How to get rid of wasps and bees simply and effectively

“Ah, red summer, I wish I could love you...” Flies and mosquitoes prevented the great poet from enjoying the sun’s rays under the gentle breeze. Today's summer residents are bothered by wasps all season long. They attack without reason, due to their innate aggressiveness. One insect attacks several times - the smooth sting does not always remain at the site of the bite. If your area has been taken over by “occupiers”, follow our advice, as getting rid of wasps is quite difficult.

Get rid of thoughts about the possibility of a peaceful neighborhood from your head. Feel free to classify buzzing guests as enemies, because they:

Raspberries, apples, pears, gooseberries, and grapes especially suffer from the invasion. Insects gnaw small fruits indiscriminately, eat out passages in large ones and feast in groups. Wasp colonies are destroying entire gardens!

Wasps look for sweets everywhere, including in the trash. Visits to you and wandering around the table, washed vegetables, fruits are fraught with intestinal diseases of the whole family.

They threaten health and life.

Insect bites cause not only pain and irritation, but also allergic reactions. Most people do not even realize they are intolerant to wasp venom until they are stung. And the consequences are dangerous: from dizziness to anaphylactic shock.

Wasps are aggressive, attack several times

Be sure to destroy the nests!
Dealing with wasps is difficult. If individuals remain alive, then the striped family grows again over time. Therefore, the main measure in the fight against buzzing villains is the destruction of dwellings. Carefully examine the nooks and crannies in attics, balconies, sheds, under roofs, and on the property. If any nest remains intact, the fight will have to start all over again.

The best time for "military" actions

Remove insect nests in spring or late fall when they are empty. Burn any nests you find. In summer there is no point in fighting in the morning and during the day: insects fly away and nests are empty. The vindictive minke whales, not finding a home, will begin to take revenge - actively attack. So it is best to destroy wasp nests in the evening, together with the owners.

If you are renovating an apartment or building a house, prevent unwanted attacks. Wasps love places that are difficult for people to reach: under panels, boxes, etc. Treat wooden structures with chemicals to prevent uninvited guests from settling in.

Insect control specialists will treat your home and area with special products. The disadvantages of the method are that it is expensive and inconvenient: not everyone likes to wait for strangers and accompany them around their territory.

If you decide to act on your own, get ready. Choose clothes made of thick fabric, covering all areas of the body. Protect your hands with gloves (if possible, made of leather), and your face with a mosquito net. Make sure there are no children or pets nearby - no matter how carefully you act, opponents can get ahead and bite.

Collect materials for the fight:

Big bag.
Ladder (if the nest is high).
Spray.
Insect repellent.

You can act in different ways:

Pour boiling water over the shelter.

There is little chance of destroying all wasps using this method.

Treat the nest with petroleum products.

The family will die immediately.

Spray the monastery with dichlorvos.

It is also advisable to treat the surrounding area. Cover the nest with “drunk” wasps with a plastic bag, tie it and take it out of the area. Douse it with fuel and burn it.

Remove the wasp nest from your area using any acceptable method.

Spray the nest and surrounding area with gasoline.

Most wasps will die instantly. The living will fly away and not return.

The humane method is a bunch of red peppers.

Hang it near the insect habitat. They will leave the place soon.

Place poisonous baits.

Lay out the treats until the individuals disappear.

Apply a special solution.

Actellik and cypermethrin in equal parts – 5 ml each – dissolve in a liter of water. Spray over the “house”. After 15 minutes, cut off the nest and immediately place it in the bag.

Treatment with insecticides (“Ghetto”, “Smelnet”, etc.).

The remedy acts gradually, generally, death begins within a day.

Select a container suitable for the size of the nest and fill it to the brim with water. Place it near the wasp shelter from below - it should completely sink into the liquid. Wait at least five minutes. The nest will become wet and the insects will die.

Ways to fight

There are many ways to get rid of unwanted neighbors. You need to choose the most suitable one, focusing on the number of insects and the location of their refuge. To remove bees as quickly and efficiently as possible, it is worth combining several methods at once.

How to get rid of wild bees?

Wild bees are much more aggressive than the hardworking honey bees that are bred in apiaries, so you need to take measures as early as possible to get rid of them.

Attention! Eliminating individual insects will not help, since there will be a nest with a queen bee, which will continue to lay eggs and give birth to new family members. To prevent this from happening, it is imperative to find and destroy the bee’s home.

In order to remove bees from the house, radical measures are taken, using insecticides or turning to professional exterminators. It is quite difficult to get rid of bees in the wall of a house or gazebo; it is much easier and more effective to prevent their appearance by using methods such as painting, impregnation or varnishing of wooden surfaces.

Fighting neighbor bees

If neighbors raise bees, then the question of how to deal with insects takes on a moral and ethical connotation. The best option is to communicate with the owners of the hives and together choose the most suitable strategy that suits both parties. The best option to protect yourself from bees is to build a high fence (2.5 - 3 m), which will prevent insects from entering your territory. Planting coniferous trees along the fence bordering the apiary will also help.

Even if it was not possible to reach an agreement, it is worth destroying calm and beneficial insects only as a last resort. It is better to try other methods, for example, special devices. In addition, you can plant plants on the site whose aroma will repel honey plants.

Fighting earth bees

Ground bees live underground where they make burrows. Neighborhood with these insects can be dangerous due to the threat of attacks and bites. In addition, it is necessary to get rid of earth bees in the country, as they dig long tunnels underground, which negatively affects the development of plants, and also gnaw leaves.

To combat insects, they dig up the soil, fill the holes with water, and use traps and pesticides.

If the area is chosen by wild bees

It happens that they settle in a hollow or in rooms: under the stairs, in basements, in attics. These insects are more peaceful than wasps and rarely attack without reason. How to get rid of bees? If the neighborhood is unpleasant for you, you can free yourself in two ways: by moving to another place or by destruction.

Two relocation options:

Attention! The method is dangerous! It is recommended to use only when absolutely necessary.

Fumigate the hive with a smoker. Place the lethargic bees in a bag and take them to another area. You need to act quickly: if the bees wake up on the way, they will throw out all their anger on you.

Invite a beekeeper you know. He may wish to tame your guests. If he doesn't need the swarm, ask for support in moving the colony to another location.

Stages of killing bees:

Fumigate the hive with a smoker to calm the inhabitants.
Spray insecticide inside.
Close the entrance tightly.
Place the hive in a large bag.
After the insects die, destroy the bag.

Bees are pests of wooden houses

How to get rid of bees in the country

Tree bees are interesting insects: they are similar in appearance to bumblebees and are not considered aggressive, but they pose a different danger: they easily make tunnels in dry wood and make nests inside walls.

Note! Tree bees love the sun, so burrows should be found on sunny walls. Insects rarely settle in the shade.

If moves are discovered, measures are taken immediately.

What will help get rid of annoying “neighbors”:

Pour pesticides (boric acid or carbaryl) into the holes.
Pour gasoline or diesel fuel into the sockets. The method instantly kills pests. The manipulation must be performed in protective equipment and gloves.
Pour carburetor cleaner into the socket. The aerosol has a thin long spout that easily fits into the drilled holes. The bees die instantly and will not appear again due to the strong smell.
Create a strong vibration on the wall where the hive is located.

Important! Fighting each individual separately will not bring results. As long as the queen lives in the hive, her family will quickly be replenished with young bees. It is important to destroy the queen, only then her entire family will fall apart.

Bees are pests of wooden houses

To avoid the appearance of pests, prevention is important, since the bees will remember their former home and will be able to return:

It is advisable to coat the wood with paint or varnish, since insects love untreated wood.
Etch the existing moves with essential oil of orange bark or almond oil.
Even if the adults have left the nest, the larvae remain in it; powdered insecticides (Dichlorvos, Super-Cobra, Karbofos, etc.) will help get rid of them. After the poison has been added, there is no need to close the exit from the hive, since the young animals will make moves.
If you are afraid to fill the nest with flammable substances, you can place them close to the hive: gasoline, kerosene, machine oil, Domestos, a product with the smell of bleach or acetic acid are poured into a basin. The colony will leave the hive in a couple of hours.
To drive bees away from a plot of land, you can lay out polystyrene foam, which they do not like, which means they will leave the hive.
To prevent the appearance of insects, mint, lemon balm, lavender, calendula or wormwood are planted on the territory of the dacha.
You can make a homemade trap. Sugar syrup or jam is poured into a plastic glass. A funnel (paper or cut plastic bottle) is inserted into the neck of the glass. Ready-made traps are sold, in which you need to put bait.
Bunches of dried herbs are hung in the yard and citrus peels are laid out.

Additional Information! If a swarm is spotted outside your yard, don’t panic ahead of time.
If there is no hive yet, the bees will soon fly away. This behavior indicates that the queen is forming a colony.

How to get rid of neighbor bees

You can get rid of neighboring bees by building a high (two to three meters) solid fence. Flights over your territory will continue, but at a safe altitude.

Sometimes hobbyists place their apiaries directly on the plots, without caring about their neighbors

Discuss the conditions for construction with the owner of the apiary. Do not accept the situation if your neighbor decisively refuses. The bee "terror" continues - contact the police. If it doesn’t help, decide on litigation. The beekeeper is obliged to comply with the rules of residence.

Attention! You can't kill your neighbor's insects! According to civil law, your actions in this case are equivalent to damage to someone else’s property. Your neighbor has the right to sue you.

How to scare away neighbor bees from your property

Neighbor bees often cause trouble, especially if the hives are located on a neighboring property. How can you scare bees away from your area in this case?

There are several ways to try to resolve the matter peacefully:

fenced with a fence 2 meters high;
ask to move the hives away from the site;
plant fast-growing trees and shrubs;
raise the hives to a height so that their flight path is higher than human height.

If neighboring bees are attracted to honey-bearing flowers and trees on your site, then you can try planting cloves, calendula, and peppermint near them. These plants repel insects with their scent.

If you cannot resolve the matter peacefully with your neighbor, then you can resort to the letter of the law. To do this, it is worth checking whether the hives are located at a distance of 3-6 meters from neighboring areas. It is also worth contacting the gardening association so that they can check the apiary logbook and veterinary service records with the beekeeper. If there was a bite, it should be recorded by a doctor and then, with this certificate, try to resolve the conflict with the neighbor. Otherwise, you should contact the local police officer.

Secrets of fighting earth wasps and bees

It is difficult to notice insect holes dug in the soil. If you accidentally step on them or stir them up, the owners will fly into a wild rage and literally cling to the body. Destroy shelters in one of the following ways:

Pour boiling water over the nest. Finish off any insects that crawl into the light (it is quite possible that not all will die immediately).
Inject a strong drug (for example, dichlorvos) into the hole.
Fill the hole with cement mortar.

For 1 kg of dry cement powder, take 3 kg of sand. Carry out the procedure before dawn, when the “enemies” are still sleeping.

Attention! You should only deal with small colonies of insects on your own. If there are a lot of bees and wasps, do not take risks, call specialists.

Do not try to destroy large colonies of bees and wasps yourself, call specialists

How to prevent the return of aliens:

Use a knife to remove the mark from the nest.
Treat the area with hydrogen peroxide or potassium permanganate.
Spray with any insecticide.
Hang some sticky tape nearby for returning brave souls.

If a wasp or bee does sting you, proceed as follows:

Carefully examine the wound. If you find a sting, be sure to remove it.
Apply cold to the bite site - the pain will decrease and the swelling will subside.
Lubricate the affected area (whatever you can):
- ointment with prednisolone;
onions;
parsley

Or:

Make a lotion:
with soda solution - 1 teaspoon per half glass of water.
Take an antiallergic drug: suprastin, diazolin, etc.

If you are stung by a bee or wasp, you should take immediate action immediately.

Attention! Call an ambulance immediately if the following symptoms are observed after the bite:

Cramps.
Bronchospasms.
Swelling of facial tissues.
Increased heart rate.
Pain in the heart area;
in the lower back;
in the joints.

Simple safety rules

If a bee or wasp is hovering nearby, do not panic or shoo it away. Freeze for a moment - the “enemy” will fly by.
If you took a swim in the country pool, wipe yourself dry. Insects are attracted to moisture on the body, as well as beads of sweat.
When having a picnic on the site, carefully cover dishes with fruit, bottles and glasses with sweet drinks.
Do not walk barefoot on the grass and do not look into the hollows of old trees.

Remember that in nature everything is harmonious and wasps are also needed for something

When fleeing from insects, remember that they bring benefits to the area. Their prey is caterpillars, beetles, flies and larvae of garden pests. If wasps and bees don't bother you too much and don't eat your crops in huge quantities, consider whether it's worth starting a war. Be kinder - there is nothing superfluous in nature.