Best way to get rid of a yellow jacket nest?

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Ok guys I have a basic question. I saw my poor old dog Buddy running around in pain in the back yard today. He’s 13 years old and he’s my best friend. Turns out he was stung by a yellow jacket.

Now it’s time for retribution.

My first thought was gasoline or even napalm but I live in the city limits (actually not far from the sheriff).

So I wanted to get a consensus from the group to address this in the most effective and permanent way. I own the night so I’m ready to make their lives a living Hell, but I want to use stealth and not (1) get arrested or (2) risk my or my neighbor’s property.

Buddy is okay BTW.
 

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Gasoline and a match!

Shoot an entire can of wasp spray down the tube? Flood with water?

Hate those damn things.
 
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Fire is just about always my first choice but it that isn't an option for the city dwellers, drowning the nest in Permethrin would be my next choice. A weed sprayer nozzle stuffed down the hole with the trigger lock on would likely do the trick a couple times over.
 
I have heard that a road flare down each entrance (and there will be at least 2) traps them in the middle of the burning gasses and puts them to sleep....... FOREVER.....
 
I’d just as soon avoid lighting it, since I used to do some work in a burn unit, and it’s been a while since we’ve had a good rain. But I like the idea of gas.
 
I've always been taught to create distance from a threat when possible. Those cans of foaming wasp spray will get them from 20' away. I hear they're good for other uses too...
 
Chip up a couple bars of Fels Naptha soap and mix in a gallon of gas.
Pour on nest holes.
Light and run

Find all the entrance holes and pour gas into them before sunrise.
 
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Look into Deltamethrin powder. IIRC that is what my buddy uses when they start nesting in cracks in buildings. It was recommended by an exterminator. I'll try to find out. He owns a hardware store so should be able to get the product name he uses. Apply at night to catch them in the nest.
 
I have destroyed several nest over the years without return issues by just pouring a quart of gasoline down the entrance after dark.

Be careful the guards are at the entrance and are ready to strike. Mark the entrance in the daylight go back at night flick a flashlight on it to remember exact location then have gasoline ready to pour, slowly walk up to the entrance and pour the gas down the hole.

Problem solved at this location.
 
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Small cup on end of a 4ft stick with about a cup of gas and poor it down hole at night or before day light. No need for lighting it and you do not need a large amount. Use to keep a stick made up for it around the farm.

Other option i have heard but not tried it is put seven dust over the hole at night and they will take it down.
 
I had a nest go behind a retaining wall and i sprayed whole cans of wasp spray on it and they were back in business hours later. I was spraying ant hills in the yard and had the sprayer handy so I stood way back and sprayed the hole with that and I never saw another bee there. recreated the experiment on another nest I found and they disappeared too.

Ant and termite killer.
That's my answer.

Edit, the bees didn't even swarm at the spraying. I guess they don't attack rain.
 
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The nest may have more than one entrance, but yellow jackets do not create a second escape hatch.
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If you see yellow jackets coming and going out of a single hole on relatively flat ground, you’re in luck.
Get a large glass bowl and use it to carefully cover the hole Leave the bowl in place and the yellow jackets will die out.
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Go like the pros and vacuum them out. And yes, this works.
I have an old canister vacuum that I keep for just this purpose.

personally, what has worked for me is spraying WD-40 down the hole at first light. NOT sunrise. that's too late.
i don't know why it has worked. spray a FULL can until the can's empty. (silicone WD-40 doesn't do the job)
 
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I had to call the exterminator for one because it was under a big holly tree with prickly thorns. When they took it out it filled up a kitchen garbage bag. Then the next day I took a chain saw to the tree and had to dig out another section that was the size of a basketball.
 
I’m sure it’s been mentioned, wait for dusk, pour a gallon or two of gas down the hole.

Problem solved.


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Whatever you do, do NOT have celebratory drinks before the work is done. I was visiting my brother a couple years ago and we discovered a nest in the back of his yard. We opted to do the gas method, with an old fish bowl covering the hole after, but decided to have a couple of drinks ahead of time. We accomplished the task but I got hit by 10+ before it was over and his kids have video of us running around, doing the yellow jacket boogie, some place lol
 
The inverted glass bowl really works. If you use something solid they will think the hole is blocked and go out the back if it exists, as long as there is daylight they’ll be all over the inside of the bowl until they die.

I think acetone is probably better than gasoline, it’s what all the bug collecting science guys use.
 
Gas kills them on contact and the fumes with suffocate them in the nest. No need for fire, or finding the exit, or putting a rock over it. Just pour some gas in and walk away
 
fsj80 said:
Whatever you do, do NOT have celebratory drinks before the work is done. I was visiting my brother a couple years ago and we discovered a nest in the back of his yard. We opted to do the gas method, with an old fish bowl covering the hole after, but decided to have a couple of drinks ahead of time. We accomplished the task but I got hit by 10+ before it was over and his kids have video of us running around, doing the yellow jacket boogie, some place lol
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I'm audibly laughing :D
POST THE VID! Or it didn't happen.
 
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