we have bees building shit in one of our walls.
BURN EM!
Ahmen. fire solves all problems.
I think IZ can give you some pointers on dealing with bees.
Quote from: Randimus Maximus on April 18, 2009, 05:56:52 PM
I think IZ can give you some pointers on dealing with bees.
[laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh]
I like bees....
and spiders.
just think FREE HONEY.
Quote from: bobspapa on April 18, 2009, 04:42:29 PM
we have bees building shit in one of our walls.
Why are they building shit? Can't you just try to reason with them? Maybe they will be nice and leave.
I checked the wall where they were coming and going from (a dryer vent gap) when we got home from the boys ball game. No bees to be seen or heard. The pest people will check it with the bee spy camera on monday.
Why they were active earlier today.... the wall sounded like a big bee rave was go'n on.
Bee Rave
The bee, The scientist (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DStLFtGhngM#hq)
Quote from: bobspapa on April 18, 2009, 08:14:02 PM
Why they were active earlier today.... the wall sounded like a big bee rave was go'n on.
... its spring; just think of all the polinating there busy doing! ...1+ and all that free honey!
... dont get in the way of there flight path and landing area and you wount get stung ... oh ... and dont threaten them ... bee psychology
.... [popcorn]
Quote from: DuciD03 on April 18, 2009, 11:19:06 PM...1+ and all that free honey!
Wasps and Hornets don't make honey. :)
You have the dreaded " Killer " Bees where you live don't you ?
Killer Bees, Rattle Snakes, Black Widow Spiders .
I have Hornets and Yellow Jackets to deal with . They are bad enough .
I don't like having things that hide and can sneak up on you and kill you.
Had 3 Hornets' nests within 50 feet of the front porch about 3 years ago.
Fun to go out after dark with the 12 gauge and a can of Hornet Spray. 1st you spray the nest and then Kaboom !
One year I found 17 nests on the Golf Course. By the end of Summer the nests are the size of a Basketball. On the Course when I would find one the Greens ' Keeper would mix up a tank of poison and pull the tank with one of the Course Tractors and with a long Spray hose Spray the heck out of the nest until it pretty much disintegrated.
You can keep the Killer Bees and the Rattle Snakes and Black Widow Spiders. Dolph :)
DERBY x 10
Quote from: Randimus Maximus on April 18, 2009, 05:56:52 PM
I think IZ can give you some pointers on dealing with bees.
Karma b*tches..all those jokes you guys be makin about me coming back at ya..10 fold!!
Poor BP!
[laugh]
anyone remember this from a year or so ago?
bees in the grill :'(
(http://static.texashuntfish.com/pics/2008/12/03/large/29496239-182b-491f-9783-3a1d9ed6dc03.jpg)
more pics here (http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://static.texashuntfish.com/pics/2008/12/03/large/666b0003-55dc-4e17-bd6e-8d98c9fb339c.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.texashuntfish.com/app/forum/21561/Massive-Bee-Hive-Under-BBQ-Bee-Afraid/Let-s-Talk-Texas-Outdoors-Back-at-Camp&usg=__8rp5d77S0jbzB7e9aF0WGHjBsew=&h=480&w=640&sz=72&hl=en&start=14&um=1&tbnid=xvRN7DV_PyyASM:&tbnh=103&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbee%2Bhive%2Bin%2Bgrill%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DG%26um%3D1)
I had an incident last fall with a potted plant that sat on the deck all summer.
The season was over and it had froze overnight several times and everything was pretty much dead plant-wise, so I was taking the pots out to the garden and dumping them out. As I flipped one over to dump it, the dirt clump slid out and thumped to the ground. That's when I saw the nest.
Yellow jackets had built a nest that took up about a third of the pot's volume, and the nest was unseen from view from the outside of the pot. Needless to say, they were pissed. In the microsecond it took me to cover the space (probably 100') between the garden and the house, I got stung 15-20 times on my right hand, arm and neck and looked like a circus freak for several days. make the beast with two backsers.
It was great fun hosing down the nest with long-distance wasp killer spray, and then torching it afterward....
What kind of bees can't be understood?
Mumble bees!
;D
Quote from: Speedbag on April 19, 2009, 06:33:18 AM
I had an incident last fall with a potted plant that sat on the deck all summer.
The season was over and it had froze overnight several times and everything was pretty much dead plant-wise, so I was taking the pots out to the garden and dumping them out. As I flipped one over to dump it, the dirt clump slid out and thumped to the ground. That's when I saw the nest.
Yellow jackets had built a nest that took up about a third of the pot's volume, and the nest was unseen from view from the outside of the pot. Needless to say, they were pissed. In the microsecond it took me to cover the space (probably 100') between the garden and the house, I got stung 15-20 times on my right hand, arm and neck and looked like a circus freak for several days. make the beast with two backsers.
It was great fun hosing down the nest with long-distance wasp killer spray, and then torching it afterward....
Ouch!!
We had a family reunion once when I was 14. Two of my little cousins (about 7 & 8 y/o) accidentally disturbed a nest. D*mn..I put this out of my mind until you mentioned yellow jackets..probably too traumatic?! A few of my older cousins ran into the swarm to help them. A lot of chaos and bloodcurdling screaming! In all..about 200 stings. :-[
dane cook shark and bees (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBBPw91Bz-M#lq-lq2-hq-vhq)
Quote from: DuCaTiNi on April 19, 2009, 05:45:04 AM
anyone remember this from a year or so ago?
bees in the grill :'(
(http://static.texashuntfish.com/pics/2008/12/03/large/29496239-182b-491f-9783-3a1d9ed6dc03.jpg)
more pics here (http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://static.texashuntfish.com/pics/2008/12/03/large/666b0003-55dc-4e17-bd6e-8d98c9fb339c.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.texashuntfish.com/app/forum/21561/Massive-Bee-Hive-Under-BBQ-Bee-Afraid/Let-s-Talk-Texas-Outdoors-Back-at-Camp&usg=__8rp5d77S0jbzB7e9aF0WGHjBsew=&h=480&w=640&sz=72&hl=en&start=14&um=1&tbnid=xvRN7DV_PyyASM:&tbnh=103&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbee%2Bhive%2Bin%2Bgrill%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DG%26um%3D1)
i remember this... a shame that he fumigated them, all that wasted honey.
Quote from: DY on April 19, 2009, 06:01:15 PM
i remember this... a shame that he fumigated them, all that wasted honey.
Yeah. A local Beekeeper could have transported them for him easily.
That's what I was thinking. Honey bees can be reasoned with, unlike say, those Pterodactyl-sized hornets that live locally.
JM
even more of a shame since we are in a bee crisis. plight of the honey bees, they call it
http://sarahmeyerwalsh.wordpress.com/2008/06/03/the-plight-of-the-honeybee/ (http://sarahmeyerwalsh.wordpress.com/2008/06/03/the-plight-of-the-honeybee/)
Quote from: kopfjager on April 19, 2009, 06:26:03 PM
http://sarahmeyerwalsh.wordpress.com/2008/06/03/the-plight-of-the-honeybee/ (http://sarahmeyerwalsh.wordpress.com/2008/06/03/the-plight-of-the-honeybee/)
I never knew the life span of a bee.
Quote from: DY on April 19, 2009, 06:01:15 PM
i remember this... a shame that he fumigated them, all that wasted honey.
I also remember he was unaware the extent of the nest, or he would not have done it that way.
Quote from: kopfjager on April 19, 2009, 06:26:03 PM
http://sarahmeyerwalsh.wordpress.com/2008/06/03/the-plight-of-the-honeybee/ (http://sarahmeyerwalsh.wordpress.com/2008/06/03/the-plight-of-the-honeybee/)
very enlightening. [thumbsup]
lil bee update.
the pest guy came out yesterday..... and was worthless.
I had climbed up on the roof the evening that I discovered the bee invasion to check everything out. Michelle had read on-line that bees are not active at dusk, so I figured it was safe to go have a look-see. No bees to be seen outside the wall, so I removed the dryer vent and looked inside. No bees inside. I made a temporary plug using the vent lint, figuring I didn't want to do something permanent trapping any bees that may be in there. I figured I'd wait to hear what the pest expert has to say. Early the next day.... only one bee seen buzz'n about. The pest guy shows up Tuesday afternoon, and says... "well... looks like it's taken care of", all this being said before he even looks at the where the bees were coming from. I had to practically beg him to get on the roof, and when he did that, he poked at my lint dam and said.... looks like its a done deal [roll].
So.... today, not a bee in sight. Cool. At noon I decide I'm gonna go outside with the dogs and read a lil. Just as I'm about to head downstairs, I hear a strange wooshing noise outside. I look out the widow that faces the backyard...... holy shit it's a huge swarm of bees flooding the entire back yard. I run down the stairs to get the dogs in. They are so freaked out they don't even want to come in the house. I ran out and rushed them in. I then proceeded to go back upstairs and watch the show from inside the house.
For about the next 1/2 hour , they swarmed back and forth from our neighbors yard to ours, then to the house behind ours, then back to ours, then they vanished.
It was like something from an Alfred Hitchcock movie.
Video? ;D
Quote from: bobspapa on April 22, 2009, 07:08:33 PM
lil bee update.
So.... today, not a bee in sight. Cool. At noon I decide I'm gonna go outside with the dogs and read a lil. Just as I'm about to head downstairs, I hear a strange wooshing noise outside. I look out the widow that faces the backyard...... holy shit it's a huge swarm of bees flooding the entire back yard. I run down the stairs to get the dogs in. They are so freaked out they don't even want to come in the house. I ran out and rushed them in. I then proceeded to go back upstairs and watch the show from inside the house.
For about the next 1/2 hour , they swarmed back and forth from our neighbors yard to ours, then to the house behind ours, then back to ours, then they vanished.
It was like something from an Alfred Hitchcock movie.
Swarm is exactly the right word. In the spring, a colony will send out a new queen, along with half of the bees in the hive, and they'll swarm for a few days until they find a good place to start a new colony. It's actually a good sign, it means that the original colony was doing well enough to afford to divide. If you find where they lay up, you can contact a beekeeper in your area. They'll come out and pick up the hive. Some will even pay for the info.
You can usually find a beekeeper through your county agent, or local farmers market.
Has it been determined they're honey bees?
All the bees in Cali. are honey. ;D
Quote from: kopfjager on April 22, 2009, 07:27:23 PM
Video? ;D
I charged up the camera in case it happens again tomorrow
Quote from: bobspapa on April 22, 2009, 08:55:57 PM
I charged up the camera in case it happens again tomorrow
this should be interesting.
Quote from: bobspapa on April 22, 2009, 07:08:33 PM
lil bee update.
So.... today, not a bee in sight. Cool. At noon I decide I'm gonna go outside with the dogs and read a lil. Just as I'm about to head downstairs, I hear a strange wooshing noise outside. I look out the widow that faces the backyard...... holy shit it's a huge swarm of bees flooding the entire back yard. I run down the stairs to get the dogs in. They are so freaked out they don't even want to come in the house. I ran out and rushed them in. I then proceeded to go back upstairs and watch the show from inside the house.
For about the next 1/2 hour , they swarmed back and forth from our neighbors yard to ours, then to the house behind ours, then back to ours, then they vanished.
It was like something from an Alfred Hitchcock movie.
!!! ... intresting ... ya learn something new every day... did the lint plug get put back ... ??? .... there looking for a place to make a nest!
Quote from: DuciD03 on April 22, 2009, 09:07:50 PM
!!! ... intresting ... ya learn something new every day... did the lint plug get put back ... ??? .... there looking for a place to make a nest!
yup. now that I know there are no bees in the walls, I'll seal the gap correctly.
... but you have to find the bee colony and tell us where they settles in the end LOL. [popcorn]
Quote from: bobspapa on April 22, 2009, 09:38:08 PM
yup. now that I know there are no bees in the walls, I'll seal the gap correctly.
I don't think you should assume all the bees are gone just yet. The swarming may mean they got crowded in their current hive, and sent out some to make a new colony. The one in the house is possibly still active.
Quote from: kopfjager on April 19, 2009, 06:26:03 PM
http://sarahmeyerwalsh.wordpress.com/2008/06/03/the-plight-of-the-honeybee/ (http://sarahmeyerwalsh.wordpress.com/2008/06/03/the-plight-of-the-honeybee/)
Yeah, I remember that made it through the news cycles last Summer. Doesn't seem to be anything out there on whether it has gotten better or worse since then? Some interesting developments on fixing it:
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/04/a-cure-for-colony-collapse.ars (http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/04/a-cure-for-colony-collapse.ars)
Also, even more f'n bees (http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2243176)