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  | | Talk Delaware Online > Delaware Interests > Nature and Environment | | Nature and Environment Discuss Bee Season in the Delaware Interests forums; I've got some kind of bees...dunno if they're bumblebees or carpenter bees or what...but they are desperately trying to hive up anywhere they can on my patio.
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04-22-2008, 02:53 PM
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Kid Lester
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I've got some kind of bees...dunno if they're bumblebees or carpenter bees or what...but they are desperately trying to hive up anywhere they can on my patio.
Anyplace there's a crack...like in the hollow tube of a metal table leg...or a nook in the wall...in the back of my friggin radio....they are trying to establish a home.
I've got an infant, and I spend a good deal of time on my patio...so I don't want to be tracking pesticide in and out and exposing her to it.
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04-22-2008, 02:55 PM
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witchofthedogs
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Napalm.
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04-22-2008, 02:57 PM
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Kid Lester
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I don't know if anybody else is dealing with this or not.
This is my 3rd season here, and I've NEVER had this problem before.
I don't THINK there's anything different about the patio than before....
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I've swatted about 50 of 'em since Saturday. |
04-22-2008, 03:02 PM
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04-22-2008, 03:02 PM
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If they are carpenter bees, wait until they are in the wood, like at night, and then fill the holes with steel wool. They will be trapped and die. If they have laid their eggs, they will be trapped and die. Use #00 steel wool. It pulls apart easy.
Also what do you put on your deck to preserve it? Do you use Thompsons? You might consider using something with more of a Linseed Oil base to it. Thompsons is mostly wax and water and does nothing to repel wood boring insects. Bees don't like products treated in Linseed Oil.
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04-22-2008, 03:03 PM
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witchofthedogs
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What about a giant fly swatter?
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04-22-2008, 03:06 PM
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<cringe>.....I hate bees!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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04-22-2008, 03:08 PM
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Chase
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i swat them out the air with my manly man hands...   | | The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to Chase For This Useful Post: | |
04-22-2008, 03:09 PM
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witchofthedogs
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Or... or... or...
Breed zombies. The zombies will eat them. | | The Following User Says Thank You to witchofthedogs For This Useful Post: | |
04-22-2008, 03:10 PM
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Kid Lester
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Originally Posted by DeCurlyGirl  <cringe>.....I hate bees!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | I have an allergy to them, but I think only to yellow jackets. I don't remember. When I was 7, I stepped on a hive/nest and got stung by 45 jackets. I almost died. But...it was 45 stings....how did they really know I was allergic? And to what degree?
These guys aren't aggressive at all. They just keep going out and coming back. Sooner or later, somebody's gonna get stung, even if it's accidental. | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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