Bumble bee hive in my wine barrel!

I will not use a poison. I don't want to harm other critters...like butterflies, which are in abundance, honey bees that are all over the place but keep to themselves, my dogs, spiders that eat skeeters, etc. So...all day, we have been squashing them with our boots. Every time my foot came down..I apologized. I hated doing that. Hated it. But, I also want to protect myself, and my dogs. And my husband, whose work station is right where they insist on hanging out.

The garlic did not work. These guys are stubborn as all get out. And they don't want anyone in the yard at all any more. So....I had no choice. Bumblebees are fine....until there are so many, you can't be outside. I called the guy last night that took the barrel and he said he does indeed have the queen and they are doing just fine on his property..busy collecting, pollinating, hanging out in their barrel house. The ones still here are the ones that refuse to accept their house and their queen is gone and are making my life miserable.

There might be 5 left out there now. We got a lot of them today.The hard way. The sad way. But its being done. However many are still out in the fields and will be returning later...they will meet their doom too.

The lawn is littered with squashed bodies. Soon as they are all destroyed, I will go out and rake them up. Right now...they have to stay where they are because we have to do it little at a time otherwise they divebomb us.
 
The bees are not a nuisance. The bumble bees are.

I just looked out there. There is about 25 out there now. Sigh.
 
Ina said:
Vixenator, That does make for interesting decor, but my curiosity would had that nest sliced into sections after a few days of admiring it.
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It's just now starting to disintegrate a bit, but not bad, after a few ( I think 5 or 6 ) years..Its 13 by almost 10..I think you were asking me how big it was..:)

Have you ever seen one sliced in half..Amazing how they build something so intricate, with spit and wood..
 
Kaya said:
I will not use a poison. I don't want to harm other critters...like butterflies, which are in abundance, honey bees that are all over the place but keep to themselves, my dogs, spiders that eat skeeters, etc. So...all day, we have been squashing them with our boots. Every time my foot came down..I apologized. I hated doing that. Hated it. But, I also want to protect myself, and my dogs. And my husband, whose work station is right where they insist on hanging out.

The garlic did not work. These guys are stubborn as all get out. And they don't want anyone in the yard at all any more. So....I had no choice. Bumblebees are fine....until there are so many, you can't be outside. I called the guy last night that took the barrel and he said he does indeed have the queen and they are doing just fine on his property..busy collecting, pollinating, hanging out in their barrel house. The ones still here are the ones that refuse to accept their house and their queen is gone and are making my life miserable.

There might be 5 left out there now. We got a lot of them today.The hard way. The sad way. But its being done. However many are still out in the fields and will be returning later...they will meet their doom too.

The lawn is littered with squashed bodies. Soon as they are all destroyed, I will go out and rake them up. Right now...they have to stay where they are because we have to do it little at a time otherwise they divebomb us.
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Yikes Kaya, that is horrible..I found this article, as I was interested in reading about these pesky critters..It gave me some good suggestions. Now, I am going to be on bee watch, more than usual. :eek:


http://www.pestproducts.com/bumble-bees.htm
 
Ina said:
Vixenator, That is the sort of thing I used to do as a Cub Scout leader. It was always a challenge to find things to hold the average eight year olds attention. I bet it is beautiful. :magnify:
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I can see the red in it, as I have barn red bldgs in my yard, and they must have been getting the wood off of them..it is pretty, why I keep it..Someday when it falls apart, I will see the inside..:) I have seen them though.
Oh I know about 8 yr old boys, I had 3 of them..lol..:D
 
Hubby and I just got divebombed by some really big ones. I am so burned out on them now. So...I have most of my plants in pots. I just listed them on craigslist. Fake flower garden, here I am. No watering. No bumblebees. Still pretty.
 
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