bumble bees

[mv_princess]

Hi i was wondering if anyone knows how to get rid of bumble bees? we have them hanging around our pool....thank you!!

 

[RoseRed]

Hairspray.

 

[Mikeinsmd]

Hi i was wondering if anyone knows how to get rid of bumble bees? we have them hanging around our pool....thank you!!

They build nests in wood. Look for a hole a lil smaller than a dime. I have a few at my house & am curious hor to get rid of them too. Wasp & Hornet spray might help

 

[mv_princess]

Hairspray.

is there a special type of hairspray??

 

[RoseRed]

is there a special type of hairspray??

The sticky kind. Spray them mid flight and it freezer up their wings.

 

[Oz]

it freezer up their wings.

 

[RoseRed]

 

[Bogart]

They build nests in wood. Look for a hole a lil smaller than a dime. I have a few at my house & am curious hor to get rid of them too. Wasp & Hornet spray might help

Negative
Carpenter bees nest in wood.
To get rid of them, you have to move.
Bumble bees nest in the ground.
Just leave them alone, they won't bother you.

 

[Mikeinsmd]

Negative
Carpenter bees nest in wood.
To get rid of them, you have to move.
Bumble bees nest in the ground.
Just leave them alone, they won't bother you.

Well I've seen the lil black & yellow fokkers crawling in & out of the holes in the wood. I aint movin either....

 

[BuddyLee]

Well I've seen the lil black & yellow fokkers crawling in & out of the holes in the wood. I aint movin either....

If you leave them alone, like Bogie said, you should be fine. They will hardly ever attack unless in packs. Every year they will drill holes in our garage and my father will go out to work while my mother protects him from the packs with her purple fly swatter.

 

[Bogart]

Well I've seen the lil black & yellow fokkers crawling in & out of the holes in the wood. I aint movin either....

Yeah, those are carpenter bees. When I lived in a wood sided house they drove me insane. You could actually hear them grinding away when you were the only one home. Google carpenter or wood bees.

 

[Mikeinsmd]

If you leave them alone, like Bogie said, you should be fine. They will hardly ever attack unless in packs. Every year they will drill holes in our garage and my father will go out to work while my mother protects him from the packs with her purple fly swatter.

I don't have any problem with the bumbles but I need to stop either the carpenter bee or the bumble, whichever is drilling holes in my house. Starting to look like swiss cheese....

 

[Mikeinsmd]

Yeah, those are carpenter bees. When I lived in a wood sided house they drove me insane. You could actually hear them grinding away when you were the only one home. Google carpenter or wood bees.

Will do!! Thanks!!

 

[willie]

Carpenter Bees can do some big damage. I wouldn't waste time getting rid of them. Bare wood is especially vulnerable. If I remember correctly, Bumble Bees have a hairy butt and Carpenter Bees are shiny.

 

[mAlice]

They're attracted to the water. Empty the pool.

 

[Vince]

Negative
Bumble bees nest in the ground.
Just leave them alone, they won't bother you.

Just don't stand near their hole in the ground unless you want to get attacked and have the crap stung out of you.

 

[mv_princess]

They're attracted to the water. Empty the pool.

the summer isnt over...and they are more by the ladder to get into the pool....we can't move, and we wont take down the pool until october...i was hoping there was something we could do....thank you guys for your help...we will try the hairspray thing...is there anyway to get them to leave the ladder alone? I mean it doesnt look like a bumble bee.........

 

[thakidistight]

the summer isnt over...and they are more by the ladder to get into the pool....we can't move, and we wont take down the pool until october...i was hoping there was something we could do....thank you guys for your help...we will try the hairspray thing...is there anyway to get them to leave the ladder alone? I mean it doesnt look like a bumble bee.........

Stop sunbathing covered in honey!!! OR...paint your ladder to look like something that eats bumble bees, like a bigger bumble bee. Then the little bees will be scared cause a new, huge, bumble bee is in town and they will clear out

 

[mv_princess]

Stop sunbathing covered in honey!!! OR...paint your ladder to look like something that eats bumble bees, like a bigger bumble bee. Then the little bees will be scared cause a new, huge, bumble bee is in town and they will clear out

i tend to believe there is something wrong with you....
But the honey gives me the best tan.......

 

[Cletus_Vandam]

Have you tried any of the candels, yard sprays or even the tiki torches? They might work(?).