Spray the exit and entrance openings of the nest for one minute until the areas are thoroughly soaked.
Bees nest under siding.
These nests may contain hundreds of workers and they have the ability and an attitude to sting many times.
Bees getting under siding leave them.
If you don t care about that chloroform will kill them nicely without removing the siding.
Nests under roof eaves or in the ground.
Bees dance to communicate between each other.
Buzzing noises in the wall.
Wait a day and check the nest for activity again.
Observe the bees during the afternoon as that is the most active time of day for yellow jackets.
If there are nests in the wall you may hear buzzing from all the bee activity.
Move the spray in widening circles around the nest walls.
They are not easily controlled especially after they have established a large nest under the siding of the house.
Bees will usually sequester themselves away in overhangs cracks window and door frames and under siding basically anywhere they can build a cozy nest.
Another way of destroying the nest is to squirt dishwashing liquid into the end of your hose pipe and run the water until suds appear.
If possible mark off any entrance holes you find so that you can easily identify them later.
The other method is to smoke the nest.
Follow where they seem to disappear into the side of your house.
In the fall they often prefer sweets and can be a pest outdoors around soft drinks.
Allshookdown august 10 2003 4 08pm 5.
I m a beekeeper and i have been an exterminator also.
I have what i think are yellow jackets getting under the siding at the base of my house.
Bees can be annoying or even hazardous to us when they build their home near our own home.
If they have a substantial hive with a lot of brood eggs and larval bees it will rot and stink after the bees are killed.
Common places for bees to hide and build nests include overhangs cracks window frames shutters door frames and underneath the siding.
Just put a small fire close by bbq or any other lit material beneath the nest.
Locate the entrance through which the bees are entering your siding.
When the water has pressure and is soapy it will blast the nest.
They also use this form of communication to tell each other where food is located.
Directly spray any escaping insects before they can take flight.
If bees are making nests in your walls or attic you may find dead bees in windowsills or near doors.
During summer a top priority of most homeowners is to eliminate bees from the yard and property.
It would be hard to get a spray in there as i don t think it would go deep enough due to gravity.
