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Bumblebees have decided to make my back porch a clubhouse. There's at
least a dozen always hanging around. I don't want to kill them, as we need them to pollinate things (no honeybees), but is there some way to convince them to headquarter somewhere else? Some kind of repellent, perhaps? Alan -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- **** Please use address to reply via e-mail. **** Posted using registered MR/2 ICE Newsreader #564 --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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Carpenter bees- which I have a good deal of, are much darker than the
bumble. They lack the brilliant yellow striping of the bumble- it's more of a brown stripe. They won't bother you- just your house. Sonya "Lar" wrote in message . .. In article 3e9c790d$1$nynaurff , says... :) Bumblebees have decided to make my back porch a clubhouse. There's at :) least a dozen always hanging around. I don't want to kill them, as we :) need them to pollinate things (no honeybees), but is there some way to :) convince them to headquarter somewhere else? Some kind of repellent, :) perhaps? :) :) :) Alan :) :) They may be carpenter bees. See if you can detect any wood damage that looks like a perfect 1/2 in drilled hole. If so, painting the exposed surfaces with oil based or polyurethane paints will help. If they look like they have made some holes you will have to decide whether to kill them or let the few exist for pollination help. -- Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment. Lar. (to e-mail, get rid of the BUGS!! |
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In , on 04/15/03
at 09:51 PM, Lar said: :) Bumblebees have decided to make my back porch a clubhouse. There's at :) least a dozen always hanging around. I don't want to kill them, as we :) need them to pollinate things (no honeybees), but is there some way to :) convince them to headquarter somewhere else? Some kind of repellent, :) perhaps? :) They may be carpenter bees. See if you can detect any wood damage that looks like a perfect 1/2 in drilled hole. If so, painting the exposed surfaces with oil based or polyurethane paints will help. If they look like they have made some holes you will have to decide whether to kill them or let the few exist for pollination help. They're bumbles - I looked up both on the web. There are no holes anywhere, not even the wooden picnic table. They just like my porch. :( I want them to like somewhere else. Alan -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- **** Please use address to reply via e-mail. **** Posted using registered MR/2 ICE Newsreader #564 --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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In spring, Bumblebees begins to tunnel where the soil is dry. Rain
drowns their larvae. If you watered under your deck, the adults will leave. If you want them to continue pollinating your yard, do a search for building bumblebee nests. I saw one made of 2L pop bottles a few years ago... Good luck. :) |
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ganews.com... In , on 04/15/03 at 09:51 PM, Lar said: :) Bumblebees have decided to make my back porch a clubhouse. There's at :) least a dozen always hanging around. I don't want to kill them, as we :) need them to pollinate things (no honeybees), but is there some way to :) convince them to headquarter somewhere else? Some kind of repellent, :) perhaps? :) I certainly wouldn't worry about having bumblebees around. Beside the fact that they're great pollinators, they're so laid back that stings from them are few. You have to pick them up or step on them with bare feet before they sting. They occasionally do a foray around your head when disturbed, but I've never been stung in these warnings. If you don't really like them, tell them to come to my house. I enjoy them. :) John |
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Does this hold for wasps too? Last two years, we've had quite an
infestation of them and I'd like to know if there's something we can do now to avoid them. botgrl "Pen" wrote in message om... In spring, Bumblebees begins to tunnel where the soil is dry. Rain drowns their larvae. If you watered under your deck, the adults will leave. If you want them to continue pollinating your yard, do a search for building bumblebee nests. I saw one made of 2L pop bottles a few years ago... Good luck. :) |
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Does this hold for wasps too? Last two years, we've had quite an
infestation of them and I'd like to know if there's something we can do now to avoid them. Depends on the type of wasp. I have in my front yard, a ground nesting solitary wasp colony that are not agressive, just annoying. Mine comes from the bare clay (they like barren slopes along the sidewalk that hasn't grown back since they put in the dayum sidewalk). They fly along the ground, haven't stung yet in spite of there being HUNDREDS of them, and as I understand it, as my grass grows in will be less inclined to nest here. I don't bother them as they don't bother me. Now Yellow Jackets are hyper aggressive and I had a professional exterminator come and take care of a nest that they had built in the ground in the middle of my yard because I have children and dogs and couldn't mow my yard without attack. Just my 2 cents......... Christine |
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In to1oa.417$5M.15982@localhost, on 04/18/03
at 09:10 PM, "Queen" said: Does this hold for wasps too? Last two years, we've had quite an infestation of them and I'd like to know if there's something we can do now to avoid them. Paper wasps aren't a problem, in my experience. Pretty mellow. You can approach their nests and they won't bother you unless you fool with the nest. When I was a kid, I used to watch them build nests - never even got buzzed by one of the wasps. Yellow jackets are aggressive, and, if there's a nest on yourr property, you probably want to get rid of it unless it's in an out of the way area (even yellow jackets have a place in the ecosystem.) Alan -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- **** Please use address to reply via e-mail. **** Posted using registered MR/2 ICE Newsreader #564 --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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