bees

Anonymous-0 · Jul 24, 2008

Help me out guys. Bees have taken up residence in the clutch housing of my 22-36. I want to remove them but really have no desire to destroy them. I contacted a be keeper and he said that they weren't bees but hornets.( this assesment was done over the phone) I have tried wasp and hornet spray on them and dosen't phase them. I'm 70+ years old and think I have seen bees before.

ohiojim · Jul 24, 2008

if there is a way to get seven dust on them, bout 3 days and they're done

Lanse · Jul 24, 2008

aresol carb cleaner. Kills them dead almost instantally

keh · Jul 24, 2008

If they are bees you will have wax to take out of the housing. If wasps or yellow jackets you will have nest fragments to remove. May involve some dissembly of the tractor.

Is spraying some oil product like wd 40 in there not a good idea?

If the tractor is in an enclosed area maybe you could carefully have a SMALL smokey fire under the housing in a sandbox.

Don't see why the fumes from a small amount of gasoline wouldn't drive them out. Don't know about putting gas in the clutch housing though.

Beekeepers have a tool called a smoker. If you could borrow one you might drive them out without worrying about the fire.

A good dose of Sevin should kill them. The hornet spray should have, maybe they got too agitated before you could give them a good dose.

KEH

Hoosier JD · Jul 24, 2008

I have had a similar situation. I simply put my bug zapper in front of where they go in and out. In a matter of a couple of days, all gone.
Mike

John in MD · Jul 24, 2008

Go out at first light when all your bees are in the housing and spray them with wasp spray or diesel fuel. Now the fun starts, find where they are getting in and block the hole with a rag, start the tractor and put it in gear and smile cause those bees won"t.

old · Jul 24, 2008

Well there are bees and there are bees. Honey bees are small and have strips on there tails and then there are others that are black and about the same size and then theres the big ones that are black and yellow. Not all bees are all that good but yes some need help to stay alive. Back years ago I was a bee keeper so I know what a honey bee is and what are other types. If there honey bees there will be wax and honey that will need to be removed or you will have a lot of clutch problems. If other types you may or may not have much problem. Honey bees like a big open place to build there hives other bees will use any small place. Carb cleaner will work well or brake cleaner. A good picture would help me help you if you could get one. I agree if they are in fact honey bees they need to be saved if they can be
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6U684 · Jul 24, 2008

I had bees in a foudation crack. On advice from our Iowa State University Extension office, I (at night) powdered their entrance liberally with Sevin dust. No more bees. Worked same for my friend who had same problem.

RayP(MI) · Jul 24, 2008

Had some that moved into a crack in my concrete block foundation right where the siding overlapped. Took a 3x5 file card, creased it in the middle, duct taped it to the wall so that it formed a landing platform right at their door. Put a couple drops of Terro ant poison on the card. After several drops of poison disappeared so did the bee problem.

Pat-CT · Jul 24, 2008

carb clean works best melts their wings so they cant sting you

Andy Motteberg · Jul 25, 2008

I don't know about bees, but I get these big wasps (or something like that) where I'm working. I was working on my Jeep a few days ago and there were a lot of those wasps around, one flew into the crack of the passenger door, I tried to get it out, but could not see it. Later, I opened that door and heard a lot of buzzing in the door, I looked and saw a bunch of wasps in the door with a big nest built in there. I did not have any bug spray, but I had some stuff in a spray bottle that shines the inside of a vehicle, I sprayed them with that and they all dropped dead, I stabbed their nest with a screw driver and threw it far away. I took the hood off a John Deere B today and there was another nest and more of them wasps, they are so sickening, I cannot work on anything with them stupid wasps around, thats why I always keep a can of penetrating oil around. Spray your bees when you see them. Its the only way to get rid of them.

Nolan (foxtrapper) · Jul 25, 2008

Well, as a beekeeper myself, I'd be pretty inclined to suspect they are wasps, and not bees. And neither bees nor wasps are impervious to wasp and hornet sprays. So I'm not sure what you're using, or how.

But lets assume they are truly honeybees. The only way to get them out is to split the tractor. I wouldn't think that worthwhile. There are some catch box techniques that will remove a fair percentage of the worker bees, but not the queen, eggs, or nurse bees inside.

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