i have these huge black and yellow hairy bees living in the eaves of my garage and they are very very agressive…so agressive that i cannot even get up on a ladder and look for the nest. Anyone have any idea on how to kill them? They are all over my yard and actually seem to want to chase us. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!
ask your local pest controller but i dont think they are allowed to kill bees, although he might know a bee keeper who might be able to help.
Look in Yellow pages for bee keepers they could advise you.
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I’m going to be watching the answers you get. I’ve been having the same problem! Huge, hairy, aggressive bees! I hate using chemicals (I have cats) and chemicals make me sick(er). Thanks for raising the question!!
Any natural remedies??? (I’ll use this forum to get two points and not spend five! Thanks!)
… I’ve been calling these guys “hornets”. I did some research on them (some time ago), but forgot what I learned… Maybe that’s what I’ll do right now…
[Edit] Someone asked the same question about four hours ago. Someone replied with the two websites below. I visited each. One identifies bees; the other gives information about killing and control. Sevin & Dursban can be purchased at garden centers. (They are really strong chemicals – be careful.) The one article also gives other control info. Hope this helps…
http://www.uky.edu/Ag/Entomology/entfacts/struct/ef611.htm
http://images.google.com/images?client=safari&rls=en-us&q=Carpenter%20Bee&oe=UTF-8&percentage_served=*:100&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/;_ylt=An7IkQmIVouopsTzBndN8x4jzKIX?qid=1006042106475
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Beware! We had a wicked wasp nest in out underground irrigation box last year! I didn’t even know it was there and only figured it out when they came out in a cloud when I was mowing the lawn! I got stung pretty bad! I read up on killing the nest,waited until night when they all come back to the nest, lifted the lid and sprayed the bejesus out of the nest with some wasp killer I bought. If you have to be on a ladder, its to dangerous! Call in a pro and let them do it! Its not worth being hurt over!
http://www.pestproducts.com/bumble-bee-control.htm
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Try talking to someone at your local Farmer’s CO-OP about a bee killer or call a exterminator
http://www.pestproducts.com/bumble-bee-control.htm
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Wow, we had the same problem and my neighbor just came over last night worried about the same thing. I hired a bee service to smoke them out and I am glad I spent the $130 to do it. We had 50-75,000 very aggressive bees that started to make a hive in our eaves. We are lucky we called the service as soon as we did. If you let them build the hive and produce honey, you are in big trouble. The worker bees will do almost anything to protect the hive and queen bee becoming more aggressive as more bees join the community.
The beekeeper suited up climbed up his ladder with special equipment and smoked them out. Thankfully, he was able to remove the small hive they started and remove the honey scent. If you have a large hive and honey production is at the comb stage, you don’t remove the honey and the scent, bees will return to the site and start all over again!
These bees actually chased me and my dog into the house. My neighbor experienced the same thing. It was like a black humming cloud closing in on us and pelted the screen door after we got inside! Really scary because I’m allergic to bees!
Once we removed the hive and bees, the beekeeper recommended that we close the air space access in the eaves. Since air flow must continue to the attic, my husband used fine mesh screen framed by 1x1s to cover the openings. They have not come back. BTW, the bee keeping company wanted 250$ to make the little screens,but you can do it yourself for under $50. You have to use really fine screen so that the bees cannot get in again, the ones the builder used had large enough holes that the bees could get through them.
PS The smoke they used is non-toxic, not harmful to animals and non-chemical
The same frightening experience!
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I had this problem in my garage and basement window. I searched online and found that they are caled carpenter bees. Look into it and compare wiht a pic to see if these are it. They won’t sting you by the way, but they do bore into the wood and make nests. Do you see prefectly shaped holes where they buzz around?
We tried using bug killer for bees, but the holes go in deep so you couldn’t really get in there. After asking at Lowe’s they told me these bees normally hive where the wood is softer and unpainted. I painted the bsement window and garage, first I put toilet tissue into the hole so the bees would not get out and they have not been back since.
If i did this right the link below should show you images.
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=carpenter%20bees&sp=1&fr2=sp-top&toggle=1&ei=UTF-8&fr=FP-tab-web-t-334&SpellState=n-3090002000_q-r3WmEM80Kpnsp88ZnHg5DgABAA@@
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