Bee hive removal (pic)

[tical]

Okay,

So I'm pretty sure I've got a situation like this going on in my backyard (see below). I've left the bees alone for around 5 months now and at this point there are so many I've got to do something.

Rather than call an exterminator, I thought I'd pick the minds of my fellow GFY members... how would you handle this?

My access box is closed, so I'd have to get in there and get something to lift it up. With all of the bees going nuts in the daytime, I figured at night would be the best time to get close enough to spray them down before prying the box open... the question is, with what? I've tried raid, doesn't do shit.

[cooldude7]

[cooldude7]

call the exterminator, even one bee can bee dangerous

[BIGTYMER]

Eugenic oils. Or however you spell it.

[Jel]

Call an exterminator. Why waste time on that shit? It's like the guys with brick and mortar businesses that want a website, and go ask everyone and his brother how to make one.

[Mike Honcho]

Well I would say gasoline and a light, but in your case, I'd either pour diesel fuel or high octane gas on the hive.

[Failed]

Best Option: Call an exterminator. You wouldn't even be charged. In fact, you may make a few dollars. They collect the bees with a vacuum like device and send them to labs that pay big money for honey bees. It's an amazing business all its own.

Second Best Option: Lots of smoke! Bees are disoriented by smoke. If you fan large amounts of smoke into the hive, the bees will temporarily be confused, leaving you enough time to dismantle the hive. Although, they may rebuild and you're back to square 1.

[See Cig]

kill it with fire.

[seeandsee]

hot water will fix it

[TheDoc]

Don't kill them... Bees are one of the most important insects, if not the most important, we have... and we're truly running out of them, very very very quickly.

I'm not bullshitting either, you can look it up...don't kill them, hire an exterminator that will remove them, but not kill them.

[John-ACWM]

Originally Posted by cooldude7

nasty!

[Chosen]

Originally Posted by TheDoc

Don't kill them... Bees are one of the most important insects, if not the most important, we have... and we're truly running out of them, very very very quickly.

What he said

[wehateporn]

Give your local Monsanto a call

[u-Bob]

Over here, the fire department comes and removes them free of charge.

[Emil]

Let them bee.

[~Ray]

call animal control. it is free. you already paid via your taxes. they will not/should not kill the bees.

[just a punk]

Originally Posted by TheDoc

Don't kill them... Bees are one of the most important insects, if not the most important, we have... and we're truly running out of them, very very very quickly.

I'm not bullshitting either, you can look it up...don't kill them, hire an exterminator that will remove them, but not kill them.

Quoted for truth.

[beerptrol]

Look for a beekeeper in your neck of the woods and see if they will come and take them away
You probably could ask animal control if they know of any beekeepers in your area

[pornguy]

Depending on where you live you may be able to find a service that will just relocate them rather than kill them.

[DWB]

Exterminator. You screw up with that many bees and you may end up dead.

[adultchatpay]

Here's the plan:
Smoke them, collect the honey... repeat that every couple of days

[czarina]

DON'T KILL THEM!!!
Call animal control or the fire department and they'll relocate them to a safe location. Whatever you do, don't be cruel to them. Bees are kind little animals that don't hurt people unless they're attacked.

[alias]

Originally Posted by TheDoc

Don't kill them... Bees are one of the most important insects, if not the most important, we have... and we're truly running out of them, very very very quickly.

I'm not bullshitting either, you can look it up...don't kill them, hire an exterminator that will remove them, but not kill them.

This ^. Maybe a college nearby would want to come get them.

[wehateporn]

Save the Bees!

[L-Pink]

I'd move.

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[Nikki_Licks]

Call a beekeeper. He will come out and remove the entire hive without killing the bees...usually they relocate them.

Good luck, and by no means should you mess with these guys, they are vicious....

[Jon Oso]

In before.....

[Nikki_Licks]

Originally Posted by Jon Oso

In before.....

I didn't know you had a swing set?

[Jon Oso]

Originally Posted by Nikki_Licks

I didn't know you had a swing set?

LMAO. Those pics aren't mine. I saw them somewhere years ago and thought they'd be fitting.

You should know if it's physical I'm definitely not fucking doing it. Swings are hard man.

[Nikki_Licks]

Originally Posted by Jon Oso

LMAO. Those pics aren't mine. I saw them somewhere years ago and thought they'd be fitting.

You should know if it's physical I'm definitely not fucking doing it. Swings are hard man.

Ahaha, I kind of figured that, but still had to give you some guff since you just got a new home ;)

[AdultEUhost-Sebas]

No swing in your bedroom?

[Jon Oso]

Originally Posted by Nikki_Licks

Ahaha, I kind of figured that, but still had to give you some guff since you just got a new home ;)

No grass either ;)

Originally Posted by AdultEUhost-Sebas

No swing in your bedroom?

It would take longer to get a girl up there than I actually last. Pointless.

[TheMan]

Put something big over the hole they are flying in and out of... Do this at night time when they are all inside. Leave for two weeks and they will all be dead.

[MrBottomTooth]

there's all kinds of bee spray that will kill them easily. I use this stuff that foams. It has a straw that sticks into the end of the can and it can shoot a jet of foam about 9 feet. Never seen a bee survive this stuff.

[Scott McD]

Originally Posted by Nikki_Licks

I didn't know you had a swing set?

You had to quote ALL the pics again didn't you ??

[_Richard_]

don't kill them. there is a massive colony problem and those are honey bees

they're helping ur yard grow

[96ukssob]

Christ, i would hate to be your neighbor

[Webmazter]

WTF dude, you have wasted nize chunk of honey there. I <3 honey. And honey straight from the comb is the best!

[Nikki_Licks]

Originally Posted by Scott McD

You had to quote ALL the pics again didn't you ??

Yea, kinda fudged up on that one.....

[brassmonkey]

damn they dont look like killer bees. you murdered them

[Intrinsic]

LMAO at the swing set pics

For some reason they remind me of Calvin and Hobbes

[2MuchMark]

Originally Posted by wehateporn

Save the Bees!

Fuck I hate this video.

They make some good points but they come off as crystal-loving nut bars that its impossible to take what they are saying seriously.

Yes Bees are dying off. We need to find a way to save them.

Boycotting Genetically modified food is not the answer. GMO Food can be resistant to pests thereby yielding a bigger crop so less people have to starve. It also keeps the price of food down so parents can more easily afford healthy vegetables for their children instead of eating out at much cheaper McDonalds.

GMO also makes it easier for local famers to produce more food without having to use as much pesticide, and food from Local farms means less transportation costs and less CO2 in the atmosphere.

Is it perfect? No. Is it dangerous? Possibly, but thats what research is for. I'm sick of all of these anti-progress / anti-science nitwits who scare themselves into blindness and then try to do the same to others. They need to read some fucking books and then shut the fuck up.

[LeRoy]

Bees are a big part of our eco system!

But hey fuck our mother earth right?? Let our grandchildren worry about that shit uugg

[Why]

dont kill the bees, find a beekeeper to come and get them, he might even drop you come cash or free honey.

[orgeebee]

Originally Posted by Emil

Let them bee.

*facepalm* lol

[cherrylula]

Yeah I know some people who had a bee problem, and yes if you find a beekeeper they will come get them for free. And they might even give you some of the honey. It's like free money to them, little honey makers.

[wehateporn]

Originally Posted by **********

Boycotting Genetically modified food is not the answer. GMO Food can be resistant to pests thereby yielding a bigger crop so less people have to starve.

In the words of Henry Kissinger: "Control oil and you control nations; control food and you control the people."

Some points:-

- The "bigger crop" bit is a nice concept used for marketing but unfortunately doesn't translate to reality.

- As soon as you get GMO crop in your field, whether you wanted it or not, you've got to pay a % of your profit to Monsanto.

- The crops has been shown to absorb some of the pesiticide, this means we're consuming it.

- Seedless crops have been designed, this means you have to keep buying the seeds from Monsanto. If GMO crops ever take over the world, one could starve entire nations by refusing to sell them seeds.

Overall it's about profiting from and controlling the food supply

[Bill8]

You say 'a situation like this' - but you don't say wether or not you are certain that you have a honeybee hive.

First you should make sure what type of insect you are dealing with. Yellow jackets (a species of hornet) look much like honeybees, and tend to live in the ground. However, they make paper nests (you are not likely to be able to see the paper nest) and they make no honey.

Yellow jackets can be more agressive then honeybees, can be slightly more difficult to remove, but there is no reason not to kill them, in fact it's advisable, and not terribly difficult.

Both insects sleep at night, so the common approach is to find access to the nest at dusk, then to spray a canful of the streamming kind of hhornet spray down into the opening.

[Bill8]

If thats an actual picture of what you have - leave the access box open, the bees won't like being uncovered, in a short while they will be likely to swarm and move.


I had a large wild honeybee hive in a toolbox once - I opened the toolbox, they were gone in a week.

[BIGTYMER]

Yeah, the fire dept here remvoes them for free.