QUOTE(hazmick @ Jul 21 2016, 10:35 AM)

QUOTE(mALX @ Jul 21 2016, 01:57 PM)

I found out from the inspector that was here yesterday that all the little cone-shaped holes that I've been seeing in the back yard are ground bees = explaining why my dog doesn't want to do her business in the back yard anymore. Urk.
What do I do about that? Anyone know?
Ground bees are non-aggressive pollinators, and they only nest during spring/early summer so they should leave of their own accord soon. Watering the area regularly apparently encourages them to mooove on if you want them out sooner rather than later.
You could also see about contacting a beekeeper to come and remove them, or a vampire hunter if they are indeed bees of the night

Thanks, Hazmick! I'm really not sure if it is bees; I think the inspector was wrong. I didn't see a single bee out there in the yard while out.
I mean, I know we have a nest of bees on our deck, but I don't think these were bees making these holes in the ground. It looks like ground bee nests with the cone of dirt; but the hole is very tiny; and they must go very deep because it didn't disturb anything when I sprinkled borax on them. And the big hole by the house was most def deep. That one looked like a snake hole though...except it was in the center of a bunch of the little holes. Urk.
QUOTE(ghastley @ Jul 21 2016, 11:03 AM)

Maybe you have a vampire gopher, too! Use whole garlic for those.
SPEW !!! With my luck I'll just end up with a gopher with bad breath,
But wait, the "snake" hole wasn't big enough for a gopher! That would be a snake the size of an anaconda! It was more like the diameter of a cucumber or something. And not one of those obscenely large cucumbers; just a regular one.