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Originally Posted by zraffz
Are you sure they are honey bees and not wood boring bees? The wood boring bees are a little smaller and instead of being yellow/black/yellow they are black/yellow/black. I'm pretty sure neither of the two actually sting but they bite and it hurts even worse lol.
I always get stuck dealing with bees cause I never seem to get stung. I remember dealing with Cicada Killer Wasps once - those things were about 3" long. I just stuck a Blockbuster by the nest.
If you use starting fluid or brake parts cleaner on the nest, you can stun them for a little while. I am 99% sure starting fluid doesn't harm them and brake parts cleaner only seems to harm them if it hits their wings.
And I am not sure about the smoke thing. I've never tried smoke but I have tried one of those chemical fire extinguishers and that didn't work. It made them angrier haha.
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I agree on the type of bee. My parents dealt with carpenter bees a few years ago.
I would not go for Brakleen if it's vinyl siding. I'd be worried about a chemical reaction.
Paul, I will also ask my old boss at the apple orchard. She used to get stuff done every year.
Side note, I do not miss the yellow jackets there. But it was fun getting in apple fights. We called a thrown mushy apple with bees in it the "bouncing betty".