RE: CSWood Bees
I don't like killing those bees. I like those bees. Unfortunately, they like eating my roof when there 6 million acres of forest all around it and they won't listen to reason. All they have to do to avoid the 'racket' is avoid my rafters and go drill holes some of those other megatons of stuff that's right there waiting for them to do so. I'd spank an arsonist too. Go pick up some of that wood that's all over the place and stop building campfires out of house pieces, OK? Gosh, I guess I'll have to go join the termite preservation society now. Ode At 10:54 PM 3/16/2006 -0700, you wrote: Serial killers! -Original Message- From: marmar...@aol.com [mailto:marmar...@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:30 AM To: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: CSWood Bees In a message dated 3/15/06 7:32:05 AM Central Standard Time, odecoy...@alltel.net writes: Badminton or tennis racket...hence the sport of 'Bad Bee Minton' And it is a sport! Those things can be really hard to hit. They all do eventually fly low enough. That's it -- ya have to be patient in this sport. Flailing away doesn't get the job done. If you stand poised to swing and wait for them to come investigate, or wait for them to get *preoccupied* with another bee, you'll have a higher average. And sometimes get a two-fer!! MA No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.2.3 - Release Date: 3/14/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.2.3 - Release Date: 3/14/2006 -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour mdev...@eskimo.com
Re: CSWood Bees
In a message dated 3/17/06 8:10:23 AM Central Standard Time, odecoy...@alltel.net writes: I don't like killing those bees. I like those bees. Unfortunately, they like eating my roof when there 6 million acres of forest all around it and they won't listen to reason. No need to apologize Ode. I suspect that someone who complains about this topic is probably not having to protect their hard-earned home from being destroyed by these highly destructive pests. Termite Preservation Society indeed!!! lol MA
Re: CSWood Bees
In a message dated 3/17/06 8:10:23 AM Central Standard Time, odecoy...@alltel.net writes: I guess I'll have to go join the termite preservation society now. Indeed!!lol MA
Re: CSWood Bees
In a message dated 3/17/06 8:10:23 AM Central Standard Time, odecoy...@alltel.net writes: I don't like killing those bees. I like those bees. Unfortunately, they like eating my roof when there 6 million acres of forest all around it and they won't listen to reason. No need to apologize Ode. The folks complaining about this thread are probably not dealing with the destruction of their hard-earned homes by these wing-ed wonders of nature!!! MA
RE: CSWood Bees, Knock'em dead for sure
I just fill the holes with caulk...sometimes the hole buzzes for a little while. Well, that's what they get for mis bee hiving!!! Doing that 30 feet in the air can get exciting though. 'Druther be a fly on the wall watching than watch myself fly through one. Ode At 10:57 AM 3/15/2006 -0500, you wrote: I reaaly hate to kill the little critters, but it's them or me. I've had limited success with WD-40, but once again here is my annual post about my surefire wood boring bee killing routine: Get a spray can of Goof Off. Identify live holes during the day. At dusk, spray Goof Off in the holes. If the bees even make it out of the holes, they'll fall out dead. But if other bees are still in there and survive it, or if Larva live through it and mature inside that hole, they'll push the dead ones out, so keep watching. It ain't over 'til it's over. Daddybob No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.2.3 - Release Date: 3/14/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.2.3 - Release Date: 3/14/2006 -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour mdev...@eskimo.com
Re: CSWood Bees
In a message dated 3/15/06 7:32:05 AM Central Standard Time, odecoy...@alltel.net writes: Badminton or tennis racket...hence the sport of 'Bad Bee Minton' And it is a sport! Those things can be really hard to hit. They all do eventually fly low enough. That's it -- ya have to be patient in this sport. Flailing away doesn't get the job done. If you stand poised to swing and wait for them to come investigate, or wait for them to get *preoccupied* with another bee, you'll have a higher average. And sometimes get a two-fer!! MA
Re: CSWood Bees, Knock'em dead for sure
In a message dated 3/15/06 10:01:58 AM Central Standard Time, rans...@atmc.net writes: Get a spray can of Goof Off. Identify live holes during the day. At dusk, spray Goof Off in the holes. If the bees even make it out of the holes, they'll fall out dead. That's right -- I forgot about that Goof Off stuff. What is it regularly used for? MA
Re: CSWood Bees, Knock'em dead for sure
In a message dated 3/16/06 7:05:37 AM Central Standard Time, odecoy...@alltel.net writes: I just fill the holes with caulk... Doing that 30 feet in the air can get exciting though. Yah -- I think that's not for me!!MA
RE: CSWood Bees, Knock'em dead for sure
That's right -- I forgot about that Goof Off stuff. What is it regularly used for? MA It's usually in the paint section and is mostly used for taking paint off something. DB
Re: CSWood Bees, Knock'em dead for sure
Enough with the Bees - it is making me sick!!! There are those of us who can't kill an ant or a spider. Duh Some consideration - I would like to get a good nights sleep, and I keep thinking about those poor bees. Geez!!! Sash ---Original Message--- From: marmar...@aol.com Date: 03/16/06 11:41:10 To: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: CSWood Bees, Knock'em dead for sure In a message dated 3/16/06 7:05:37 AM Central Standard Time, odecoy...@alltel.net writes: I just fill the holes with caulk... Doing that 30 feet in the air can get exciting though. Yah -- I think that's not for me!! MA -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour mdev...@eskimo.com
Re: CSWood Bees, Knock'em dead for sure
UH... The thread is clearly labeled... It's all about sensible choices as to what you CHOOSE to read... Chuck Martyrdom is the oldest way of achieving fame without ability On 3/16/2006 7:03:27 PM, EmoTap (sa...@emotap.com) wrote: Enough with the Bees - it is making me sick!!! There are those of us who can't kill an ant or a spider. Duh Some consideration - I would like to get a good nights sleep, and I keep thinking about those poor bees. Geez!!! Sash -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour mdev...@eskimo.com
Re: CSWood Bees, Knock'em dead for sure
Sash, Tap, Tap. Tap. If I am in water, say a pool, I'll remove any bugs I see that have fallen in an still alive...givem another chance, maybe they just made a stupid landing mistake. ya know. Don't feel sick. Every sentient being is fighting for its' space, as infinite as it may be. Some critters are just bigger than others. EmoTap sa...@emotap.com wrote: Enough with the Bees - it is making me sick!!! There are those of us who can't kill an ant or a spider. Duh Some consideration - I would like to get a good nights sleep, and I keep thinking about those poor bees. Geez!!! Sash ---Original Message--- From: marmar...@aol.com Date: 03/16/06 11:41:10 To: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: CSWood Bees, Knock'em dead for sure In a message dated 3/16/06 7:05:37 AM Central Standard Time, odecoy...@alltel.net writes: I just fill the holes with caulk... Doing that 30 feet in the air can get exciting though. Yah -- I think that's not for me!! MA -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour Carol Ann ___ The Pessimist complains about the Wind; The Optimist expects it to change; The Realist adjusts the Sails. - The world needs more sailors. - Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze.
Re: CSWood Bees, Knock'em dead for sure
Hi Carol, Sash, Tap, Tap. Tap. Are you EFT'ing her:) Craig -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour mdev...@eskimo.com
RE: CSWood Bees
Serial killers! -Original Message- From: marmar...@aol.com [mailto:marmar...@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:30 AM To: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: CSWood Bees In a message dated 3/15/06 7:32:05 AM Central Standard Time, odecoy...@alltel.net writes: Badminton or tennis racket...hence the sport of 'Bad Bee Minton' And it is a sport! Those things can be really hard to hit. They all do eventually fly low enough. That's it -- ya have to be patient in this sport. Flailing away doesn't get the job done. If you stand poised to swing and wait for them to come investigate, or wait for them to get *preoccupied* with another bee, you'll have a higher average. And sometimes get a two-fer!! MA
Re: CSWood Bees
Badminton or tennis racket...hence the sport of 'Bad Bee Minton' And it is a sport! Those things can be really hard to hit. They all do eventually fly low enough. I have a propane/butane/ether starting fluid powered Beegun in development...like a potato cannon, only shooting bird seed and a smaller bore diameter. [But I have not yet a Beegun] A bulletless cartridge [wad of toilet paper to keep the powder in place] in a .22 rifle with the barrel full of small bird seed works OK. [Not very loud either] Just enough impact to knock a bad bee apart at 20 ft, but not enough to break windows or peel paint. ...and the song birds like to get shot afterwards. Ode At 02:01 PM 3/14/2006 -0500, you wrote: Well I have tried the shop vac with no luck, and have tried using bug spray, once again with no effect. I use a newspaper, fly swatter, or my hand to swat them down and stomp them. Of course I can only get to those that fly below about 7 feet. Marshall marmar...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 3/14/06 10:49:37 AM Central Standard Time, mdud...@king-cart.com writes: I have to kill them or they will eat me out of house and home. How do you go about that, Marshall? MA No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.2.2 - Release Date: 3/13/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.2.2 - Release Date: 3/13/2006 -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour mdev...@eskimo.com
Re: CSWood Bees
LOL WD 40 also frustrates mud daubers..danged mud won't stick. But then, mud daubers sometimes make boring bees angry too. Hey! Where's my hole? It was here an hour ago! ode At 08:43 PM 3/14/2006 -0500, you wrote: They were making honeycombs out of my rafters too. I was told by clerk at Home Depot to use WD-40 spray on the rafters and in their holes. I did. They left!! - Original Message - From: mailto:marmar...@aol.commarmar...@aol.com To: mailto:silver-list@eskimo.comsilver-list@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 1:01 PM Subject: CSWood Bees In a message dated 3/14/06 7:14:42 AM Central Standard Time, mailto:odecoy...@alltel.netodecoy...@alltel.net writes: Places I've seen that had exposed rafters and 3/4 facia board on the ends suffer massive damage to the facia and none to the rafters. Ours seem to like the rafters too. I don't know when these things propogate, but between last spring and this spring, we have had the house and garage resided with boxed in eaves and soffits, and new metal roofs. If the bad-bees laid eggs last year that would hatch this year, those new-bees are gonna be reel frustrated -- and contained. This won't do a thing to help the garden shed, the tractor shed or the horse barn, but I'll feel a little bit better anyway. MA No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.2.2 - Release Date: 3/13/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.2.2 - Release Date: 3/13/2006 -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour mdev...@eskimo.com
RE: CSWood Bees, Knock'em dead for sure
I reaaly hate to kill the little critters, but it's them or me. I've had limited success with WD-40, but once again here is my annual post about my surefire wood boring bee killing routine: Get a spray can of Goof Off. Identify live holes during the day. At dusk, spray Goof Off in the holes. If the bees even make it out of the holes, they'll fall out dead. But if other bees are still in there and survive it, or if Larva live through it and mature inside that hole, they'll push the dead ones out, so keep watching. It ain't over 'til it's over. Daddybob
RE: CSWood Bees
Werry Kver round eyes. -Original Message- From: Ode Coyote [mailto:odecoy...@alltel.net] Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 4:26 AM To: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: CSWood Bees Badminton or tennis racket...hence the sport of 'Bad Bee Minton' And it is a sport! Those things can be really hard to hit. They all do eventually fly low enough. I have a propane/butane/ether starting fluid powered Beegun in development...like a potato cannon, only shooting bird seed and a smaller bore diameter. [But I have not yet a Beegun] A bulletless cartridge [wad of toilet paper to keep the powder in place] in a .22 rifle with the barrel full of small bird seed works OK. [Not very loud either] Just enough impact to knock a bad bee apart at 20 ft, but not enough to break windows or peel paint. ...and the song birds like to get shot afterwards. Ode At 02:01 PM 3/14/2006 -0500, you wrote: Well I have tried the shop vac with no luck, and have tried using bug spray, once again with no effect. I use a newspaper, fly swatter, or my hand to swat them down and stomp them. Of course I can only get to those that fly below about 7 feet. Marshall marmar...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 3/14/06 10:49:37 AM Central Standard Time, mdud...@king-cart.com writes: I have to kill them or they will eat me out of house and home. How do you go about that, Marshall? MA No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.2.2 - Release Date: 3/13/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.2.2 - Release Date: 3/13/2006 -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour mdev...@eskimo.com
CSWood Bees
In a message dated 3/14/06 7:14:42 AM Central Standard Time, odecoy...@alltel.net writes: Places I've seen that had exposed rafters and 3/4 facia board on the ends suffer massive damage to the facia and none to the rafters. Ours seem to like the rafters too. I don't know when these things propogate, but between last spring and this spring, we have had the house and garage resided with boxed in eaves and soffits, and new metal roofs. If the bad-bees laid eggs last year that would hatch this year, those new-bees are gonna be reel frustrated -- and contained. This won't do a thing to help the garden shed, the tractor shed or the horse barn, but I'll feel a little bit better anyway. MA
CSWood Bees
In a message dated 3/14/06 10:49:37 AM Central Standard Time, mdud...@king-cart.com writes: I have to kill them or they will eat me out of house and home. How do you go about that, Marshall? MA
Re: CSWood Bees
In a message dated 3/14/06 10:15:36 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, marmar...@aol.com writes: In a message dated 3/14/06 10:49:37 AM Central Standard Time, mdud...@king-cart.com writes: I have to kill them or they will eat me out of house and home. How do you go about that, Marshall? MA How about if I send you people with yellow-jacket problems a set(male/female) of BUFO marinus to put on your roof or in your attic?! PanAm
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In a message dated 3/14/06 12:39:53 PM Central Standard Time, panamp...@aol.com writes: How about if I send you people with yellow-jacket problems a set(male/female) of BUFO marinus to put on your roof or in your attic?! What is a BUFO marinus please? MA
Re: CSWood Bees
Well I have tried the shop vac with no luck, and have tried using bug spray, once again with no effect. I use a newspaper, fly swatter, or my hand to swat them down and stomp them. Of course I can only get to those that fly below about 7 feet. Marshall marmar...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 3/14/06 10:49:37 AM Central Standard Time, mdud...@king-cart.com writes: I have to kill them or they will eat me out of house and home. How do you go about that, Marshall? MA
Re: CSWood Bees
How about if I send you people with yellow-jacket problems a set(male/female) of BUFO marinus to put on your roof or in your attic?! What is a BUFO marinus please? MA It is one hellava big toad that has a humongous appetite for insects, and from what I experienced, dog cat food! PanAm
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In a message dated 3/14/06 1:05:24 PM Central Standard Time, panamp...@aol.com writes: It is one hellava big toad that has a humongous appetite for insects, and from what I experienced, dog cat food! Ah -- no thanks. That's what I call swapping one problem for another! lol MA
Re: CSWood Bees
In a message dated 3/14/06 1:02:47 PM Central Standard Time, mdud...@king-cart.com writes: I use a newspaper, fly swatter, or my hand to swat them down and stomp them. Of course I can only get to those that fly below about 7 feet. OK -- you're playing a form of bad-bee-minton too. You really will do lots better with a badminton racket. They're FAST because the air meets very little resistance, plus it gives you an extra 2-1/2 feet advantage! MA
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Not a bad idea. I don't have a badminton racket, but I do have a tennis racket! Marshall marmar...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 3/14/06 1:02:47 PM Central Standard Time, mdud...@king-cart.com writes: I use a newspaper, fly swatter, or my hand to swat them down and stomp them. Of course I can only get to those that fly below about 7 feet. OK -- you're playing a form of bad-bee-minton too. You really will do lots better with a badminton racket. They're FAST because the air meets very little resistance, plus it gives you an extra 2-1/2 feet advantage! MA
Re: CSWood Bees
In a message dated 3/14/06 1:24:28 PM Central Standard Time, mdud...@king-cart.com writes: Not a bad idea. I don't have a badminton racket, but I do have a tennis racket! That's MUCH harder -- tennis rackets are heavier, so you can't swing as quickly and you'll tire faster. Pick up a used badminton set at a garage sale or flea market. Sometimes you just find the rackets. I keep one in the house, in the garage, in each of the sheds, two in the horse barn (one at each end) -- I'm never more than a few feet away from a badminton racket at that time of year. Sometimes I swing at the bee and hit something else instead -- that's kind of hard on the racket -- so we always keep our eyes open for replacement rackets. MA
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In a message dated 3/14/06 11:33:56 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, marmar...@aol.com writes: Not a bad idea. I don't have a badminton racket, but I do have a tennis racket! That's MUCH harder -- tennis rackets are heavier, so you can't swing as quickly and you'll tire faster. Pick up a used badminton set at a garage sale or flea market. Sometimes you just find the rackets. I keep one in the house, in the garage, in each of the sheds, two in the horse barn (one at each end) -- I'm never more than a few feet away from a badminton racket at that time of year. Sometimes I swing at the bee and hit something else instead -- that's kind of hard on the racket -- so we always keep our eyes open for replacement rackets. MA Maybe someday they will find a use for those critters like they have for another species of bees and wasps. They are training them to find drugs. and explosives. _Click here: Scientists Say Trained Wasps Could Replace Dogs for Sniffing Out Drugs, Bombs and Bodies :: hightimes.com_ (http://www.hightimes.com/ht/news/content.php?bid=858aid=24)
Re: CSWood Bees
They were making honeycombs out of my rafters too. I was told by clerk at Home Depot to use WD-40 spray on the rafters and in their holes. I did. They left!! - Original Message - From: marmar...@aol.com To: silver-list@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 1:01 PM Subject: CSWood Bees In a message dated 3/14/06 7:14:42 AM Central Standard Time, odecoy...@alltel.net writes: Places I've seen that had exposed rafters and 3/4 facia board on the ends suffer massive damage to the facia and none to the rafters. Ours seem to like the rafters too. I don't know when these things propogate, but between last spring and this spring, we have had the house and garage resided with boxed in eaves and soffits, and new metal roofs. If the bad-bees laid eggs last year that would hatch this year, those new-bees are gonna be reel frustrated -- and contained. This won't do a thing to help the garden shed, the tractor shed or the horse barn, but I'll feel a little bit better anyway. MA
