Removing yellowjacket nest

[leadcounsel]

After watching a few videos here's what I think I'm gonna do.

1. Suit up. Keep a tennis racket handy for defense!!
2. Tie a rope to a small clamping device, and grab the edge of the 3x3 carpet and from a distance, pull the carpet away to expose the nest. I need to see what I'm dealing with. I'll also need to make arrangements to get in to my front door. The back yard will be "uninhabitable" for awhile.
3. Depending on what I see, I think I'll be able to use a hose or pressure washer to destroy the nest and hope they move on or alternately use poison sprays from afar.

[MadPick]

Step 1 should be, "Set up video camera." Otherwise I like your plan.

[cityslicker]

Step 1 should be, "Set up video camera." Otherwise I like your plan.

[Ops]

Do it around 5pm too.

also use a hose with a mist spray.

remember its not rocket science either.

[Selador]

After watching a few videos here's what I think I'm gonna do.

1. Suit up. Keep a tennis racket handy for defense!!
2. Tie a rope to a small clamping device, and grab the edge of the 3x3 carpet and from a distance, pull the carpet away to expose the nest. I need to see what I'm dealing with. I'll also need to make arrangements to get in to my front door. The back yard will be "uninhabitable" for awhile.
3. Depending on what I see, I think I'll be able to use a hose or pressure washer to destroy the nest and hope they move on or alternately use poison sprays from afar.

I would get one of those garden sprayer things that you put on the end of a garden hose.

Fill it with a mixture of dishwashing liquid, and rubbing alcohol.

Then spray with as large a volume as you can, while maintaining good pressure.

Be ready to flip it to "FAN SPRAY", and use it like the tennis racquet, to 'bat' down any aggressive flying demons.

None of this will hurt people or dogs. But should either drown the little demons right away, or dry them out or poison them with time. (The dishwashing liquid makes the water 'wetter'. It gets the water into their lungs. The alchohol and residual dishwashing liquid should dry them out, or get further into their 'systems', and poison them.)

[TechnoWeenie]

Just remember....

right to fight left to live

[JohnMBrowning]

LC --- what ever happened with your weasel problem?

[cmica]

LC --- what ever happened with your weasel problem?

Searched around.

The little weasels figured out there's no food to be had, and moved on. Thankfully for me and them.

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jukk your right on that, have seen em underground and are more aggressive (yellow jacket) now the ones in the eves are called paper wasps



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Sporkboy that looks to be a hornets nest, lots of soap and water

[leadcounsel]

I sent pictures to a local bee guy, and he said they are not honey bees. So I conclude they are wasps based on activity and appearances.

Increased wasp activity with wasps coming and going every second of the day by the hundreds or thousands per hour.

Death came at midnight.

Leadcounsel 1
Wasps 0

Got 6 cans of foaming wasp killer. Cost $12 (Note the claims of 20' spray must be under ideal situations, wind at your back, spraying down hill maybe off a cliff? I'd say the reliable spray was probably 10'.)

After considering many options, I figured the best would go as follows.

1. Wait til night dark. It's a cool night tonight. Low activity. Get most of them in their nest as a bonus.

2. Suit up in heavy clothing, hoody, face covering and goggles and gloves, leather jacket too.

3. Armed with cans of spray, and a flashlight (it's recommended you use red or green lights, but I used white light) I hit the opening and then saw a secondary emergency exit that I hit. I used over a full can really hitting these openings to prevent any swarm attacks coming out.

4. The hive was within/under the loose carpeting and padding. I pulled off the carpet to expose part of the hive. As I got close I could hear the buzzing activities.

5. Hit the hive, and them pulled off the padding. Hit the hive several more times. Saw one fly away, and I assume that was a queen making her escape. Anyway, I coated the hive a few times and destroyed it with a long 1x4 board.

6. Done right, no stings or bites.

7. Nest was about the size I expected. 3 layers, about a 2 footballs in size. Hundreds, maybe a thousand wasps visible dead. Unknown numbers I cannot see. Might still be more nesting beyond my view. I listened intently but could not hear anything. Will know tomorrow if I see any survivors.

8. I'll hit the whole dog house with power washing soapy water.

Now, I conclude this by saying I prefer to leave nature alone and only kill when necessary. But these wasps nested in my dog house directly below my back deck and were getting more assertive with their investigating the surrounding areas. I have dogs, and am building a shed, and want to enjoy my deck and have company over including their children. These little monsters have been interacting more than I care for. So the non-rent paying beasts need to go. They got served their eviction.

Pics are too big, not gonna spend time resizing them or hosting somewhere.

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[leadcounsel]

LC --- what ever happened with your weasel problem?

They went away! I did buy a live trap in case any critter take up residency. But the weasel family probably scouted it for food and, finding none, moved on.

[OldsRocket442]

I always use brake parts cleaner
drops them mf faster than your flute would if you seen Hillary naked

I'm not the only one who has discovered this. Carb or brake cleaner. Both work equally well. Instant death on contact.

[danoh]

I always use brake parts cleaner
drops them mf faster than your flute would if you seen Hillary naked

I'm not the only one who has discovered this. Carb or brake cleaner. Both work equally well. Instant death on contact.

Have to try that sometime. I've been a fan of wd-40, or lps-1. Once coated, they go 2 or 3 steps, and flop over dead.

Good marksmanship training.

[KeystoneCowboy]

So a couple weeks ago I was mowing around this overgrown "bush". Usually just run right into it to mow under it until I cut it down this fall. Well I stung on my neck. Fast forward to last night, I was hesitant mowing in that area. Got pretty close, but was wary as I noticed "wasp" activity. Sure as shit this was hiding in there. Couple weeks back when I got stung, its. Miracle it was just once, I had to damn near hit it with my head or shoulder when I rode into the bush. Now I have to try and get rid of this thing. Is a little bigger than a canteloupe.

[sportsdad60]

hair spray and a match. cookem crispy

What is your suggestion when the nest is burning and starting the eaves or deck on fire?

[jukk0u]

So a couple weeks ago I was mowing around this overgrown "bush". Usually just run right into it to mow under it until I cut it down this fall. Well I stung on my neck. Fast forward to last night, I was hesitant mowing in that area. Got pretty close, but was wary as I noticed "wasp" activity. Sure as shit this was hiding in there. Couple weeks back when I got stung, its. Miracle it was just once, I had to damn near hit it with my head or shoulder when I rode into the bush. Now I have to try and get rid of this thing. Is a little bigger than a canteloupe.

Bald faced hornets. Get the spray that shoots 30 feet and comes out like shaving cream foam... wait till the sun goes down and you almost can't see the nest. Spray the hole to plug it up, then spray the rest of the nest to soak it. A day or two later take a garbage bag out and wrap it around the nest, then clip the branch to which it's attached and tie the bag shut. Shake the bag, and you're sure to hear buzzing from deep in that nest!

Or.... leave them bee if they only bother you when you mow.