Seeing that I needed to do something about the bees living in my front yard I logged into my Homepages Friends account and searched for ways to eradicate the bee infestation.

Side note about Homepages Friends: This is a way to earn money by doing searches that you would probably do anyway.  I have been signed up for a week or so and have earned £1.33 [it is a British company] on 79 searches.  At today’s exchange rate that is $2.45.  Of course there is a referral program, so if you are interested in joining please follow one of my links so I can get credit for referring you.  As of today I have 2 referrals that have earned £.02 for me.  I receive 10% of my first tier referrals so I presume that they have earned £.20 for themselves.  HomePages Friends pays out when you reach £20.00 to either a PayPal account or a British bank account.  The search results come from Yahoo UK so they are a little skewed toward British domains…just an FYI.

Back to the Bees.

According to one website I should make a torch by wrapping canvas around a long stick and douse it in gasoline.  The next step was to light it and hold it over the hole in the ground at night.  The light from the torch is suppose to draw the bees out and in doing so will fry them like Joan of Arc as the exit the hole. WHAT??? I question the effectivness of this idea. This approach seems a bit dangerous to the extent that I may get stung again.

Further reading on that website brought your typical pour gasoline down the hole and light it.  Given the explosive nature of gasoline I kept reading.  Pouring bleach seemed like another popular idea but I question the environmental impact as well as the quantity needed to accomplish the task.

Near the bottom of the page I found a possible approach that I am trying.  This idea consists of finding a bucket for each entrance and spraying them with bee killer.  Then after dark when they have returned to the hive place the buckets over the holes and place a stone on top.  The theory goes that the bees will come into contact with the poison and then return to the hive to die taking the poison with them.  I’ll post an update after I know how well this works.