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3xta 08-17-2009 06:29 PM

Best ways to repel bees from making their nest of hives
 
Is there anyway to repel bees from making their hives on our balcony? My dad and I already took down a couple of their hives but they just go back and try to rebuild another one.

Are there any sprays out there or techniques that can be used to keep this from happening?

thanks in advance

Supafly 08-17-2009 08:49 PM

go to homedepot, and buy the fake bees nest....it works pretty well.:)

other options is a tiger torch and a 40lb propane tank.:thumbsup:

ziggyx 08-17-2009 08:50 PM

is the bee hive appearing in a hole or under eaves of like a gutter or something?? if so maybe you should cover it up with mesh.

RRxtar 08-17-2009 09:19 PM

oh god i wish i could find the website with the pictures of the redneck who made a huge gas fireball mushroom explosion to torch a bee hive on a swingset

4444 08-17-2009 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Supafly (Post 6551768)
go to homedepot, and buy the fake bees nest....it works pretty well.:)

real white trash/chinese mainlander thing this - but...
get a liquor store brown paper bag, tie it up at the open end, hang it - bees/wasps/hornets think its another nest

white trash? yes - works, yes, well at least on our patio it does

Armind 08-17-2009 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by RRxtar (Post 6551829)
oh god i wish i could find the website with the pictures of the redneck who made a huge gas fireball mushroom explosion to torch a bee hive on a swingset

That was epic! :haha:

Blinky 08-17-2009 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by RRxtar (Post 6551829)
oh god i wish i could find the website with the pictures of the redneck who made a huge gas fireball mushroom explosion to torch a bee hive on a swingset

You mean ... this?

http://forums.somethingawful.com/sho...readid=2243176

And for something ballsier (and quite possibly cooler - check the soundtrack):

[youtube]p-aSLqTlKvc[/youtube]

urrh 08-17-2009 09:47 PM

you do know bees are already dying off for whatever reason right?
keep them around... it'll help your garden or whatever

RRxtar 08-17-2009 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Blinky (Post 6551877)
You mean ... this?

http://forums.somethingawful.com/sho...readid=2243176

And for something ballsier (and quite possibly cooler - check the soundtrack):

[youtube]p-aSLqTlKvc[/youtube]

thats the one!

godwin 08-17-2009 10:13 PM

Are you sure it is bees not wasps?

SumAznGuy 08-17-2009 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by urrh (Post 6551894)
you do know bees are already dying off for whatever reason right?
keep them around... it'll help your garden or whatever

+1 :thumbsup:

Because of the lack of bees in North America, there is some great concern that this will have great impact on our food chain as plants are not pollinating properly.

I do beleive the bees are returning because of the smell that is left behind from the previous nest. Look around to see if there is any leftover nest/honey combs.

fliptuner 08-17-2009 10:54 PM

bees = :woot:

wasps = :gtfo:

monkeywrench 08-17-2009 11:38 PM

u think balcony is bad? a nest was formed in the door hinge of my family's car. it was a nuisance to get rid of them

Chopstick 08-17-2009 11:45 PM

try salt...

bees like honey, which is sweet...

...maybe they won't like salt... thats what Chopstick would do (o____o)....

ZhangFei 08-17-2009 11:54 PM

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2032/...043785.jpg?v=0

fliptuner 08-18-2009 09:40 AM

Actually, I forgot to mention. Every time I found a hive forming or random wasps flying where I was about to work, I would give them a shot of brake cleaner - dead instantly.

SumAznGuy 08-18-2009 09:55 AM

From watching Verminators on TLC, soapy water works too.

It clogs their ability to breath and thus they suffocate to death.

silk 08-18-2009 10:26 AM

just let them sting you, eventually they will all dies..

Preemo 08-18-2009 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by SumAznGuy (Post 6552609)
From watching Verminators on TLC, soapy water works too.

It clogs their ability to breath and thus they suffocate to death.

Verminators is a great show! A little nasty at times. But great!

triplexcel 08-18-2009 10:51 AM

wow.. that sucks having a nest by your door..

you! 08-18-2009 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Blinky (Post 6551877)

this should be sticky'd:D

q0192837465 08-18-2009 01:48 PM

the wasps always return to my patio every year. Their queen is sooooooo fat

JulyZerg 08-18-2009 02:19 PM

I have a bees nest outside my front door.. LOL it's not exactly visible but you see bees going in and out of a small crack near my house by the gutters part..

I hope they aren't wasps :( Also have you guys ever heard that having a bees nest in front of your house is considered good luck...? Cause I haven't but apparently it is..

3xta 08-18-2009 03:48 PM

My bad, they aren't bees, they are wasps, and their huge. So the brown paper bag technique is used to fool wasps, because they think there is another nest there so they wont to build one by it anymore?

Supafly 08-18-2009 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by 3xta (Post 6553140)
My bad, they aren't bees, they are wasps, and their huge. So the brown paper bag technique is used to fool wasps, because they think there is another nest there so they wont to build one by it anymore?

its cheap but it doesnt work aswell as the one i stated earlier....the pre-packaged one has a scent pack in the bubble aswell, which deters the wasp from building in the general vacinity.


btw, i got a wasp nest brewing in my external garage...lol. My most favorite past thing to do is silicone the opening closed late at night. It traps them inside the gutter and they go ballistic for a few weeks, then die off.


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