The last few days I have been trying to get rid of a nest of yellow jacket bees in the back yard.Day 1, The only bug spray I had was a can of ant spray so I used that. The bees loved it and it kept ants away from the nest.
Day 2, Since that didn't work I put a rock over the 2 inch hole.
Day 3, The next day there was a new hole to the side of the rock. I removed the rock and put a large shovel of dirt on it and quickly slapped it flat with the shovel. I didn't get stung but when I got in the house a bee flew to a window. It must have hitchhiked on me. I zapped it with a long wired zapper that I use for bugs and things.
Day 4, The hole is back! I got the car and drove over the hole back and forth about a dozen times. The bees were slapping the windows of the car but none got in.
Day 5, The hole is back and the bees are still there but it's raining so I didn't try anything.
Day 6, Today the bees are gone. There is a 6 inch wide hole where the nest was with pieces of hive around it. I suspect a skunk dug it up to eat the bees (they love bees, grubs and such).
Good for the skunk. Now all I have to do is fill the hole.
Day 7, I filled in the hole then patted down the dirt with the back of the shovel.
Day 8, The skunk dug up the hole again. I think I'll wait a while before filling it up again.
Day 9, We had a family picnic. They helped pick up a lot of apples. Now the hole has apples in it.
