Yellow Jacket Question

[Dutchman]

Hey folks,
I was wondering what sort of methods you use to get rid of a yellow jacket nest. I have in the past used some, shall we say not very enviromentally friendly methods, and was wondering what some other options might be.
Thanks...
Buddy

[ebarr]

I have used those methods also,

The last time, however, I got a can of the foaming wasp killer stuff from the borg. Stood back a safe distance and let the nest have it. A few hours later, the ground was covered in little brave soldiers that didn't make it.

I have little ones around the house and am always scared they are going to run into the nest before I can find it.

[Threejs]

I usually wait till just before dark to spray the nest. I find it easier to get away once they are ****ed.

[NCPete]

I find that I can't wear a yellow jacket 'cept during the summer when I have something of a tan. other seasons, and yellow just brings out the pink in my nearly scandinavian light skin.



as for the insect variety, I favor spraying the nests with the jet stream killing stuff, and then running like a scalded cat back to appropriate shelter. last year, I accidentally found a few ground hornet nests in my back yard. With no spray in hand, I was only able to practice the last portion of my eradication method

[JackLeg]

A pint of diesel fuel and a match work for me. I usually don't worry about being "friendly" with them, environmentally or otherwise! The diesel burns off, so not much is left behind except singed bodies!!

[TracyP]

I like watching them propelled out of the ground due to some petroleum and a match . But at $4.00 a gallon, it ain't quite as much fun.

[Ozzie-x]

Yep, gasoline and a match always work on in-ground nests, especially if they have just stung you a bunch of times!!!!

[jlwest]

Two cups of gas down the hole just before dark works for me. Be careful if you plan on burning.

Jeff

[MikeL]

Sevindust will also work. We removed an old swing a fews years back and discovered a nest where the posts went down into the ground. Wait until the sun goes down, and then bombs away.

[jtodd71]

If you can wait till 2-3 AM they are all in the nest and you will get them all. If you do it at 8pm some will survive and make another nest nearby.

[Ray Martin]

I used the same method that several others mentioned here... but I put the gas in a long-neck bottle and stuck the inverted bottle into the ground hole. I wanted to make sure I was getting the gas into the hole and not around it. This method must have hurt their feelings, because they moved away.

Ray

[CaptnA]

Its not as environmentally friendly as some methods, except for MY environment- I use about a pint of regular gasoline and pour it into their nest, after dark . I don't light it. The fumes being heavier than air permeate and suffocate the little buggers. I'd caution about lighting fuel as the vapors can do odd things like explode and cause problems.
I've had to apply this twice to particularly large nests.
I mark the hole when its light out, but apply when its dark for personal safety and to be as assured as I can that they're all in the nest.

I've seen and used traps with some success. The neatest I saw was a 5 gallon bucket with a screen wired on for a top, a 3-4" hole in the bottom with an apple chunk for bait placed at the hole. The entire thing was mounted on 3 legs to raise it several inches off the ground. The things fly up and don't seem to want to crawl down and out the hole. When trapped you can apply your favorite direct application of termination. The one I learned from sprayed them with a soap solution and then drowned them.

[sapwood]

I like the 40ft jet spray and a 4.2 sec 400 meters
Shoot and run. I honestly don't know the environmental impact, but if ya hit a wasp in flight with the foam they drop like a rock

Roger

[froglips]

Another vote for the foaming spray. I've had 5 nests so far this summer. I would recommend getting close and spraying as much down into the hole as possible. First few times, I ended up not getting enough to kill'm all.

I opt'd not to use gas and fire, as one nest was next to my underground natural gas line. Then again, that might just get me that coveted Darwin Award.....

Jim

[woodArtz]

...wait 'til dark... now where's the fun in that? I like to wait until high noon on a hot day when they're at their highest level of agitation. I squat down to study the nest just a little too long as the little winged warriors return home all hot and angry. Can't you just hear Foggy Mountain Breakdown playing as I run and swat and howl...