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lenray

10-19-2004 10:01:17




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We have some small --houses---that are over our wells on rental property about 4X 3.5 X 4 ft high. The wife and I were putting insulation in and hooking up the light bulbs--when we lifted the lid on one house it was full of bees we were stung many times. My wife has a very rare illness ADDISONS no cure for it but needs doses of steriods to live. Something like those stings could put her in a crisis situation.
The question the nest was as big as a bushel basket and made of paper material and the bees were about 1 inch long with a yellow tail and VERY agressive. Shot a can of insect killer on them. Didn"t do much good. Have a small pressure sprayer hand held thinking of shooting them with diesel fuel. Hate to kill themm but can"t have them in there.
Any suggestions would be welcomed.
len cen. michigan

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Leland

10-20-2004 20:53:29




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 Re: OT BEES IN WELL HOUSE in reply to lenray, 10-19-2004 10:01:17  
Run like the wind and don't look back,nasty little creatures.



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John *.?-!.* cub owner

10-19-2004 19:05:38




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 Re: OT BEES IN WELL HOUSE in reply to lenray, 10-19-2004 10:01:17  
Your description sounded like either yellow jackets or hornets. I see you've solved the problem, but keep an eye on those stings. I've been stung several times by many different critters over the years, but last week I tangled with a bunch of yellow jackets which stung me 5 times. Two days later one of the sting areas became inflamed and fevered and started enlarging. I had developed cellulitis (infection in the sof tissue next to the bone), and since it was a weekend I had to go to the emergency room for a prescription of antibiotics.

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lenray

10-19-2004 18:17:54




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 Re: OT BEES IN WELL HOUSE in reply to lenray, 10-19-2004 10:01:17  
Rest of the bee story. Thanks for the advice and thoughts. Left the lid off all day and went back over just at dark. The bees were quiet and I sprayed them with diesel fuel--reached in and pulled the nest out and just stomped them crazy. Got stung at least 6 times earlier in the day thru those jersey gloves. Those were the wildest bees I have ever come in contact with. When we serviced this well house in May there weren't any bees there. The renter told me a few weeks ago that there were a lot of bees around his place. I said yeah they are every where not giving him much slack. I guess he knew what he was talking about.
Still hurting from the stings.
Again thanks for your thoughts.
len

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1945 A

10-19-2004 15:09:18




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 Re: OT BEES IN WELL HOUSE in reply to lenray, 10-19-2004 10:01:17  
Like the others have already told you, you've more than likely got yellow jackets, not bees. All of the suggestions will work, and especially the one about treating the nest at night, or early in the morning when they are least active, that way you can get most, if not all of them. One other thing I might add, is to find out where or how they are getting in, and close the opening to prevent future infestations.
In my area, they like breker panels---my wife discovered that the hard way. After treating the nest, I taped the mounting hole shut, and keep the door closed.

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lucas boy

10-19-2004 13:44:35




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 Re: OT BEES IN WELL HOUSE in reply to lenray, 10-19-2004 10:01:17  
i put gasoline in a gallon sprayer ,go out there at night and spray a stream in the opening in the nest for a minute or two,,that gets em good,come back in the morning and get the nest out.. lucas



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emglo kid

10-19-2004 14:28:23




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 Re: OT BEES IN WELL HOUSE in reply to lucas boy, 10-19-2004 13:44:35  
john was right those yellow jackets love to build nests in walls. Here at my house in eastern pa were used to gettin a big nest of them every 5 years or so inside our house. usually these nests are about the 1 and a half times as big as a five gallon bucket. but this last time them ******* built a nest in my bedroom wall! let me tell ya about interesting, i was leaning on my 3/4" thick drwall wall when i hole the size of my first gave out and yellow jackets poured into the room. after being stung half a dozen times in the fact i beat feet out of there and called an exterminatior. i later foudn out that the yellow jackets had eaten the drywall clean away to the outer paper!! when i went to fix the whole i foudn that they had also eaten approx 4 sheets of 3/4 X 4'X 14" styrofoam!!! my advice is to call in the pro its alot easier and less painful than gettin stung a bunch of times.

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john in la

10-19-2004 11:46:25




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 Re: OT BEES IN WELL HOUSE in reply to lenray, 10-19-2004 10:01:17  
Yes sounds like you have yellow jacket wasps.
In fact more specifically the German Yellowjackets (Paravespula germanica)
They often build nest in the walls of houses.

Do a search for yellow jackets and you will find several extension and university write ups on them even pictures.

They make traps; you could plug up the holes and fill the room with spray; or pump in a powder such as sevin. If they were not in your pump house you could even leave them there since the cold weather you are trying to protect your pump from will also kill the bees.

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MAC,IL

10-19-2004 11:12:23




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 Re: OT BEES IN WELL HOUSE in reply to lenray, 10-19-2004 10:01:17  
Lenray: Seems your bee's may just well be yellowjacket wasps. I would just eleminate them. This should be done at nite. Plug points of entry. Try to find some aersol cb-80 pyrethrum. Or equivalent. These critters are very aggresive and I might add have a very nasty sting.



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VADAVE

10-19-2004 10:59:59




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 Re: OT BEES IN WELL HOUSE in reply to lenray, 10-19-2004 10:01:17  
Paper hornets? KILL EM!!!
Those things will follow a bullet path back.
Suggest waiting till dusk and burn them or spray with a big can of insectcide. And stand by for an attack.



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