Re: I wanna kill some bees
 

Cup of gasoline + match. Better during the daytime. Vacuum up the remains and apply more fire.

Remember to have a can of hairspray and more matches to maul survivors with.

Re: I wanna kill some bees
 

Are these bees or yellow jackets? I didnt think honeybees or bumblebees nested underground.

Anyway, yellow jackets are dormant at night. There are hornet killer foams, this works well. Wait till just after dark, get close to the hole and let fly. Works well.

Look for other activity in the area. Yellowjacket colonies are usually clustered, and one colony will repopulate the massacre hole of another, so you may have to do this more than once unless you find all the nests.

Re: I wanna kill some bees
 

ok if they are active right now, they aren't bees.

If they are 2 inches or bigger they are wasps that kill cicadas. These don't sting humans.

If they are small like an inch or so you got yellow jackets.

I'd recommend you actually getting pest control out there. Colonies of Yellow Jackets can get very big.

Melch

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Colonies of Yellow Jackets can get very big. Melch

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...and very mean. Take it from someone that was once swarmed on by an entire nest. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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I'd put my money on the bees in this one.

Swede

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Re: I wanna kill some bees
 

Two ideas:

1: Park your lawnmower over the hole, turn on the blade, and see if it chops all the bees up.

2: Buy a small-diameter, long rubber hose. Cork one end. Pour gasoline in. Put a wick in the other end and cork it. Light the wick, drop the hose into the hole, move back slightly and videotape the result. Post the video here if you live.

Re: I wanna kill some bees
 

In all seriousness, people in Texas kill fire ants by running a hose from their truck exhaust pipe to the anthill and gassing them.

Re: I wanna kill some bees
 

If you go the gasoline route (which is the way I went, with the exact same problem) do it in the evening and don't light it unless you like fireballs. They'll be asleep and the fumes and the gas itself will kill them. On second thought, I shoulda tossed a match.

BTW, RESULTS?

Re: I wanna kill some bees
 

In norcal we always used kerosene. Take a trash can lid and swirl some kerosene on it then set it over the nest, and leave it there overnight. People have told me this works with gas, but i've never tried it.

Re: I wanna kill some bees
 

Squat over it and defecate. They hate that.