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How do I get rid of bumble bees in a live oak?
Posted on 7/7/23 at 7:19 pm
Posted on 7/7/23 at 7:19 pm
Have a pond in my backyard and bumble bees have made a nest in it. These are some bad son of a bitches. Sent my wife’s uncle to hospital on the fourth. Tried dish soap and water but no use. Don’t want to put gas or diesel in tree. What works? Any poison? Chemical? Home remedy?
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Posted on 7/7/23 at 7:29 pm to shoelessjoe
Bumbles are usually pretty timid and mild. I have a massive red wasp invasion I am currently battling. Does the soap and water work on them? Raid is expensive and I am going to go through a case easy.
Posted on 7/7/23 at 7:37 pm to GREENHEAD22
I’ve used blue dawn & water in a pump sprayer with success against wasps
Posted on 7/7/23 at 7:44 pm to GREENHEAD22
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Bumbles are usually pretty timid and mild. I have a massive red wasp invasion I am currently battling. Does the soap and water work on them? Raid is expensive and I am going to go through a case easy.
Option 1 for me is someone else does it. If you have a general pest control contract, ask them if that type of thing is covered. Was for me, I made that happen but unfortunately after they got me first.
Posted on 7/7/23 at 7:45 pm to LSUJML
Used soap and water last night and went out there today and had to run like hell to get away from them.
Posted on 7/7/23 at 7:49 pm to shoelessjoe
Can you fire a shotgun at that location ?
Posted on 7/7/23 at 7:53 pm to shoelessjoe
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Tried dish soap and water but no use
How much soap did you use? I have killed upwards of ten ground hornets/bumble bee nest with dish soap poured at night.
I put about one sams bottle to a mop bucket of water, it’s almost blue.
Posted on 7/7/23 at 7:54 pm to GREENHEAD22
HOT water and Dawn 100 percent works on wasp. I do not know about bumble bees.
Posted on 7/7/23 at 8:12 pm to shoelessjoe
Get a long pipe with some moss on the end and light the moss on fire. Stick fire in the tree. Have a hose pipe or buckets of pond water nearby just in case.
Or a flamethrower
Or a flamethrower
Posted on 7/7/23 at 8:18 pm to shoelessjoe
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These are some bad son of a bitches
???
You can almost hold bumblebees in your hand and pet them. They are flying pandas.
Posted on 7/7/23 at 8:49 pm to Big_country346
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Get a long pipe with some moss on the end and light the moss on fire. Stick fire in the tree. Have a hose pipe or buckets of pond water nearby just in case.
Tried this tonight and the damn moss in the tree and around the nest caught a fire. Was a pain in the arse to put out because bees started coming out. My wife’s uncle was fishing and they attacked him.
Posted on 7/7/23 at 9:32 pm to shoelessjoe
Bumble bees are NOT aggressive and are of great benefit to pollination - suggest you have an expert determine what type of pest you have - if it is wasps or hornets, eliminate them - if it is bumble bees, leave them alone.
Posted on 7/7/23 at 9:50 pm to shoelessjoe
You sure they’re bumble bees? I’ve never seen them nest in mass.
Whatever they are, if you really want to get rid of them just get some wasp/hornet spray in a can and go spray them.
Whatever they are, if you really want to get rid of them just get some wasp/hornet spray in a can and go spray them.
Posted on 7/7/23 at 9:51 pm to shoelessjoe
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the damn moss in the tree and around the nest caught a fire. Was a pain in the arse to put out because bees started coming out
Posted on 7/7/23 at 10:08 pm to REB BEER
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You sure they’re bumble bees
What most people call “bumble bee” is known by most are carpenter bees, what he is talking about are probably a Bombus species. Carpenter Bees look like them, but Bombus species will bust your arse. (They live in the colonies in the ground and cavities, not the carpenter bees that tunnel in your exposed wood on the house)
Posted on 7/8/23 at 12:21 am to shoelessjoe
Why do u want to do that they are pollinating your entire neighborhood
Posted on 7/8/23 at 6:25 am to Outdoorreb
It's been my experience that bumbles nest in the ground. And anyone who thinks they aren't aggressive, try messaging with the nest. I know a couple of guy who have gotten lit up.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 6:29 am to shoelessjoe
Coexist.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 6:32 am to shoelessjoe
They could be Africanized bees, if you want them gone get a can of Bengal roach spray. Its a fine aerosol powder that is permethrin. It will expand into a void, ball game.
This post was edited on 7/8/23 at 6:35 am
Posted on 7/8/23 at 6:40 am to shoelessjoe
Spray some bifen/talstar where they are coming in and out. I had some carpenter bees make a nest under my shed last summer. They got after me pretty good while mowing grass. I had to spray the void where they were coming out a couple of times but I got rid of them.
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