Death to the bees.

Discussion in 'UK Motorcycles' started by Paul Carmichael, May 5, 2009.

  1. Noones offered any way to rescue my shed from the bees, and I've done
    loads of searching on t'web with still no idea. It's got so bad now I
    can't go in the shed without "being encouraged to leave".

    What with the wasps keeping me out of the pool as well, I'm getting well
    pissed off.

    They'll all just have to die.
     
    Paul Carmichael, May 5, 2009
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    darsy Guest

    just smoke 'em out of your shed.

    And make some honeytraps for the wasps.

    In A.'s lesbo friend's Finca a few miles south of your place, she'd
    arrange a few can-get-in-can't-get-out pots around with (literally)
    honey[1] in them, which were full of dead and dying wasps, but we
    weren't bothered by them.

    [1] this is an in-joke, that you can't get, but I'm mentioning it
    because it amuses *me*
     
    darsy, May 5, 2009
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  3. Right. I'll have a go at that. I'll try and find some hessian or summat,
    damp it down and probably end up buring the entire contents of the shed.
    Trouble is, it's *full* of stuff I want to keep. Including the pump and
    lots of electrics.
    Tried that last year with expensive wasp bait. They ignored them. Haven't
    tried with honey though, but I have a suspicion that you may be talking
    about some non-standard "honey". Thing is, the wasps are here for the
    water in the pool. They even ignore beer! Although I did have to spit a
    bee out once last year.

    Perhaps your friend will come and help?
     
    Paul Carmichael, May 5, 2009
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    geoff Guest

    Corrugated cardboard is what you want
     
    geoff, May 5, 2009
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    malc Guest

    Preferably the stuff that hasn't been treated with fire supressant. SWMBO is
    doing a bee keeping course and they told her a lot of cardboard nowadays is
    treated.

    --
    Malc

    Rusted and ropy.
    Dog-eared old copy.
    Vintage and classic,
    or just plain Jurassic:
    all words to describe me.
     
    malc, May 5, 2009
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    Switters Guest

    Did you see my post? Did you check if they are Mason Bees? If so, any
    reason why you can't leave them alone?
    Why not encourage them to move on, by getting a wooden fence post or two
    and drilling holes into them.
     
    Switters, May 6, 2009
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  7. The number is increasing. They go in looking like bumble bees and come
    back out looking like Kate Moss. When I go in the shed, they seem to get
    agitated. Their presence doesn't bother me per se, but I'm worried that I
    might upset them accidentally and then they'd all attack. I see not much
    use for the pressure washer for a good while.

    Oh, also there's another colony under my work vise, so I can't use that.
    Perhaps next year. Also, the only shade on my patio is in the shed. I
    assume that's why they're in there.
     
    Paul Carmichael, May 6, 2009
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