Removing yellow jacket nest?

[MrPickins]

That doesn't look like the yellowjacket nests we have around here; they're the honeycomb pattern starting at the center and build outward and can get pretty large if left for very long.

That's because we don't have true yellowjackets here. That's just what we call paper wasps in Texas.

 

[Red Squirrel]

CO2 fire extinguisher.

No idea if this would work, but it's worth a shot!

 

[mrblotto]

Don't forget the prerequisite vertical video. Good luck!

 

[zinfamous]

CO2 fire extinguisher.

No idea if this would work, but it's worth a shot!

That's not a bad idea--some insects are quite resistant to CO2, but others, it knocks them the eff out. Though, you need a constant stream because they tend to wake up rather quickly, though a bit disoriented.

This wouldn't be the primary solution, but perhaps an effective way to pacify them before you bring in the flames.

 

[TheGardener]

Somewhere there are PETA members who are horrified by all these suggestion. They'd tell you that hornets are just like people and have the same rights.

 

[Scarpozzi]

My wife's aunt had a nest on her back porch in a planter. So in my few years of beekeeping, I learned that honeybees communicate via chemicals/pheromones....this is how they tell the rest of the hive when to be on alert, etc...

I had the idea to spray the planter with bleach to disrupt them. I'm not 100% sure if that worked, but a few minutes after spraying the area around the nest, I was able to pick the planter up and throw it without a sting. Yellow jackets will chase you...so be very careful when approaching a nest and certainly don't try anything without protection.

 

[Murloc]

did OP die of the stings as he attempted the cheapest but most dangerous method proposed?

A possible alternative is to use spray laquer to close the hole and put something flammable on the paper nest.

If it doesn't work, you can still run and spray it directly on the wasps to stick their wings.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Spray it with Raid, don't go cheap or organic. Spray it again, then one more time wait a bit and break out a 10' pole to knock it down. Make sure you remove the nest because the evil bastards will come back.

 

[Thump553]

What others said about spraying them, but it's best to spray in early morning after a cool or cold night. You can see then and they are super sluggish. Spraying at dusk is way worse.

For large nests I spray two or three days in a row.

BTW those are (white faced?) hornets, yellowjackets nest in the ground. White faced hornet stings are a lot nastier than yellowjackets or any bees.