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Falcon635
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7/3/2012 9:03:19 PM
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Anyone else having problems with the ground bees? How can we get rid of them? Have gone through two cans of wasp and hornet spray - eliminated some, but understand you have to get to the hole to kill the queen bee. How do you do this when there are bees buzzing all around you? Any help would be greatly appreciated - my husband has been stung three times this week and am afraid they will sting our pet.
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Maverick
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7/3/2012 10:59:37 PM
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Pour a little gasoline down the hole. Assume you are talking about a yellow jacket nest in the ground.
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copperline
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7/3/2012 11:02:22 PM
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Stand back and watch them, see where the main tunnel to the nest is, and try pouring a cup of gasoline into the tunnel. A coke bottle makes a fine exterminator. Apply the gas by jamming the bottle into the hole. The bugs will be less active in the evening hours. No need to light the gas because the fumes seem to kill the colony... or at least make them move on.
My dog us usually smarter than I am about getting away from them quickly.
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mckaygmc
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7/3/2012 11:03:14 PM
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It takes a couple of days but I had some success with seven dust...The other bees will cary it to the queen....
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UncleSam
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7/3/2012 11:20:16 PM
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First, whatever you do, do it at night, when the yellowjackets are less active and on the nest.
Find the nest; it's usually just a hole in the ground, and you'll see them flying in and out.
If the hole is small enough, you can plug it with a bottle; the yellowjackets will fly into the bottle, get agitated, and turn on each other. Or you can pour a mall amount of gasoline down the hole.
The queen is the only one who will survive the winter, so if you can kill her in the early spring, that's one nest and a couple of thousand stinging drones who won't be around to bother you.
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LoveCamping
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7/4/2012 10:40:44 AM
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You can get me over to run my weed eater. I never fail to attract all of them every single time. They will follow me all the way home ;-0
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Falcon635
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7/4/2012 11:21:01 AM
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Thank you all for your suggestions. While we can't seem to locate the tunnel, we are going to pour some gas in the immediate area just as a precaution. We don't see any bees this AM (two cans of wasp spray later)
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Mack
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7/6/2012 7:25:18 PM
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Follow Uncle Sam's advice. Watch them at dusk. They'll all go back to the nest in the ground. Hit them with a water bottle of gas in the hole. Gone.
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