No Fly Zone
We don’t smoke in the house. We go out on the back deck to smoke. The last few days it’s been infested with bumble bees, hornets and wasps. I decided to enforce a “no fly zone” on our back deck.
I went to the Dollar Store and bought a couple cans of Hot Shot and then went out on the deck. The bumble bees were diving and the hornets and wasps were swarming. I started spraying. The Hot Shot did not seem to be effective with the bumble bees but did real damage to the hornets and wasps. It was time for the old fashioned fly swatter. I got one bumble bee real good as it hovered directly in front of me.
I guess I will have to go back to the Dollar Store and resupply. I’m going to enforce the “no fly zone” all summer.
I’d get an electonic bug zapper…and one of those electic fly swatters that look like a tennis racket…then I’d make a sport out of it. Good Luck…and have fun!
Just nuke them…….works everytime…:)
No ~ please don’t poison the bees ~ our survival depends on bees:
dear idiots, the “bumble bees” are carpenter bees n won’t even sting you. the other bees are simply mirroring your reflection of aggression and fear. most bees are not aggressive unless u bother them, but they are very sensitive to the energy you emit.
yellow jackets, which are wasps, not bees do sometimes get aggressive in the fall, however. but i don’t think it’s fall in any part of the world.
put some that poison in your soda n drink it.
Female carpenter bees will indeed sting you if you interrupt their laying eggs in their burrows. The males are incapable of stinging. You might want to check your facts before you address others as “idiots”.
If you’ve ever inadvertently mowed over a yellow jacket nest, any time of year, you know how aggressive they can be.
My wasps (mud daubers) have nests by my front door. Last year I got stung almost every time I went out that door in the merry month of May. It wasn’t long before I wss definitely emitting fear…
These are bumble bees not carpenter bees. Unlike the male carpenter bee, the male bumble does have a stinger.
A bumblebee (also spelled as bumble bee) is any member of the bee genus Bombus, in the family Apidae. There are over 250 known species, existing primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. Queen and worker bumblebees can sting. Unlike a honey bee’s stinger a bumblebee’s stinger lacks barbs, so they can sting more than once.[22] Bumblebee species are not normally aggressive, but will sting in defence of their nest, or if harmed.
Carpenter bees (the genus Xylocopa in the subfamily Xylocopinae) are large, hairy bees distributed worldwide. There are some 500 species of carpenter bee in 31 subgenera.[1] Their name comes from the fact that nearly all species build their nests in burrows in dead wood, bamboo, or structural timbers (except those in the subgenus Proxylocopa, which nest in the ground).
Another point, I have no idea where the nest might be (for the bumble bees). Have no trees and can’t find anywhere they might have it. I’m certain the wasps are in our attic and plan to bomb it soon.