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Sick and Tired of Bees
I am going crazy and so is my dog. I am being taken over by bees.......poor dog got stung today and usually when confronted he can kill a wasp without getting stung, today it must of landed on him. We saw activity aroung the roof shingles and sprayed. That settled that, but I kill about 20-30 bees a day, what are your suggestions??????
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Yes your right they are wasps...I've never seen so many inside the house, it's a never ending battle of the fly swatter.
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Marty11, I hear you loud and clear. Even though I have 400,000 bee's in my yard (I'm the beekeeper) it is the wasps that drive me nuts and get in the house. Halo was stung multiple times by a wasp about a month ago. Unfortunately unless you can find their nest and destroy that there's not much you can do other than eliminate the attractants. I have a recycle box outside with my pop cans and such, but I rinse them all before they go out. Same with my recycle food containers. They are attracted to the kitchen when we're cooking and routinely come in and bother us. Next year I hope to have a screen door on the kitchen.
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I hate wasps!! Have you tried putting up one of those fake nests, supposed to make the ones coming around think there's a resident hive and they're supposed to leave.
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Have to be careful with what you wear on your feet as well. Wasps are hovering in the grass right now and one flew into my Croc shoe and stung the top of my foot! OUCH!
On a nice, sunny autum day, it would be recommend to either wear a full lace up shoe or flip flops!
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Oh DOG that's a great tip! I always wear my DAWGS in the yard, didn't think about the darned things in the grass! How about full body armour!!!?? and carry a flame thrower!!
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Or you could wrap your entire body up with tape so when they land on you, they'll stick to the tape.
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How about getting some of thine fake nests so the wasps think their territory has been taken? Even just putting up paper bags that have been blown up and tied would work. Or hire an exterminator. I don't think there is a shortage of wasps but there are of bees and we need bees!
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They are definately wasps. My husband sprayed couple of areas that were suspicious. Filled some obvious holes. There are less but not gone. If I don't see improvement I'm calling in a professional by the end of the week. They are slow and stupid but they can land on someone and sting. So far only one dog got it. Between wasps, squirrels this year I'm being taken over.....
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Ahhh wildlife and mother nature!! Gotta love it!!
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Not sure if this would work on wasps (and it might be too late by now anyway, lol) but I know for a fact that it works on bedbugs!
Try dripping/spraying this mixture in doorways and windows to keep them out: 7 drops each of Tea tree oil Verveine oil Lavender oil Seriously, I tried everything to get rid of bedbugs after movers' blankets infested my couch; nothing worked and I was being eaten alive (darn those bites are itchy! worse than mosquitos!) until a friend who worked at a natural remedies store sold me the oils. 22$ and 3 days later ... no more bugs! I dripped the drops in the morning, went to work, came back and vacuumed the couch (and bed to be sure), re-dripped and let it sit over night; and started over. The itchy bites: put the drops in the bathtub filled with warm water and crawled into it: itch gone! Kitten's ear-mites? Tea Tree Oil on a cotton swab, next day the mites were dried out and no more problems for the cat - my neighbour paid 2000$ to the vet for a visit and cream for put in the ears of her kitten for 3 weeks, keeping it away from her other cat! Again, no idea what wasps think of the stuff, but it's worth a try maybe? |
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http://www.messybeast.com/teatree.htm http://www.veterinarywatch.com/Abstr...a-tree-oil.htm http://cats.about.com/od/housekeepin...omatherapy.htm http://www.holisticat.com/aromatherapy.html
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