here is what I ran into cutting my neighbors grass

[Currmudgeon]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( 12 gauge, no choke, with #8 short base load, would get rid of them /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif )</font>

Back when I was a kid, and made my own pyrotechnics (They'd call me a terrorist today /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif) we found one of those in my f(r)iend's back yard. It was about 16 inches in diameter.

We made up a salute about twice the size of an M-80 and electrically primed it by running a piece of toaster wire through it. Taping the thing to the end of two bamboo poles taped end to end, we jabbed the bomb into the middle of the nest and ran like hell. When the cloud of hornets settled, we plugged in the extension cord.

The resulting Whump was not spectacular, but when the smoke cleared there were only three hornets left, and they were walking.

The Ortho Hornet Killer is less spectacular, but it works. I damnear buy the stuff by the case.

Gasoline works too, and you don't even have to light it, but it doesn't shoot as far as the wasp killer. I do like the smell of napalm in the morning.

 

[Trev]

Reminds me of the time when I was young and foolish, about a month ago, and I decided to knock a huge hive into the lake to get rid of it. Never occurred to me that the thing would float, and that the critters would come out, and that they would express their displeasure about all of this in a rather direct manner. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

 

[MossRoad]

Looked like bald faced hornets to me. They hurt! /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

We use to throw rockes at their nests, then run. My dad would wait until evening and put a rag soaked in Kerosene on a pole and light them up. Of course, a pine tree might not be the best place for that remedy /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Another thing you can do is wait until dark and slip a trash bag over it, then gas it with flying insect killer.

Or, you could just leave it alone if it is not in a dangerous spot. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[MossRoad]

<font color="blue"> they got me in my lip, and face, and of course the old chrome dome....... </font>

Hey, we live in the same state and have the same barber! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
I had a bug bite me on the head once when I was a kid. It left a large lump. I never told my mom about it. The lump stayed. That was 30+ years ago. Then the hair left. I still have the lump! Funny thing was, same thing happened to my dog! He had a lump, too! /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Soundguy]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( ( 12 gauge, no choke, with #8 short base load, would get rid of them )

Back when I was a kid, and made my own pyrotechnics (They'd call me a terrorist today ) we found one of those in my f(r)iend's back yard. It )</font>

I guess a 12ga birdbomb would work... or a dragonsbreath sgs..

soundguy

 

[DannyD]

Well, not sure how many I got, but I used Ortho foaming killer, now the nest is a nice coat of white and the ones that were in there will have to come out thru the stuff..........There were a few very sick confused ones on the ground, which of course did not get back up. We will have to see in the morning. I think a little fireworks in the morning may be in order, that is on the end of a stick with some diesel fuel, just to be sure.

 

[herdfan]

Just read the post - I had 2 of those nests last summer.
One was even hooked right on the house's electric meter! (Bet the reader used the spy glass on that day /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif )
I used that foaming apray too. That stuff really did the trick.
It killed whatever was dumb enough to come out and then stopped up the hole (although I coated all visible surface area of the nest) with this "payback in a can!"
A couple of days later I just scraped off the paper.

I had a huge one (probably 3 feet in diameter) at our old house 7 or 8 years ago that I just threw some of our driveway rocks at. It was pretty far away and I eventually punched enough holes into it that they left. I guess the only problem with this approach is that they could have taken up a new residence closer to the house.

 

[DannyD]

Or they could have come for you. I hope these are gone, or dead by morning. I have to finish the yard and I still have to get close to the nest. it will be burned before I go close again, that is for sure.

 

[YanmarFever]

Danny
I tangled with those same hornets last year (5) stings on the head !! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
I used benadryl spray on the stings, it works good. I had to bail off my machine, when I returned it was still running in 4wd, and it had dug itself into the ground! The tires were spinning in the ruts for a half an hour.
I blasted them that night with a weapon of mass destruction /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif It was the size of a football. those stings hurt for days on end too. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

[Pks]

One sanitary method for removing wasp nests like this one is to tie a black plastic garbage bag over/around the nest at night time. During the heat of the next couple of days, the hive will overheat and kill them off. Then you can clip the branch and throw the whole thing into the trash or fire.