"Cindy" wrote in message ...
Trying to get bees to just 'go away' is an impossible task. Trying spaying
the entire area with soap. I found plain dishwashing liq. worked best for me
to rid myself of a nest of yellow jackets that NOTHING would kill. Seems the
soap melts the exoskeleton of the little critters.


Chitin is soluble only in concentrated sulfuric and hydrochloric acids
and glacial acetic acid. It is essentially insoluble in anything
else, including alkalis, dilute acids, organic solvents or water.

The detergent is a wetting agent and may have made it impossible for
the YJ's to dry themselves, but it didn't dissolve their exoskeletons.

J. Del Col