No more bees pleese

[Louie_Hampton]

This last week we took out a couple of large Cottonwood trees. One was home to a family of racoons and several hundred bees. The racoons accepted their eviction with no fuss, the bees however, put up a pretty good fight. Out of five of us on the job, only one guy didn't get stung. Nothing more serious than some minor discomfort, no one was allergic.

We had wasp and hornet spray on the job, but our climber in the bee tree didn't think he could get a good kill while spraying them in the tree. We sent up a smoke pot, lit two smoldering fires in wheel barrows on the ground and cut below (we thought) the bees. The plan was to deal with them on the ground. I didn't really care for the plan, but since I couldn't come up with a better one and Raul was in the tree and had the best view of what he had to work with, we went with it. It might have worked out better, but the hollow and the bees, went down much farther than he realized. Instead of cutting through well below the bees, he found himself right at the base of the hive.

What are some of the ways you guys have come up with to deal with the local wildlife?

Louie Hampton

 

[klimbinfool]

Ran into quite a few hives myself and I really hate them.Been stung a million times and I still never get used to it..HA Ha.If I have a choice, I try to deal with the tree in the early morning when the bees are a little more dosile.I also try to rope out the limb or trunk in such a way, as not to disturb them to much.Usually there is another tree close by for some double ropping in order to let the piece down gingerly, but not always.Using spray sometimes works, but doesn't always get the whole hive.JUst kind of tickes them off more.I ve also cut right through the center of the hive like you folks and paid for it dearly.Didnt have much choice there, but to just hurry up and get that piece on its way to the dump.Sometimes if you know a local bee keeper , he may come get them for you.This works for everyone, including the bees.AS for other animals, we have shelters and certain individuals who will take the injured in, if injured.

 

[TreeDr]

With bees you have a good reason to sell it for the winter. Build up some backlog that way. Rodents such as racoons and squirrels get evicted if they don't leave on their own.

 

[Kevin]

Gets cool enough at night here that it makes it easy to collect an external nest.
I wait until about 9pm then put a large paper bag over the nest from the bottom up and close the bag off at the top while pulling the nest off.
You can then do what you want with it.
CO2 fire extinguisher slows them down pretty fast as well and covers a large area but may be a little costly to refill.
Good for an emergency.