I know sometimes they can be a scary nuisance, but with all the news of the bee shortage and the devastation on crops that cause, should we take extra care not to kill bees when we're busy exterminating other pests and weeds?
#2
rekees
Live and let live except for wasps. Kill them on sight!
Yes i'm for saving the bees, they are very helpfully to use.
#5
mystreba
Yes, it's very important to avoid killing bees unless they are nesting in a way the presents a danger to your family. This is why most pesticides have warnings about application on plants that attract bees. One year I sprayed my flowering apple and cherry trees to kill the tent caterpillars. I didn't follow the manufacturer's recommendation about bees, which warned against applying while the tree was flowering. It took two years for the tree to fully recover and bloom as it had before.
Ours are trying to nest, we have carpenter bees in the front of the house (the porch has wooden beams that they love). We have had to hang up two bug zapper lights so far.
We had a bee problem last year. They were in the house and everywhere. We had to have them killed. They were stinging us! They were Yellow jackets. We also have honey bees and no one will touch them!
A hornet is a wasp, as is a yellow jacket. Actually their coloring (European Hornet and Yellow Jacket) is fairly close to the same. Yellow jackets are a bit fatter looking and smaller, about the size of a honey bee, which is why most people don't think they're wasps and wrongly think they're bees. A European Hornet has the same coloring but are quite a bit larger, and wasp-waisted, and their sting hurts like hell, trust me. Kill on sight.
I totally agree Stevie-Ray and Kenny V. Wasps are horrible insects. Yellow jackets will also make nests in the ground and come out if you step on their nest and attack you. If you are allergic they can kill you doing this. Even if you aren't they can inject enough venom to cause you to have to go to the emergency room. I hate WASPS! They are horrible insects and have nothing good to do as far as I'm concerned. Honey bees on the other hand are fairly benign unless they are attacked.
I heard of a place today that you give them a couple hundred dollars and they will bring bees to your land, farm them harvest the honey and then once the season is over they will give you honey for use of the land. It is to help increase the bee population.
I heard of a place today that you give them a couple hundred dollars and they will bring bees to your land, farm them harvest the honey and then once the season is over they will give you honey for use of the land. It is to help increase the bee population.
It also helps pollinate your crops... makes a big difference...
When I had alfalfa growing I had my own honey bees, about 10 hives all with supers... Lots of honey...
but you can also rent bees if you don't want to fiddle with them... KennyV
I would love that much access to honey. I have a few acres, maybe I will look into this. I don't mind sharing the land with some bees, might help my gardens too once I get them planted.
KennyV
