bee's in blind

[michigandeerslayer]

the last time I was up north there were a few bee hives on my blind(wood one)do Yo think with these cold temp's the past few nights and frost they have left? I would Like to hunt out of that blind but I dont want to take a chances that the bees have moved inside, its not sealed very well anymore so they can get in and out if they want

thanks

Rich

[7MM Magnum]

the last time I was up north there were a few bee hives on my blind(wood one)do Yo think with these cold temp's the past few nights and frost they have left? I would Like to hunt out of that blind but I dont want to take a chances that the bees have moved inside, its not sealed very well anymore so they can get in and out if they want

thanks

Rich

Rich,.. I'm not sure just how low your temps have been where your blind is located BUT,.. cool weather will normally render bees lethargic. Unless you've had some solid cold temps in the freezing range they will still become active when it rewarms. IE: turning on your heater on in your blind will wake em' up and they will return to normal.

I had an old blind out back on my property and the corner posts were cedar posts like used in some of my property fence work. This was an old blind built by the previous owners back in the early to mid 60's. It turned out that the bees built a home in one of those corner posts and I didn't know it. I went to utilize the blind when I first moved here and did use my small "sunflower" heater. About an hour later I had some visitors. Man did I ever light out of that place! :tdo12: I tore the blind down with the tractor that spring. ;)


Hope this answers your question. ;)

[michigandeerslayer]

Rich,.. I'm not sure just how low your temps have been where your blind is located BUT,.. cool weather will normally render bees lethargic. Unless you've had some solid cold temps in the freezing range they will still become active when it rewarms. IE: turning on your heater on in your blind will wake em' up and they will return to normal.

I had an old blind out back on my property and the corner posts were cedar posts like used in some of my property fence work. This was an old blind built by the previous owners back in the early to mid 60's. It turned out that the bees built a home in one of those corner posts and I didn't know it. I went to utilize the blind when I first moved here and did use my small "sunflower" heater. About an hour later I had some visitors. Man did I ever light out of that place! :tdo12: I tore the blind down with the tractor that spring. ;)


Hope this answers your question. ;)

the last 2 nights have been in the low 30's(with frost) and i wasnt planning on using a heater, its not that cold yet:lol:

[7MM Magnum]

the last 2 nights have been in the low 30's(with frost) and i wasnt planning on using a heater, its not that cold yet:lol:


Yeah,... I hear what your saying.

But that year was late November during firearms season and it WAS that cold. The heat still brought em' back to life,..if you get my point.;)

[michigandeerslayer]

Yeah,... I hear what your saying.

But that year was late November during firearms season and it WAS that cold. The heat still brought em' back to life,..if you get my point.;)Im not going to take any chances

thanks for the input

[eddiejohn4]

Remember that you are at the top of the food chain kill them:)

[7MM Magnum]

Yeah,.... all 200 of em' !!! :lol:

[radiohead]

Are you sure you're not trying to get the bees to make honey to attract Deer? This sounds like some twisted way of trying to get around the baiting ban :hide::lol:

[eddiejohn4]

Yeah,.... all 200 of em' !!! :lol:
Yep all 200 hundred of them , this is why we are at the top of the food chain. wait untill after dark when the little buggers are in their nest and kill them. :lol:

I have killed more doing roof jobs when I was a wee little nipper, lol

[MarkSend]

Buy a few spray cans of wasp and hornet killer. Get a couple of different brands and have at it. Some types will kill on contact and most will spray out to 20 feet. The wasp and hornet killer will also work on bees.

[7MM Magnum]

Buy a few spray cans of wasp and hornet killer. Get a couple of different brands and have at it. Some types will kill on contact and most will spray out to 20 feet. The wasp and hornet killer will also work on bees.


That would be a good idea at the end of the season.
Your going to find that any one of those products have
a petroleum base to them and they stink.

Talk about a "cover scent" :lol:

I'm not sure how the deer will react to it, they might or
might not bee bothered by it,... but it has a
possibility of ruining your hunting season.

Use it at your own discretion. ;)

[Richard Cranium]

Instead of bee spray, latch onto a 2 gallon hand sprayer and put about an 1/8th of a cup of dish soap into it and fill with water. As previously stated, wait until about dark for all the "chickens" to come home to roost and spray the hell out of it. I've done this and it doesn't kill them instantly but it does knock them down and the soap apparently has an ill effect on the exoskeleton of said critters and they perish in a matter of a few minutes. This same solution works wonders on any insex including those pesky Boxelder bugs. It looks like northern Iraq with the Kurds after Sadam applied chemical warfare on them....corpses all over!:yikes:

[MarkSend]

True, the spray may smell but with warm weather he isn`t going to be using the stand anyway. Beside, the smell will dissapate in a short time.

[7MM Magnum]

by michigandeerslayer: I would Like to hunt out of that blind but I don't want to take a chances,....


I was under the impression he WAS intending to hunt out of it by the above comment,... and by the way petroleum odors do hang around for quite some time even to our olfactory senses,.. let alone how MUCH better a whitetails nose works. :rolleyes:


However that dish soap Idea sounds like the ticket !

[eddiejohn4]

Ammonia and dish soap. the ammonia will disapate rapidly.:) no lingering smell. Have a great season.

[wyldkat49766]

The yellowjackets have been SOOO bad up here at the house this year that Im sending hubby into the blind first when we go up to check things out next weekend. They made a nest under the dryer vent on the outside of the house and we think that they got into the siding because I have about 3-4 a day if not more in the bathroom and the laundry room next door. They are usually dying but one or two will be flying around. We have nailed that nest at least 5x and they still fly into it.

[eddiejohn4]

Is there any way for you to remove the nest?