Yellow Jackets !

[dj1701]

"This year, I have a nest of Yellow Jackets that took up residence in a hanging basket on the front porch. "

You can't get to that one?

"I can spray, but that wont get the nest."

There are ways to fog almost any solution for insects. Big Box stores might have the machines. Some use propane canisters as propellant, so extreme care is required.

The nest is protected by a plastic basket, so I don't think spraying it will do much good. I ain't going near it to unhook it.

The ones under the back deck are a different situation.

 

[Diggin It]

The nest is protected by a plastic basket, so I don't think spraying it will do much good. I ain't going near it to unhook it.

That's why I sugegsted ...

If it cools off enough at night ... 60s or so ... try a large garbage bag. Open it wide and lift it from below over the basket, then close tightly. Remove the whole thing from the hangar. You may need to cover yourself as much as possible too, but they're usually sluggish/slow when cool.

 

[kthompson]

Can you slip an open trash bag up and around the handing basket and quickly pull it shut? At night, with air conditioning blowing on them? lol

 

[Jchonline]

Can you unscrew a board to get to them? Foam sounds like an option..I havent used it. Just do it when they are calm. Also next year you need to do it early to try and keep their numbers down. **** I hate yellow jackets.

 

[radios1]

I had yellow jackets coming inside my house, from the electrical outs and anything else that they could find!. using raid multi insect killer killed them off quickly, and using fake wasp nests kept them away.. it was my neighbor across the street that had huge nests of them inside his walls that caused all this nonsense!. too bad the law don't require common sense!.:shocked:

 

[old and tired]

I feel for ya... every year it's a battle. Early detection is best, get them when the nest is small. Sprayed a can two weeks before and thought, it's a Lite Year... Emptied 3 cans this past weekend... sure I missed a couple nests. Need to reload more spray for going up in two weeks!!!

If you can't reach them, under the deck, tape off the area and get them in the winter.... I've gone full Rambo on big nests that I can spray/hit, at night with two cans a blazing... if I can not see the nest or spray the nest... that's a different thing. Yes, gas works best if you can pour it in there. Never needed a rock to cap it. I have a 6 foot pole with a pint jar taped to on the end of it... I'm brave but not stupid (well that's up for debate....)

I've had one friend, that has found nests that I've missed a couple years in a row. Usually, under stair treads...

 

[BoylermanCT]

Get the foaming wasp spray. Buries them so they can't fly. Used it against a yellow jacket nest that didn't appreciate me weed eating near them. They stung me 7-8 times before I could get inside - felt like I was getting stabbed by hot needles. Followed me over 100 feet as I dropped the weed eater and ran away. The last one got me while inside the front porch. Weed eater ran for 45 minutes until it finally ran out of gas! Used a full can against a ground next of bald faced hornets. Mowed over their nest without knowing it with the bush hog. Coming back the other way I saw a cloud of angry hornets!

 

[Sigarms]

I've had good luck with any of the wasp sprays that shoot out about six feet. Wait until dark, so they are in the nest and you are less apt to get stung. One treatment should do it.

Haven't come across any in a couple of years now thank goodness, but the above is generally what I do. I'll generally have 2 cans for backup just to have them.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

And don't forget! When you get stung, apply the juice of an onion to the sting and it will stop the pain almost instantly. No joke.

 

[dodge man]

I go through maybe 30 cans of wasp spray a year. I get mud daubers, wasps, blue hornets, those ground bees, and I don稚 know what else. You just have to keep after them. It helps to just run away to if they come after you, if you can scream like a little girl that helps too.

 

[PILOON]

Had a nest by out common mail boxes.
Went after dark with a plastic bag and 'bagged' the nest, tied it closed and end of ball game.
The mail carrier thanked me!

 

[om21braz]

Best way to gather yellow jackets, hornets and a few other things with stingers that I have tried.

YELLOW JACKET TRAP - YouTube

 

[ruffdog]

Find the exact location of their hole during the day, at night pour gasoline in the hole and cover it with a rock.

Yeah, for them in the ground I do the same except I start with wasp spray, then the gasoline, light it, then follow up with the propane mosquito fogger to drive it deep, then the rock. unch:

 

[TimberHole]

All the experienced beekeepers I know wear a veil when working bees even though many of us work in a t shirt and without gloves. If you are going to mess with nests you really should wear a veil. It is one thing to get stung on the hand or arm but you do not want to take a sting on the face, especially an eyelid, nostril, lip or such. If I ever give up bee keeping I will still keep a veil around.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

And don't forget! When you get stung, apply the juice of an onion to the sting and it will stop the pain almost instantly. No joke.

Aloe plant works.

 

[dj1701]

Best way to gather yellow jackets, hornets and a few other things with stingers that I have tried.

YELLOW JACKET TRAP - YouTube

Looks like it attracts them also.

 

[om21braz]

Looks like it attracts them also.

Indeed, it does. But I would rather get them into a bottle than go hunting for hole - your opinion may differ.

 

[kthompson]

regular bleach will also kill the vermin in many types of stings. Vinegar will help but not near as well. Once only thing I had was ice cubes and placed them on the wasp sting and it did a good job also. If you get what we call redbugs here and think most call them chiggers a bath in water with say a cup of bleach normally takes care of them also.

My guess is bleach and maybe the onion and aloe Vera is changing the ph enough to affect their chemical.

 

[TimberHole]

Maybe already mentioned but soapy water kills wasps and yellow jackets.

 

[dj1701]

TEMPO dust is the best insecticide I致e used for yellow jackets and wasps. Wait until early dawn to approach the nest and apply the dust. The entire nest will be wiped out in two days. Be cautious when approaching the nest. Yellow jackets are different from other wasps in that they always have three or four sentries guarding the nest, so as you apply the dust you don稚 want to dally, get it done and get out.

I just received my Tempo Dust per your recommendation. I'll give it a try. I cant get to the nest, but I can sprinkle it around where they enter between the boards.
Hope that works.