I have bees living on the edge of my pond

[mikeinpgh]

I have a ton of bees living in the rocks on the edge of my pond. Spray is probably a bad idea because it will go in the pond and hurt the fish. How do you suggest I kill them with out spray? I use a garden hose and it just pissed them off.
Thanks,
mike

 

[HARO]

That's about it, Mike! Garden hose and a good pair of running shoes!!!! :yikesu: John

 

[addy1]

Are they bees or those yellow little wasps? that almost look like bees. They like to live in rocks, walls, dirt. I have been stung by them 4 times now and they hurt.

If you can see the entry hole, wait until evening when they are calm or first thing in the am, use one of those wasp sprays that are a direct stream, shoot it into the hole. If you can do that without the spray getting into your pond.

 

[HARO]

If they are yellowjackets, get the wasp spray that shoots a jet of foam. It fills the entry to theis nest, and they die inside. Very effective! But I still recommend the running shoes. John

 

[addy1]

If they are yellowjackets, get the wasp spray that shoots a jet of foam. It fills the entry to theis nest, and they die inside. Very effective! But I still recommend the running shoes. John

no kidding they swarm, I usually go after them in the am when they are slower.

 

[stroppy]

please make sure of what they are before you try to kill them ... it would be a shame to kill bees, they are already on the decline and without bees to pollinate things we would be in trouble, in the UK you can call a bee person to come and remove a nest and take it to a safer place, i don't know if you have anyone like that there

 

[addy1]

please make sure of what they are before you try to kill them ... it would be a shame to kill bees, they are already on the decline and without bees to pollinate things we would be in trouble, in the UK you can call a bee person to come and remove a nest and take it to a safer place, i don't know if you have anyone like that there

We do stroppy they will come and remove the hive it at all possible.

 

[taherrmann4]

Don't we have a beewranger that just joined recently. Maybe he can come and take your bees. :razz: :lamp5:

 

[mrteach3]

They have a white powder that comes in a can that you can "squirt" down there. It works great too. The foam stuff that HARO recommended is good too.

 

[j.w]

I have mud wasps (also called Mud Dauber's ) living on one side of my pond around the rocks on the edge and if I don't bother them they don't bother me. They are not aggressive and will not attack you unless you handle them and I don't plan on doing that. I can stand right next to them and they just go about their business and I mine. So far so good!

 

[mikeinpgh]

They live in the rocks. There is pond liner under the rocks where I always see them hanging out. I'll have to investigate a little more.
I'm sure my neighbors already see me running away when I piss off the bees/wasps. It probably looks pretty silly LOL
Thanks for the good ideas.

 

[addy1]

Try and snap a picture, maybe we can help with the id.

I have those mud dauber's also jw, on some purple flowered plants near my pond I have those black and gold bees, not the wood eating ones, the bushes are covered with them. Each plant at any one time probably had 50-100 bees on it, there are three plants. So far i wander among them, bump the bushes while working on the pond. They ignore me I ignore them lol



There is one to the left of the butterfly

 

[j.w]

You have nice, minding their own business bees too. Pretty butterfly!
What kind of bees eat wood? Never heard of those. We have some little bees that like to live in the sandy soil here. There were tons when we first moved in and they never bothered anyone. I guess they moved on after the grass started growing and we started mowing. Darn humans!

 

[addy1]

You have nice, minding their own business bees too. Pretty butterfly!
What kind of bees eat wood? Never heard of those. We have some little bees that like to live in the sandy soil here. There were tons when we first moved in and they never bothered anyone. I guess they moved on after the grass started growing and we started mowing. Darn humans!

they are carpenter bees, big black things, drill holes in the wood to nest.

 

[pinon ponder]

Just don't go banging a mallet around their nests, like I accidentally did yesterday. Got stung by a wasp on the back of my right arm while pounding out a screed board next to one of the deck. My hubby says cursing was invented with the advent of plumbing. I don't think so! I think it came about with the first wasp sting! :angry: The nest is under one of our decks so I squirted some of that foam killer and watched them fly out half drunk. Then I finished them off with the same mallet. :razz: