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The problem with dealing with them is that their eyesight is way better than yellow jackets or brown wasps.f*** those things. They make regular little yellowjackets look like amateurs.... those will only really attack you if you start swinging at them, etc. I only got stung by a yellowjacket the other day because my calf was like a foot away from the nest-hole thing. On the other hand with BFHs, any "alarm signal" like disturbing the nest, etc, or even getting within a certain radius, and they go full retard. If there
was a gov conspiracy afoot itd be in those things.
-Mike
Was quiet by dusk so I dressed up like the michelin man (snowmobile attire, hot as frickin' hell)
it was a fricking yellow jacket, stunned but still wiggling.
Wait until night, put piece of gorilla tape over hole, forget about it until winter, rip out dead nest...
It's probably a dormant nest, lol. (Once it gets cold, they done)That is incredible. I’m
Shocked they were not attacked.
Check out The Hornet King on YouTube. He's a professional wasp exterminator and that's his primary method.Since this thread has been revived I figured I would share an easy way to deal with was nests that are in difficult to reach spots.
We had a monster nest in the eaves of the attic. They got in through a small hole in our soffit vents. It was deep enough that removing the soffit wouldn’t give much access, but getting it from the attic side would mean crawling on my stomach in a tight space head first towards the nest. We couldn’t use spray pesticides since that can sometimes kill a few, but cause the rest to move deeper into the house. We thought the answer was the powder insecticide that kills a few days later so hopefully all the nest gets covered. Still didn’t work.
The answer was using our shop vac. Fill it partially with water and dish soap. Then use an attached pvc pipe to get the suction right next to the entrance. The get curious or defensive and go to investigate. Once they get close enough they get sucked into the vacuum and the soap coats their wings keeping them from flying… and then they drown. You’ll have to leave it running for a day or two, but damn is it effective.
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