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Yellow Jackets.....

Old.22BoltsOld.22Bolts Member Posts: 6,032
edited August 2014 in General Discussion
No, not the football team......[:D]

We were making our way around the house this morning
cleaning windows when I found their nest/hive......

Or should I say they found me, first time I have been
stung since I was a teenager. Now I remember why
I run so far so fast at the site of bees/wasp, etc....

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This was the top of the nest and there are more layers
that I will be digging up soon.....

One whole can of spray is empty with 3 more on standby....[;)]
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    select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,453 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Find there back door and entry. Pop a couple of cans of Bug defogger in each one at night [xx(][xx(]
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    nutfinnnutfinn Member Posts: 12,804 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I hate them, kill them all [}:)]
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    Dr.NippsDr.Nipps Member Posts: 642 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Couple well placed packets of C4 should do the trick!
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    Tailgunner1954Tailgunner1954 Member Posts: 7,734 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Assuming the area around the hole is NOT a fire risk:
    Wait till near dark
    Pour a cup of gasoline down the hole
    Wait 5 minutes before lighting
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    Old.22BoltsOld.22Bolts Member Posts: 6,032
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by forgemonkey
    Always figured you were afflicted with Apiphobia,,,,,,,,,,,[:D][:o)][:0]


    Nope, just rhinotillexamania......[:D]

    I dug up the rest of the nest and it was three "layers"
    deep and 3 inches in diameter......
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    p3skykingp3skyking Member Posts: 25,750 ✭
    edited November -1
    If you grew any of your own food, you'd know the value of those little guys over poison.
    If they're not in a place with a lot of traffic, I leave them be. It appears these don't bother anyone until they're bothered.
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    Old.22BoltsOld.22Bolts Member Posts: 6,032
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by p3skyking
    If you grew any of your own food, you'd know the value of those little guys over poison.
    If they're not in a place with a lot of traffic, I leave them be. It appears these don't bother anyone until they're bothered.


    I agree, however this particular tribe was less than 6 feet
    from our front door under a boxwood shrub.....
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    fordsixfordsix Member Posts: 8,722
    edited November -1
    bagged up a bald faced hornets nest tonight a a friends place = to 2 basketballs had my bee suit on.. still were on me tryin to get me..they were eatting the wood on his dog pens..wish i had the camera but was working fast and had the sweats going on[:0]
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    He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 50,951 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    This nest was completely buried? Yellow jackets are ground nesters, and I have never seen a nest that was not entered though a hole in the dirt.
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    fordsixfordsix Member Posts: 8,722
    edited November -1
    i have had yeller jacks in the cement blocks of the garage
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    35 Whelen35 Whelen Member Posts: 14,310 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
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    Best bug killer ever made.[^]
    An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it.
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