Stinging yellow-jackets? Take this advice

[Tdog]

Skunks. Please don't send the tractor COD.

Jack

 

[_RaT_]

Whats your favorite color Jack. You nailed it. I was walking down my driveway one early morning, about 3AM and startled a skunk, or maybe a skunk startled me. Nonetheless, this skunk was in the hive, dirt flying left and right ripping it apart eating the larvae. Now I don't know how else to put this without some censorship, but that sucker had some guts.

 

[DHennet]

I just took care of a yellow jacket nest in the garden using Cynoff. It's main ingredient is Cypermethrin. Per the Bugspray.net webiste, I pumped it in until the tunnel was full. It took just about three gallons. Worked like a champ. I staged my attack in the early morning. There was just a few workers out at that time... they didn't see it coming!

 

[PineRidge]

<font color="blue"> Some pesticides are not allowed in certain states. I can eradicate Yellowjackets easily with my own method. Just for your information, what earthly beast can you think of that destroys yellowjackets "without the aid of man made chemicals?" </font>

Rat I had heard that if you pour honey down the entrance hole that the skunks are more prone to dig up the nest in search of more honey. Personally I think that skunk would wear his nails down to the nub trying to dig that hive out from beneath the concrete apron where this one was located.

 

[_RaT_]

Mike, you bring up a very good point. Rather then outlaw the product you mention, we should outlaw concrete. No, wait, I use alot of concrete, lets outlaw skunks, wait, how about we outlaw yellow jackets. How's that for thinking like a politician... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[dmccarty]

Pineridge,

Very timely post.

Last weekend I was mowing. Now I knew there was a nest in the area from last year but I had not seen the bees this year. I had backed up the rotary cutter into a tight spot and I saw bugs a flying and one stung my hand. He died. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Still hurt though. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

I put the tractor in forward and started to move out but it was a tight spot so it took some time. Once I got clear I drove to the back of the house, hopped off and ran inside to safety! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

I have some squeeter proof hunting clothes. The clothes has webing with "squares" 3-4 inches that allow in air for ventalation. Then there is a tignt screen like material. The webing keeps the material from touching your skin thus the bugs can bite....

So armored I go back out to the 4700. I'm clad in camy with a hood on my head with my worksavers on my ears looking like some sort of nut case. The wife wanted pictures. I gave HER the look. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

ONE bee was still attacking the tractor. It died. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Armored with netting head to toe and with thick work gloves I climbed up on my Green Steed and roared off to do battle...

Went right back to where I hit the nest.

No bugs.

Mowed the area real good and slow.

No Bugs.

Went to where I saw them last year and mowed real good and slow.

No Bugs.

They only thing I can think of is that the mower got the bugs when they first attacked. I think they flew up into the cutter and it worked it magic on the little &^%(&#$(#.

I'm glad the neighbors did not see me.....

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Later,
Dan

 

[Boondox]

I was clearing saplings near my pond when I disturbed a nest of yellow jackets. Got stung once, but kept cutting because 3/4 of the way thru my backcut was not a good place to stop. Got stung again. Finished the cut. Got stung a third time...and to my wife's neverending amusement I got ticked off and began chasing the critters with a running chainsaw! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

Went back at night and nuked them with brake cleaner. pb

 

[GeneD14]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I got ticked off and began chasing the critters with a running chainsaw!
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Now I would pay to have seen that. That was hilarious!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[kensfarm]

"Can you tell me what gutsy beast will go into a yellow jacket nest and destroy it? "

Bears and badgers will dig up the nest and eat them! I've come across one ground nest in Maryland that was dug up.

What color is the tractor I'm getting?

Edit: Dang.. I'm too late.. everyone wants a new tractor!

 

[seapea]

Last year I stumbled across a nest in my back field while mowing. I wanted to pour some sort of chemical down, but there was too much activity around the nest for me to get close enough. My solution was to use one of those small portable vacuums to suck up the little b*stards as they returned to or left the nest. I needed about 150' of extension cord to plug it in. I was able to position the opening of the hose while staying about 8' away, so I wasn't too concerned about being stun. Not one bee got in or out of the nest. They all ended up in the vacuum bag. After about an hour, there were no more bees returning to the nest. At first I wasn't sure what to use to kill the nest. Then I remember all those leftover useless gopher smoke bombs I had. Worked like a charm, and I also sucked some of the smoke into the vacuum to kill the bees in there too.