote and I decided that it might be worth the cash to not have my eyes swollen shut by those little *******s.

 

[cycledog]

The nest now has three entrances into it. I'm not to sure how well spraying the opening will work without being able to spray all them at once.

Sounds like you got a bee condo. A professional might bee the way to go. (pun intended)

 

[zpi28]

You may need a pro, but we need pics[cl

 

[RPM]

You may need a pro, but we need pics[cl

How about a video of the removal? So we can see what not to do.

Someone in the area has a bee keepers outfit. You need to borrow that and knock it down.

 

[Sam_Fear]

Starter fluid, brake cleaner, engine cleaner.... anything that shoots a long distance. If it's in your house attic, well, I guess those aren't going to do.

A long stick and fast legs?

 

[Bamamav]

That sounds more like hornets instead of yellow jackets. Like was said above, yellow jackets build in the ground, hornets outside, their nests look like a gray ball. They are usually black, and are mean as hell! I've heard they will chase you for a mile in a straight line. Spraying the outside of the nest probably won't do much good, you will have to spray inside somehow. As poisonous as their stings are, I've heard they can knock down a horse, I think I'd call a pro in. Might cost you a few bucks, but if anybody gets stung it will be them and not you!

 

[21willys]

Sorry guys but there won't be any pics of the nest until the bees are gone. I'm not getting in the attic with them lol. I will try to get a pic of the little *******s going in and out of the nest.

 

[Neverdone]

Burn down the porch.... Problem solved!!!

I have heard of people trapping them by foaming the hole shut. I know a guy that has a bee Vac and does removals. But he only goes for honey bees, so no good there, really doubt he would go that far anyway.

 

[21willys]

Well I've came to the conclusion that its impossible to take a picture of a bee without getting stung. I got one poor quality picture.

They are yellow jackets.

 

[RPM]

Would it be possible to just wait till winter when they hibernate, then destroy the nest?

 

[Sniper]

Konk brand makes a foam that you spray around the entrance and exit holes of the nest. As they move in and out, they drag the poison in to the nest on them, killing the queen and the hive or they get the idea and just vacate. Tractor Supply is where I got a can. Spray it at night when they have settled down. Used it twice and it worked out great, takes about three or four days for them to disappear.

 

[Willowbilly3]

I'm not a big fan of poison of any kind. It all ends up in OUR environment and food. And if it kills "bad" bees, it will also kill the good ones that we need to pollinated our food crops.
I usually don't let them bother unless there is a nest right in a car where I need to work. Then I use the old B-12 carb clean. Here we have mostly the yellow wasps and they can sting pretty bad, and repeatedly. I will take out a nest if I have to but I mostly just leave them alone. They are all over outside and lots of them in the watering pan outside during the hot days. I think they can detect ill intentions because I almost never get stung whereas my friends who freak out and start flailing around and trying to kill them get stung a lot more often.
Those yellow jackets and hornets are mean ones though, they will go out of their way to nail you.

 

[21willys]

I have a three year old, a 12 year old, and three edelry dogs that use the door that they are 4' from. So leaving them alone isn't going to work. I would imagine that if they attacked someone they could easily kill them. I'm gonna call a professional Tuesday.

 

[billy]

I have a three year old, a 12 year old, and three edelry dogs that use the door that they are 4' from. So leaving them alone isn't going to work. I would imagine that if they attacked someone they could easily kill them. I'm gonna call a professional Tuesday.

i am allergic to wasps/bees/hornets etc.
and i have NO problem using the most toxic stuff i can find to kill anything that can so easily kill me in minutes.
i have a scorched earth policy with those critters.
pollution+dead stingy things=good
save the earth + die from stings =bad