new bug zapper in my honey house

Started by danno, September 15, 2010, 10:46:57 AM

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danno

Yellow jackets have been driving me crazy for the past couple of weeks.  The place has been cleaned up so my bee's dont have interest but yellow jacket  are still squeezing there way in.   Yesterday I bought and hung a new zapper for the afternoon and night.  this morning they are all gone or goners i should say.  The floor under it is littered with them

AllenF

Where are the pics?   Everybody wants to see pics of dead yellow jackets. 

Tommyt

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Bee Killer :evil:


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Tommyt
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sloshire1

Just out of curiousity did you try and find the wasp nest at all?  Getting rid of the nest is probably a better approach than hanging up the bug zapper that is indiscriminant about what kind of insect it kills.  Plus, you didn't actually solve the problem, you treated a symptom of the problem.  Finding and getting rid of the nest is the only real way to get rid of the wasps.  I found a nice article that talks about different kinds of wasps and how to get rid of them - including yellow jackets, just search "how to get rid of wasps" in google.  The first result is the article I'm talking about.
Checkout this great beekeeping guide, it has helped me solve a lot of problems with my hive.

AllenF

Is there an easy way to find their nest out there?  I only find them when I step or almost step on the nest.  It is hard to look over 14 acres and find them all.

Jim134

Quote from: Tommyt on September 15, 2010, 04:02:09 PM
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Are yellow jackets BEES  :?



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hardwood

If they're yellow jackets, place a small piece of raw fish out for them (they can't resist fish...this coming from a YJ hunter I know). They always fly straight back to the nest so follow one as far as you can and place another small piece of fish, and so on. I understand that YJs rarely travel more than 200 yds.

Scott
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AllenF

I have heard of taking tuna and placing Seven on it to kill the yellow jackets.

fish_stix

Bet you don't have problems with neighborhood cats either!  :evil:

hardwood

"In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag...We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language...And we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."

Theodore Roosevelt 1907

beee farmer

anyone know a good way of getting rid of those darned boring bumble bees>>?  My porch is going to collapse one of these days from all the holes.
"Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do"  Benjamin Franklin

AllenF

Get a couple of boys and arm them with badminton rackets to swat them buggers.   

beee farmer

Quote from: AllenF on September 15, 2010, 10:27:28 PM
Get a couple of boys and arm them with badminton rackets to swat them buggers.   
:bee: :ninja: :hissyfit:
"Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do"  Benjamin Franklin

Boom Buzz

Having seen what a shop vac will do to bees on my first cutout (unfortunately - my bad - lesson learned), I have taken to using the shop vac on the YBs.
I have to fight YBs and wasps for the ripe fruit in the garden - peaches, nectarines, berries, etc. 
And there are more YBs than bees around the comb bucket and crush and strain residue.
Does shop vac'ing the YBs mean I'm cruel, or just unusual?   :-D
I will pay good money for an effective YB/wasp eliminator!

John

danno

Quote from: sloshire1 on September 15, 2010, 05:16:14 PM
Just out of curiousity did you try and find the wasp nest at all?  Getting rid of the nest is probably a better approach than hanging up the bug zapper that is indiscriminant about what kind of insect it kills.  Plus, you didn't actually solve the problem, you treated a symptom of the problem.  Finding and getting rid of the nest is the only real way to get rid of the wasps.  I found a nice article that talks about different kinds of wasps and how to get rid of them - including yellow jackets, just search "how to get rid of wasps" in google.  The first result is the article I'm talking about.
Find the nest?   I have a farm.   My barn is 60 X 70 X 50 tall   My tool shed is 30 X 40 X 15    My new honey house is 30 X 40 and my house is 3900 squ ft.    There is not a nest,  There is 100s of them and yes I take care of them as I find them

HomeBru

Quote from: AllenF on September 15, 2010, 10:27:28 PM
Get a couple of boys and arm them with badminton rackets to swat them buggers.   

My folks have boring bee problems at their place. When we come to visit, there's a $.25 bounty on them so the kids are pretty keen to keep rackets close at hand...

J-

danno

Quote from: HomeBru on September 16, 2010, 10:12:00 AM
Quote from: AllenF on September 15, 2010, 10:27:28 PM
Get a couple of boys and arm them with badminton rackets to swat them buggers.   

My folks have boring bee problems at their place. When we come to visit, there's a $.25 bounty on them so the kids are pretty keen to keep rackets close at hand...

J-
I think you mean carpenter bee's  Do they look like a bumble bee's but fly like a hummingbirds? I had them in the header of my toolshed  If you paint the wood they will find a new place to live next year

lenape13

Quote from: beee farmer on September 15, 2010, 10:25:42 PM
anyone know a good way of getting rid of those darned boring bumble bees>>?  My porch is going to collapse one of these days from all the holes.

A nice little .22 loaded with birdshot.  It's fun to watch them crash and burn, plus you can get in some target practice.  You have to be real good and real fast to nail them on the fly. :jerry:

dennis2021

Quote from: lenape13 on September 16, 2010, 02:26:37 PM
Quote from: beee farmer on September 15, 2010, 10:25:42 PM
anyone know a good way of getting rid of those darned boring bumble bees>>?  My porch is going to collapse one of these days from all the holes.

a nice little .22 loaded with birdshot.  It's fun to watch them crash and burn, plus you can get in some target practice.  You have to be real good and real fast to nail them on the fly. :jerry:


Nice, that sounds like fun!!! I got stung by 3 yesterday mowing.
Have a sweet day,
Dennis the Bee Guy

AllenF

Quote from: lenape13 on September 16, 2010, 02:26:37 PM
Quote from: beee farmer on September 15, 2010, 10:25:42 PM
anyone know a good way of getting rid of those darned boring bumble bees>>?  My porch is going to collapse one of these days from all the holes.

a nice little .22 loaded with birdshot.  It's fun to watch them crash and burn, plus you can get in some target practice.  You have to be real good and real fast to nail them on the fly. :jerry:
Or put more little bittie holes in the house.