Posted by KEH on July 24, 2008 at 16:29:23 from (206.74.30.169):
In Reply to: bees posted by Martin Caldwell on July 24, 2008 at 16:02:48:
If they are bees you will have wax to take out of the housing. If wasps or yellow jackets you will have nest fragments to remove. May involve some dissembly of the tractor.
Is spraying some oil product like wd 40 in there not a good idea?
If the tractor is in an enclosed area maybe you could carefully have a SMALL smokey fire under the housing in a sandbox.
Don't see why the fumes from a small amount of gasoline wouldn't drive them out. Don't know about putting gas in the clutch housing though.
Beekeepers have a tool called a smoker. If you could borrow one you might drive them out without worrying about the fire.
A good dose of Sevin should kill them. The hornet spray should have, maybe they got too agitated before you could give them a good dose.
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