Apply dust or insecticide at dusk.
Killing bees under siding.
Best to kill them asap.
To keep yellow jackets from returning properly seal any entrances or holes through which the pests could enter the siding.
A good way is to use sevin carbaryl dust.
For instance boric acid otherwise known as borax often sold as a fine powder is a slow but certain remedy for killing bees that have made a hive in your siding.
Make sure to cover all the points using the marks you used as a reminder.
Run back into the house hopefully unscathed.
You can mix a few drops of essential oil with water unscented liquid soap or vodka and spray the mixture around your home and the areas where the bees like to go.
Start by pouring the mixture of regular water and soap down into the nest.
When the bees are sleeping squirt the powdered insecticide from the bottle at the entrance and exit points on the siding.
Next pour the boiling water into the nest opening.
Spray the powder in the opening of the siding.
Liquids don t usually work because they go in the hole and drip straight down.
The most effective essential oils are peppermint which can kill the bees cinnamon citrus oils or tea tree.
If you don t care about that chloroform will kill them nicely without removing the siding.
Old rag or towel.
There are other ways to get rid of bees.
Bee and wasp killer.
These are really small almost resembling yellow jackets but fuzzy.
They dont look like anything and i thought maybe.
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I am going to monitor the situation but any tips would be benficial.
Killing the yellow jackets in your siding will temporarily solve your problem.
If they have a substantial hive with a lot of brood eggs and larval bees it will rot and stink after the bees are killed.
I honestly feel bad killing the little buggers i really like bees as well but cant have them int he house.
Bees hate pungent smells.
Bees getting under siding leave them.
A simple way to get rid of bees in your siding starts with a pair of gloves a funnel powdered insecticide and an empty dish soap bottle.