Avoiding the inevitable bees

[srjones]

Quick is relative...not seconds or minutes, but rather hours or days. But it will completely kill them because the powder gets on them and they spread it throughout their colony. Put some powder in hole at night or in the early morning.

 

[MMagis]

Thanks for all the suggestions. I usually don't have to worry about taking care of the yellow jackets, as the skunks do it for me. I have so much mowing to do, I simply move on to another field. It's just frustrating. As far as keeping my distance after I mow over them, I do if I see them first. Unfortunately, I almost never see them when I first run over them. But, by my next lap around they've assembled the troops and are waiting on me.
The hornets are giving me a differnet kind of trouble this week. No matter how many times I destroy their nests with the truck, they keep building new ones and refuse to leave. I'm going to have to get more serious about them if I want to ever finish them fields.

 

[Piedmont3]

MMagis,
You might try taking a can of wasp killer with you on the tractor, then when you notice them, start spraying them. It is not a complete or permanent solution but might help for the occasional problem, and you can buy almost a hundred cans of wasp spray for the price of a $200.00 suit that is hot and uncomfortable.

 

[coffeeman]

MMagis,
You might try taking a can of wasp killer with you on the tractor, then when you notice them, start spraying them. It is not a complete or permanent solution but might help for the occasional problem, and you can buy almost a hundred cans of wasp spray for the price of a $200.00 suit that is hot and uncomfortable.

In addition to that, if you get, as suggested, some of that gear that covers your head and exposed parts of neck etc. you could spray that clothing. Heck, spray the tractor too. I had a bug guy tell me to spray the parts of my house that attract the hornets and other stinging critters. The smell seems to get them to make their home in other greener pastures. Maybe that smell in and around you and the tractor might discourage them some.

Cheers...Coffeeman

 

[JDNineNinety]

I had wasps in my tractor shed for the last two years. This year I sprayed the entire inside of the shed with about 10 cans of wasp spray. I have not seen one wasp in it this year. I'm one happy tractor driver! Try it.

 

[Doc_Bob]

I had wasps in my tractor shed for the last two years. This year I sprayed the entire inside of the shed with about 10 cans of wasp spray. I have not seen one wasp in it this year. I'm one happy tractor driver! Try it.

And your shed is warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer from all that extra spray on insulation .

I hate wasps. Good job.
Bob

 

[Seat_Time]

Just a bit off topic...but I've heard that you can keep wasps/hornets from nesting under eaves and porch ceilings etc. by painting them a sky blue color. They won't build nests on the light blue?!?
Otherwise, I've seen TV shows that had to do with the Africanized bee attacks and they advised that light colored clothing is better than dark colored clothing...white is probably best.

 

[mjncad]

What is it about wasps that seem to be attracted to machinery whether its sitting still or moving about?

Is it the heat radiating off the hot metal?

The **** things are annoying.

 

[srjones]

IMO, I think it's a combination of the heat, the smell (of the exhaust and various different oils/grease/etc) and the vibration. They're there just checking you out and at the end of the summer, there are limited food options.

If it makes any difference, since they're just foraging for food you're unlikely to get stung. But if you run over a ground nest, that's a completely different story...

 

[IslandManMitch]

.I am a Florida beekeeper and I know how hot it is suiting up in July. I wear a headnet and one of the cheap Tyvex suits you can buy at any home improvement store like Home Depot. The suits are cheap, breath, lightweight, durable for the cost and are white in color which stinging bugs are less attracted to and are cooler in the sun.