Having been a beekeeper

Just use simple dish washer soap mixed heavy with water and put in a pump up sprayer. Go at night. Do not shine your light at them as they will want to fly to the light. At night they are very docile and the soapy water does not agitate them. You will need to dig through the comb while spraying because is few workers and the queen survive they will start back up.

You can also build a small fire so the wind takes the smoke into the honeycomb and this will turn on a survival mode the bees thinking the forest is on fire and they may need to relocate so they start filling themselves up with honey so they have the necessary supplies to rebuild and this slows them down a lot.

Dress up a bit for the occasion with tight long sleeves on and head wrap just in case all does not go as planned. If they come after you DO NOT fight them as your [censored] belongs to them at that point, best plan is retreat, retreat, retreat, if you run long enough they will get off you.

best of luck

The advice to run is spot on. Believe me I know my wife, dogs, and I were attacked by Africanized bees. The dogs didn't make it but thankfully we did. Run as fast and as far as you can what they can do is a horror story. It is like being in a burning building much like smoke they overwhelm you. Please don't underestimate what they can do.

First trip out I turnded the blind over, no pics

Second trip out it looked like this


Third trip out it looked like this


What you can't see amongst the remaining pieces of dried up honeycomb is the infestation of yellow jackets feeding on the honey glazed dirt. So once again a I filled the feeder before I raised hell with the insects.

Then I sprayed the yellow jackets and ground real good with hornet spray and watched a bunch die. I raked the hornet spray and dirt back and forth.

Went out the next day and there is just as many yellow jackets. I doused the ground real good with gasoline and raked it into the dirt.

I couldn't go last weekend because of work. I was supposed to be out there right now but forecast not so good. I am going to try and head back out Thursday this week but I have capitulated. Ordered a pop up blind on Field Supply this morning. Hope the blind arrives before I head back out.

That's what it came down to in the end

The bees and yellow jackets are probably gone by now but I don't have time to mess with that rickety old blind anymore. Ordered the pop up this morning.

So tomorrow I get to start a pop up blind thread

Never used one before

I am heading out tomorrow. Unfortunately, blind won't arrive until Monday. No big deal got a good deal.

I will try and pull the blind upright. The bees and yellow jackets should be long gone.

Had the same issue, on cold rainy mornings you could go in and steal some great honeycomb. Never tried the nuclear option just let it be, tried to post a pic but not sure if I can on the iPad

So between the hornet spray, gasoline, cold weather and rain the final scourge of yellow jackets that moved in to feed off the hive have been vanquished


Up righted the blind


And we are back in business


Think I am going to keep the ground blind I have on order

I'm a beekeeper and sometimes rescue swarms for free if their close by. Many beekeepers will take them off your hands for free or just the cost of the expense to travel. Put an add in Craig list to have them removed. A lot of guys trying to make a buck off of bee removals these days.

You are spot on Reich. This post was only a few hours old before I got that exact offer from another forum member. Unfortunately, we were not able to meet up at my lease before the hive was "harvested" by members of the local wildlife community. The only thing that I eradicated is the yellow jackets that moved in after the hive was gone.

If I have the problem in the future, I will post up again. Maybe we will have better luck hooking up next time. Thanks.

UPS delivered my ground blind yesterday. Think I will wrap it up and give it to myself for Christmas. Could come in handy.