Yes I did go all Kubota Macgyver on them!

[deathtoblackberries]

All I know is it looks like the 300 fought near the nest.

 

[PhysAssist]

Hi DTB,

So now you have a battleground, in Battle Ground!?

I' m glad you had such good success killing the little SOB's with your improvised wasp/hornet implement with no casulties.

In regard to going under water to escape bees, etc.- the quick change in elevation probably helped too, but it does work, except with Africanized, i.e., "killer bees", from what I have read, they will wait for you to surface...

Thomas

 

[PeterK]

When I work in the field, I carry a full can of wasp/hornet spray just in case. It's good protection to have close - like a fire extinguisher. And if you don't have a can of wasp spray with you, you CAN also use the fire extinguisher to cool them down enough to escape.

 

[Mendonsy]

I second the idea of waiting and dealing with the bees at night.
You probably don't want to light the electrical box on fire though.

Yeah, and it's not a good idea for the nests built on your house either!! A can of Raid Wasp & Hornet spray (black can) is the quick answer to those. It works as well as the commercial grade stuff and most grocery stores carry it.

 

[SanDucerro]

I once took out a small yellow jacket nest with a shotgun... Missed the first time, but got them all with the second shot...

 

[Relic]

I once took out a small yellow jacket nest with a shotgun... Missed the first time, but got them all with the second shot...

Guess that will work also.

 

[RaydaKub]

I know the safety police will be on me for this but we had a nest of yellow jackets in the frame of the loader. Got on the tractor and back off real quick. We got a can of WD-40 with the straw and used my day's lighter to make a blow torch out of it. I wouldn't do it without the straw and you only want short bursts, but we never got stung and it sure was nice to see the varmints crawling around with no wings.

 

[chopped]

LOL Got the job done..

I know the safety police will be on me for this but we had a nest of yellow jackets in the frame of the loader. Got on the tractor and back off real quick. We got a can of WD-40 with the straw and used my day's lighter to make a blow torch out of it. I wouldn't do it without the straw and you only want short bursts, but we never got stung and it sure was nice to see the varmints crawling around with no wings.

 

[radair]

Here's another way to get rid of yellow jackets nesting underground:
The yellow jackets all go into the nest when it gets dark so you'll need a flashlight, a quart of diesel fuel, a rag, and a lighter.
Wait until about an hour after dark and locate the nest using the flashlight.
Pour almost all the diesel down the hole, throw the rag on top, pour on the rest of the diesel, and light the rag.
Those yellow jackets are now history!
Don't tell the EPA though!! They would have a heart attack, lock you up, and declare your yard a brownfield area!!

If you value the quality of your aquifer you won't pour diesel into the ground.

 

[Larro Darro]

Thirty years ago when I got out of the Navy, I did my best not to work for a couple of years, while seeing how much time I could spend on the river. But having developed a bad eating habit, I did have one part time job. I took care of the large grounds and small farm of an old widow neighbor of mine. One morning I had gone to work expecting to turn 2 1/2 inch grass into 2 inch grass with the Snapper rider, so I was dressed in cotton shorts and sneakers. No shirt, socks, hat or long pants. But the lady ask me to bush hog the brush along the river. She had an old gas IH tractor. The bushes were about head high, and I bush hogged one of those wasp nests you see while fishing. The ones the size of a dinner plate. I felt something in my hair and brushed it back. I got 23 stings, most on my neck and shoulders. I jumped off the tractor, and stuck the landing. As in my face was stuck in the dirt. I hurt my back, but ran on to the river, only falling two or three more times. The tractor tried to follow me into the river, but a tree stopped it just in time. It sat there and spun it's wheels with the wasp swarming around it until about half an hour later when I came back down and turned it off.

All these years later I still have back trouble from that morning. As far as I know, all the wasp died of natural causes.