Yellow jackets: now is the time to prevent them!

_RaT_ · May 31, 2005

Interesting, never heard of it but then, the last time I was in Fresno, actually Coarse Gold was in 1986. I so rarely get south of Stockton other then Yosemite.

PineRidge · May 31, 2005

Whenever I spot a ground nest I stay well away from it until nightfall. Then I grab a bottle of Apicide, shake up the powder, and squeeze the squirt bottle into the yellow jacket opening. The dry chemical floats into the nest and within 24 hours the grim reaper is playing taps. The nice thing about Apicide is that it also works for bees, wasps, yellow-jackets, hornets, and Carpenter bees so it's pretty versatile. You can find it easily and it's not expensive. apicide

_RaT_ · May 31, 2005

I see so now when you apply this is your heart beating a bit faster? I don't think our yellowjackets even sleep anymore. They seem to have this attitude that I am after them and want to destroy them and their queen so they are 25/8 waiting, laughing, describing how they got me last time. I'm sure its a big hoot down in the hole! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

DaMadman · May 31, 2005

I like using those big smoke bombs that you get at the hardware store for getting rid of moles., wait till sundown and light one of those puppies and shove it in the hole. Buh-By bees

Pilot · Jun 1, 2005

Apicide and some of the other stuff may be more environmentally friendly, but about 8-12 ounces of gasoline poured on the nest at night does the job just fine. DO NOT LIGHT IT. Let the fumes do the work. You have to know where the nest opening is so you can pour it in the right spot. Costs less than the spray cans and is a lot more readily available, since I always have some around for the mower, generator and splitter.

Don't know, but the spray might be just as bad environmentally as the gas.

Boone · Jun 2, 2005

Yellow jackets typically nest in the ground, although rotten logs and other places are often used.
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A few years ago, one of the guys I work with was walking across the lawn inside the prison, checking things out at the end of the day. When he stepped across a nest of Yellow Jackets, they decided to attack him up his pants leg. To save himself, he pulled his pants off and began stamping on the pants. Right about then he looks up and notices that one of the bosses was giving a tour to about 30 visitors. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

turnkey4099 · Jun 2, 2005

Reminds me of when I was young and stupid (young no longer applies). Working in a saw mill and screwing around with a carbon tet extinguisher at lunch time. Managed to squirt some on my crotch. HOT! no I mean REALLY HOT! Standpipe right outside door. Pants and shorts down washing em off and I didn't even care that the secretary pool was only 20 ft away behind a wall of glass.

Harry K

_RaT_ · Jun 2, 2005

I had a similar experience while cutting firewood up at Lake Tahoe. I was cutting away when I felt what I thought was a wood chip between me and my pants at the waist line. Thought nothing of it. Did it again and looked. My boot was down in their nest, there was a fog of yellowjackets, around me and up my pant leg. I dropped the saw (still running) and ran. Slapping at my pants and pulling them down. I got over to my buddy who was also sawing. He finally realizes I'm standing next to him and is a bit suprised to see me standing there half naked. Suprisingly, I got stung very little but I had a hunk of skin missing where one bite me. I understand its their choice. Lets see, bite or sting. I wonder if they can do both at the same time?

turnkey4099 · Jun 3, 2005

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I had a similar experience while cutting firewood up at Lake Tahoe. I was cutting away when I felt what I thought was a wood chip between me and my pants at the waist line. Thought nothing of it. Did it again and looked. My boot was down in their nest, there was a fog of yellowjackets, around me and up my pant leg. I dropped the saw (still running) and ran. Slapping at my pants and pulling them down. I got over to my buddy who was also sawing. He finally realizes I'm standing next to him and is a bit suprised to see me standing there half naked. Suprisingly, I got stung very little but I had a hunk of skin missing where one bite me. I understand its their choice. Lets see, bite or sting. I wonder if they can do both at the same time? )</font>

Man you got b***s. I'm in the woods with a running chainsaw, turn around and find a half naked man next to me...hmmm!!!

Harry K

PineRidge · Jun 3, 2005

One of the gals that works for us, Sandy was telling me a story about being attacked while she was in her front yard. Seems Sandy and her husband were spreading mulch in the flowerbeds when more than a couple got inside her loose T-shirt. She jumped up without saying a word and stripped to her waist before taking off inside the house. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

Her husband looks around to see the neighbors looking his way with a puzzled look. So he yells at them that if and when she's ready there's no changing her mind. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Dang, I miss all the fun. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif