Bee's Nest - How Do I Get Rid of it?

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StarMaiden said:
Sorry to hijack this thread but I have a wasps nest between the base of a laurel and a wood pile (I live in the UK) would the suggesstions given here help me as well?
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If you’re talking ground wasps, I’ve done this successfully: Find a square of roofers tin or the like, cut it big enough to fit over the nest. Get a brick or two to wait it down. Some night, bring your tin, bricks, and a bucket of cold soapy water to the groundwasps. Pour the water down the hole. A few wasps might fly off… so dress in long sleeves. Then put the tin weighted with bricks over the hole. Wait for a few warm days, sunny days. I read this online and its worked a few times. the soap kills most of them, heat from bricks and tin the rest. they key is covering the holes(s).

For the original poster… If the nest is large enough, remember that you may be better off calling a pro, who will be better equipped to deal with the remoteness of the hive. Sometimes all sprays do is leave you with angry wasps or bees. Or one big hive has several smaller cousins you’ve not noticed yet (which happened to me)…

good luck.
 
StarMaiden said:
Sorry to hijack this thread but I have a wasps nest between the base of a laurel and a wood pile (I live in the UK) would the suggesstions given here help me as well?
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This one’s simple. Just throw a bunch of [strike]gasoline[/strike] petro on the wood pile and light it up.
 
quasius said:
This one’s simple. Just throw a bunch of [strike]gasoline[/strike] petro on the wood pile and light it up.
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While there are a lot of great things to do with Vitamin G, pouring on a pile of wood and lighting it up is an extremely dangerous thing to do. Because of the fast evaporation rate of gas you’ll bomb ready to go there. Many of people have died or suffered extreme burns by dumping gas on a pile of something and then lighting it up. Something like Diesel is a safer alternative.
 
stringbeanduck said:
While there are a lot of great things to do with Vitamin G, pouring on a pile of wood and lighting it up is an extremely dangerous thing to do. Because of the fast evaporation rate of gas you’ll bomb ready to go there. Many of people have died or suffered extreme burns by dumping gas on a pile of something and then lighting it up. Something like Diesel is a safer alternative.
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The problem with Diesel is that it doesn’t have a cool alternate UK name.
 
StarMaiden said:
Sorry to hijack this thread but I have a wasps nest between the base of a laurel and a wood pile (I live in the UK) would the suggesstions given here help me as well?
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Gasoline (petrol) alone will do it. You don’t need to light it. It kills wasps instantly if any of it touches them. I half-fill a small coffee can with it and just throw the gasoline on them. They don’t even move. You then just walk away. The fumes are so heavy with the splash, it will even get the ones who are near it.

But gasoline will kill plants too, so if you perceive that it will sink into the ground at the base of the tree, don’t do it.

Really soapy (detergent) water will get them, but it’s not as sure. Near-misses don’t help. It won’t hurt the tree.
 
kage_ar said:
Are you CERTAIN they are bees? If so, google “beekeepers” and your town or county and someone will likely come and get it. Bees are good valuable creatures and the beekeeper will be glad to have them.

If it is wasps or hornets (far more likely), call a pest control company and have a professional handle it. Do not spray it or hit it unless you want a kajillion stings.
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That’s the truth! Once one starts getting angry the rest will too and there will be no turning back! 😦 I’ve seen some horrible stories of people that think a nest is dead as well and they knock it down and all of a sudden they are getting attacked by a storm of wasps, or hornets… Pretty chilling stuff! We had a very small one and it looked dead my bf knocked it down and a few came out, now I think we have a nest in the attic, I am terrified of going over there and I have seen them sneaking in the house! But when we told the landlord he refused to help us out! Just been spraying the attic entrance, lately we haven’t seen any…but those are pretty angry creatures…
 
Lots of wasps in the region in which I live, and I have been eradicating nests ever since I was a kid and don’t think a whole lot about it. I guess I should say that if a person isn’t used to what they do, and how they act, he shouldn’t mess with them.

I will say, though, that wasps in the attic are easy to get rid of. Just get one or two of those spray bombs that you set off and they spray continuously until they’re empty. Set them off and close up the attic. After a few hours, there won’t be a living wasp in it. Air it out, and you’re done. Then, you hang one of those “bug lights” that electrocutes insects that go to the light. Wasps can’t stay away from them, so any new wasps that come in won’t live very long.

When it gets cold, the wasps all die except for the queens. They find some little nook or cranny in which to get through the winter, and it’s impossible to seal them out of a building completely. In the spring, they come out, start building a nest and laying eggs. That bug light will get the queens when they get active again, and they never get very far in nest building.
 
Ridgerunner said:
Lots of wasps in the region in which I live, and I have been eradicating nests ever since I was a kid and don’t think a whole lot about it. I guess I should say that if a person isn’t used to what they do, and how they act, he shouldn’t mess with them.

I will say, though, that wasps in the attic are easy to get rid of. Just get one or two of those spray bombs that you set off and they spray continuously until they’re empty. Set them off and close up the attic. After a few hours, there won’t be a living wasp in it. Air it out, and you’re done. Then, you hang one of those “bug lights” that electrocutes insects that go to the light. Wasps can’t stay away from them, so any new wasps that come in won’t live very long.

When it gets cold, the wasps all die except for the queens. They find some little nook or cranny in which to get through the winter, and it’s impossible to seal them out of a building completely. In the spring, they come out, start building a nest and laying eggs. That bug light will get the queens when they get active again, and they never get very far in nest building.
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cool thanks for the information…It’s extremely helpful! I really appreciate it!
 
quasius said:
This one’s simple. Just throw a bunch of [strike]gasoline[/strike] petro on the wood pile and light it up.
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How old are you, 15? Even my pyromaniac husband knows better than to do this. 😛 Even if you are joking I think it’s very imprudent to tell people to light things on fire with gasoline.

My FIL, an engineer who should’ve known better, landed himself in the ER one 4th of July some years ago because he used gasoline to set a brush pile of fire. DH started to say, “Hey Dad, I don’t think you should…” and then WHOOSH, FIL’s leg was on fire because of trailing vapors from the gas. 2nd degree burns are a lesson one doesn’t soon forget!

Personally, I’d call a professional and let them handle it. I’m all for DIY but some things are better handled by people who do it for a living.
 
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