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Thread: Underground Bee Hive
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07-10-2019, 10:32 AM #101
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07-10-2019, 10:36 AM #102
the last option was gasoline
Gasoline And Diesel Fuel
This is the most dangerous, possibly destructive to the soil, and arguably effective, means of destroying an underground yellow jacket nest. This practice might not be legal in some municipalities or states – check you local laws before using a diesel or gasoline torch to burn out a colony.
If you are not careful and able to contain the fire after pouring diesel fuel or gasoline into an entryway in the nest and setting it on fire, you could be hurt or killed, the barn where the nest is located could go up in flames (sometimes hours after you leave and the animals are back in the barn where undetected smoldering wood finally catches on fire) or other various types of destruction that can come from playing with fire and an accelerant.
That being noted, my husband’s buddy did use this method inside my 100 year old wood barn (when I wasn’t home) to get rid of the yellow jacket nest we had been tracking for weeks. It worked and my barn is still standing – but that might very well be because my beloved has been an officer on the fire department for more than a decade.
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07-10-2019, 11:21 AM #103Head down, push foreword
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^husbands buddy? NNTAWWT.
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07-10-2019, 11:32 AM #104
^^Long hrs at the firehouse and a propensity to pose partially clothed in calendars as a guise for fundraising have always made me a bit nervous around firemen.
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07-10-2019, 11:40 AM #105Undertow
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This thread is full of so much entertainment... Def made a very long conf call day go quicker... BMills if you love yourself, family and property call the pros...! Def will continue to read to see what method you decide to use and outcome... Good luck...!
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07-10-2019, 11:45 AM #106
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07-10-2019, 11:57 AM #107
Drop an M-80 down the hole, run inside, and laugh at your nosey neighbor getting pounded by angry hornets when he comes out to see that the noise was..
Go that way really REALLY fast. If something gets in your way, TURN!
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07-10-2019, 12:01 PM #108Funky But Chic
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Unfortunately there's no chat archives, but oldtime mag snow_slider would probably agree that filling a balloon with gas, setting it on fire and dropping it out of a second-story window on the nest is not the best idea. Especially when unbeknownst to you the UPS guy is about to walk around the corner directly into the target area.
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07-10-2019, 12:04 PM #109
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07-10-2019, 12:12 PM #111Funky But Chic
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I wish I could remember how he lit it without blowing himself the fuck up. A fuse or something. Tipp might remember.
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07-10-2019, 12:37 PM #112Undertow
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Could not agree more and the ideas of how to get rid of them (creativity) has been well worth the read... I just remember this article and to me bees should either be left alone or let the pros do their thing...
https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/3401833002
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07-10-2019, 12:59 PM #113
@stuck re yellow jacket traps
Put lunch meat in em, that works pretty well too. Don't call em meat bees for nothin... Also, in dry climates if you have any water around on your property and don't need it, remove it. Removing the fountain in the garden made the biggest difference at our current location. No water, far far far fewer nasty bugs.sigless.
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07-10-2019, 01:48 PM #114
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07-10-2019, 02:08 PM #115Funky But Chic
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@ SJG: Well we only heard about it after the fact, and after the police had left, but before his wife had gotten home. Somehow the UPS guy didn't get incinerated but apparently a fair part of the garden did.
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07-10-2019, 02:34 PM #116
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07-10-2019, 03:02 PM #117
I'm not sure if these would be 100% effective but it might be fun to watch the spiders vs the yellow jackets:
Also I'm not sure where you would actually get these spiders that can blanket a whole area with their webs.
https://4clarityofinfinity.wordpress...er-by-spiders/Aim for the chopping block. If you aim for the wood, you will have nothing. Aim past the wood, aim through the wood.
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07-10-2019, 03:10 PM #118Funky But Chic
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I'd rather have yellowjackets.
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07-10-2019, 03:38 PM #119
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07-10-2019, 05:08 PM #120Banned
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You might be thinking cicada killers. Black with while back ends. Look huge. Mostly harmless unless really really provoked. Think I've said it before, in my pest control days we used a powder in a bulb on the end of a pole typically. Spray into hole and it's a residual called ficam The ones in the balst zone get coated and come buzzing out like flying powdered donut holes. The other just get it on their next way out and die later.
FYI ficam I believe works on many flying stingy pests and for in ground application I say long pole, dusk time and a couple good puffs from a bulb applicator.
Good luck
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07-10-2019, 07:13 PM #121
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07-10-2019, 10:29 PM #122
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07-11-2019, 06:35 AM #123
Well?
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07-11-2019, 07:50 AM #124Aim for the chopping block. If you aim for the wood, you will have nothing. Aim past the wood, aim through the wood.
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07-11-2019, 08:05 AM #125
Requires a repost of this epic battle
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