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Forum: General Stuff Topic: bees started by: Malcolm Posted by Malcolm on Aug. 28 2009,11:37
There's some bees that've set up a nest inside our house wall, between front door & mailbox. I hear you need to tear the space open anyhow to get any & all bits of the hive, honeycomb, etc., gone. That'll make it easier to kill the bastards as well. The $64,000 question is should we (roommates & myself) ice the pests ourselves or hire it out? How much of a pain is it?
Posted by GORDON on Aug. 28 2009,11:43
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.
Posted by GORDON on Aug. 28 2009,11:44
Although it would be pretty awesome to drill a hole above the nest right now, and pour in some liquid nitrogen.
Posted by Malcolm on Aug. 28 2009,11:50
(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. 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. 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. Posted by GORDON on Aug. 28 2009,13:20
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.
Posted by Malcolm on Aug. 28 2009,14:48
To get to them, we'd either have to take out a doorframe or punch in from the outside. If you were to stand & face the house ...************** ============= ************** ============= **** DOOR **** ============= ************** == WINDOW ==== ************** ============= ************** ============ =========== == STAIRS === =========== x ^ ... entrance hole to nest The huge blue rectangle between the door & window to the living room have to be where they live. Posted by GORDON on Aug. 28 2009,14:50
You could just post pics.
Posted by Paul on Aug. 30 2009,14:40
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! Posted by Malcolm on Aug. 30 2009,15:53
Can already feel temperatures starting to drop due to fall rolling around. Gonna be interesting to see when we do this.
Posted by unkbill on Sep. 02 2009,08:48
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?
Posted by Malcolm on Sep. 02 2009,09:12
(unkbill @ Sep. 02 2009,10:48) QUOTE 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? Nest's supposed to get removed so it's not inviting to other critters later. Had a chat w\ a buddy of mine that had to do shyte like this. Said he just got a few cans of foamy insect killer & blasted the hole w\ it. Fuckers were dropping dead when they flew out of the hole. |