Bees in WD-6 bell housing

Clint N

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I brought home a WD-6 from the Texas gulf coast rice country today. I knew it had bees in it at one time, but I thought they were gone. They didn't cause any problem loading or hauling, but when I got it home, I noticed bees coming out of the bell housing. What is the best way to get rid of, or "do away" with the bees?
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Electro Motive (CRC brand) electrical parts spray kills them instantly. spray into the hole and tape it up. Jim
 
lIf they are honey bees, be careful, they could be africanized bees. They are very aggressive. Best to have a beekeeper or exterminator deal with them. If they are wasps, not such a problem.
 
#1 are you sure they are in fact bees??? I am one who hates people calling all stinging flying things bees but I was a bee keep for years.

More then likely they are in fact a type of wasp and if your 100% sure they are a wasp not a honey bee a simple wasp spray or even carb cleaner will take care of them. If they are in fact a true bee as in honey bee find a bee keeper to remove them and save what is getting to be something that if they dies off so will people and they need to be saved. Plus if they are a true bee there could well be a good number of $$ just in honey and at well over $5 per pound honey can very fast add up to a lot of $$$

Sorry but heard and seen way to many people call bees bad when most of the time they are a type of wasp and to many people call them all bees when in fact they are not
 
Wasp's will hide in the trip mechanism of a NO. 60 or 70 plow too,and they will sting you and fly off in a heartbeat.
 
Yes, they are in fact bees. We've got all kinds of wasps and bees here in Texas, so you learn to know the difference. I just didn't know if there was an effective way of getting the bees out of the tractor without killing them.
 
My experience with bees that are where they are not suppose to be is that no one wants to mess with them. Kill them and be done with it.
 
Depending on where they are and what all you plan to do to it could well be done but a bee keeper would be need to do it
 
Old, my experience is that bee keepers don't want to mess with them, you are on your own. Do not use wasp killer - bees think it's dessert. I've had success with gasoline but since you're in Texas, you probably know what works.
 
Back when I could still work with them we would do pretty much every thing we could to save a swam no matter where they where. I know a guy not far form me who does the same thing and if he gets a call about a swam goes after them
 
Bee keeper here, im suprised you cant get a bee keeper out. 3 lbs of bees and a queen cost on average 130 dollars. As he is in texas, they are
more than likely africanized. (Killer bees). If so and you rile them up, they will come at you with a vengeance. The stinger releases an alarm
phermone and it will guide the other bees directly to you. They are no more venemous than european honey bees which are the most common,
but their attack is extremely aggressive. A typical hive can have anywhere from 150000 to 200000 thousand bees in it. Please be careful!!!!! Go
to youtube and look at africanized bees.
 
Put a couple spoonfuls of Sevin dust where they go in and out. They will carry it in to the hive. I know for sure it works very well with yellowjackets. Give it a few days.

Garry
 

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