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Malcolm 
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Posted on: Aug. 28 2009,11:37 |
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There's some bees that've set up a nest inside our house wall, between front door & mailbox. Â I hear you need to tear the space open anyhow to get any & all bits of the hive, honeycomb, etc., gone. Â That'll make it easier to kill the bastards as well. Â The $64,000 question is should we (roommates & myself) ice the pests ourselves or hire it out? Â How much of a pain is it?
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GORDON
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Posted on: Aug. 28 2009,11:43 |
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I'd imagine that come late January they won't bee (!) too feisty, as long as you open the wall from the outside and let that cold air blast in. I could do it myself. YMMV. If you don't have the skillz, pay some contractor $100 to do it. SHouldn't need an exterminator since they'll all be frozen.
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GORDON
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Posted on: Aug. 28 2009,11:44 |
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Although it would be pretty awesome to drill a hole above the nest right now, and pour in some liquid nitrogen.
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Malcolm
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Posted on: Aug. 28 2009,11:50 |
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(GORDON @ Aug. 28 2009,13:43)
QUOTE I'd imagine that come late January they won't bee (!) too feisty, as long as you open the wall from the outside and let that cold air blast in. Â I could do it myself. Â YMMV. Â If you don't have the skillz, pay some contractor $100 to do it. Â SHouldn't need an exterminator since they'll all be frozen.
There's no way in the name of Jeebus that we're going to knock out a wall in the middle of a Minnesota January.
Current plan is ..
1. Somehow, someway get enough of the wall torn off to the point where we can jab a can or two of poison on the end of a stick & trigger them.
2. Wait a bit, see if the come back, lather, rinse, repeat if necessary.
3. Go in, rip out more wall, remove every last trace of the hive.
4. Somehow replace wall.
& all this shit needs to happen in a couple months, otherwise, it'll be way too fucking cold.
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Diogenes of Sinope:
"It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC:
"Better dead than smeg."
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GORDON
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Posted on: Aug. 28 2009,13:20 |
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You need to tear out both inside and outside of the wall? I never saw it like that. Having the width of one stud space uninsulated for a couple hours isn't really going to do anything to your heating bill.
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Malcolm
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Posted on: Aug. 28 2009,14:48 |
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To get to them, we'd either have to take out a doorframe or punch in from the outside. Â If you were to stand & face the house ...
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             ^ ... entrance hole to nest
The huge blue rectangle between the door & window to the living room have to be where they live.
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Diogenes of Sinope:
"It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC:
"Better dead than smeg."
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GORDON
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Posted on: Aug. 28 2009,14:50 |
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You could just post pics.
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Posted on: Aug. 30 2009,14:40 |
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I think Mike Rowe did this on Ditrty Jobs.
When I saw it on TV, they cut out a chunk of the wall and cut out the combs with a knife.
Seems like a lot of work.
...and you'd better post pics!
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Malcolm
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Posted on: Aug. 30 2009,15:53 |
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Can already feel temperatures starting to drop due to fall rolling around. Gonna be interesting to see when we do this.
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Diogenes of Sinope:
"It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC:
"Better dead than smeg."
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unkbill
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Posted on: Sep. 02 2009,08:48 |
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Why not drill a 1 inch hole in the top of the wall and start blasting in wasp killer. Empty a can and duck tape over the hole. They won't generally come back after that stuff is on a surface. What is the reason for removing the nest anyway?
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