bees
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?
Edited By Malcolm on 1251484670
Edited By Malcolm on 1251484670
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
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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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.GORDON wrote: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.
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.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
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 ...
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The huge blue rectangle between the door & window to the living room have to be where they live.
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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.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
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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Nest's supposed to get removed so it's not inviting to other critters later.unkbill wrote: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?
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.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."