So today after work I went down stairs to change the furnace filter. I turned on the lights and pulled the filter out and I started to hear some buzzing above my head!
I looked up and there were alot of BEE'S flying around! Went and got some Raid and killed most of them. How do you go about finding the way they came in and their hive?

Steve

To find them, wait until after dark, grab a flashlight, and start searching. Then nail the nest with a good soaking of pesticide of choice (indoors I like raid, outdoors it tends to be kerosine and a match).

You can do it during the day as well, but night time is when they are all on the nest.

(BTW, just FWI---if you try to take out a nest with a blowtorch during the day just to prove you are faster than them, figure on 10-15 stings or so)

My experience has been that many hives are protected. By walls, ceilings, hollow trunks, what ever.
I do know that in many places, all you have to do is call a bee keeper and they will remove the bee hive.
Are you sure that they are bees ?
Of course, you could always coat yourself with honey and .......

quote Originally posted by MidEngineManiac: (BTW, just FWI---if you try to take out a nest with a blowtorch during the day just to prove you are faster than them, figure on 10-15 stings or so)

you've done this before? lol

Flea bomb, or the like. Something that you set off and leave, that will kill them everywhere.

I do have a better cure but it will kill any living thing in your house.

Steve

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What are they wasps? Hornets?

Bring in the birds!!! Awww yeah....


Sorry, can I get a +1 for at least trying to be funny?

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Are they bees or wasps? We had a 4 foot wasp nest (colony?) In our attic once- it was as large as a garbage can!

ID the critters!

Why is it that guys who tend to do stuff like that never wear shirts?

quote Originally posted by tesmith66: Why is it that guys who tend to do stuff like that never wear shirts?

And have missing teeth.

Made it to the 5th grade.

And have Jim Bob for a name.

quote Originally posted by ShockWave:

Kids I don't recommend lighting your propane tank at home.

I had a yellowjacket problem this summer, buggers found a small hole in the outside stucco and made a nest behind the wallboard above a window, only knew because they ate the wallboard through to the paper and some were coming through a small hole and couldnt figure how to get back in, what a mess it was

Good news! Found the entry and exit they are using. My air conditioner unit must have settled resulting in the line going into the house leaving an opening. I witnessed them flying in and out. I will be bombing in the morning after I fix the air conditioner outside. After the bombing the search is on for the hive.

Steve

Wait--I want to understand this fully.
You are going to spray bomb a closed-in area- a basement---- where a honeybee HIVE is located?? In Oct?

This, will end badly.

Remember to deal with your pilot light(s)... You no want Kabooms to occur!*
*Kabooms BAD.

quote Originally posted by maryjane: Wait--I want to understand this fully. You are going to spray bomb a closed-in area- a basement---- where a honeybee HIVE is located?? In Oct? This, will end badly.

quote Originally posted by FieroRumor: Remember to deal with your pilot light(s)... You no want Kabooms to occur!* *Kabooms BAD.

Ya what they said.

A memory is a terrible thing to lose.

If you are bombing make sure all flames are extinguished and now electrics are on or can come on in the area being bombed.

Sorry I didn’t say anything before, like I said.

A memory is a terrible thing to lose.
STML
Steve

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quote Originally posted by FieroRumor: *Kabooms BAD.

I thought he was trying to get rid of the bees, .

quote Originally posted by cliffw: I thought he was trying to get rid of the bees, .

yes, but not also get rid of the house.

quote Originally posted by FieroRumor: yes, but not also get rid of the house.

I say blow it all up. It's the only way to be sure.

quote Originally posted by IEatRice: I say blow it all up. It's the only way to be sure.

nuke it from orbit...


Will a bomb reach the ceiling? I'd rather deal with the hive then bomb the whole basement...

Guys,Guys,Guys..........It isn't a bomb like you think. It was a Raid fogger. Yes the pilot lights are off, furnace off and no animalls inside the house. The room I fogged is the furnace room only. It is not finished off like the rest of the basement.

Gonna go look in a half hour to see all the dead bees.


I hope it was a success!

Steve

cry freedom............

let slip yhe dogs of war

Lets ust see, what happens, when the people have had enough

Judge, you can kiss my ass

screw you AND your court if you dont like it

**** you, asshle judhe.......................you decide. NOOTHING

The best way for getting rid of an entire nest of wasps in my opinion is a shop vac. We had a pretty big nest under the front concrete step of our house, and I didn't want to get low to the hole to let them sting me as I tried to spray in a killer. I set up my shop vac with the hose at the opening, and flicked the switch. The machine makes some noise so they come out to look and *POP* gone. They must have sent out a distress call because as we were watching them get sucked in, the rest of the wasps that were not in the hive were flying back in numbers to help the homefront. Sure enough, *POP* gone. I left the vac on for about half an hour while I finished some yard work, came back, sprayed some wasp killer in the hose to kill any survivors then opened up the can. I have never seen so many wasps in my life, the vac was full. They would get sucked in, slam against the side of the canister and explode. There were wasp bits everywhere. The nest must have been empty because we never had a wasp problem again. Plus it was kind of fun to watch them peek out, start to get pulled and fly like hell to avoid getting sucked up. Give it a try, you won't regret it.

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quote Originally posted by 86soon3.4: Guys,Guys,Guys..........It isn't a bomb like you think. It was a Raid fogger. Yes the pilot lights are off, furnace off and no animalls inside the house. The room I fogged is the furnace room only. It is not finished off like the rest of the basement. Gonna go look in a half hour to see all the dead bees. I hope it was a success! Steve

lol I know, it's not a *BOOM* Bomb... you push the thingie on the top and Fooooosssssshhhhhhh.....run awayyyy run awayyyy

quote Originally posted by Jesse_James: The best way for getting rid of an entire nest of wasps in my opinion is a shop vac. We had a pretty big nest under the front concrete step of our house, and I didn't want to get low to the hole to let them sting me as I tried to spray in a killer. I set up my shop vac with the hose at the opening, and flicked the switch. The machine makes some noise so they come out to look and *POP* gone. They must have sent out a distress call because as we were watching them get sucked in, the rest of the wasps that were not in the hive were flying back in numbers to help the homefront. Sure enough, *POP* gone. I left the vac on for about half an hour while I finished some yard work, came back, sprayed some wasp killer in the hose to kill any survivors then opened up the can. I have never seen so many wasps in my life, the vac was full. They would get sucked in, slam against the side of the canister and explode. There were wasp bits everywhere. The nest must have been empty because we never had a wasp problem again. Plus it was kind of fun to watch them peek out, start to get pulled and fly like hell to avoid getting sucked up. Give it a try, you won't regret it.

I like the shop vac method. Another way to improve upon it would be to put a flashlight in the shop vac so they could see their approaching demise. This way they will know.

Spoon

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Wasps are one thing--bees are different. There won't be 20-30 like on a wasp nest, there will be thousands of bees in a hive, and this time of year, since the late nectar flow is over in your region, all the bees will be "home", probably in a thick wad in the innermost part of their "hive"--trying to stay warm. IF their 'hive' is really out in the open, and just recently acquired, you might get most of them, but if it's an established colony, it will likely have grown out, up, and under anything it can reach. Gonna be hard for the insecticide fog to reach them all. And another thing, even if you do kill them, the physical hive will remain--full of rotting stinking larvae and 1/2 developed dead bees, and soon, melting beeswax.

This will end badly.

quote Originally posted by maryjane: ... all the bees will be "home", probably in a thick wad in the innermost part of their "hive"--trying to stay warm.

Heh, I remember the floods. Ants. We were in the water, trying to clear and free up debris. These big black ball looking things came floating down the river. They ware balls of ants. Fire ants. They clung to each other to survive, forming a ball. Boy, when they hit you, it was over. Worse than any mound I have ever stood in.

Here, they make themselves into big flat rafts--several yards accross. I've heard they can survive like that for weeks.
Bad news either way.

Well I found the HIVE!!!! Football size. Loaded it down with Raid bee and wasp spray. I am going to let it sit overnight and try to get it out in the morning. They made the hive between the insulation and the sill board. WISH ME LUCK. Gonna try to take the insulation and the nest together. Put in plastic bag, take out side and smash them!!!

I will succeed.

Steve

Are these honey bees???????

I got em out!!!!!

Look at the levels they made.

And now the clean up.

You murderer you.

Nice work.

Steve


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