Mate has BEES Help!

easyrider · 23 Jun 2009 at 15:39

My mate has bees at the bottom of the garden.

They are not honey bees,they have dug a hole in the back of his garden.

Any suggestions on how to get rid of them?

Thanks

antijoke · 23 Jun 2009 at 15:40

The bees dug a hole? :eek:

Tomsk · 23 Jun 2009 at 15:40

Hot or boiling water.

I killed an ants nest once by connecting my hose pipe to the hot water and giving them a (very) hot shower.

easyrider · 23 Jun 2009 at 15:41

anticonscience said:
The bees dug a hole?

They are burrowing in the soil. :eek:

Dr.EM · 23 Jun 2009 at 15:41

anticonscience said:
The bees dug a hole?

Rich_L · 23 Jun 2009 at 15:41

Are you sure it is bees and not badgers?

easyrider · 23 Jun 2009 at 15:41

Rich_L said:
Are you sure it is bees and not badgers?

Yes.

They are small fly and have yellow stripy jackets on

SlyReaper · 23 Jun 2009 at 15:42

Rich_L said:
Are you sure it is bees and not badgers?

I can see how he might get the two animals confused.

Rich_L · 23 Jun 2009 at 15:42

easyrider said:
Yes.

They are small fly and have yellow stripy jackets on

Flying miniature badgers wearing stripy jackets???!

SlyReaper · 23 Jun 2009 at 15:43

Rich_L said:
Flying miniature badgers wearing stripy jackets???!

The plot thickens...

feriso · 23 Jun 2009 at 15:44

Sure it's not wasps, bees don't dig but iirc wasps have been known to exhibit that behaviour when nesting?

Raikiri · 23 Jun 2009 at 15:44

easyrider said:
My mate has bees at the bottom of the garden.

They are not honey bees,they have dug a hole in the back of his garden.

Oh no, they might... do something? What's the problem exactly

feriso said:
Sure it's not wasps, bees don't dig but iirc wasps have been known to exhibit that behaviour when nesting?

Some do, there are hundreds of species.

J.B · 23 Jun 2009 at 15:44

Rich_L said:
Flying miniature badgers wearing stripy jackets???!

Thats hi-vis jackets, digging holes is serious business. Health and safety dont you know

Macabre · 23 Jun 2009 at 15:44

Haha, never heard of bee's digging a hole, random. Just cover the hole up with more soil. Burried alive ha.

Glaucus · 23 Jun 2009 at 15:45

A quick goole suggests it might be wasps

Cicada killers and spider wasps build their wasp nests in the ground by burrowing.
The digger wasps, cicada killers and burrowing spider wasps cause concern because of their activity in lawns or other high traffic areas and can be controlled by applying residual dusts such as DELTA DUST into the burrows.

Yellowjackets commonly build nests below ground in old rodent burrows or other cavities

Greenlizard0 · 23 Jun 2009 at 15:45

Mustard missiles straight into their ovaries from orbit that then cause lots of "kill it with fire".

Either that ring a bee person/pest control

Sudden · 23 Jun 2009 at 15:45

feriso said:
Sure it's not wasps, bees don't dig but iirc wasps have been known to exhibit that behaviour when nesting?

Wasps are scarier

they don't die when they sting you like bees do they?

Ma'am · 23 Jun 2009 at 15:45

Ring a pest control company?

edit: beaten to it lol

A.N.Other · 23 Jun 2009 at 15:45

Rich_L said:
Flying miniature badgers wearing stripy jackets???!

Jesus! We're all dead :eek:

On a serious note, I suggest two things that we have employed successfully on ants in the past ... I'm sure they'll work on bees/wasps similarly ...

1) boiling water. More suited to patios than soil, really.

2) soak petrol into the soil (the tunnels will help it all flow in), wait for a while, add some more to be sure and light it up. Instant cure.

easyrider · 23 Jun 2009 at 15:45

feriso said:
Sure it's not wasps, bees don't dig but iirc wasps have been known to exhibit that behaviour when nesting?

No definitely not Wasps.

They are bigger