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1. Wes Denmon

   

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   5/5/2015 8:05 PM

   We've got an infestation of ground bees on one of our bunker noses and it's beginning to spread around the entire bunker. This is becoming a serious problem for 1) The annoyance of them to members 2) Contaminating bunker with clay particles and 3) workers don't want to rake the bunker for fear of being stung. Does anyone know of a chemical or cultural control to eliminate this issue?
   
   -Wes Denmon
   Asst. Superintendent Brookstone Golf & C.C.

   
   
   
   
2. Wahlin Scott B

   
   5/6/2015 11:05 PM

   Where are you located actually, what state?

   
   
   
   
3. Clay Putnam

   

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   5/7/2015 10:05 AM

   Wes,
   
   More than likely you are dealing with Bumble Bees and not Honey Bees.
   
   The best time to treat the nest is at night when the bees are back at the nest and less active. This does not mean they will not become active when you treat so wearing protective gear is suggested.
   
   As for treatment, you can use a registered liquid/spray or dust material making sure to treat the entire nest. The dust will affect some of the insects by penetrating into the nest while the rest of the insects will be treated as they walk through the dust. I have also heard of some people having success with pouring boiling water into the nest.
   
   Good luck.

   
   
   
   
4. Wes Denmon

   

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   5/12/2015 5:05 PM

   We're located in Acworth, Ga. Bout 40 miles north of Atlanta

   
   
   
   
5. Andy Scott

   

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   5/13/2015 3:05 PM

   My guess would be Cicada Killer Wasps. I know for us the drier it gets the worse it gets.

   
   
   
   
6. Wahlin Scott B

   
   5/13/2015 4:05 PM

   In South Florida the only bees that inhabit the ground are Africanized Bees. On more than one occasion I has to remove golfers who were being attacked from catch basins. They had been stung 1000 times and I got stung hundreds of times getting them out of there. How we did not get sued I have no idea.

   
   
   
   
7. Steven Huffstutler

   

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   5/20/2015 8:05 AM

   I had to hire a guy yesterday to get a nest of Africanized honey bees out of a valve box. The day before, a tree service contractor disturbed them and they came pouring out of there, flew right past one guy and just hammered the other guy. Cost 365 bucks to have them removed.
   
   Steve

   
   
   
   
8. John Moore

   

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   5/20/2015 12:05 PM

   http://www.gardensalive.com/product/bee ... owjackets/

   
   
   
   
9. Jeremy Hreben

   

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   5/21/2015 7:05 PM

   They are for sure cicada killers. I have been dealing with them for years. I have tried everything to get rid of them. Only thing I haven't tried is coming in at night and put powder sevin or something in each hole. I actually printed an information card and had them installed in every cart. These are not bees and they do not sting. Scary yes but not dangerous.

   
   
   
   
10. Clay Putnam

    

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    5/22/2015 5:05 AM

    A bit early for Cicada killers isn't it?

    
    
    
    
11. Max Lamas

    

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    3/9/2016 11:03 AM

    I thought cicada bees were harmless and wont sting unless stepped on. Anyway; isnt talstar labeled or bees and hornets?

    
    
    
    
12. Joshua Sawyer

    

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    3/9/2016 12:03 PM

    Upstate of SC, we have dealt with some kind on small black wasps that forage over bunkers for years, though usually in summer. Never sting, no nesting, just a nuisance and scares the golfers. I haven't been able to control them.
    
    If it is Cicada Killers (definitely earlier than I have seen them), I have had really good results with foaming insecticides sold for carpenter bees. The can comes with a red tube like WD40...shoot it into the hole in am or late pm (they return to the nest where they are attempting to lay eggs on wasps they have caught). Just let it foam to the top of the hole and they are toast. Beware, the product will smoke turf if you are on a green.

    
    
    
    
13. Christopher Thuer

    

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    3/9/2016 2:03 PM

    If they are Cicada killers it really takes a lot to get them to sting. I am personally not aware of anyone getting stung by one.
    
    We did have a couple trying to nest in a green a few years ago. Sevin dust worked. No harm to the turf. Other than that one time I have always just let them be.

    
    Chris Thuer, CGCS, Bear Slide Golf Club, Cicero, IN
    
    
14. Ronald Conard

    

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    3/9/2016 2:03 PM

    I keep feeling like I'm in a time warp.

    
    
    
    
15. David Stone

    

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    3/10/2016 8:03 AM

    I do not know what you have but they are definitely not Cicada Killer Wasp. I am about 80 miles north of you and June 20 (2007) is the earliest we have ever seen them. They come out when the Cicadas emerge. When I was a kid we called the Cicadas "July Flies" and for good reason as that is when you would really start of hear and notice them.
    
    David Stone
    The Honors Course
    Chattanooga, Tn.

    
    
    
    
16. Robert Donofrio

    

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    11/13/2016 2:11 AM

    If they're Cicada killers, buy a tennis racket

    
    
    
    
17. Max Lamas

    

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    11/14/2016 6:11 AM

    Talstar in a drenge