100 ground bees- how can I get rid of them keeping the area safe for chickens

yello jakets social n ground nest. Number of individuals in colony much higher than bumblers.

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If they are yellow jackets for my well being please kill them!!! I am extremely allergic to the sting of yellow jackets and it only takes two stings at the same time and I am in the hospital getting IV with Benedryl and something else to get me back to breathing again. Reminds me that I need to go get a new EPI pen the first chance I get, Doc had rather I not use it due to high blood pressure but I need to keep one just in case.

Another thing that you should never do is use gasoline or any kind of petroleum product to kill the underground colony. Why do you want to kill your ground as well as the bees. When the yellow Jackets go to bed at night down in their hole in the ground, get a bug bomb aerosol can and activate it upside down in the hole, the spray goes in the hole and permiates throughout the nest and underground colony killing all the bees inside. The ones I have been using for the last few years are a 1.5 oz can of Raid Concetrated Deep Reach Fogger. They generally come in a 4 or six pack so if I have an infestation I take care of it and have a couple more cans left over for the rest of the year. The active ingredient in the Raid is Cypermethrin, I have no idea what it is or what all it kills but it kills underground colonies of Yellow Jackets and that is what I use it for.

I see no problem using gasoline. When you light it it's gone. When you use bug spray it remains in the soil and will kill the good bugs for a long time.

Please do NOT ignite the gasoline poured on yellowjacket nests. The vapors and fumes do the killing, not the flame and heat.
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Im avoiding the nest...my chicks are so far fine...LOL...nope NO FIRE at all...as long as they stay out and away from us and the chicks...I am leaving them alone....1 thing for sure...they are NOT Yellow Jacket wasps...

Thanks to everyone with any and all advice

Quote: So you see no problem with killing the soil as nothing will ever grow in that particular spot again until you replace the soil. The bug spray effects dissipate in about 3 months and it is a much safer process.

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It's not "gone" after you light it, since most of it won't burn at all undergound. It WILL contaminate groundwater

I have been mulling over an answer to the responses I have received about using gasoline to get rid of ground bees. How in the world does petroleum pollute the earth when that is where it ultimately comes from. If you say that nothing will grow there I suggest you google Le Brea Tar Pits. Lots of green growing there including trees and grass. As far as I am concerned small amounts of petroleum is not dangerous. I do agree that large spills are harmful to animals. If you have a small spill you want to get rid of I would suggest a little fertilizer.

Gasoline is heavier then air. Pouring gasoline into their hole will suffocate the occupants.

Pouring gasoline into their hole and lighting it, I would suspect that the fire would draw the air out of their hole thereby suffocating them also.

Clorox bleach contains chlorine. Chlorine in it's natural state is a gas, is heavier then air (like gasoline) and when in contact with water becomes very corrosive. The mustard gas used in World War I used Chlorine. Pour some Clorox bleach down their hole.

As with any wildlife I would prefer a non-deathly method if practical.

spoikey said:

I have been mulling over an answer to the responses I have received about using gasoline to get rid of ground bees. How in the world does petroleum pollute the earth when that is where it ultimately comes from. If you say that nothing will grow there I suggest you google Le Brea Tar Pits. Lots of green growing there including trees and grass. As far as I am concerned small amounts of petroleum is not dangerous. I do agree that large spills are harmful to animals. If you have a small spill you want to get rid of I would suggest a little fertilizer.

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Just because it comes out of the ground, pouring somewhere else on the ground after it's processed is not really a great idea as it can make it's way to the ground water that you might be drinking tomorrow.

I prefer very hot, very soapy water poured down ground bee holes just before dawn.
Used burned them out with oily gas, poured down hole then ignited, a couple times until I had a nest under the deck, hot soapy water worked great.