[Kohburn]

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."

 

[Catman72]

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.

 

[np307]

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.

 

[Dasmoke]

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.

 

[np307]

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.

 

[psyco diver]

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

 

[Dasmoke]

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

Could there be a flamethrower in your future? My neighbor had one and used until he caught the woods on fire, now he sits around and dreams of the good ole days.

 

[gunblaize]

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

http://m.harborfreight.com/propane-torch-91033.html?utm_referrer=direct%2Fnot%20provided

I have one of these I use to clear wasp nests around the awnings at the house. A few light passes and they're burnt up.

 

[1320]

pour at least a table spoon of gas into the hole, wait till the next day (let the bees that weren't in the hole move away) then dig up the nest. They're really cool to look at.

 

[np307]

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

I agree.

 

[Gunny G]

Yellow Jackets?!
THIS IS War!!!

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.

What man doesn't like a BBQ grill that when lit, can be seen from space?
We like fire!

Gunny's tip of the day: Napalm sticks to Yellow Jackets! :evilgrin:

USMC We fight what you fear!

Hey Doc! Watch This!

Now I know what Doc meant by he has his work cut out for him
Thanks Doc!

 

[I_load_my_own]

Please remember this post above, one day we will read how home owner burnt down the house in attempt to kill wasp next with a fire cannon. At least this is how the press will make it look.

 

[gunblaize]

Please remember this post above, one day we will read how home owner burnt down the house in attempt to kill wasp next with a fire cannon. At least this is how the press will make it look.

Fire cannon... That'd be neat

Have like a normal cannon, but have it shoot flaming shot... It'd be hard to hit individual wasps though, but good idea! Might give it a shot.

 

[Dasmoke]

Yellow Jackets?!
THIS IS War!!!

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.

What man doesn't like a BBQ grill that when lit, can be seen from space?
We like fire!

Gunny's tip of the day: Napalm sticks to Yellow Jackets! :evilgrin:

USMC We fight what you fear!

Hey Doc! Watch This!

Now I know what Doc meant by he has his work cut out for him
Thanks Doc!

I'm all for flamethrowers, much safer than throwing a match on gasoline, well.....at least in most hands. My neighbor's eyes still light up at the mention of the flamethrower unless his wife is around, then it's tail between his legs and whimpering.

 

[Gunny G]

I agree, Dasmoke.
I was jesting but I agree,
Fire can be very dangerous.
I respect it as I do firearms.
Please be careful everyone.

 

[Harold2689]

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 have a 24 foot extension pole for my pressure washer. I discovered a nest in our hedges a few years ago, and figured it would be perfect to extend it all the way, and destroy the nest from 24' feet away...in the middle of the morning. Good idea, right? Not so much... I easily destroyed the nest, but not a single hornet. The only thing I accomplished was to piss them off.....Royally! They swarmed for over an hour looking for whatever was left of their nest. I still had to go out late at night where the nest was, and finish them off with the wasp spray. Always wait until after dark to use the wasp spray. They had all settled down in a huddle where the nest was, and I was finally able to finish the job.

You don't ever want to destroy the nest without KILLING the little bastards IN it!

 

[gc70]

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 have only mowed over one ground nest, but I stopped to toss aside a stick with the mower over the nest; when I pushed forward and the mower cleared the nest, they were MAD! After a comical track and field event trying to get away and a quick trip to the emergency room, I took great pleasure in firing up the nest that night.

 

[Pack72]

I had a yellow jacket nest a couple of years ago where the entrance was a horizontal hole between the stones of a dry-stacked wall, so I couldn't pour gasoline into it. I used a hose-end sprayer filled with Sevin and blasted it from about fifteen feet away, after dark. It did the job. But for the typical hole in the ground nest, a cup of gasoline is simple and effective. I usually lay a rock over the hole after dumping the gasoline in (just before running like hell, to the great amusement of the neighbors).

 

[ranger730]

I was cutting grass Friday and was blowing off the porch on a shed in the back lot with a back pack blower and blew up under the roof to blow out the spider webs and such when I noticed there sure was a lot of leaves all of a sudden and that's when two things hit me those are not leaves and second the pain on my right hand HORNETS got me right at my pinkie finger joint hand is a little swollen and itches like wild fire looked it up these are the European hornets Today sprayed wasp killer on the nest got a few but going to have to figure something out its not getting in the nests to get the rest

this is the front where they got me

this is the back side looking thru the plastic

 

[psyco diver]

I was cutting grass Friday and was blowing off the porch on a shed in the back lot with a back pack blower and blew up under the roof to blow out the spider webs and such when I noticed there sure was a lot of leaves all of a sudden and that's when two things hit me those are not leaves and second the pain on my right hand HORNETS got me right at my pinkie finger joint hand is a little swollen and itches like wild fire looked it up these are the European hornets Today sprayed wasp killer on the nest got a few but going to have to figure something out its not getting in the nests to get the rest

this is the front where they got me

this is the back side looking thru the plastic

Hmm in my unprofessional opinion, I would suggest burning that building down and starting over :burn: