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underpants

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Tue Jul 9, 2019, 01:27 PM Jul 2019

Dilemma- ground bees. [View all]

Last edited Tue Jul 9, 2019, 02:28 PM - Edit history (1)

So we just had a pro come and take care of a ground hornet nest.

This morning in the back yard I see a bunch bees flying around in one spot on the ground. I check it out and there’s a hole. They are going in and out. Look I know bees are important (at our old place I routinely left clover uncut for them) but I don’t want anyone getting stung by them. Apparently just flooding them usually does the trick.

(Shatner voice) BUT..... should I!?!

¿Opinions?

Oh and there’s this too:

Make a soda bottle trap

A soda bottle trap attracts the bees and then traps them; they eventually drown in a solution and die a slow death. You can easily make your own soda bottle trap at home using a used soda bottle or any plastic bottle. Cut it in half and fill one portion of it with sweet soda or some fruit juice. Hang it on or around the beehive in the ground and leave it for a few days.

https://www.howtogettingridofbees.com/how-to-get-rid-of-ground-bees-naturally/

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Dilemma- ground bees. [View all] underpants Jul 2019 OP
Ground bees are not aggressive. Cattledog Jul 2019 #1
My experience proves that they can be aggressive csziggy Jul 2019 #21
Mine were. Laffy Kat Jul 2019 #25
About 4 years ago rownesheck Jul 2019 #2
I got stung by one Cirque du So-What Jul 2019 #8
It was probably a wasp or a hornet and not a bee if you got such a bad sting. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2019 #17
It was a cicada killer - a solitary hornet Cirque du So-What Jul 2019 #20
Cicada Killers are OK... tonekat Jul 2019 #16
Sounds like yellowjackets, which are wasps - not bees Cirque du So-What Jul 2019 #3
They will come after you in a mass and attack... Historic NY Jul 2019 #4
Yep, them's yallerjackets alright Cirque du So-What Jul 2019 #6
Me too, they let me go by twice... Historic NY Jul 2019 #12
Yep jberryhill Jul 2019 #23
Found on the Google - this guy has a plan! underpants Jul 2019 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jul 2019 #27
Mud Potter Wasps-AKA Yellow Jackets Boxerfan Jul 2019 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jul 2019 #7
Ground bees are not aggressive. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2019 #18
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jul 2019 #22
Yellowjackets usually have 2 entrances to their nest in the ground. Lars39 Jul 2019 #9
Great tip. Thanks. underpants Jul 2019 #10
I got them one year. Cracklin Charlie Jul 2019 #13
I was planning on cutting my grass tonight underpants Jul 2019 #14
See if you have wasps, ground bees or bumble bees someone up thread posted a link lunasun Jul 2019 #28
what are those little striped things that sting like hell?..or bite? samnsara Jul 2019 #15
Those would be wasps or hornets. Entomologically speaking, The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2019 #19
When I was a kid, the old-timers had a nickname for yellowjackets Cirque du So-What Jul 2019 #24
The chart here Lefta Dissenter Jul 2019 #26
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