mcoonan said:I had the bee/wasp/hornet problem (yes I had all of them) a couple of years ago. Somebody here suggested that I bring my borate level up. Did that and have not had a problem since. Even the mosquitos seem to not like it. (ants do not seem to mind it though)
Julie, the pool schooll artical say it best:julie492 said:how does the borate affect people swimming though if you bring up the borate level?
Reviving old thread because I am at whitts end. I have followed the bees and they leave my yard so the hive is not in my yard so eliminating that isn't an option. Called exterminator and it's illegal for him to kill honeybees. Tried alternate water source and they aren't interested, my guess is because there are so many and the pool is bigger. It's above ground so screening it in isn't an option. I've tried every supposed bee repellant on the internet. I've even tried smoking them away with a zillion tiki torches. I'd kill them myself if they weren't basically hiding out on the inside wall of the pool right above the water so if I used insecticide it would get in the pool and if I used the dish soap trick it would also get in the pool (and no idea what it does to the water balance). If I swish them away 1) I then have 30 bees swarming around me and 2) they land back in the same place before I could get them all anyway
We live in the south, it's summer break with many kids and will hit 100 degrees soon. We can't just spend the summer on the kindle, please help!!!!
So tell me about raising borates? My worry is my alkalinity and ph are already perfect (6000 gallon above ground vinyl pool with swg, alkalinity is 80 and ph is 7.5) so if I start adding borates it's going to mess with that, correct? But I'll do anything to get rid of the bees.
Reviving old thread because I am at whitts end. I have followed the bees and they leave my yard so the hive is not in my yard so eliminating that isn't an option. Called exterminator and it's illegal for him to kill honeybees. Tried alternate water source and they aren't interested, my guess is because there are so many and the pool is bigger. It's above ground so screening it in isn't an option. I've tried every supposed bee repellant on the internet. I've even tried smoking them away with a zillion tiki torches. I'd kill them myself if they weren't basically hiding out on the inside wall of the pool right above the water so if I used insecticide it would get in the pool and if I used the dish soap trick it would also get in the pool (and no idea what it does to the water balance). If I swish them away 1) I then have 30 bees swarming around me and 2) they land back in the same place before I could get them all anyway
We live in the south, it's summer break with many kids and will hit 100 degrees soon. We can't just spend the summer on the kindle, please help!!!!
So tell me about raising borates? My worry is my alkalinity and ph are already perfect (6000 gallon above ground vinyl pool with swg, alkalinity is 80 and ph is 7.5) so if I start adding borates it's going to mess with that, correct? But I'll do anything to get rid of the bees.