Posted by TimR on September 4, 2010, 11:21 pm
First, use a little care.
Yellowjackets start with one queen at the beginning of the year, the
rest die during the winter. By the end of August the colony is
generally about 1500. The fatal dose (assuming no allergies) is
between 500 and 1000 for the average human. So, do the math!
Living in Virginia, I usually find one nest a year while mowing the
lawn. I think they start in a mole tunnel then dig it out.
I kill them with soapy water. I set a couple five gallon pails of
water and laundry soap near the hole, wait until dark, and pour it
in. No risk like with gasoline or pesticides. I've never had this
method fail, though I've sometimes had to do it a couple of times. It
took a little nerve the first time, I thought they might wake and come
flying out the hole, but that's never happened.
Posted by krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz on September 5, 2010, 1:44 am
>First, use a little care.
>Yellowjackets start with one queen at the beginning of the year, the
>rest die during the winter. By the end of August the colony is
>generally about 1500. The fatal dose (assuming no allergies) is
>between 500 and 1000 for the average human. So, do the math!
One can kill. Do the math.
>Living in Virginia, I usually find one nest a year while mowing the
>lawn. I think they start in a mole tunnel then dig it out.
>I kill them with soapy water. I set a couple five gallon pails of
>water and laundry soap near the hole, wait until dark, and pour it
>in. No risk like with gasoline or pesticides. I've never had this
>method fail, though I've sometimes had to do it a couple of times. It
>took a little nerve the first time, I thought they might wake and come
>flying out the hole, but that's never happened.
That's an excellent idea. Begnign, too. I'll file that one away.
Posted by lil abner on September 4, 2010, 11:46 pm
On 9/4/2010 12:16 PM, James wrote:
> I live in North Florida. There is a yellow jacket bee hive in a big clump
> of pampass grass (sawgrass), that I can't get rid of. I have used the
> long-shot Black Flag sprays, using a total of (3 ) 18 oz cans at one
> time, but I cannot get rid of the nest. The bees come right back to it.
> I used the long-shot spray method because of the danger of getting too
> close, but even that was risky, as I had to fight off many bees with the
> spray, as they were coming after me.
> My wife got stung 8 times while she was working near this spot, and that
> is how we first learned of it...
> Does anyone have any recommendations on how I can get rid of this nest ?
> The pampas grass is quite large, and I cannot see the actual nest, but
> dozens and dozens of bees continue to fly in and out of the plant, so I know
> it is in there somewhere.
> Please help !!!
> Thank you.
> James
I've tried the sprays and other methods. The sprays all get soaked into
the ground before they get to the nest, here anyway. Spraying with or
trying to fill their hole(s) with water doesn't generally get rid of
them either.
Pouring, quite a bit of, gasoline or kerosene down the hole near or
after dark and ingniting it from a safe distance works. Don't wait a
half hour after pouing the gas though. The stuff will woomph all around
you. You might just get singed.
Posted by aemeijers on September 4, 2010, 11:57 pm
On 9/4/2010 11:46 PM, lil abner wrote:
> On 9/4/2010 12:16 PM, James wrote:
>> I live in North Florida. There is a yellow jacket bee hive in a big clump
>> of pampass grass (sawgrass), that I can't get rid of. I have used the
>> long-shot Black Flag sprays, using a total of (3 ) 18 oz cans at one
>> time, but I cannot get rid of the nest. The bees come right back to it.
>>
>> I used the long-shot spray method because of the danger of getting too
>> close, but even that was risky, as I had to fight off many bees with the
>> spray, as they were coming after me.
>>
>> My wife got stung 8 times while she was working near this spot, and that
>> is how we first learned of it...
>>
>> Does anyone have any recommendations on how I can get rid of this nest ?
>> The pampas grass is quite large, and I cannot see the actual nest, but
>> dozens and dozens of bees continue to fly in and out of the plant, so
>> I know
>> it is in there somewhere.
>>
>> Please help !!!
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> James
>>
>>
> I've tried the sprays and other methods. The sprays all get soaked into
> the ground before they get to the nest, here anyway. Spraying with or
> trying to fill their hole(s) with water doesn't generally get rid of
> them either.
> Pouring, quite a bit of, gasoline or kerosene down the hole near or
> after dark and ingniting it from a safe distance works. Don't wait a
> half hour after pouing the gas though. The stuff will woomph all around
> you. You might just get singed.
About a dozen people have suggested the 'cleansing fire' solution in
this thread, just like all the times before when somebody has asked
about the same problem. Just like before, it is a dumb idea, and can get
you in trouble with the law for putting the ground water at risk.
Doesn't matter if it works, the downside is too large.
I know, playing with fire is fun, but you can't buy real M-80s any more
either.
--
aem sends...
Posted by lil abner on September 5, 2010, 12:04 am
On 9/4/2010 11:57 PM, aemeijers wrote:
> On 9/4/2010 11:46 PM, lil abner wrote:
>> On 9/4/2010 12:16 PM, James wrote:
>>> I live in North Florida. There is a yellow jacket bee hive in a big
>>> clump
>>> of pampass grass (sawgrass), that I can't get rid of. I have used the
>>> long-shot Black Flag sprays, using a total of (3 ) 18 oz cans at one
>>> time, but I cannot get rid of the nest. The bees come right back to it.
>>>
>>> I used the long-shot spray method because of the danger of getting too
>>> close, but even that was risky, as I had to fight off many bees with the
>>> spray, as they were coming after me.
>>>
>>> My wife got stung 8 times while she was working near this spot, and that
>>> is how we first learned of it...
>>>
>>> Does anyone have any recommendations on how I can get rid of this nest ?
>>> The pampas grass is quite large, and I cannot see the actual nest, but
>>> dozens and dozens of bees continue to fly in and out of the plant, so
>>> I know
>>> it is in there somewhere.
>>>
>>> Please help !!!
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>> James
>>>
>>>
>> I've tried the sprays and other methods. The sprays all get soaked into
>> the ground before they get to the nest, here anyway. Spraying with or
>> trying to fill their hole(s) with water doesn't generally get rid of
>> them either.
>> Pouring, quite a bit of, gasoline or kerosene down the hole near or
>> after dark and ingniting it from a safe distance works. Don't wait a
>> half hour after pouing the gas though. The stuff will woomph all around
>> you. You might just get singed.
> About a dozen people have suggested the 'cleansing fire' solution in
> this thread, just like all the times before when somebody has asked
> about the same problem. Just like before, it is a dumb idea, and can get
> you in trouble with the law for putting the ground water at risk.
> Doesn't matter if it works, the downside is too large.
> I know, playing with fire is fun, but you can't buy real M-80s any more
> either.
There is a law that says you can't use fire to get rid of yellow jackets???
You don't use enough gasoline to fill a well. A quart or so is generally
all it will take but I have seen a nest that was over 5 ft deep.
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>Yellowjackets start with one queen at the beginning of the year, the
>rest die during the winter. By the end of August the colony is
>generally about 1500. The fatal dose (assuming no allergies) is
>between 500 and 1000 for the average human. So, do the math!