[Kolyan2k]

Originally Posted by LaVitaEBella

I saw this article, maybe it will help with your bee problems:

https://www.bugtech.com/6-effective-...ees-naturally/

I tried lemon with vinegar (I read they didn't like lemon as well), but it didn't seem to work. Problem is that it's on the 2nd floor and I have to climb there every time I attempt to do something. Maybe will try that sods bottle next since it seems the probably is like 5 bees that won't leave it alone

[chassis]

Originally Posted by Kolyan2k

It's not carpenter bees. It's the regular ones. They found some hole under the roof. Picture attached where I sealed it with foam

I would exterminate (kill them dead) them.

You need to go all out and spare no effort. Both sides of the structure need treatment. Spray from outside then crawl into the attic and do the same. Do this repeatedly until all bees are deceased.


Plugging with foam will do nothing.

[MsGoGoMoto]

Originally Posted by Kolyan2k

If I knew there is a large hive, yes that's what I would do right away. But I figured maybe it's not there yet. After I sealed the hole, I don't hear anything.....

I'd….. get a thermo imaging of the area just to be sure.. one morning, you just may find yourself brushing your teeth, pausing a moment to listen because you thought you heard a fly…… by the way it sounds, you sorta know it isn't…. hoping it's not what you suspect while walking around with a toothbrush hanging out of your mouth drooling toothpaste foam thinking..please don't let it be bees….

then seeing a stray bee fly by in the house…..your toothbrush hits the floor…. Mind races to panic at the thought of the worst case scenario ….F$$$$$$$K loads of money to get them out.

And now you know the story of how I got into bees and the beekeeping hobby!

[Kolyan2k]

Gonna check attic today again.....such a pain with blow in insulation

[M5Rick]

Not bees but got rid of some wasps with killer spray, find out the gap they're getting in and get them when they're arriving and leaving. If its a big nest call your council.

[CTinline-six]

Originally Posted by The J-Man

I got stung on the head by a wasp today. Totally unprovoked. Still feeling sick from it and I have a major welt. They seem to have found a hole in my siding and have taken up residence. Will go full genocide on them tomorrow. Bees are one thing, but I have no tolerance for wasps and similar.

About a year ago I was helping a family member cut down a tree in front of their house. I had a backhoe and had the hoe portion of the machine up against the tree putting pressure on it to help direct it the way we wanted it to fall. As he was cutting the tree I see him start moving back and forth, then drop the saw on the ground and start running. Apparently there was an underground nest at the base of the tree. I struggled with the seatbelt inside the machine for about 30 seconds before I was able to get out and run for it. They swarmed around the tree until dark. He was stung about 10 times, somehow I avoided it completely.

[Kolyan2k]

So I took an unpleasant hike to attic today (fuck vented attics), took me an hour with clean up. I saw exactly 1 bee there. Sprayed that entire area with vinegar as suggested before. (I don't have anything else now). Next plan is to hang that soda bottle so I can get rid of 5 bees outlets.
I mean I dont know anything about bees and hive. But 1 bee inside and 5 outside doesn't look like some extreme case

[BMWBear]

I used the stuff below in combo with a shopvac to remove a rather large hive that was under a HVAC unit on Condo porch. I used several cans and as the numbers went down I shuffled in about 8 foot of shopvac hose to suck up the nest little by little. Looking back it was stupid but i got the job done, wasnt stung and they didnt come back while I owned it.

I used the same spray last summer to get rid of some small hives that were being built under my shutters and they havent come back. I'd suggest to use a mask when spraying.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Spectrac...10-6/100352314

[Kolyan2k]

I used some spray, but it just kills them, there isn't that many to kill. I thought it would repel bees, but it doesn't

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by The J-Man

I got stung on the head by a wasp today. Totally unprovoked. Still feeling sick from it and I have a major welt. They seem to have found a hole in my siding and have taken up residence. Will go full genocide on them tomorrow. Bees are one thing, but I have no tolerance for wasps and similar.

Shit. Lol. Wait until you run over a Yellow Jacket hive with a lawn mower. One wasp. Sheesh.

[Kolyan2k]

So beekeepers said it's yellow jackets not honey bees. I am surprised they didn't attack me. Many were just circling around me while I was sealing the hole 2 inches away from them. Don't really care about getting stung, but falling from the roof could've been an issue

[Kolyan2k]

Something like this for now. USDA Organic orange/ mango juice, can't get anymore humane then this

[lakefront]

Originally Posted by The J-Man

I got stung on the head by a wasp today. Totally unprovoked. Still feeling sick from it and I have a major welt. They seem to have found a hole in my siding and have taken up residence. Will go full genocide on them tomorrow. Bees are one thing, but I have no tolerance for wasps and similar.

Yeah, my son calls wasps "nature's assholes." They do seem to just sting for no apparent reason, they don't really provide any benefit. Always go through a few cans of wasp spray every summer.

[King Rudi]

Originally Posted by CTinline-six

About a year ago I was helping a family member cut down a tree in front of their house. I had a backhoe and had the hoe portion of the machine up against the tree putting pressure on it to help direct it the way we wanted it to fall. As he was cutting the tree I see him start moving back and forth, then drop the saw on the ground and start running. Apparently there was an underground nest at the base of the tree. I struggled with the seatbelt inside the machine for about 30 seconds before I was able to get out and run for it. They swarmed around the tree until dark. He was stung about 10 times, somehow I avoided it completely.

At 14 I almost died by the same situation. Underground nest, ran over it with a lawn mower, 14 stings, no clue I was allergic. One of those "the next thing I knew was the last thing I remembered" situations. Woke up roughly 8 hours later looking like the Michelin man - completely swollen, blotchy, difficulty breathing, etc. The neighbors son took me to the ER; I don't remember any of it.

[MsGoGoMoto]

Originally Posted by Kolyan2k

So beekeepers said it's yellow jackets not honey bees. I am surprised they didn't attack me. Many were just circling around me while I was sealing the hole 2 inches away from them. Don't really care about getting stung, but falling from the roof could've been an issue

Thank goodness it's yellow jackets. my I suggest a raid fogger in the attic? That's what I go with. Lightem up.

[IllSic_Design]

Originally Posted by Kolyan2k

Something like this for now. USDA Organic orange/ mango juice, can't get anymore humane then this

yeah can def tell it's a yellow jacket from this pic. Screw those fuckers, kill em all!! lol

I got stung/bit one time by a yellow jacket on the hand between my thumb and index finger, my hand swelled up pretty damn big. I hate those things with a passion

[Kolyan2k]

Originally Posted by MsGoGoMoto

Thank goodness it's yellow jackets. my I suggest a raid fogger in the attic? That's what I go with. Lightem up.

There is no one to fog, I have no clue where they are. My juice didn't work, sticky tape for bugs did. Caught like 50 of them. Going to monitor this for a few days and if no changes then planning to call pest control. This is getting very annoying. I am fucking soaked in chemicals

[Kolyan2k]

Originally Posted by IllSic_Design

yeah can def tell it's a yellow jacket from this pic. Screw those fuckers, kill em all!! lol

I got stung/bit one time by a yellow jacket on the hand between my thumb and index finger, my hand swelled up pretty damn big. I hate those things with a passion

I know how bees and yellow jackets look if I look close at them. It's just when they were so friendly flying around me, I didn't even think it's yellow jackets. They actually ate through construction foam, now I am reading need liquid nails to seal....sick of this, I can barely reach that place standing on a roof near falling all the time and wasps circling around me.

[Kolyan2k]

There is definitely not 5 of them lol. New ones keep coming and coming and all want to get in that location no matter how much chemicals I spray there

[upstatedoc]

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[freakystyly]

Yeah, those suckers have got to go.

[UncleWede]

Originally Posted by MsGoGoMoto

And now you know the story of how I got into bees and the beekeeping hobby!

Still in your yard? Do your neighbors complain?

I so want to set up a box, but the "good" spots in my yard are along block walls that have a neighbors' (plural) back door on the opposite side. Not sure if I want them too close to the chicken coop either, I figure one or the other won't be there after a summer of encounters.