1sailor
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I found a pretty active yellowjacket nest in my yard. I tried the soapy boiling water trick but that didn't get them. An online search says step 1 "locate the nest" step 2 "call a professional". Any better suggestions?
How do I kill off an underground yellowjacket nest?
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Lonegle57
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Mark the hole, tonight after dark pour a half water bottle of gas down hole. Use a whole bottle if you want, should do the job. I usually walk up and stick bottle (upside down) in the hole and step back.
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I would use a spray designed to kill wasps, and deploy it into the entrance hole after dark....then quickly block the entrance with a brick or stone.
They will be less active on a cool night.
Keep in mind too that they will have sentrys posted near the entrance, even at night.....and....there may be an alternate entrance nearby.
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They will be less active on a cool night.
Keep in mind too that they will have sentrys posted near the entrance, even at night.....and....there may be an alternate entrance nearby.
Carter
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Haven't tried underground nests, but I've used a shop vac for above ground bees, wasps, etc. Spray a bunch of flying insect spray into the shop vac, then just vacuumed them up. Vacuum is more powerful than they can fly.
This is what I use...doesn't take much. If you have a shovel, you can also dig them out after dark, it will be a paper nest not very deep.
ameridaddy
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Just remember:
stop at the pour. DO NOT LIGHT THE GAS like this fool!!
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRO3K1kAlKQ[/ame]
One of my all time favorites, love watching beagle beat feet!
Had a big one in the yard where I used to live. Had two holes with the yellowjackets coming and going from one hole. Right before dark I covered the inactive hole with a rock and poured a mix of about a half gallon of gas and used motor oil in the other hole, lit it with a match and ran for the door. It burned more slowly than gas alone. Next day there were burned bees all around the hole. One time did the trick. No more yellowjackets.
Lonegle57
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From a Horticulture degree, your roses should be fine, use 1/2 a water bottle of gas, will kill them all, have done it a number of times, also Rose bushes can be replaced, getting stung can kill some
5-Shot
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I've used the gas at night method three times. It works perfectly.
Spurdann
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Do you have access to any explosives? That is where I would start. On the other hand, if my wife is around I would definitely start with a water bottle.
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Well, bet he doesn't have a yellow-jacket problem anymore...
Well, bet he doesn't have a yellow-jacket problem anymore...
Was thinking the exact same thing. Of course, the beagle thinking its "master' is an idiot might not be such a good trade.
Almost as funny as the exploding whale, almost..
Any reports on how the yellowjackets did?
Farmer17
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We had a terrible gopher problem and I tried every type of poison, trap, and even ran a hose from my truck exhaust pipe into the hole and nothing helped. I remembered the Nazis used chlorine gas during the holocaust genocide so I put a chlorine tablet from my swimming pool in the hole then held my nose and poured a cup of muratic acid in the hole and took off running! When I got about 25 yards away I stopped and took a breath and all of a sudden it felt like my lungs were on fire! I'm sure it would kill wasps or about anything else but it is VERY dangerous.
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