Hornets

[Ritothebull]

Sevin dust works great on ground nest, just dust them a night when their sleeping :zzz:

 

[Jchonline]

I use the shop vac.

A couple of hours without any attention, and the hive population is safely smashed in the canister.

Hard on motor brushes I suppose, but I've had the vac for over 40 years, and it still flips on with the switch.

I watched a guy on the tubes that filled the basin of his shopvac with water, so it sucked the wasps in, then they drowned. I believe he added a bit of surfactant (like kitchen soap) so it stuck to their wings and killed them quicker. This seemed like a good idea to quietly remove a nest. Do it in the evening and have a nice long extension you can use to get the vacuum opening right in front of their nest. Be far away when you flip the switch on!

 

[Einthewoods]

Thought this was funny. Read the descriptions under each bee.

A comprehensive guide to yellow stripey things

 

[oosik]

Ha - - just about finished with the hummingbird feeder for this year. Only two pair remaining. But who should show their ugly face three days ago - - a couple of those bald faced hornets. Sooo - somewhere - not to far away - there be a small nest that probably looks like a paper bark wasp nest. It will house just enough of those hornets to really ruin a guys day. Gotta keep my eyes pealed. Six years ago I had a bad experience and I don't run any faster now than then.

 

[ChiefBodie]

Yellow jacket nests in the ground get gasoline, it seems to be the only thing that kills them, I have tried all the sprays and none have worked..

I spent several days fighting a yellow jacket nest. It was in a hole in the front lawn near the front porch. Three eradication efforts failed. Spray barely worked. Covering the holes with a glass bowl just made them madder. And the vacuum would not reliably get enough of them to make a difference.

About a pint of gasoline went down the hole-- presto-- problem solved.

 

[JohnBuffaloMN]

My brother in law was out working in the cattle pen last week when we was stung near/in the eye! He's been stung plenty of times in the past, but this time when stung he took a few steps and went down - tongue swelling etc. Luckily my sister was there with him and called 911. He's going to keep an Epinephrine pen now.

These are the little ******* I deal with most. It's like an electrical shock when they zap you. I can get my camera lens within about 4 inches of their nest without them attacking, but there's a line!

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I like the Raid canned spray that knocks them down fast. I've also used the shop vac to take care of a nest of some other really aggressive smaller bees in the walls of the house, which worked well.

 

[PeterK]

I carry a full can of wasp+hornet killer when I'm mowing the field just in case. We have white face hornets - look like a storm trooper. First indication I get if I don't see them first is that the nest guard hornets hit me in the back of the head a couple of times to warn me off. Yeah, like a paint ball - hard and direct. Respect. More than just a little bit. Then back off immediately. If I miss the signal, I spray continuously while moving away quickly, holding my breath so I don't inhale the spray. These things are mean but just trying to protect their nest.

 

[oosik]

Yes - PeterK - you and I are talking about the same beastie. Bald faced hornets/white faced hornets - they have white marking on their head - look like they belong to some remote native tribe from the Belgian Congo.

I've mowed past their nest - hanging in a low branch of one of my pine trees. Then like a shot from a rifle - all the way across my lawn - one comes - full bore - hits my head/face so hard that he bounces off. I get the message - quit mowing - wait for evening -- evening attack with the can of 25 foot wasp/hornet spray.

 

[radios1]

contact cement spray drops them real fast!. it's like a straightjacket!..

 

[ChiefBodie]

Then like a shot from a rifle - all the way across my lawn - one comes - full bore - hits my head/face so hard that he bounces off.

For a small critter the speed and force is amazing. Had a wasp hit my straw hat yesterday, deforming the hat where it hit.