I noticed the other day some bumblebees flying into a hole on the sheet metal on my square baler. I"ve looked thru the bale chamber,raised the lid on the plunger,raised the twine box door,even looked up from the bottom and I can not see their nest. But you can hear them buzzing and they go in and out of that hole steadily all day. Anybody have any ideas on how to get rid of them? Oh...the best part is...I"m allergic to bees!!!
- Thread starter Jason S.
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Ellis Kinney
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There is a can of spray made by Spectracide that turns to a foam and when the bees go through it, it zaps them. I am pretty sure I bought it at Home Depot. Ellis
Not being allergic, I still don't like to be stung! So, I always fight bees after dark, when they don't fly. Last month I notice several wasps going into a hole on the torque tube of an out of service Farmall BN by my shop. The BN has no gas tank right now. So, one night I took a spray can of starting ether and blasted some in the hole. Then set the ether can down a good ways away, then waved the flame of a propane torch over the hole. WaWhomph! The flash fire, and residual fire took out the lot of them.
retired farmer
Well-known Member
A can of spray brake cleaner does a pretty good job.
notjustair
Well-known Member
Got a cab on the tractor? Use that sucker!
Spectracide is my choice, I tried the and the standard mix, I"ve tried diesel, ether, brake fluid et. all and what kills immediately is Spectracide Pro, I have only seen it a Home Depot, it is in a black and white can, no frills or phu phu colors just bee killing juice. The oils it leaves make it so the bees don"t re-nest there which is a plus.
CMD
CMD
Fergienewbee
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preacher swears by the Shop-vac technique for wasp/yellow jackets. The don't like the noise and fly out to attack ans get sucked into the canister. He says the concussion inside the canister kills them.
Larry
Larry
Kenneth R Ohnstad
Member
Wait til dark, hook it up to tractor or pickup.
After daylight, sunny day, drive away slowly.
Go to town, have a cup at the diner, take the long way home.
good luck
Kenny
After daylight, sunny day, drive away slowly.
Go to town, have a cup at the diner, take the long way home.
good luck
Kenny
I have always just used gas/diesel fuel mixed 50/50 in a pump up hand sprayer. Just wait until dark and spray the mix into the hole in the sheet metal. Either direct contact or the fumes will kill them. It over loads the respiratory system of the bees/wasp. I have done this on different equipment for years.
The commercial stuff will work IF you get it to contact the bees. It does not seem to work with the fumes. So when your working where you can't directly spray the nest/bee/wasp it does not seem to work very well.
The commercial stuff will work IF you get it to contact the bees. It does not seem to work with the fumes. So when your working where you can't directly spray the nest/bee/wasp it does not seem to work very well.
Steve@Advance
Well-known Member
Not many things I'll hire to be done, but bee hive eradication is one of them! Especially bumble bees! Those things are aggressive and territorial!
Since you can't see the nest, it will be very difficult to deal them a death blow without endangering your property with flammable chemicals, or your health with poisons, or being stung!
Professionals know exactly what to do!
Since you can't see the nest, it will be very difficult to deal them a death blow without endangering your property with flammable chemicals, or your health with poisons, or being stung!
Professionals know exactly what to do!
Mike(NEOhio)
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- Newbury, Ohio
Bumble bees like to use abandoned mouse nests. Either in walls or underground. I have been seeing more and more of them since the honeybees are real scarce.
NoNewParts
Member
shop vac at the hole will get a bunch.
The foaming spray works pretty good when they are around a 'corner' (and it blocks the entrance when they try to come out and fight)
Track down where the buzzing is, then remove a screw or bolt there to get a hole to spray the foam into.
Let someone else do it if you are allergic.
Fighting a tough nest, I usually take a few hits, but I'm not allergic, so no biggie.
Modern day 'acceptable' poisons are a far cry from the old stuff that would drop them instantly.
Modern stuff will get them, but it takes a few minutes and they are really ticked off for those minutes......
I usually use garage sprays, stronger stuff. Starting fluid stops them instantly when you can see the nest.
carb cleaner and the old style brake cleaner work pretty good too.
The foaming spray works pretty good when they are around a 'corner' (and it blocks the entrance when they try to come out and fight)
Track down where the buzzing is, then remove a screw or bolt there to get a hole to spray the foam into.
Let someone else do it if you are allergic.
Fighting a tough nest, I usually take a few hits, but I'm not allergic, so no biggie.
Modern day 'acceptable' poisons are a far cry from the old stuff that would drop them instantly.
Modern stuff will get them, but it takes a few minutes and they are really ticked off for those minutes......
I usually use garage sprays, stronger stuff. Starting fluid stops them instantly when you can see the nest.
carb cleaner and the old style brake cleaner work pretty good too.
just another old geezer
Member
I had a nest of them in a chopper that was an organ donor when I needed a part. 5 gallons of very hot water (From the milk house, 150 degrees plus) after they went to bed took care of them.
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