yellowjacket nest

Yes, fawk yellowjackets! My fiancee and I both got attacked last year working in the yard. I picked up a rock and then they started attacking me. I got hit 13 times. I had mild trouble breathing later in the day. My fiancee got stung on two different occassions, but not as many stings. I poured gas down all four holes I found last year. You don't have to light the gas. The fumes kill them. It was successful on every one, and doesn't require 2 gallons of gas even though that is what I used on the nest that attacked me, lol. I killed two nests this year with only a 16 oz bottle full of gas. I spotted the nests before getting stung. The best time to kill them is very early in the morning before it gets light out. That way you can be sure they are all in the hole and that they all die.

Last year I posted on pbb asking for advice, and somebody posted this link: http://www.bugspray.com/catalog/products/page144.html#1451
I spent $100 on this crap that is suppose to kill them by allowing them to take the poison back to the nest. Well, it didn't work. I left one yellowjacket nest alive last year and purposely set up one of the bait deals close by hoping they would take the bait back to the nest and all would die. After about two weeks of them still flying in and out of the nest, I said killed them the old fashioned way.

I do my yard work in the winter now.
 
I use a $8 bag of insect ground control stuff. ~10# bag, usually labeled for grubs/ants/termites etc... I throw several handfuls from a safe distance, water it in and repeat in a few days to get any new ones. Been doing this for 4+ years with great success.
 
chromerunner said:
I have a big Jap hornets nest in a tree near the shop...not sure how to get rid of them...i try and avoid them most of the time...ive heard they will drop ya when they sting haha
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I was walking out from work and one hit me right behind the ear. I dropped like a rock. Felt like a baseball bat hit me. I had a lump swell up as big as a grapefruit on the side of my head. It hurt for 3 solid days.
 
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Ron said:
Ive never seen an above ground yellow jacket nest....seen lots of wasp nests, of course...
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Until today, when the wife stirred one (3/4" hole in cedar siding under window) vacuuming cobwebs out of the sills and got popped 3 times, I hadn't either.

I usually pour gas down the "in ground" hives (found another in the yard that needs the "treatment"), but have no idea what to do on the side of the house.
Anyone come up with something super deadly that doesn't involve dousing my house with combustibles? :D
 
Caver Dave said:
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Until today, when the wife stirred one (3/4" hole in cedar siding under window) vacuuming cobwebs out of the sills and got popped 3 times, I hadn't either.

I usually pour gas down the "in ground" hives (found another in the yard that needs the "treatment"), but have no idea what to do on the side of the house.
Anyone come up with something super deadly that doesn't involve dousing my house with combustibles? :D
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Here's a couple I found at my parents place in the mountains a couple weekends ago. I'm still convinced they were yellow jackets, because they looked and acted like yellow jackets, and were way smaller than any hornets I've ever seen.
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jeepinmatt said:
Here's a couple I found at my parents place in the mountains a couple weekends ago. I'm still convinced they were yellow jackets, because they looked and acted like yellow jackets, and were way smaller than any hornets I've ever seen.
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I ran across a yellow jacket nest in my front yard this afternoon. I remember my dad always going out at night and pouring gas in the hole to kill it off; however, this nest in right next to my well and also in a grassy area that I'd rather not be bare for the next 10 years.

any suggestions on killing it off?

The hole is about 2" and I only see one that they're flying in/out of.
 
russ0943 said:
I ran across a yellow jacket nest in my front yard this afternoon. I remember my dad always going out at night and pouring gas in the hole to kill it off; however, this nest in right next to my well and also in a grassy area that I'd rather not be bare for the next 10 years.

any suggestions on killing it off?

The hole is about 2" and I only see one that they're flying in/out of.
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The foaming spray at Lowes. Works great and is EPA friendly.

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They usually only have one entrance/exit hole. They do all come in at dark and they're not active after dark. I use professional pesticides to kill them but have never encountered one that close to a well. The nest will be less than 24" deep so as long as you don't pour 20 gallons in it you shouldn't contaminate the well. I wouldn't use gas though. Use a good insecticide that you mix with water. One gallon should do it. and it's better to mix it and spray rather than pour undiluted chemical in there.
 
I pour a 20 oz drink bottle half to full of gas and stick it in the hole. The bottle wont let the bees out and the fumes kill them.

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I take the Spectracide Commercial Wasp/Hornet killer and sit in my air conditioned car. Pull up close, crack the window spray till they start getting close, and then close it for a minute. Repeat until there aren't any flying around :D
 
I had a nest in my front yard that I found the hard way while cutting the grass. I bought a can of the spray stuff they sell a Lowe's and problem solved. It was clean easy and they haven't been back the last two years. It will be labeled for Yellow Jackets.
 
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I found a nest next to my parking spot at work and they had found my open sundrop can through the open window. I decided to grab tje can and throw it into the yard and wait 5 min. As I reached in and grabbed the FULL can it showered the interior. I got a ride home and got it that night.
 
shop vac, get a big ass box big enough to cover the whole area. cut a hole and secure the hose to the box , take a pack of cheap cig or cigars and light them up blow the smoke through another hole in the box. they'll start coming out then hit the switch.
 
My Grandfather taught me to pour a quart of new oil down the hole and then stomp the nest down into it. They build on the celing of the hole, so that stomp will crush/submerge them all in the oil and sufficate them. I have done it for years, works like a charm. Since my Nephew almost died from his allergic reaction to a sting, we keep them cleaned out around here.
 
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