EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

I was doing my normal walk/ hunt with mutts today and a fellow hunter showed up about the time i was walking off and he walked with me. Well we get back to one corner of my property and he said i hear bees, me being hard of hearing i could not. We looked around and found a hive about 15-20 feet off the ground and right beside my trail. the hive is about as big around as a bowling ball and had a swarm flying around it. I wonder how many times i have just walked right by it?? Anyway do you guys have any idea how to get rid of them safely? I have been thinking of a 12 gauge from inside the closed cab tractor at NIGHT. but figure they may just be pissed and rebuild ??? what yall think?

nah what you do is get a supersoaker water gun, fill it with washer fluid and use a lighter... i know what your thinkin and yes alcohol was involved, but it works

i didnt know washer fluid would burn ??? in this burn ban i had better not try that ;D

Soap and water. If you do it at night remember they fly to the light so do not have a light on you or your tractor. Guess how fast I can jump off a tractor with flood lights at night.

I agree with dub...the soap and water works

Had one at the house under ground. Filled two 20oz bottles with gas and turned them up with the open end in the holes they use. No fire needed no bees. I raked leaves ontop of the hive and lit them and they didnt die... the bottled gas did the trick. Do it at night when they are less active

What kind of bees? Ive never tried it, but heard old timers talk about taking a "heavy duty" trash bag at night and wrap them up. Quickly

i guess they are just honey bees ???

my big ars aint gonna be climbing 20 feet up in a tree with a trash bag....... talk about a monkey f!#$ >: :P

LOL.  If their honey bees, I wouldn't bother them.  Just as long as their not killer bees

i will ask them which one they are before i mess them up >:D

id pay to see that

x2   evidently they havent bothered you yet, be ashame to kill em since there aint hardly any wild bees left these days

LOL!!!

In the ground, chances are they are yeller Jackets... best way to tell is to stick your nose to the hole and smell for honey  >:D

Them ground hornets hit me 37 times last summer bush hoggin... And don't shoot it peachy I did that before too back in my dumber days lol not a good idea at all!!! Burn em at nite b wise but then u burn the whole county up long as there 20' in the air I'd just leave em alone... I'll be back Saturday I'll bring a case of liquid confidence over and well get em outta there lmao

Be sure and get some video of it, too

Its pretty easy to tell the difference between the honey and the Africanized (killer) bees.   

There are bee removal people all over and they will come out and contain them and relocate them.  Seems like it is a job for the professionals. 

My cousin had one in his woods kept tellin me nothings in it nothings in it well i picked up an oak stick knocked that hive outta the tree an what do you know here come a pack of bees me being a smartA ss i think well hell all i gotta do is out run him ... no ... they went pasted him an stung me 3 times i ran like hell

yeah i guess u are right the african ones wear them funny hats and have big lips :o  O0

So I guess you heard the joke already.

No I guess I am just that clever ;D what is the joke?

The africanized bees have bigger lips and a bone through their nose.

Call Rudy's Honey in Livingston, he may be interested in removing them for you or at least he will know someone in your area that will take care of them for you. Good luck...

Is it bees or hornets? If it's bees I would leave them alone, They usually don't stay too long. If it's hornets you can get a good accurate .22 and get back and shoot the limb that its hanging on until it falls to the ground. Most of the time they will abandon the nest after it fall but to make sure just come back at night with some hornet spray and spray into the opening. They look great on the wall of a man cave! I got this one a few months ago. Never got stung and i shot it down and picked it up at the same time and it was a hot day.

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 :o :o that is a biggun.... they are bees though

I know an adult boxer that died from an attack, and 2 teenagers ended up in the emergency room. watch them bees, they don't play.

just got back from my walk/hunt and the bees are still there ??? guess these aint gonna move! looks like they sre building a hive. i have never seen honey bees in a tree before usually when i have seen a hive it is in something? ???

I've seen them in a tree a few times. My neighbors have a honey business and there are billions of bees around. If they're bothering you, you should call someone in the honey business. They would probly appreciate it.

whatever you do dont drop your garmin when the nest falls its hell getting it back. and in the same day dont go to a different hive and accidently tie your dogs to the tree below it!

Paul and i bayed up under a bee hive, they stung me 10 times in the head and 4 times on my back. Ran off and left the catch dog clipped to a tree. Had to run back down the levee and get him. He was yelping every time they stung him. Lost a good size boar, only had three legs tied. The dogs run him down the creek and got in to more bees from a 55 gallon drum. They ran us off, had to be the african bees they are really aggressive. Sidney

man , them bees and hornets are the only things i won't stand and fight with ...  except women lol