Posted on 07/01/2014 2:56:00 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
Rabid africanized bees that have made a hive under my shed. County won’t touch them and everyone else wants $$$$$ to exterminate.
I think in spring raw meat as bait works better, in late summer soda or sugar water.
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“Rabid africanized bees that have made a hive under my shed. County wont touch them and everyone else wants $$$$$ to exterminate.”
I’d pay. They sound dangerous.
If you want an alternative, contact a local beekeepers group and appeal for help. They will have the equipment and protection.
So, why don’t people like yellow jackets? Don’t they kill mosquitoes, caterpillars, flies, and other pests?
“So, why dont people like yellow jackets?”
They sting if you get too close to their hive.
They become very aggressive seeking food as fall comes.
They sting.
They're aggressive, for one thing, and they don't pollinate. For another, they'll wipe out a honey-bee hive in the matter of a couple of hours.
change water to gin and you have a Kennedy trap.
I can’t go outside for five minutes without one or more aggressively pursuing me, and trying to sting me. It’s very painful.
Once upon a time maybe, but not anymore. They won't risk corrupting their hives. Nope I'll just have to go nuclear on them myself, they'll either die or I'll be responsible for the end of civilization.
This really does work. I did a similar trap using a plastic gallon milk jug. Cut a square hole in the side, leaving about 2” of rim for the water. Hooked fish on the end of a string and used the lid to hold the string in place.
Had well over 100 dead yellow jackets within 24 hours.
Excellent! Thanks!
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Sometime late on a cool night light off some gopher smoke bombs like these under your shed:
http://www.domyownpestcontrol.com/giant-destroyer-smoke-bombgasser-p-837.html
It'll kill them.
I didn't know that. I usually have YJ nests near my front door. They dive bomb visitors, but don't bother me, even if I'm shooshing one out of my kitchen. Came almost nose to nose with a nest this am when trimming clematis. I don't know why they don't bother me, but if they kill bees, I will (with some remorse) start offing them.
Pesky bee ping........I like your idea!
Thanks, checked the ad and it looks good. I was wondering,since it says they are good for rats and skunks, about how many you do figure we would need for D.C.?
OK, this is weird but they don't bother me either. No kidding. They'll do a buzz run now and then but I have never stung.
Not sure how far I'd care to press that, though. I have taken down "dead" nests that turned out not to be (you want to remember which ones you nuked the day before better than I seem to) and so far no problem. But I still do a pretty hasty retreat.
Great information.
I mean never BEEN stung. LOL! I’ve never stung them either.
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