Wasps and Yellow Jackets are about the same.

 

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hate yellow jackets

take em all out, they are predators to honey bees.

 

Me & the yellowjackets are about to go to nukes!

I've been stung 15 or 16 times on 4 different occasions within the past month, more so than the past 10 years combined if I hadta guess. One of those times I got nailed with at least 8 hits. I was in a ditch and couldn't get out.

That's what you get for getting blasted and wallowing around in a ditch. What would your Mother say, you drunken sod.

 

Get some wasp spray.

I have loads of them around here too.
Hate the buggers.
One day three of em flew up my pants leg "jeans" before I could get away I got stung multiple times.
They hurt too.
I stopped dancing and made a tight seal around my genitalia!
I figured I might be able to live through a bungholio sting but not the sausage and meatballs. That surely would have been instant death!

 

I destroyed a huge nest(very carefully I might add)the other day they had built on the awning of my house a way up top. I climbed on the roof and hit em with the pressure washer first then reigned death upon them with a full can of wasp spray. They are gone but I am sure that was a small battle in the war.

 

I met this guy once that was using yellow jacket larvae as fish bait. I don't have a clue how he extracted the larvae and quite honestly I don't want to know.

 

Posted in the bees thread earlier that I just found out last week I am highly allergic to them. Apparently anaphylaxis can hit 12 hours later even after you think everything is fine. I need to convince someone to douse the ground nest some night so I can cut the grass again.

 

Get some wasp spray.

I have loads of them around here too.
Hate the buggers.
One day three of em flew up my pants leg "jeans" before I could get away I got stung multiple times.
They hurt too.
I stopped dancing and made a tight seal around my genitalia!
I figured I might be able to live through a bungholio sting but not the sausage and meatballs. That surely would have been instant death!

Gunny, I am sitting here laughing my ass off. Not to the fact that they got you and I am sorry for that but just the way you put that last statement hit me as the funniest thing I have read all day.

 

^ yep. i'm laughing WITH you not AT you Gunny heh.

 

Carefully wash their nest with gasoline, then gently dry it with a match.

 

I don't ever remember them being this bad. I know it's hot and dry and they like it and hate it at the same time...but dadgum..I can't go all summer getting nailed.

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That's what you get for getting blasted and wallowing around in a ditch. What would your Mother say, you drunken sod.

She'd tell my Brother to go get me out of the ditch again.

I climbed on the roof and hit em with the pressure washer first then reigned death upon them with a full can of wasp spray.

Dude! Oldest wasp trick in the book..lure the human up on the roof and then push em off. I can't believe you fell for that.
Your wife know you was up there? :suspicious:

 

A bit of bee knowledge: yellow jackets get your scent if you step on their nest. Anyone else can walk close by and not get stung...the bees are looking for you. Apparently in your case, they also called their neighbors.

 

Spray brake cleaner works good; they don't even wiggle. Use the little spray straw. It doesn't have the range of wasp spray but if you spray enough of it, it might cover up your scent too.

 

I climbed on the roof and hit em with the pressure washer first then reigned death upon them with a full can of wasp spray.

Dude! Oldest wasp trick in the book..lure the human up on the roof and then push em off. I can't believe you fell for that.
Your wife know you was up there? :suspicious:

Who do you think made me go up there? :bat:

 

I know what you mean. I hate those things. Last time I got stung I passed out on the ground outside. Thankfully someone was there with me to call 911. You need some good wasp spray and carry it around with you everywhere.

 

I ran over a nest with the lawnmower once. Pulled out 22 stingers once I got inside and killed the ones that followed me in. I was wearing shorts and a few got up there. Its hard to run fast while covering your junk! Funny now, but at the time I was mad as hell and declared total unconditional war. My response included boiling water just for pure meanness and then I raised the Black Flag! 3 cans worth anyways lol.

 

I still enjoy pouring gas in the hole at night then lighting it.
All you need is some marshmallows or hotdogs to roast.

 

I ran over a nest with the lawnmower once. Pulled out 22 stingers once I got inside and killed the ones that followed me in. I was wearing shorts and a few got up there. Its hard to run fast while covering your junk! Funny now, but at the time I was mad as hell and declared total unconditional war. My response included boiling water just for pure meanness and then I raised the Black Flag! 3 cans worth anyways lol.

This^

Sometimes they nest in a hole in the ground.

Yep, when I tell a story I always try and remember the humor.
I'm glad that you guys got a smile out of it but,
It's a true story and there was nothing funny about it at the time.
Those buggers hurt. I learned in martial arts a long time ago, protect the vital organs!

I used to just let em be along with hornets and other wasps but as aggressive as they are, and after they attacked me like that, "more than once" they drew first blood.
I have killed thousands since.
Yellow jackets are nasty aggressive buggers.

 

you pulled out stingers? yellow jackets don't leave stingers behind like bees do.

"Yellowjackets are more aggressive than other stinging insects such as wasps, hornets, mud daubers or bees. Yellowjackets can sting and bite. Since they don't lose their stinger, they can sting numerous times, and will do so unprovoked." http://www.rescue.com/bug/yellowjackets

" Eastern yellow jacket colonies can reach numbers upwards of five thousand yellow jackets. Most of these hives start out as natural depressions in the soil, or old abandoned ground burrows dug by rodents and other small mammals. As the hive grows, the workers expand the hive by burrowing through the soil around the original borrow. This activity loosens up the soil, creating a natural sinkhole 1-2 feet deep and 1-2 feet wide. If stepped on the burrow will often collapse, resulting in an eruption of yellow jackets that swarm the surprised bystander.

In either case, yellow jackets can be unpredictable and are extremely aggressive when provoked. Yellow jackets have painful stings and in some cases may be deadly. Yellow jackets can carry anaerobic bacteria on their stingers, which the yellow jackets pick up from frequent visits to landfills, sewage, or damp manure. The sting can result in blood poisoning in the victim. If you discover a ground hive make sure to keep all pets and children well out of harms way until the hive has been removed or exterminated. Because of their aggressive nature, it is best to call a pest control professional when dealing with yellow jackets."

 

you pulled out stingers? yellow jackets don't leave stingers behind like bees do.

"Yellowjackets are more aggressive than other stinging insects such as wasps, hornets, mud daubers or bees. Yellowjackets can sting and bite. Since they don't lose their stinger, they can sting numerous times, and will do so unprovoked." http://www.rescue.com/bug/yellowjackets

" Eastern yellow jacket colonies can reach numbers upwards of five thousand yellow jackets. Most of these hives start out as natural depressions in the soil, or old abandoned ground burrows dug by rodents and other small mammals. As the hive grows, the workers expand the hive by burrowing through the soil around the original borrow. This activity loosens up the soil, creating a natural sinkhole 1-2 feet deep and 1-2 feet wide. If stepped on the burrow will often collapse, resulting in an eruption of yellow jackets that swarm the surprised bystander.

In either case, yellow jackets can be unpredictable and are extremely aggressive when provoked. Yellow jackets have painful stings and in some cases may be deadly. Yellow jackets can carry anaerobic bacteria on their stingers, which the yellow jackets pick up from frequent visits to landfills, sewage, or damp manure. The sting can result in blood poisoning in the victim. If you discover a ground hive make sure to keep all pets and children well out of harms way until the hive has been removed or exterminated. Because of their aggressive nature, it is best to call a pest control professional when dealing with yellow jackets."

Well bummer then cause that means I exterminated a nest of bees. This was 3 years ago, but I swear I remember pulling stingers out. Do bees nest in the ground or am I just misremembering the stingers? I hope I didn't go full retard on honeybees.

 

Yellow jackets will leave a stinger behind sometimes. Not often though. Thankfully we haven't had any this year. We had nests last year and the year before though. I always become aware of that fact when on the lawnmower it seems. Worst thing about them is that they'll chase you a little ways too. But they aren't anything a little gas and a match won't fix.

 

You don't have to light the gas to kill the yellow jackets, just pour a good amount and let it do it's work. I know of one person that has over 80% third degree burns from striking a fire, today's gas will explode from a nest when lit so don't take the chance.

 

All it takes is 4-6 oz. Pour the gas in, let it soak in and the fumes sink down in, strike a match, throw it in the hole and step back. I'm not talking about a half gallon of gas or anything.

 

All it takes is 4-6 oz. Pour the gas in, let it soak in and the fumes sink down in, strike a match, throw it in the hole and step back. I'm not talking about a half gallon of gas or anything.

Yea but its so much more satisfying when they burn