Odds of this working on wasp nest

fishlessman

Carolina Q said:

Only had an in-ground yellow jacket nest once, years ago. I just poured a cup or so of gasoline in the hole and walked away. Didn't light it. Didn't even wait until dark either. Killed a little bit of grass, but not much. Never saw the bees again.

i stepped into a ground nest once up to my knee, that did not go well im just glad yellow jacket bites dont hurt so bad as other bees

nolaegghead

I think this may call for a pound of tannerite and a riding lawn mower.

johnmitchell

An old timer once told me to mix some meat tenderizer with a little water into a paste and apply to the yellow jacket sting and it draws the sting out.. Damnn those yellow jackets can light you up !!!! I am in the gasoline camp..

SkinnyV

Gas will go on at 2100 pacific coast time. 

bgebrent

Gas works well.  It's more fun if you light it but do so from a distance.

keepervodeflame

I like that wasp spray that shoots a stream from distance, kills em dead, and keeps you further away from danger. . I was cleaning out and trimming a rabbits foot fern in our backyard once and was attacked by the hornets from a concealed nest inside the plant. Hundreds of stings. Wife actually and  most probably saved my life by knocking me to the ground and spraying me with the hose knocking down the majority of the buggers. I was a welted mess for days, but lived to tell the tale. 

YEMTrey

We'll need video evidence. 

GregW

A pint of gasoline poured down the hole after dark is generally all that is needed to handle a large in ground nest.

Killit_and_Grillit

I'm just gonna leave this right here...and you give me a holler when you wanna get serious about your little problem. 

I get 25 feet of stand off distance. 

gmac

As a former exterminator, this is exactly how we made our money. Let the amateur get about 50 stings and you would be amazed at what they will pay

The gas thing is ok, not 100%. Sevin is about the best you can buy over the counter. We always used dichlorvos (Vapona). Super deadly on the whole Hymenoptera family. The key with any insecticide dust is a light tough. Little puffs that float are what you want, not a big slug of dust that just sits at the entrance. We actually used to practice with baby powder. 

YukonRon

Thinking this would require a paramutual window, for win place and show. 1st and 2nd degree burn opportunities exponentially increase with bourbon consumption. I dobwishbthere was some sort of form, much akin to the racing form, that measure everyone's previous results, of what could be most shameful in the completion, in tasks that required flammables or explosives, specifically WITH A BAC of not less than 0.10. Now that would make this entire forum more popular than a justin beiber fail on Utube.
Just sayin'

Lit

Were you trying to make the bees hungry?

johnmitchell

Standing by....

onedbguru

Only deal with a bees nest after dark when they settle in, then use a chemical or fire to terminate them.  Smoking them only puts them in a docile state, it will not kill them and will not drive them out.   

When I was much younger, I helped (term used very loosely) my dad with 3-4 hives and learned a lot about bees!  

gmac

Too bad these will be wasps (vespula germanica most likely- little bitchy yellow arseholes). Bees (apis mellifera) react much better to smoke. 

YEMTrey

johnmitchell said:

Standing by....

Can't wait. This is going to be good.

Botch

I drive a 4WD truck through the winter, then park it the other 3 seasons and ride my convertible/motorcycles.  The last 3, 4 years now, paper wasps have decided to build a nest in the driver's side rear-view mirror of my Taco.  
I obviously can't use gas (even unlit) and don't even want to squirt bugspray behind the mirror, with its gears/electric motors.  In the past I've jumped into the truck, and drove away while adjusting the mirror (from inside) to max left/right, up/down; that would crush the nest and a lot of the bugs, who would fly, crawl, or drop, out.  
There'd still be a few hanging around when I returned home, and the pheromones from the crushed ones would make the remaining population pissed as hell.  I would spray some Raid onto a strip of cardboard, let it dry so it wouldn't drip, then slide it behind the mirror; that usually took care of the stragglers.
This year I remembered to band a plastic trash bag around the mirror.  When/if I forget it next year, I'll try the Seven dust to keep them away.  
Interesting thread!  

SkinnyV

I went out really want to pour but there is activity still going on.
this is a little trap wife set up but to not going to do the job. 

Mikee

Killing bees is not a big deal. In a former job we had spray cans that would kill them instantly. Even an can of spray paint works wonders in a pinch. Hit them with spray paint and they can't fly after a few seconds and they are grounded as the paint starts to harden and thicken. They drop to the ground very quickly and pose no threat.

Movingday

Update?

SkinnyV

Finally poured easily over a pint. It went right into the hole like a funnel. 
Will post the results tomorrow, I'm excited that they are hopefully gone.

Begger

Anybody either TRY or have any LUCK with those Sulpher Bombs they sell to discourage Gophers and other ground rats?   A couple of those bad boys in quick succession should put a damper on the party, no?

Braggart

Braggart

Toxarch

We have red wasps around here and those things can be down right evil. They will sit on their nest and watch you. You can see them turn their heads as you move by the nest. Most of the time they don't sting and leave you alone. But if you startle them, they swarm you and sting like crazy. One wasp will sting you 3 or 4 times and it's a horrible pain. I'd rather be stung by a scorpion than a red wasp.

One hunting season early in the morning I climbed in a box blind that was rarely used. We usually clear out the wasps before season but they still use the blinds as shelter on cold nights and this was a cold morning. I'm sitting there in the dark before the sun comes up and it's below freezing. There's a small gas heater in there so after I decided it was too cold I light the heater. It's a tiny blind so it plus my body heat starts warming the box up quickly. I feel something drop in my lap but can't see it. Then something drops on my shoulder, and my hat, and on the floor... it is raining something inside the blind. I dig in my backpack for a flashlight and shine it up. The ceiling is covered in wasps and they are waking up from the heat and dropping on me. I bailed out of that box blind so fast, luckily it wasn't high off the ground or I might have gotten hurt. Reached back in to cut the heat and left the door open to get it cold again. Hunted on the ground that morning. 

Another place had a box blind 10 feet off the ground that wasn't hunted in years. We went to clean it out one day. Opened the door and immediately shut it. Under the seat of the chair was a giant red wasp nest that hung out all 4 sides. Biggest red wasp nest any of us had seen. Usually a nest the size of your fist is pretty big for red wasp. Double fists for a really large nest. This thing was about 2' across. Came back the next day with a bug bomb and stuck it in there and shut the door. Wasp were climbing all over the windows trying to get out. There were a couple of inches of dead wasps in the floor when it was done. There's a picture of the nest somewhere.

SkinnyV

Al activity has ceased..... This was too easy and I should have done it in the first place.
thanks for the tips... I was close to calling someone for a bit as I tried a few things and it was not safe for my kids to go back and play.

johnmitchell

Great to hear !!!! Another plus is that your post was not gored by the buffalo.. I once posted an OT rat problem post and it only lasted a couple of hours..

fishlessman

you could have smoked some cream cheese and served it with wasp crackers, what were you thinking with the gasoline

JRWhitee

We had an underground yellow jacket nest next to our mailbox last week. At dusk we dumped pesticide in the hole, haven't seen them since.

lousubcap

To the victor belongs the spoils.  Way the take 'em out without incident.