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I have a yellow jacket thing under one of my shutters now and its in the structure somewhere, theres a hole and its buried in there. I've sprayed it like 5 times and the f***ers still come back, although I won for about a day or so. I am thinking of just hooking my shop vac up to the hole and just leaving it on a couple of hours...
This!A lot of you joke about this, but wasp removal can be very dangerous.
A few years ago, a good friend of mine hit an underground yellow jacket nest, and was stung dozens of times.
He died from the stings at 48 years old and with 2 small kids.
Be careful out there.
I’ve got a hive in a bird house that is right next to the house on a porch. I sprayed the crap out of it last night and killed some of them but woke up today and it’s business as usual for the bastards. I suspect because the hole in the birdhouse is so small that it’s hard to get spray into it. I have already tried the following:
- shot at it with everything from .380 (which we know will take down a bear) to .50 BMG.
- nuked it from orbit.
- doused it with gas and set it on fire.
- used a flame thrower.
- held up pictures of Hillary, Bernie and Lizzy (shocked that that didn’t kill them).
- had someone hold my beer while doing each of the foregoing.
Seriously, the weak but probably intelligent thing to do would be to call an exterminator. But we all know that that just isn’t fun and would compromise my manhood. All thoughts appreciated.
I pay a yearly fee to "pest end" company. They do twice a year foundation spray to prevent carpenter ants getting in the basement.....they monitor for termites....and I can call them anytime for bee and wasp nest and they come out usually next day and get rid of it. All part of the annual fee of $325. So far they have taken care of 3 wasp nest for me. Doesn't even need to be on the house.....any hive on the property. They don't just spray and pray......they remove the hive. Money well spent. The contract also includes rodent extermination (I've never used them for that but it's included).
Pricing is based on square footage of home and size of the yard. I have 1/3 acre and a 960 square foot home.....added that for anyone that is interested in calling them for basic pricing.
I've been torn up by wasps and Hornets many times over my life. I prefer to spend the money to have some other poor sap take care of it.
for sure...experience tells me to wear my glasses when cutting the hedges to identify yellow jackets from other miscellaneous flying "things" that may be nesting in them. ouch...allergic to them as well. 23 stings and an overnighter cause i thought they were just bugs and soldiered on until the first bite.They are no joke.
I have a yellow jacket thing under one of my shutters now and its in the structure somewhere, theres a hole and its buried in there. I've sprayed it like 5 times and the f***ers still come back, although I won for about a day or so. I am thinking of just hooking my shop vac up to the hole and just leaving it on a couple of hours...
Perfect for the shop vac method. A gallon of water in the shop vac, attach vacuum hose to pole or similar support, set end of hose next to opening in birdhouse, turn on.
Two or three hours and they'll all be in the (water in the) shop-vac.
This!
My brother does tree work. A few years ago he cut into a dead tree while he was in a bucket truck and cut right into a yellow jacket hive. Bucket trucks are slow moving pieces of equipment. He started coming down but ended up getting stung over 100 times before he could climb out of the bucket and run. Was hospitalized for 4 days getting the swelling down so he could breath on his own! They are no joke.
He fully admits he screamed like a little girl the whole way down!Of all the crazy stuff I’ve read on NES this is one of the terrifying scenarios I can think of. Trapped in a bucket with no quick exit all while being assaulted by one of nature’s biggest a**h***s
I used to do part time work for a landscape contractor before I went in the army. I learned the first day trimming hedges from an old timer. Take a rake.....walk down the hedge and swat the hedges and see if you stir up a hive before you even start using the trimmers.for sure...experience tells me to wear my glasses when cutting the hedges to identify yellow jackets from other miscellaneous flying "things" that may be nesting in them. ouch...allergic to them as well. 23 stings and an overnighter cause i thought they were just bugs and soldiered on until the first bite.
Are they dormant at night? If so, everything should be done then. If they are not active, going up to it and securing the whole thing in a garbage bag should be pretty easy.
Are they dormant at night? If so, everything should be done then. If they are not active, going up to it and securing the whole thing in a garbage bag should be pretty easy.
I don’t care about chemicals. I just am not getting near that thing. In any event, activity around the hive seems to be quieting down with many KIAs. I think my war of attrition is showing results. The whole thing is about 10” x 5” x 5” so not super huge but big enough.
Whack it with your purse- shot at it with everything from .380 (which we know will take down a bear) to .50 BMG.
- nuked it from orbit.
- doused it with gas and set it on fire.
- used a flame thrower.
- held up pictures of Hillary, Bernie and Lizzy (shocked that that didn’t kill them).
- had someone hold my beer while doing each of the foregoing.
My son stumbled upon a ground nest under a downed small pine tree. He got stung 3 times befoe getting away.
When I heard about it I took my Saiga to it with a10rd mag and birdshot. There was nothing left of the nest. Even killed most of the wasps in my shotgun attack as there weere very few returning to the hole that was left.
I don't know what type of wasp it was either. Large sized (for Maine) all black with white stripes on its rear. They look meaner than anything around here.
RC
Bald faced Hornets...the epitome of mean
I would love to take the 12ga to it. I don’t know what it is about needing vengeance against insects.