TractorGuy
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- N. FL
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- John Deere 4310 CUT, Ford New Holland 575E Cab Backhoe (sold), John Deere F725 Front Mount Mower, Kubota LX3310 cab.
I've been fortunate not to have ever endured the full wrath of a hornet or yellow jacket attack. I can get stung by a single wasp on my hand and I swell up to my shoulder.
Many years ago when we had a mobile home the yellow jackets built a nest underneath the bathroom. Since the opening for pipes and stuff were not completely sealed I had some come in the home. First one nailed me on the back of the leg as I sat doing some reading.
I tried to burn them out and almost caught the house on fire. Then I tried soaking them with diesel fuel which just made them mad. We had a guy local that advertised wanting to collect ground nests which he sold for making anti venom. He wouldn't mess with them under a house but said if I found a ground nest for him he would get them out while he was there. Luckily my neighbor found a ground nest for me to report and I got the guy to come collect that and he dug the nest out from under our home.
Many years ago I built a ground powered mower to pull behind my car so I could mow in the AC with the radio on. The very first time I used it I disturbed a hanging hornet's nest in a tree. I didn't even notice them until I parked the mower behind my shed and I saw them swarming all over the mower in my rear view mirror. The nest turned out to be 400 feet from where I parked and they followed that mower the whole way attacking it. If I would have been on my lawn tractor they would have probably killed me. A couple of nights later I cracked the window on my car, taped off the crack, and poked a small hole to spray the wasp and hornet killer through. I pulled up beside the nest at night and held a flashlight on it while I saturated the nest with hornet killer. The next day they were all dead and I collected the nest.
Many years ago when we had a mobile home the yellow jackets built a nest underneath the bathroom. Since the opening for pipes and stuff were not completely sealed I had some come in the home. First one nailed me on the back of the leg as I sat doing some reading.
I tried to burn them out and almost caught the house on fire. Then I tried soaking them with diesel fuel which just made them mad. We had a guy local that advertised wanting to collect ground nests which he sold for making anti venom. He wouldn't mess with them under a house but said if I found a ground nest for him he would get them out while he was there. Luckily my neighbor found a ground nest for me to report and I got the guy to come collect that and he dug the nest out from under our home.Many years ago I built a ground powered mower to pull behind my car so I could mow in the AC with the radio on. The very first time I used it I disturbed a hanging hornet's nest in a tree. I didn't even notice them until I parked the mower behind my shed and I saw them swarming all over the mower in my rear view mirror. The nest turned out to be 400 feet from where I parked and they followed that mower the whole way attacking it. If I would have been on my lawn tractor they would have probably killed me. A couple of nights later I cracked the window on my car, taped off the crack, and poked a small hole to spray the wasp and hornet killer through. I pulled up beside the nest at night and held a flashlight on it while I saturated the nest with hornet killer. The next day they were all dead and I collected the nest.
