Carpenter Bee Load

[StrawHat]

cr2, if you use non-organic pasta, your price per shot will drop even more.

[cr2]

Thanks for that. I looked at everything in the pasta section and this was all I saw. I will keep an eye out in other stores.

[BloodGroove4570]

I have used 22 snake shot, 410 & 12ga. I like the bad mitton raquet, BUT, now I HAVE TO try some of these rice/media/etc loads in the 44!!! Man good fun is a comin!!!

Thanks for the insight and push... LOL
BloodGroove4570

[hornady308]

WARNING......carpenter bees are anti-2nd amendment!!! I was at the range today and a carpenter bee landed on the butt stock of my Target Classic 38-55. The stock was hanging off a picnic table and the bee flew over to the rifle, hovered next to it for a few minutes then landed underneath. I brushed it away, but it came right back within a couple of minutes. This time I smacked it down and was about to grind it into the earth with my heel, but it flew away. Typical liberal....

[BloodGroove4570]

I guess I'm gonna declare war on'em too! My dad loves swattin'em with the badmitton (sp?) but when I told him about these "BEE Killer" loads he just smiled and said, Did'ya make'em yet?!!!?

I will be loading them in 44mag or 44spl cases and use either the rice or media...?

Shot from SS Ruger SBH 4 5/8" bbl and a S&W 29-2 6" bbl ...

I will use beer box for wads, cutout with a 45-70 case.

Have to see what/if a crimp works..?

Should I seal with wax? What type crimp is best suited to this type load?

Thanks for a Great Idea and post!!!!
BloodGroove4570

[TXGunNut]

Just proves the old adage the there are few problems that can't be solved with the proper application of explosives.

[Polecat]

Well I must have caught a female cause it hurt big time.

[StrawHat]

Well I must have caught a female cause it hurt big time.

Bee or human?

[altheating]

Well, just for something to do I tried to cut wads with my Freechex checkmaker tool in .358". I cut them out of Winchester bullet box cardboard. One cardboard wad over 3 grains of bullseye compressed tightly, filled the 357 mag case with pasta, a second wad over the pasta and a good crimp. First bee was a shot at about 12', I loaded 60 more rounds. Bring on the bees!

[Michael J. Spangler]

Loaded 6 rounds today.
38 special case
2.5 grains of clays
Cardboard wad
Crowned the case with quinoa (all I had)
Inverted 38 cal gas check on top
Crimp.
I'll report back this afternoon I hope.
You guys are going to get me into trouble

[luvtn]

Loaded 6 rounds today.
38 special case
2.5 grains of clays
Cardboard wad
Crowned the case with quinoa (all I had)
Inverted 38 cal gas check on top
Crimp.
I'll report back this afternoon I hope.
You guys are going to get me into trouble

I am awaiting your report impatiently!!!
luvtn

[Michael J. Spangler]

great results.
used 4 shots and killed 2. one was too far away, the other showed signs of being hit but flew away.

i need load some more. there was another half dozen hovering around the same area. i picked up some ancini de pepe today to try also.
i thin the 357 cases will help seeing as they have room for more "shot" the pasta should be denser than the quinoa too.
can't wait!

[Texantothecore]

Man, this is an epic thread. So many ideas.

[threewheels]

I find for paper wasp it is best to wait till dark when they all have returned to the nest then light the thing up with my propane torch you get a big ball of flame but ya get them all

[dondiego]

...............or try this - Dave’s Bee Butter
You need:
 1 tub of clear odorless grease (Amazon - “White Lightning Crystal Grease Biodegradable, Non-Toxic Grease, 1lb Tub”, about $17.00)
 1 bottle 10% Permethrin (Tractor Supply - Gordon's® Permethrin-10 Livestock & Premise Spray, 8 fl. oz., SKU 2212873, about $7.00)
 1 large syringe (Tractor Supply - Probios® Equine One Gel, 30g , SKU 500330499, about $8.00 – has a nice dosage adjustment ring feature on the plunger). Squirt the horse medicine in the trash and clean the inside of the syringe. The larger syringe shown below does not have the dosage ring.
 1 small bathroom Dixie cup
 2 plastic picnic spoons – 1 spoon for grease, 1 spoon for Permethrin
 1 large picnic cup to hold greasy tools when done
 1 lot of popsicle sticks/craft sticks
 1 short length coat hanger wire – say 8” long
 1 good workbench surface for mixing
 Newspaper to work on
 1 box Kleenex tissues, or roll of paper towels, for occasional cleanup/wipeoff
1. Fill the small Dixie cup roughly 2/3 full with grease
2. Add 3 picnic spoonfuls of Permethrin
3. Stir thoroughly with the coat hanger (don’t use a spoon or popsicle stick to stir or else the Permethrin will gush out of the cup during mixing)
4. Consistency should be thick enough to “stick” in a vertical (under-the-eave) bee hole – if too thin, add more grease to the mix
5. Pull the plunger out of the now empty syringe
6. Insert mixed butter into the syringe tube using the popsicle stick – fill about ½ full
7. Reinsert the plunger
8. Cleanup all using Kleenex or paper towels
9. Inject a ¼” bead of bee butter into each bee hole – bees that come in contact with the butter will die and fall to the ground, typically in about 1 hour or less.
10. I got 24 bees on Day 1! This is a lot better than building “bee trap loads"

[labradigger1]

Ok thrifty booliteers, shoot the bees with whatever load you prefer ( my preference is #13 shot in 44 mag).
1 shoot as many as you can
2 find and gather as many as you can
3 dry the carcasses
4 use the bodies for flux next time you smelt.
Recycling at its wierdest.
lab

[Down South]

I used to make loads for my 357 mag and 44 Mag. My books are back in Louisiana but it doesn't take much powder. I used a gas check as a bottom wad, filled the cases with rat shot, #12. Used another gas check to top it and ran it through the crimp station. Makes a pretty cartridge and is Hell on bees.

[Garyshome]

"there's something that's just wrong about blasting bees out of the sky with a 357 magnum revolver"...Who Said?

[BNE]

I tried this and it works! I think it is easier than using the blue plastic capsules. WAY cheaper also.

Thank you for posting. It is just fun.

[Hamish]

Years ago we noticed that the holes the borer bees made would accommodate either a .38 special or .45 acp case.

dondiego, I fear for your sanity,,,,,,,,"this is better than building bee trap loads",,,,,,,,,,,,,