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ACinSC 
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Posted: 19 hours 45 minutes ago at 4:16pm |
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Have one down at the "farm". Goggle claims the nest is empty late winter. Anybody know for sure? Thanks
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thendrix
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Posted: 18 hours 6 minutes ago at 5:55pm |
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Late winter should be empty. Should be good after a few hard freezes I would think. How close is it to the ground? Folks around here used to say you could tell how hard the winter would be by how close to the ground hornets build nests
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DougG
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Posted: 17 hours 59 minutes ago at 6:02pm |
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Hell, I had a 190 parts tractor down over the hill, went down there, heard buzzing , they had built a nest under the fender!!! Got out of there fast!! Isnt there a bird or something that will tear them apart too???
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steve(ill)
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Posted: 16 hours 42 minutes ago at 7:19pm |
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LouSWPA
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Posted: 16 hours 14 minutes ago at 7:47pm |
Real men would just throw a rock at it and find out! 
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LouSWPA
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Posted: 16 hours 13 minutes ago at 7:48pm |
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jUST KIDDING!!!
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I am still confident of this;
I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
Wait for the Lord;
be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Ps 27
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Coke-in-MN
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Posted: 14 hours 13 minutes ago at 9:48pm |
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Lou : My cousin told me if you put salt on them they cleared out .
Grand dad had a old car down on the farm we played in sometimes - - but bumble bees had built a nest in the cotton seat stuffing making it no longer a play area
Tried the cousins remedy to situation to gain play space - bees did not appreciate it
I will say Grandma's remedy of mud packs over sting areas works a lot better than cousins idea of clearing out mad bees
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Posted: 11 hours 49 minutes ago at 12:12am |
I have had two tractors now that has had big bumblebees with nests in the toolbox right beside the seat ( my 57 45 and the new d17) and both times I discovered them while sitting on the seat… They might have appeared a little bit bigger than what they really were..  
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DiyDave
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Posted: 7 hours 23 minutes ago at 4:38am |
My method is to use 2 cans of spray, one in each hand, start spraying at the bottom hole with 1, and start with the other one when you see activity. Coons around here get them when it gets cooler, if the nest is near the ground...
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ACinSC
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Posted: 6 hours 52 minutes ago at 5:09am |
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Nest is probably 10' off the ground in a tree. We normally don't get a hard freeze until January or February. I'll keep an eye on it from a safe distance. Thanks
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