Bees

[Richbon]

Hello,

We just found a nest of bees inside the dual propane tank cover. Does anyone have a suggestion to safely remove them?

Thanks for any help,

Bonnie

[OldCoot]

If you have the cover off and the nest exposed, I got rid of mud daubers by soaking the nest with WD40.

[Richbon]

The cover isn't off but we can, sort of, lift the lid a little and try spraying the WD40. I was trying to come up with a way to send smoke up there to slow them down but not sure how to do that.

Bonnie

[BigJohnD]

Are bees like other stinging insects, and can't really fly at night? If so, maybe try removing the cover when it's dark, then soaking them. Just a shot in the "dark".

[Arefbee]

If they are bees, call a bee keeper. Try not to kill any.

[Richbon]

It's not that they don't fly at night, at least I never heard that, but worth a try. If that "shot in the dark" doesn't work, I know another "shot in the dark" called Southern Comfort that might work on me!!

[Richbon]

Arefbee, I didn't think about calling a beekeeper. We have one about 10 miles north of us I will call. Oops, just remembered our local farmer's market tomorrow that have a few honey sellers that might be interested. I'll check with them.

[mcnabbwr]

Wasp & hornet spray works, just spray up under the cover.

[QCCowboy]

We don't get too many bees but lots of wasps around here. The cheapest and best solution I've found is to take some dish soap (1 part soap and 4 parts water) and mix it with water in a portable weed tank sprayer (the kind you pump to add air pressure.) shake up well, then spray away. You get the added reach of the wand of the sprayer, the ability to spray any direction including upside down (Which wasp spray will not do) and a darn lot of juice to spray with, not to forget these things can spray a long way.

Always, always do this at dusk or night to make sure they are in the nest so that you get them all. I usually spray nests a couple nights in a row before dropping nests.

[Terier]

Originally Posted by Arefbee

If they are bees, call a bee keeper. Try not to kill any.

Ditto on calling a bee keeper. They have the right equipment to wear without concern of bee stings.

[Rugged Brown]

Protect the bees. They are dying of natural causes at alarming rates....Call the bee keeper as was already mentioned by like minded posters.

[harderd]

If they are honey bees they need to be protected, anything else, spray the hell out of them.

[QCCowboy]

All this talk of protecting the bees made me want to watch The Bee Movie again

DreamWorks Animation's "Bee Movie": http://youtu.be/sxuU39hMpP4