Yellow Jackets

ripv2;n18211 said:
Dave, be careful.
I think your latest dream may have been a premonition about this! ;)
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Ha ha ha ha ha ha. Maybe I can talk Don into coming over and doing it for me. Lol.
 
beamernc;n18181 said:
If you want to get rid of them without the risk of fire, wait until after dark and coat their opening liberally with Sevin dust. As they go in and out, they drag the poison down into the nest.

I know this is not as fun and exciting as burning them out.
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Excellent idea sir. Thank you. That's better than holding out to see if that bird eats them all. I sat out there today for about 30 minutes watching this little gray and white bird snatch those little bastards as they were entering or leaving their nest hole. There must be a crap load of those things in that hole because I had been routinely seeing some flying around low to the ground on my driveway this past summer. Of course, who knows how many colonies I could have around my place. Thanks again for the advice.
 
I'll post a pic of my beamernc inspired solution here in the next day or so. Coating their opening liberally with Sevin dust is going to look epic. Trust me.:cool:
 
Bastards got me last fall while I was cutting brush away from my fence! I never even found where they were coming from! I hate the little stinging bastards!
 
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I"m surprised this is still going strong. Qball, Go pour about 8 oz of gasoline in that hole about 2-3 hours after dark, walk away, and come back the next day to check for activity. I bet you won't see any and won't get stung either.
 
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Get a Can of chicken at the grocery and a gallon milk jug. Treat the can of chicken, cut a couple of nice large round holes in the milk jug, place said can of chicken inside the milk jug and hang in a near by tree. 48 hours, they will be gone.

They are attracted to proteins. They will take the infected chicken back to the hive and effectively kill the entire hive. Works for wasps too. I don't think the honey bees will mess with it but to be safe, I take it down as soon as possible.

I had them in my house wall, this worked like a champ!
 
Get some seven dust from Lowe's, home depot Etc... and put it in / around the hole. They will drag it into the ground and sufficate themselves. That's what I have to do at work because the use of gunpowder and or gas is frowned upon by the city. :mad:
 
beamernc said:
If you want to get rid of them without the risk of fire, wait until after dark and coat their opening liberally with Sevin dust. As they go in and out, they drag the poison down into the nest.

I know this is not as fun and exciting as burning them out.
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This is what we do at work, since the use of gunpowder and or gas is frowned upon by the city of high point
 
Yellow jackets and wasps are carnivorous, where as honey bees are not.

Have you ever tried skinning a deer in cold weather and the yellow jackets show up all over the deer? I killed dozens while skinning the deer I got this year.
 
beamernc;n21222 said:
Yellow jackets and wasps are carnivorous, where as honey bees are not.

Have you ever tried skinning a deer in cold weather and the yellow jackets show up all over the deer? I killed dozens while skinning the deer I got this year.
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Funny you mentioned that. Last week, I was cooking chicken wing drummettes on the grill outside. It was well after dark and cold out. I had a plate sitting beside the grill where I would lay my tongs. A yellow jacket landed on the plate and was sucking up the juices off of the plate. I left it alone and it left me alone. They don't bother me and I'm not scared of them when they're away from their nest. This is exactly why I'm not about to go up there after dark and pour gasoline in their nest. If they're all in there after dark, then why was one sitting on a plate beside my grill around 9:00pm when it was in the '30's outside?
 
Friday;n21491 said:
I dunno Qball...
Might just wanna find another tree.
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Well, I got the tree taken care of today. Since the majority of the tree was separated from the short stump, I was able to stay far enough away and cut the tree into long sections and drag them away using the winch on my Outlander. Once I got the long sections far enough away, I cut them into splittable logs. They were active but the chainsaw didn't provoke an attack. But I still have the root ball to deal with and that's where the nest is. After Christmas, I'll probably try the poison chicken in the milk jug thing that Sp00ks mentioned above. That appears to be the safest solution from my perspective anyway.

Thanks for all of the advice guys. It is certainly appreciated............. Dave
 
I couldn't do the chicken thing. I have outdoor cats. They'd be on it in 10 minutes.
Be careful with possible collateral damage.

You might get lucky. I had a bear dig up a yellowjacket nest in my yard and eat it! I now harbor no doubt that bears are animal Gods.
Skunks will also get into wasp nests. I've always liked skunks.
 
Qball if you weren't so far from me, I would give you some poison, that stuff isn't cheap.

Friday The reason I did it this way and hung it from a tree branch is because I have dogs. You could also put some type of chicken wire around it but if the cats really wanted it they could probably find a way to get it.
 
Sp00ks;n22192 said:
Qball if you weren't so far from me, I would give you some poison, that stuff isn't cheap.
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Thanks for the offer sir. Exactly what poison do you use with the chicken? I am going to take care of this early next week when I'm back in town.

Edit: Oops, nevermind. I just saw it in the link you posted. Thanks again.
 
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I can provide some advice that may not be obvious to the casual observer.

Don't poke a stick down their hole and stand around to see what happens, assuming that they're somewhat of the same temperament of say, a honey bee. It's good to recognize that they fly as fast as you can run also.

Brake cleaner was pretty effective (on the nest, not my skin) after my first strategic retreat
 
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