In reply to noddaz :
Yeah. I posted that after getting stung twice by paper wasps when trying to straighten out a light fixture. Right hand and shoulder. Swelling has finally gone down except for the tiny central welp stairing me in the face as a reminder.
Use liquid nitrogen to get rid of them. It's available at your local welding supply store. Instant frozen death and completely nontoxic.
chaparral said:
Use liquid nitrogen to get rid of them. It's available at your local welding supply store. Instant frozen death and completely nontoxic.
Single point of reference for that stuff is Terminator 2
hmm
Exterminator 2?
I had a nest pop up in the middle of my yard several years ago. I was amazed I wasn't stung when I cut the grass the day before. After dark I sneaked out and dumped a cup of 5% Sevin dust right in the hole. It worked like a charm. The only ones out the next morning were the stragglers that were left out the previous night.
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8/16/21 3:23 p.m.
You guys want some entertainment, click on "Hornet King" on YouTube. The guy is local to me and is a professional wasp nest removal guru. My wife is addicted to his videos.
Direct link for the lazy
bgkast said:
Soapy water down the hole. Bee keeper suit recommended.
Just do this after sunset. No bee keeper suit needed. If its a single hole, no soap needed, just shove the hose in there and turn it on.
Its when they build into a vertical structure that its a problem. I had a ton of them in my retaining wall. I used delta dust on them in the evening. All dead the next day. No fire, no explosions, no bee suit, no drama.
I haven't tried a glass bowl or soapy water on yellowjacket ground nests, but the wasp powder is an easy solution. Spray into the hole(s) at night after they are all back in the nest. Quoth Michigan State: "Ground nests are easily controlled with a single application of an insecticidal dust directed at the nest opening. Insecticidal dusts work well in these cases because the wasps pick the dust up as they enter the nest and carry it to the core of the nest. This contaminates the entire nest and soon all the wasps will die off, normally within one or two days."
Wasp spray does not work on ground nests.
We had an apple tree in the back yard. In the fall after the apples had fallen onto the ground the ground around the tree looked alive from bazillions of yellowjackets swarming. We just didn't use that part of the yard until the tree was taken down. I'm find with paper wasps, but yellowjackets are a**holes.
I had an underground nest under bushes next to the driveway and mailbox. I tried the glass bowl over the entrance I saw in an effort to not use chemicals. Bastards had 2 other entrances on the other side of the bushes. Wondered why there were no dead ones under the bowl after a few days. Wound up flooding the nest one night with two garden hoses in the uncovered entrances. Seemed to work, haven't had any issues in the last 5 years or so.
I kind of want to try a foam cannon on them now
Had one (wasp) pop me sitting down in a chair two weeks ago, pic from about 5 days after once some of the swelling had gone down. Still see a bit of bruising today.
It is 5:30 on Tuesday evening. My swelling in my hand has mostly gone down and my upper lip is back to normal. My left ankle itches.
But no more Homer Simpson look for me.
I did set a trap I saw online for the little buggers. Rectangular plastic container mostly filled with soapy water. A 2x6 section across the top with a piece of chicken scrap nailed to the bottom side of the board as bait. Theory is the yellow jackets fly under the board to get the chicken. As the bugs leave the chicken they drop down to fly off and hit the water. The dish soap in the water removes or breaks the surface tension of the water and the bugs drown.
We will see. Of course it rained today so it may all be for naught.
Here is the trap.
Rough guess is I caught 50 of the buggers.
It was getting dark and I took the opportunity to dump the soapy water and dead bugs on the nest.