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taam
Citizen
Username: Taam
Post Number: 140
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 6:25 pm: | 
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can't take the bees anymore!!! it's both yellow jackets & carpenter. they've taken over my property. any recommendations of who i can call to get rid of these guys? - maybe even set up a contract? |
Case
Citizen
Username: Case
Post Number: 1380
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 7:36 pm: |
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I found a "yellow jacket trap" at home depot - not sure of its effectiveness, but it's fairly inexpensive. |
Soparents
Citizen
Username: Soparents
Post Number: 180
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 7:38 pm: |
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Buckingham pest control in Maplewood has always helped us out. Good and reliable.. |
ess
Citizen
Username: Ess
Post Number: 1767
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 8:39 pm: |
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Buckingham Pest Control has always been helpful to me as well. A second enthusiastic recommendation! |
calypso
Citizen
Username: Calypso
Post Number: 13
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 8:56 pm: |
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we have carpenter bees and yellow jackets in our back yard, and in all honesty they never bother anyone (except in Fall, when yellow jackets are more aggressive). I have three kids, and no one has ever been stung. On the other hand, we never have used insecticides on our garden, because the yellow jackets and other hornets eat all of the aphids and many other pests. Unless you've actually had problems with the YJ's and carpenter bees attacking people, try just letting them be. |
jersey Boy
Citizen
Username: Jersey_boy
Post Number: 535
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 11:50 pm: |
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Buy a bee killer spray. Get drunk. Go spray the area.
If it fails, repeat. Next time get more drunk and spray closer. This has worked for me and my family for generations. Of course, in the process there have been drunks who were stung, but that's neither here nor there.
Let me know if there iis anything else I can help you with. For example, power washing a roof drunk. This I don't recommend.
J.B. |
cody
Citizen
Username: Cody
Post Number: 993
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - 7:16 am: |
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I've used a wonderful man who lives in Springfield - his name is Joseph Batic or Bacic, I can't remember offhand, but he's listed in the phone book.
I had wasps nesting in my chimney, coming into the living room constantly. Scary. Also had ground-nesting yellow jackets and he got rid of both nests. |
taam
Citizen
Username: Taam
Post Number: 141
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - 8:02 am: |
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Thanks everyone for the advice/contacts. J.B., can't I just hire you to get drunk & come over to take care of these bees?  |
Pdg
Citizen
Username: Pdg
Post Number: 871
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - 10:07 am: |
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You really shouldn't ignore Carpenter Bees even though they really won't sting you unless very provoked.
Check it out at http://www.bugspray.com/article/carpenterbees.html
Quote:Carpenter bees bore holes into wood
overhangs, fence posts, and trees. They will crawl
between cracks of siding and roofing. When they
bore in wood, the hole they drill is about 1/2". This
hole will go straight an inch or two and then turn 90
degrees. This new portion of the nest becomes an
egg chamber. Eggs are laid at the end of these
chambers. Food is placed alongside the egg
and then sealed tight. It is common for an egg
chamber to be two or more feet long. It may have
numerous egg chambers branching out from the
main chamber.
The female carpenter bee will stand
guard at the nest entry hole. She will defend the
nest aggressively. Once the drilling has been
completed, she will spend her days foraging for
food. You may find her working Azaleas,
Bradfords, Daffodils, Pansies and any plant which
will provide pollen. Male bees will be hanging
around these same plants hoping to find a receptive
female. The male bees are curious and will buzz
around people. This buzzing scares people into
thinking they are being "attacked". In fact, the male
bee does not have a stinger! He has a distinctive
yellow face, which may be seen while he is in flight.
Female bees have no interest other than collecting
food. They have a stinger and their face is black.
Carpenter bees are commonly mistaken for bumble
bees. There are two differences. 1) Carpenter
bees are generally larger. 2) Carpenter bees have an
abdomen which is shiny, metallic and black in color.
Their abdomen has no body hair. Bumblebees have
yellow and black body hair on all body parts.
In addition to "attacking" residents, carpenter
bees are a problem because they tend to return
where they were born. Old nests are used year after
year. If the original nest is occupied, other female
bees will drill new ones. A single nest one year will
become two or three the next. Problems rapidly
escalate and soon you may have hundreds of holes.
When you have numerous nests, you will have
numerous larva. The larva of carpenter bees is
large and noisy. They make enough noise to attract
woodpeckers. Buildings which have woodpeckers
damaging exposed wood are doing this to feed on
some insect. This insect is most likely carpenter bee
larva.
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Pdg
Citizen
Username: Pdg
Post Number: 872
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - 10:09 am: |
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For the yellow jackets you could use an exterminator or find the nest and DYI. For the carpenter bees, I just follow the advice a products recommended at the bugspray website - way cheaper since it has to be done in the spring and fall very single year!
Good luck! |
jersey Boy
Citizen
Username: Jersey_boy
Post Number: 543
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - 2:32 pm: |
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You have to GET me drunk, then I'll do it for free. Just not this weekend, I have to power wash the roof.
J.B. |
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