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Please help - honey comb bees!

Discussion in 'Homeowners Corner' started by minianu, Aug 11, 2004.

  1. neilz

    neilz New Member

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    Exactly ... bees swarming, or wasps creating a nest are normal behaviors. FWIW ... part of owning a home in the middle of what used to be forest and forested farmland is looking for the beginnings of nests of bees and paper wasps.

    The easiest way of handling the problem is to stop it before the bees/wasps multiply and really enlarge the nest. As mentioned before, Raid makes a product that covers the nest with a solution of insecticide and a chemical that reduces the body heat of the bee/wasp to the point where they are killed. If you get a small nest (less than 8 to 10 cells) you should spray those adults on the nest, make sure they're killed, then knock down the nest and step on it to kill any larvae present.

    The original product was only available to professionals in the 80's, and it was called Wasp Freeze. I was in the AF, in Civil Engineering at the time, and we loved this stuff. It knocked off any bees/wasps on the nest, then the residual insecticide took care of any that returned.

    Neil Z.
    Resident since 1999
     
  2. vacliff

    vacliff "You shouldn't say that."

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    Wait!!! Don't get rid of the hive!!!! Maybe South Riding wants it!!!! They seem to want the things we don't!:)
    AFGM- That was the best post on the forums.
    Cliff
     
  3. minianu

    minianu New Member

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    FINALLY, we did buy a bees/wasp poison from Walmart, and soaked the hives with poison spray. BOY! it was fun to see the bees drop, I managed to spray the ones that tried to escape. The empty hives are still there as I plan to wait for some time to make sure there are no returns. Anybody wants it? :D
     
  4. chattycat

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    I'm also gasping in between hysterics after reading afgm's response...my Starbucks is coming out my nose. The Raid wasp nest killer (CVS has it) with long shooting range did the trick for us...but do it while standing inside if you can and aim outwards..not from outside (and only if you have a sliding glass door to slam, of course). My daughter's been stung at the pool - lots of nests there...I would think the homeowners association could provide an exterminator there, dontcha know...
     
  5. vacliff

    vacliff "You shouldn't say that."

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    chattycat-
    If someone would call the HOA General Manager and inform him of the locations of the bee hives around the pool, he could probably have them taken care of.
     

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