What kind of Bee

Spudm · Jul 22, 2014

Gets behind the vinyl siding & moulding to the back door of the house? Are they Yellow Jackets? Whatever they are, they are mean. One chased me inside the house today.

Bob · Jul 22, 2014

Carpenter bee?

Billy NY · Jul 22, 2014

Could be what I call a paper wasp, the ones that make the flat round paper nests, with all the open cells, slightly large brown ones make them too around here, but the yellow striped ones are more common. Both are kind of agressive at times you have to disturb them usually, often times they can be in close proximity, (well around here, things could be different elsewhere) and they won't bother with you, every so often you may get an ornery one.

I have the yellow ones in my gangbox outside right now, had to get a circular saw out, knew they were there, was real careful and they buzzed around, but that was it, soon as that door was shut again, they literally piled back in as things were the same again, calmed right down, I have got to remember to spray them some evening soon, hot& humid today, they will be super active, no time to mess with them then.

jeffcat · Jul 22, 2014

To get rid of them you must wait till after sunset! Total darkness is best. Use Raid Wasp and hornet killer or some such. Kills them WHAM BANG.

Spudm · Jul 22, 2014

Hot & humid here today. Perhaps that is why they have been after me. These are black and yellow, but appear larger than a yellow jacket. Do yellow jackets build a nest in places like this? I also noticed they go inside of pipes and build nests.

Spudm · Jul 22, 2014

I don't know for sure what these are. A bee of some kind I think. Not a wasp, I know what they look like.

rrlund · Jul 22, 2014

You can take them right out of the air with a can of starting fluid. I've sprayed nests and watched them roll right out and hit the ground.

old · Jul 22, 2014

A yellow jacket is a type of wasp. That said the only bee I know that might do that would be a carpenter bee but those are not a bee that will attack just because your there

Mike(NEOhio) · Jul 22, 2014

Picture would help. There is a type of wasp that is marked like a yellow jacket but when it flies the legs hang down like a wasp. Get em on a cool night after dark. Spray may not reach the nest. Puff some sevin power into the entrance and they carry it in.

Billy NY · Jul 22, 2014

I've seen those yellow variety nest in all kinds of tight spaces, I would not rule it out, often times find the empty nests in the winter, just be thankful that they are not white or bald face hornets, or some of those varieties of wasps down south, those are a lot more aggressive. I think they do get aggravated in the hot humid weather, they will usually be very active, fanning the nest when it gets to hot, I have seen a giant nest of these in the fender well of my old ford ranger, at midnight when it was hot and humid, and they were still fanning, mess with them, then they will win LOL ! Best to study the situation, figure out the best angle to spray, do it at night and hopefully you get them, all.

If its in a prominent location and you try during the day, some will escape or not be home, when they return, they will be agitated, I often times left nests alone at the horse farm, because there are people, customers and so on, lot less risk if left alone until such time you know you got them, up there the remaining ones will linger for days, and you may get stung, here, they don't do that, funny how different they are 30 miles apart.

rustyfarmall · Jul 22, 2014

Might be honeybees. They are yellow and black, similar to a bumble bee, but much smaller, and yes, they can be quite aggresive when provoked.

Mike (WA) · Jul 22, 2014

Before sunrise is even better- dark, plus as cool as possible. Set up a flashlight to shine on the nest from another angle from where you"re going to stand- as you can well imagine, holding a flashlight while spraying has some obvious drawbacks. . .

The spray killers that shoot 20 feet are best- just soak the nest as best you can, then come back the next night and do the same, until the nest disintegrates. They"ll give up and move on, when that happens.

1130Leo · Jul 22, 2014

Bumble bees and Carpenter Bees are similar, not sure on the Bumble Bees, but the Carpenter Bees can be mean. Honey bees are not nearly as bright of color, but if there are several hanging around and going into your wall, there is likely a hive with honey being built in there, if that is the case, contact someone local with bees, they can possibly trap the bees and take them away for you.

Spudm · Jul 22, 2014

These crawl into a small hole behind the molding around the door. Their next must be inside the wall. I do not know if the spray will get in there or not, but I will try. Thanks everyone for your suggestions!

ryanwheelock · Jul 22, 2014

If you cant spray the nest with it being behind the siding why not plug the hole they use to go in and out? Then they are trapped inside and should die.

Spudm · Jul 22, 2014

I did try to plug the hole with steel wool earlier, but they found a way around it somehow. I do not know how many are in there, but I will keep spraying the entrance. I am in the process of building a deck on the back of the house, and that is what has disturbed them.

Anonymous-0 · Jul 22, 2014

Find out what piece of siding they are behind, and when dark snap the siding loose and spray them or whatever you do to get rid of them.

Mark - IN. · Jul 22, 2014

Well, yellow jackets bore into a lot of things, including wood, so that's a possibility. Yellow jackets are extremely aggressive will chase you easily for 25' and even well beyond that with the intent of stinging you for no more than being close to you and you swatting at one. If one chases you, it will alarm others to come out of the nest to attack. Honey bees have been known to get into predicaments like you mentioned, and the way to get rid of them, is to entice the queen to leave the hive into a cage or the sort, and the others will follow, and that will take days, even up to a week. There is no mistaking a honey bee for a yellow jacket in size or aggression. Were do you live? What state? If you live by africanized honey (killer) bees, you are in trouble.

Mark

flembo · Jul 22, 2014

My wife is painting the house so it is my job to remove the shutters, last wk end I was chased of the ladder by Wasps. there was a small nest under 4 of the 8 shutters on the front of the house and 2 on the south end she got stung twice and I got it once.

Mike(NEOhio) · Jul 22, 2014

If you can't tell a bee from a wasp or yellow jacket, put a piece of hot dog or bologna where they pass by. Honeybees will ignore it. YJs or hornets will be all over it. I doubt they're bees unless they have a hollow stud space to build comb.

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