I don't know what it is about the yellow jackets or wasps (whatever they're called) around my parts (central Washington), but they are usually really passive. I've removed them from my yard many times with just the hose. They fly around for a while, checking out the destruction of their nest and ignoring me, then eventually leave. That's not how they were when I was growing up in Utah, though.
Scrisp, that is one of the most interesting tactics I have ever heard of. Never thought about doing something like that. If I get a chance I'm going to try it. As for some of the other responses about the temper of the yellow jackets... The ones we have here in the Piedmont of North Carolina, are extremely aggressive and will chase you and do their dirty tricks.
I've been doing it this way for 35 years. I buy one can of wasp spray the kind that shoots far. This is just for fun and to make sure they all die. The real killer is a gallon of clorox bleach. Dump the bleach in after dark preferably on a cool nite. They won't come out while you are pouring and a few may stagger out after the pour, but will be all screwed up. With the spray you can give a quick shot to any survivors and any of the ones cheating on the Queen and coming home late circling the hole. Tons of fun. Check the hole the next day and look for any activity. Usually there will be none. By the way bleach works great for all varmits. I had a problem with skunks and coons at the garbage can. Filled a balloon with clorox, smeared tuna oil on the balloon and tied it to the can. Next day balloon was broke and no more problems. Every once in a while I will spray a light coat on the ground near cans. The neighbors still get visitors, but I don't.
Last Year I Was Working On A Lawn Mower That Had Been Sitting Around And Got Stung On My Thumb By A Paper Wasp And It Took Me Out .in 5 Minutes I Was Completely Incapacitated On The Ground Convulsing, Throwimg Up And Could Not Breath.if I Hadnt Got My Phone Out And Called For Help Right Away I Could Have Died Right There.i Had No Idea I Was Allergic To Them. Been Stung Many Times Before With No Problems.just A Warning To Be Very Careful,if You Get Stung And Start To Feel Like You Are Going To Pass Out Call An Ambulance.now I Have Carry Around An Epipen To Inject Myself If It Happens Again. Randy
I agree you shouldn't use chemicals as they were not intended. The extra jug of clorox I have IS intended for the wasps. All of you guys using rogaine and viagra please stop now cause that is not what they were intended for. Besides it might free up a few more gals if you go bald and are impotent.
be careful when using chemicals outside of there intended use ie i didn't think anybody was talking about lighting the brake cleaner? Try peeing on them. dude, you'd get your junk out and wave it around in front of a hornet? are you desperate for a cut rate penile enlargement therapy or what? :bla:
A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do! :shock: Who can afford those purple pills in this economy? :rant: I would not advise sticking it IN there!!!! :Smarty: That 's a whole different website!!:Brow:
True story,i walked into my garage to get some parts & a mud-wasp flew into my glasses.....so i freak out,slapping myself in the face,wasp gets tangled in my hair,i finally get the F away from it(i was a fat pinball,bouncing off everything in the garage)and i got in my shop,went to clean my glasses off....the damn thing blew mud on me!I had a bee **** on my face!!!:rant: I didnt go looking for him,he wono No:
If the bees are the hard thin ground wasps kill them. They are mean little critters. If you even look at them to hard they will attack in mass. If they are the fat fuzzy black and yellow ones leave them alone. I have a nest of the fat fuzzy ones right where my front walk meets the porch. I step over them every time i come and go as well as kids grand kids and friends. They have been there for at least 7 years and never a problem. I cut grass weed wack right over them. I dig and plant flowers within 18 inches of them and all is well. Then one day I am digging and chopping a stump out about 4 feet away. No problem. Take a water break and return to chop some more and I start getting attacked. One of the fat little buggers gets wedged between my eyeglasses and my eyelid and the fat little fart nails me on the eyelid. For as big as they are they really don't hurt much. I did swell and have some minor pain. So I wonder aloud what made them mean and my grand daughter says Pappy I stuffed their hole with dirt and stones. So I proceded to clear the opening to their hole and to this day we share the same address with no hard feelings on either side. Leave the fat and happy ones alone.
Bumblebees and Honeybees are not Wasps or Hornets. It`s like calling Coke Pepsi and vice versa. Hornets (black/white) in color, usually make their nests from tree branches (grey in color.. football or softball size). Yellow Jackets small wasps (yellow/black) in color will make nests in the ground and under decks, in sheds, under eaves ect. Both of these are more aggresive in the later part of the summer starting about now here in the East. Best to kill these fellows after dark with a good commercial wasp/hornet blaster..living in the rural as I do..been there done that many times...Later,Tony.
I have a hornet nest about the size of a basket ball in a tree in my wooded area about 35 feet above the ground. If anyone wants it. They can have it:beers2: You just have to remove it and it is yours:Brow:. Its to high for the sprays and ground to brushy to get a ladder in the tree. I had one time when I was parting out a old Mark 3 lincoln. So im laying down taking rear seat out and the back seat and I pulled it out and broke a giant nest behind the seat. I felt like Yogi Bear. I got out and running across the yard and they are chasing me. Wife wishes she had a video of that. Only got stung 4-5 times Gary
I'm guessing there are a few people out there with a little less brain cells than God gave them that can tell you.
