Hornets nest

[J_J]

If you want to get rid of live hornets, or yellow jackets. just put a large electronic bug killers next to the nest. Then, turn it on and and tap the nest, use long pvc pipe. They keep attacking what ever is killing their buddies, until they are all electrocuted. Worked for me. It was a payback thing.

 

[Ridgewalker]

Finally got to visit the farm this weekend and took a pix of the hornets nest.
It's still very active and I didn't get too close.

 

[HickoryNut]

I always collect them in November and have never had a problem

Hornets kill wasps, therefore you can hang a hornet nest in a prominent location of an outbuilding and keep the building wasp nest free.

 

[texasjohn]

My, that's a purty thing...hope you can collect it safely and while it's in good shape. Glad we don't have those here, just paper wasps.. generally not very aggressive at all.

 

[LBrown59]

Are wishing to keep the nest as a decoration??

Not I L . B .

 

[LBrown59]

I don't think that is a very fair comment. Obviously the circumstance dictated what happened.

========= I agree L . B . =

 

[LBrown59]

She doesn't mess with hornet nests anymore.

Wonder why? L . B . .

 

[Ridgewalker]

I harvested my hornet's nest this weekend. I sprayed it with clear and it's looking pretty good. It's roughly 18" tall and 10" wide at it's widest point.

I am a little concerned about what appears to be unhatched "pods" inside. Does anyone know if they can still hatch? That would really make my day!

Edit: Thanks to Hornetboy! I scrolled back up this string, found his links to the Hornet website and determined any larva that hatch will die. It's all good!

 

[sunspot]

That's a nice looking nest.

 

[skipro3]

Hornets kill wasps, therefore you can hang a hornet nest in a prominent location of an outbuilding and keep the building wasp nest free.

I got a chance to watch that in action last week. Saw a hornet zero in, kill and haul away a wasp. Really cool. I have a question; how far from the nest do hornets range? I want to know how far he went to kill that wasp and if it isn't too far, I'll start to look for the nest.

 

[MileyPink]

That's the scariest thing I have ever seen!

 

[JB4310]

I think it's very cool looking like RW said, You want talk scary bee stuff, have you ever seen a swarm in the air, went to a buddies house and when I got out of my truck I heard a weird noise I didn't recognize, I walked around the corner of his house and there it was, a dark swarm of bees about 4' in dia moving around slowly between a tree and the roof of his house. My truck was about 150' away, I ran like my life was on the line as I figured if that many bees get you there wouldn't be much hope of survival.

I'm pretty comfortable around bees, being a contractor working on old buildings, I run into them very often, for the most part they do not go out of their way to bother you in my experience. always keep spray on the truck but rarely need it.
The one exception is ground bees, those things are down right nasty and will go out of their way to sting you every time, I have no tolerance for them and will flame them out when I find them.
worst bee sting was in the ear lobe, felt like I got punched by Mike Tyson, ear looked like a pork chop.
JB.

 

[tallyho8]

worst bee sting was in the ear lobe, felt like I got punched by Mike Tyson, ear looked like a pork chop.
JB.

Mike Tyson doesn't punch you in the ear, he bites it off.

 

[JB4310]

LOL. ya I forgot about that one!!!

 

[Ridgewalker]

I got home from a trip to TN this weekend and checked on the nest which is closed up in my basement shop. Imagine my suprise when I found 10 dead hornets on the floor under it. I am sure glad I was out of town, SHMBO would have not been happy if she would have met them then they were buzzing around.