"glenecho" wrote in message
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Hi,

I am totally new to this group but figured it would be an appropriate
place to ask this question.

About two months ago I got stung several times by bees while mowing
the lawn. After re-inspecting the area I realized that there is about
a 2-3 inch wide hole in the ground where bees were entering and
exiting. At the time it wasn't bad, and I'm not into killing bees
just because they sting.

However in the last month it has gotten pretty bad. My daughter and I
have both been stung a few times and the dog has been stung also. I
allow(ed) neighborhood kids to play basketball in my driveway and they
started getting stung too (waiting for the lawsuits). I've been told
they can't be bees, that they must be yellow jackets, but I've spent
plenty of time watching them exit this hole, and they are DEFINITELY
bees of some sort. I'm not a expert, but I'd swear they were standard
honeybees. They get pretty upset if you get too near the hole.

Well, they need to go. My father came over with a "sure fix" which
was to pour gasoline down the hole and ignite it. This killed a bunch
of them, but this morning it is business as usual.

The only mistake made here was lighting it. You just leave it in there
and the fumes will spread throughout the hole(s) and fumigate them all. No
more problem. I have done this more than once and never had a recurrence of
the pests.
If you want to go a more expensive route, call your local exterminator,
who can come out and put a special powdered chemical around the hole, and
they will eventually go through this powder to get to their queen to keep
her alive. In the process, they'll carry the poison in to her and the hive
is doomed. The queen gone, the hive scatters and perishes. I had to resort
to this when yellow jackets nested in my attic in an inaccessible space.
They were gone in one night. Cost me $35 if I remember right, more than
worth the trouble.
Good luck.
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