Thanks. I will try the wire method. Don't have a gun and don't want one. The ones I have most problem with are Rinkhals, which are related to the Spitting Cobra. Nasty sods - they pretend to be dead, so when something picks them up, they bite 'em. Spade is always good if they are crawling away...
We had to phone 3 different bee persons to come and get rid of the nest, as the first 2 refused. The third one was not happy as the nest was underground, so he had to poison the *******s. Every time I see bees in the vicinity of where the nest was, I get a can of Doom fogger and set it off in...
I rescued our (then) puppy from a swarm of bees. I was stung 20 times and knackered my knee, she was stung at least 200 times and somehow survived, although she has scars all over her face and legs. My wife said it was very brave, but I just did it instinctively - she was only 10 weeks old and...