Your bee problem is possibly a cause of old warping and rotting siding.
Bee bomb and yellow jackets under siding of house.
Bees and yellow jackets appear similar at first glance but yellow jackets are smaller than bees and have narrow mid sections where bees do not.
When the bees are sleeping squirt the powdered insecticide from the bottle at the entrance and exit points on the siding.
Apply a professional grade insect dust to the entrances you found.
Spray the powder in the opening of the siding.
An exterminator quoted me up to 250 to dust the area.
In that case the bug bomb will kill all the wasps yellow jackets and hornets present in your house.
And don t forget to use your desired method in the early morning when they re all present in the nest.
If the entry point is close to the ground squirt some powder on the ground.
I have what i think are yellow jackets getting under the siding at the base of my house.
He said he would take up to 10 days to not see activity and if i did he would re dust for free.
Experts advise homeowners to refrain from emptying a can of spray into a house cavity for this very reason.
All that wear and tear on your siding will set you back in electric bills because your siding has poor insulation.
It would be hard to get a spray in there as i don t think it would go deep enough due to gravity.
Each insect stings multiple times and injects venom into its victim.
Yellow jackets wasps and hornets hate the scent of peppermint and search out other places to build a new nest after you apply it to their existing home.
Yellow jacket treatments should always be conducted at nighttime when the yellow jackets are the least active and least likely to sting.
It turned out that there was a yellow jacket nest in the trim around one of my windows and i had to eradicate them before they could cause real problems such as forming a nest in my attic.
Now is the time to fix that problem by replacing your siding with brand new virgin vinyl siding that can withstand the test of time.
Yellow jackets are often mistaken for honey bees because they look so similar however honey bees are actually larger and have hair on the abdomen.
Observe the bees during the afternoon as that is the most active.
So if you have a wasp infestation inside your house or any room which can be closed properly after starting a wasp bug bomb then use it.
Once the wasp falls to the ground it is safe to hit with a newspaper and discard.
Locate the entrance through which the bees are entering your siding.
Diy yellow jacket repellent spray.
Yellow jackets are extremely aggressive insects that are drawn mainly to sugary liquids and meats.
If so hundreds of them could be holed up behind your siding.
I m guessing you have yellow jackets not bees.
How to get rid of yellowjackets in siding.
Spray the solution directly onto the yellow jacket to soak it thoroughly.
Make sure to cover all the points using the marks you used as a reminder.
