Re: Killing ground bees???
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08/03/20 06:47 PM
08/03/20 06:47 PM
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I just go out there at night, dump a bit of gasoline in the hole and light it. You don't need a lot of gas.
I've been told the gas alone will do the trick but have never tried it, I always light it.
Eh...wot?
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Re: Killing ground bees???
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08/03/20 06:50 PM
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I've been told by several folks that laying a clear glass bowl over the hole will eventually starve them out. They will not tunnel out while they can see the sky. If you lay something not clear over the hole they will tunnel out a new entrance/exit.
I've never tried it but, if it works, it would be a good, organic way to get rid of them.
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Re: Killing ground bees???
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08/03/20 06:54 PM
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I don't want to use gasoline next to my garage foundation and that's where they are I don't want to risk letting my garage on fire Try the glass bowl thing and let me know how it works!
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Re: Killing ground bees???
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08/03/20 06:55 PM
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If you can get a good shot down into the hole wait until well after dark(all should be back into hive then) and spray unshaken(it should be more liquid that way) hornet killer in entrance, cover opening. When they crowd entrance next morning trying to get out contact with spray in soil has always taken them out for me. Only once ever have I had to do it twice(latter in the summer hive can be a lot bigger(tougher to kill out).
I've learned enough thru the years to now know that I don't know enough. KNOWLEDGE IS FREEDOM.
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Re: Killing ground bees???
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08/03/20 06:56 PM
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Permethrin is what I use far all unwanted insects
Let's go Brandon
"Shall not comply" with morons who don't understand "shall not infringe."
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Re: Killing ground bees???
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08/03/20 06:59 PM
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Sevin dust down the hole would probably work too. I've killed them with it when the hive was too close to structures for gasoline.
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Re: Killing ground bees???
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08/03/20 07:00 PM
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Give it a good soaking with diluted permethrin and you should be rid of them in a day or two
Let's go Brandon
"Shall not comply" with morons who don't understand "shall not infringe."
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Re: Killing ground bees???
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08/03/20 07:11 PM
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Sevin dust down the hole would probably work too. I've killed them with it when the hive was too close to structures for gasoline. Either gas or this! One summer I had so many hornets getting into a little hole in my foundation I could hear them in my basement and some were coming out around my breaker box in the basement. A day or two of Sevin Dust, I think on Drifter's recommendation, everything went quiet and they have not returned. Moosetrot
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Re: Killing ground bees???
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08/03/20 07:20 PM
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Straight 7 dust( one bottle) down the hole after dark. Done it quite a few times. Never see them again
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Re: Killing ground bees???
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08/03/20 07:27 PM
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I keep a four foot piece of black one inch water line pipe. After dark I place one end over the hole and funnel a half pint of gas, or more, down right into the hole and then light it up.
Last edited by kytrapper; 08/03/20 07:37 PM.
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