Gavin Posted September 9, 2017 Posted September 9, 2017 Found a nest in the yard the hard way this AM...Had a steroid shot, some prednisone, and benadryl, now contemplating revenge. Nest is under a big pine that I was cleaning out with the chainsaw. Any recommendations to kill these SOB's? Have a bunch of Diamatious Earth on hand and found one entrance to the hive maybe one more....Figure I'll cover the two suspect entrances with DE tonight. Any recommendations?
Mitch f Posted September 9, 2017 Posted September 9, 2017 28 minutes ago, Gavin said: Found a nest in the yard the hard way this AM...Had a steroid shot, some prednisone, and benadryl, now contemplating revenge. Nest is under a big pine that I was cleaning out with the chainsaw. Any recommendations to kill these SOB's? Have a bunch of Diamatious Earth on hand and found one entrance to the hive maybe one more....Figure I'll cover the two suspect entrances with DE tonight. Any recommendations? If there is only one hole and well defined....blow torch and pound on the ground, run like heck. Ps. Don't burn the tree down "Honor is a man's gift to himself" Rob Roy McGregor
Mitch f Posted September 9, 2017 Posted September 9, 2017 I can see it all now... "Honor is a man's gift to himself" Rob Roy McGregor
Gavin Posted September 9, 2017 Author Posted September 9, 2017 Would love to burn them out...but its right by the driveway in front, plus under a 40' pine with lots of needles, and overhead lines above...Fire is not an option. They will pay with their lives! Guaranteed!
BilletHead Posted September 9, 2017 Posted September 9, 2017 Wasps and hornets breathe through their skin. We keep a spray bottle of isopropyl alcohol on the front porch for those who make it in. Use the 91 % stuff and give them a spray. Takes care of them instantly. Crash and burn. Perhaps if there is one entrance pour a bottle in and cover? After dark? I am always getting nailed from the eaves of the metal building by red and yellow mixed wasps. Swell up terrible. If I get hit in the head my face will droop. Feel sorry for you man. BilletHead "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
snagged in outlet 3 Posted September 10, 2017 Posted September 10, 2017 I poured a little gas in the hole and covered it with a rock. Two years later no sign of em.
Greasy B Posted September 10, 2017 Posted September 10, 2017 17 hours ago, Mitch f said: I can see it all now... Good fun but if you do light em up don't do it like those knuckle heads. His father touches the Claw in spite of Kevin's warnings and breaks two legs just as a thunderstorm tears the house apart. Kevin runs away with the Claw. He becomes captain of the Greasy Bastard, a small ship carrying rubber goods between England and Burma. Michael Palin, Terry Jones, 1974
Pat Magee Posted September 10, 2017 Posted September 10, 2017 I used one of those old school foggers, I am pretty sure this wasn't the intended use but I did it anyway! I went back out where I was stung by 8-10 of them and just set the fogger right next to the hole. After seeing 30-40 fly out and die, I realized that I was pretty lucky that I only got stung by what I did. It feels like a hot ember just lands on your skin when they bite you.....it's the worst.
Al Agnew Posted September 10, 2017 Posted September 10, 2017 Reminds me of my bumble bee and lawn mower episode...Dad had just told me that he'd ran the mower over a bumblebee nest and gotten stung, so he went back with the mower, parked it over the nest with it running, and as the bees came out of the hole the mower chewed them up. He talked with great glee about bumblebee parts spewing out of the mowing deck. So when I had the same thing happen to me while mowing on the dam of my pond, I took Dad's advice. Ran the mower over the hole, let it sit, and waited for the giblets to start spewing. Then, WHAP, one got me on the back of the neck. BAM, another on my arm. I wheeled around, and there was another hole, another entrance to the nest! I ran for cover, getting another sting along the way. So now the mower is sitting there on the sloping pond dam, running, and it had a full tank of gas, with bees swarming it. I really wanted to finish mowing, but approaching the mower wasn't going to be a good idea as long as it was running and keeping the bees stirred up. So I got the idea of using a long rope, tying a length of wood to it, and trying to wrap it around the handles of the push mower so that I could drag it away from the nest. Succeeded in snagging the handles, but when I started pulling, the thing overbalanced and rolled down the dam bank and into the water! tho1mas, Quillback, Mitch f and 1 other 4
Gavin Posted September 10, 2017 Author Posted September 10, 2017 Have there holes marked with the DE...they die tonight!
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