Bee hive in coop

[jreardon1918]

I think yellow jackets. I am looking to get it out of the coop and prevent future hives.

 

[slordaz]

If they are yellow Jackets, get a trap or make one for them so they cannot get back out, usually what they have in them is good to get them, but a bit of tuna or peanut putter or something is a good attractant for assholes with wings as I call them and add a little water. or if you don't have food for your animals in there spray them, most of the yellow jacket/wasp sprays do about from 27 ft distance. Do this only if the spray cannot get into where your chickens feed or they are.

Best preventative it to treat all wood as these jerks feed on untreated weathered wood

 

[ValerieJ]

I think yellow jackets. I am looking to get it out of the coop and prevent future hives.

Don't spray the coop with yellow jacket spray. Another person on here used a flea spray in her coop and killed her chickens. Somehow you need to remove them and then destroy them elsewhere. Maybe the shop vac is a good idea, just not sure what you do once they are in there. Hmmm...maybe put bee killer in the shop vac and then vacuum them out?

 

[jreardon1918]

Not going to take on this nest with a shop vac. It is boarded up so a spray would not get inside with the chickens. Considering.

 

[ValerieJ]

Not going to take on this nest with a shop vac. It is boarded up so a spray would not get inside with the chickens. Considering.

The lady that killed 4 of her chickens kept the coop empty for 4 days. Then she locked 4 of her girls up for the night in that coop and they were all dead in the morning.

 

[Criticalicious]

If it's yellow jackets, you only want to attack the nest AT NIGHT after dark, when they are the least active. Otherwise they will come after you. They don't see well at night, so they rarely go more than a few feet away from the nest at night. I had some paper wasps building a nest in my coop about a month ago. I strongly discouraged them using fly spray which has pyrmethrin in it. Didn't kill them but they evacuated in a hurry and it's safe for chickens.

If you can close up the room or wrap up the nest, you can try suffocating them with dry ice as well.

 

[HenOnAJuneBug]

Bees are pretty defensive this time of year, I would not even attempt this with out proper gear including a smoker.

Get a long enough rigid hose and you can stand off and suck 'em up. I sucked up a whole yellow jackets nest once.

 

[HenOnAJuneBug]

And then what? A beekeeper will come and take the hive to a place where it can thrive.

Well if you have someone that can come by and do that in a timely manner, that's good. I don't always have time to wait on people.

 

[HenOnAJuneBug]

Maybe the shop vac is a good idea, just not sure what you do once they are in there

You could probably do all kinds of creative things, but I just let it sit until all the yellow jackets were dead, then dumped it out. Make sure to plug up the hose end so they don't escape.

 

[ValerieJ]

Well if you have someone that can come by and do that in a timely manner, that's good. I don't always have time to wait on people.

I thought it was a bee hive when I suggested calling a beekeeper. It's yellow jackets. They wont come out for those. I don't think anyone is trying to save yellow jackets.