I have a honey bee hive in my tree I don't know how to tell
the differance:monkey:
You would know.:help:
I have a honey bee hive in my tree I don't know how to tell
the differance:monkey:
I have a honey bee hive in my tree I don't know how to tell
the differance:monkey:
poke the hive with a stick and run....if there still behind you after about 200 feet ya got yourself some killer beez:jester:
Ok I will post the results later:monkey:
pics!
Now me thinks you want me to get stung, how am I supposed to run
and take pics Shame on you old dirty and yes I know its oldirty,
not in this case bud :hmm3grin2orange:
Last week my boss and I were taking down a big pine. Bucket truck is tied up in the paint shop so he climbed it up while I cleared brush as it came down. When my boss got to about 60ft. or so I hear him start yelling and cussin. The 200t came crashing to the ground (still works fine) and he was trying to get his line around a branch and a prusik tied in it to slide down. The knot was only about half complete by the time he came sliding down. He made it down safely, but with 11 stings on his head from white face hornets. I didn't think they would make hives that high up, but there it was in a mangled section of branches about 5ft above where he was. Needless to say we said screw it and blocked of the street (underground utilities) and dropped the whole tree there then used the trusty swinger loader to push the top out of the road and spray the hell out of the hive and ran around like a couple little girls.
hey you wanted me to go play grab ass with them grizzles when i was in AK man! lol
Speaking of yellow jackets, how would I go about removing/killing off a nest of them that has taken up residence in my exterior cable utility box? My husband usually handles that kind of thing for me since I am allergic to them, but he is in Afghanistan right now and won't be home til end of Oct. I would leave them except for the fact I need to mow and thats how I found them, was on the riding mower next to the house near the box and I guess that really ticked them off, because they just came boiling out of the box! I got lucky, didn't get stung.
Wait until dark and then you can get close without danger. Fill every crack and crevice in the cable box with sevin dust using a duster you can get at any big box lawn and garden store. If you can't get sevin dust or the duster, use wasp and hornet spray. If you find all entry points, you will probably not see any more flying around the next day. If you do, dust them or spray them again the next night. Occasionally several yellow jackets will be out of the nest over night.
There is some great ideas here on what to do & I would add one thing.Speaking of yellow jackets, how would I go about removing/killing off a nest of them that has taken up residence in my exterior cable utility box? My husband usually handles that kind of thing for me since I am allergic to them, but he is in Afghanistan right now and won't be home til end of Oct. I would leave them except for the fact I need to mow and thats how I found them, was on the riding mower next to the house near the box and I guess that really ticked them off, because they just came boiling out of the box! I got lucky, didn't get stung.
we took down a big dead ash with a honey bee colony in it today. i felt bad. knowing whats going on with the nice guys of the bee world.
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