Ground hornets! [emoji2962]

[Fuddyduddy1952]

I cut some trees down and have a brush pile using tractor and truck. Monday I'm using the FEL bucket pushing brush when...BEES!!! So it's high gear wide open back to shed . Luckily just 3 stings. Today I'm in same area and found the nest. They were swarming all around this hole, nest was like the gray paper ones you see in trees. This evening (dusk) I was going to pour maybe a quart or two of gasoline in it (and light it???).
I assume they're hornets?
If I don't reply back...call 911...

 

[5030]

Those aren't honey bees, those are yellow jackets. Had a ground nest and started the rotary mower and parked it over the nest and let the blades whip, chop and puree the buggers. Took a full tank of gas but was worth the carnage.

 

[airbiscuit]

I was out walk behind roto-tilling when I went over a ground hornets nest. The problem is that you don't see them coming, and by the time you realize what's happening, you've been stung half a dozen times. You were lucky to get by with 3!

 

[SPYDERLK]

Save your money - you only need a couple oz of gas. Take some plastic and a rim out there at night. Slap the plastic over the nest and plop the rim on top. Inject the gas through a small hole in the plastic. The fumes will kill them overnight.

 

[Carl_NH]

Yep - nasty ground yellow jackets that usually fly faster than I can run - have hit many of these over the years weed trimming and mowing - you're lucky to have just 3 stings.

I wait till dark and pour a half gallon or so mix of permethrin and water in the hole then toss a half bucket of dirt on top - they are all dead in the morning.

 

[caver]

Shawn Woods he has some Hornet videos using different methods.

 

[5030]

Nasty little turds....

 

[Mendonsy]

My solution to yellow jackets isn't quite so elegant. I wait until it gets nearly dark outside so they return to their nest then put an old shop rag over the end of a stick and stuff it into the hole they dug. I then pour a cup full of diesel on the rag and light it. It's not pretty but it works.

 

[ponytug]

@Fuddyduddy1952 I'm glad that you got out in time!

I use a turkey baster filled with talcum powder or diatomaceous earth. I've never been stung doing that. It sounds bad, but I have had better luck with that compared to hornet sprays.

Open flames are a no-no here for basically all of the hornet/yellow jacket season.

All the best,

Peter

 

[garry1p]

I was not that lucky 20/30 stings, in the ground nest of yellow jackets and they hurt like heil
I'm surprised I did not get sick or end up in the hospital.

No need to light the gasoline it's the fumes that kill them.