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bald faced hornet nest - how to remove? zootal 07-10-2007
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Posted by Stormin Mormon on July 11, 2007, 9:57 pm
I'veheard of using a Shop Vac with the nozzle a coupl einches
from a yellow jacket nest. Eventually you get em all int he shop
vac. I'm not sure what you do then. Some days I wonder how to
wrap up these wondeful plans.

--

Christopher A. Young
You can't shout down a troll.
You have to starve them.
.

wrote:
:
: >My innovation was to use a badminton racquet to swat
yellowjackets
: >from a nest under my front door concrete landing. I couldn't
reach
: >the nest by any method. I could hardly miss with the racquet
and the
: >strings cut up the YJs neatly midflight before they could send
out any
: >alarm signals.
:
: LOL! I got to watch two safety department guys use tennis
rackets;
: chasing pigeons and swatting them.
: --
: Oren
:
: ..through the use of electrical or duct tape, achieve the
configuration in the photo..



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Posted by Ook on July 11, 2007, 11:02 pm
I've heard about that also. I guess it would work for those in the nest, but
the ones returning to the nest might get real ticked at you. And if the
power fails or the power cord comes unplugged, then you would be in a heap
of hurting. Then you have to figure out what to do when you turn the vac
off. You will have a bag full of very angry bees that will fly back out the
hose as fast as they flew in. Maybe if you sprayed some insecticide into the
thing before turning it off?


> I'veheard of using a Shop Vac with the nozzle a coupl einches
> from a yellow jacket nest. Eventually you get em all int he shop
> vac. I'm not sure what you do then. Some days I wonder how to
> wrap up these wondeful plans.
>
> --
>
> Christopher A. Young
> You can't shout down a troll.
> You have to starve them.
> .
>
> wrote:
> :
> : >My innovation was to use a badminton racquet to swat
> yellowjackets
> : >from a nest under my front door concrete landing. I couldn't
> reach
> : >the nest by any method. I could hardly miss with the racquet
> and the
> : >strings cut up the YJs neatly midflight before they could send
> out any
> : >alarm signals.
> :
> : LOL! I got to watch two safety department guys use tennis
> rackets;
> : chasing pigeons and swatting them.
> : --
> : Oren
> :
> : ..through the use of electrical or duct tape, achieve the
> configuration in the photo..
>
>



Posted by Ook on July 11, 2007, 8:33 pm

>I have discovered a bald faced hornet nest in my garden. It is about the
>size of a softball so far, but growing. My daughter has already bee stung
>by one of them. I'll tolerate paper wasps and honey bees and mud daubers,
>but these things have to go. How can I get rid of them without getting all
>stung up. Can I just hit them with horner spray after dark? Or will they be
>active enough to come after me even after dark?


I have some spectracide right here. In a few hours it will be dark, and by
by hornets!

It's a cute little nest - if it wasn't in such a bad spot, I would leave it
alone as they tend to be beneficial insects and don't bother us in the
garden. Yellow Jacketws I kill with extreme prejudice. Paper wasps and mud
daubers I ignore if they are not in my doorways. These guys put there nest
in the wrong place.

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Posted by Rudy on July 12, 2007, 1:16 pm

>I have discovered a bald faced hornet nest in my garden. It is about the
> size of a softball so far
> Can I just hit them with horner spray after dark?

For something that small, I'd hit it in the daytime...Wasp spray (shoots
about 10 feet) thoroughly and knock it down..scoop it up into a plastic bag
and dispose... get someone to "watch your back" as you do it in case a
couple "come home" while you re at it.

Or sure, do it at night..BTDT too.



Posted by zootal on July 12, 2007, 11:50 pm
Rudy wrote:
>> I have discovered a bald faced hornet nest in my garden. It is about the
>> size of a softball so far
>> Can I just hit them with horner spray after dark?
>
> For something that small, I'd hit it in the daytime...Wasp spray (shoots
> about 10 feet) thoroughly and knock it down..scoop it up into a plastic bag
> and dispose... get someone to "watch your back" as you do it in case a
> couple "come home" while you re at it.
>
> Or sure, do it at night..BTDT too.

Alas, the dastardly deed is done. I nailed it with some Spectracide
hornet spray. Actually blew a hole in the nest. A dozen dead bees on the
pool cover because the nest was over the pool. Dead or dying larva all
over the place. We did it shortly after dusk, when it was dark enough
that they were all in the nest.


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