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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 7:53 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 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 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 7/8/23 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 6:29 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.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 7:34 am to shoelessjoe
Tie the limb to the back of your truck
1 guy in the truck
1 guy cuts the limb
Soon as limb hits the ground guy driving truck hauls arse
Drag the whole problem elsewhere
1 guy in the truck
1 guy cuts the limb
Soon as limb hits the ground guy driving truck hauls arse
Drag the whole problem elsewhere
Posted on 7/8/23 at 7:52 am to shoelessjoe
When I bought my house it had a bad wasp problem. I fought them for a while, but finally called the pros and signed a contract for quarterly treatments.
They sprayed that day. I thoroughly enjoyed sweeping up the almost instant dead wasps from the porch and deck.
Never had a problem again. Out of all the shite you have to pay for to maintain a house, I never complain about the quarterly auto-draft to the bug people.
They sprayed that day. I thoroughly enjoyed sweeping up the almost instant dead wasps from the porch and deck.
Never had a problem again. Out of all the shite you have to pay for to maintain a house, I never complain about the quarterly auto-draft to the bug people.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 8:50 am to shoelessjoe
you don't. leave them alone. they wont frick with you. they will leave after the queen says its time
Posted on 7/9/23 at 8:17 am to shoelessjoe
There are people into bees that will come move them for free.
Posted on 7/9/23 at 7:42 pm to shoelessjoe
Spray bifen/talstar in the hole where they are coming in and out. Run away.... really fast. They will all be dead in a couple of days.
Posted on 7/10/23 at 10:03 am to shoelessjoe
I read a few different times recently that Fabuloso will make them leave. Haven’t personally tried it.
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