Best way to get rid of a yellow jacket nest?

[ontheroad]

We had a nest out between a fence post and a tree, tried gas and covering it with rocks and no luck, the little bastards must have had a couple different sections of nest among the roots or something. Figured we would just have to avoid the area until winter and then one morning boom, the whole area was dug up and not an insect to be found, just chunks of nest everywhere. Judging by the tracks we figured the skunk that was living under our shed at the time just went in there and tore it up for a midnight snack. Bees were gone and the skunk got a reprieve from its pending death sentence.

So if the gas and pesticides don't work, let Pepe Le Pew at them.

 

[Get Off My Lawn]

Maybe you should just try harder to give up your human privilege, learn about and embrace their culture. Perhaps offer them jobs and educational opportunities?

Buzz off hater!

 

[Mitch Rapp]

While everyone is right that the fumes from the gas are what gets them and no match needed, I say where's tje fun in that?
Pour a cup of gas down there, light it, wait for the 'foooomp' sound.
It's very gratifying

 

[RedneckFur]

I"ve always just covered the hole with a brick.

 

[noway2]

Wouldn't sevin dust work?

After I found a nest with the lawn mower, my grandfather gave me a jar of the original Sevin. The new formula works, just not quite as well. I mixed up a five gallon bucket of spray and dumped it down the hole. Nothing flew out. Ever again.

Both Sevin and Permetherin will decimate bees and wasps.

 

[fishgutzy]

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...

exactly.
Used that stuff on a nest. Killed every darn on. no more nest.
No toxic gasoline either.

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[teamglock2002]

Since gas and a match isn't always an option at work,I use sevin dust .Cover the hole/holes with a deep powder and they will pull into the nest and die. Remember there is most always a second exit somewhere close by.

 

[Dale Gribble]

Another vote for pouring a couple quarts of gas down the chute and walking away.

For wasps, I use a can of brake cleaner. Haven't seen any insect yet that didn't die instantly after being sprayed.

 

[Qball]

I hate flying/stinging insects. Got hit by a wasp yesterday right on my ring finger. The ring hasn't been off for 30 years.

Thanks to my quick thinking wife, I promptly got some soap on it and managed to get the ring off before my hand and fingers swelled up.

First pic is my normal right hand. Second pic is of my left hand that got hit on my ring finger.

After taking Benadryl and Advil, I went all medieval on their striped butts and whipped out a can of Spectracide Wasp and Hornet Killer. Took out two nests that were underneath the deck I was working on.

Sorry, I can't help you on the yellow jacket deal. I knew a guy up in WV that tried the gasoline/fire thing after dark. They had a separate entrance and exit hole and when he poured the gas down the hole, a crap ton of them came out of another hole and got all over him. He spilled gas all over one of his arms and ended up with third degree burns.

However, he almost died from the yellow jacket stings. So when I see those things coming and going out of a hole, I leave them be.

 

[Partsfreak]

https://www.walmart.com/ip/No-Pest-Insect-Killer-Fogger-Unscented-3-Count-2-Ounces/862996437

Get a bug bomb indoor fogger. Set it off and shove it upside down into the hole where those little bastids live. Sit back, have a couple beers and wait until the ones who cant get back in go away. Take the can out and piss down the hole.

 

[Plott Hound]

When I find a yellow jacket nest, I use a long stick, broom handle, or similar and lay it on the ground pointing it right at the hole. . Then in the dark of night I return with gasoline using the stick to find the hole and pour in a pint or so and leave. Next day no sign of activity.

As a novice many years ago I tried it during the day. Had on a pair of loose shorts and was going commando. No, don't do that, they knew where to really hurt a fella.

 

[Jp8819]

Had loads of fun yesterday cleaning up around some old fence lines with the skid steer with no cab, that will make you on high alert for them this time of year because in a skid steer you have to go out threw them if you do not get away in time with no quick escape. Managed to find a yellow jacket nest and a bumble bee nest luckly getting away from both in time seeing them coming out of ground in time. After finding the bees and making it away untouched I decided to call it a day and not push my luck since they say third time is a charm. Both got a healthy pile of dirt dumped on top of the nest very precisely and quickly to seal them in.

 

[noway2]

As a novice many years ago I tried it during the day. Had on a pair of loose shorts and was going commando. No, don't do that, they knew where to really hurt a fella.

Back when I was a kid, a storm knocked over a white pine tree. My dad cut the top section off and the roots pulled the trunk stump back upright. A friend who was spending the weekend at our house got the bright idea of climbing up sitting on top of the remaining trunk / stump while wearing a pair of shorts. He was later in the bathroom with a pair of scissors and a can of turpentine, screaming.

 

[Get Off My Lawn]

Just found this interesting

 

[Short Fuse]

I can’t find the exit tunnel yet. That’s also on the to do list.

All the nest I have ever found have only had one access point. I have killed 7 or 8 over the years so I may have just not got the 2 hole variety yet.

 

[RetiredUSNChief]

Here's a neat one.

Guy uses a TV to make a bug zapper which he puts over the wasp nest in the ground.

Personally, I think he made it more complicated and less streamline than he could have. For example, I wouldn't have used an external power supply. Old CRT TVs used a DC rectifier to produce several thousands of volts, which was applied to the tube. In the larger color TVs, this could easily have reached 30,000 plus Volts.

I would have taken the picture tube out, replaced it with a hardware mesh grid, and connected it to the HV Rectifier. Cut an opening on the bottom of the TV and then place it over the wasp hole in the ground. Plug it in and watch the fun!

 

[RetiredUSNChief]

Also, I gotta wonder...ever seen the Ant Hill Art videos?

I gotta wonder how many pounds of Aluminum would be needed to cast a ground wasp nest?

 

[Chuckman]

Another vote for pouring a couple quarts of gas down the chute and walking away.

What the hell you perv! Oh, that chute....heh heh....never mind....

I thought you and @Chdamn had something cooking.....

 

[Goofyfoot2001]

At night, pour gas down the hole, cover with rock. no need to light.

 

[Catfish]

I know ya'll seen't this before but THIS is how real men deal with yellow jackets.

 

[12151791]

I know ya'll seen't this before but THIS is how real men deal with yellow jackets.

He is a professional - don't try this at home

 

[Scsmith42]

I know ya'll seen't this before but THIS is how real men deal with yellow jackets.

No.
HELL NO.

 

[JimP42]

Nope. I wonder how many stings he got. Still, nope.

 

[dman24]

Worst yellow jacket experience I’ve had was trying to put in a deer stand. Exes sister went to far down the power line with their tractor and ran over a nest. I got stung in between my lip and nose, whole face swelled up and I looked like a clown.

 

[xtp308]

Here's a neat one.

Guy uses a TV to make a bug zapper which he puts over the wasp nest in the ground.

Personally, I think he made it more complicated and less streamline than he could have. For example, I wouldn't have used an external power supply. Old CRT TVs used a DC rectifier to produce several thousands of volts, which was applied to the tube. In the larger color TVs, this could easily have reached 30,000 plus Volts.

I would have taken the picture tube out, replaced it with a hardware mesh grid, and connected it to the HV Rectifier. Cut an opening on the bottom of the TV and then place it over the wasp hole in the ground. Plug it in and watch the fun!

So, how hard would it be to rig one of those UV lights as an attractant like in a bug zapper ? Just asking because I hate horseflies that much >>> I would do the work!

 

[Tappet]

Wouldn't sevin dust work?

Yes it would! It’s cheap and it doesn’t kill the grass or contaminate ground water, etc. It doesn’t have a fast knock-down so apply it at night or be ready to run! All it takes to kill the nest is a couple tablespoons.

 

[RetiredUSNChief]

So, how hard would it be to rig one of those UV lights as an attractant like in a bug zapper ? Just asking because I hate horseflies that much >>> I would do the work!

Probably not hard at all. Just stick one inside.