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Yellow jackets are tiny demons

SearchMaster

SearchMaster

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I am in a constant battle with yellow jackets on my property. The first year I lived here, I ran over an underground nest with my mower and got stung on both ankles - swelled up like freaking balloons. 2 or 3 years ago, they built a huge nest under my pear tree, which really sucked because they were constantly on the ground munching on the fallen fruits. Got stung 5 times getting that nest wiped out.

Now, I'm running the brush trimmer in the forest, trying to clear the jungle that has overtaken what used to be a nice area. I'm making really good progress, then I feel a sting on my left calf. So I ran back out to the path about 50 yds away, looking toward the trimmer wondering how I'm going to retrieve it back out (it's a large mower-type trimmer, not a weedeater). Then I feel a sting on my right calf. Decided to retreat back home.

Now I have to wage yet another battle with the little bastards. I'm gonig to try to get my trimmer back without wiping out their nest because, after all, it IS their home. But I want my forest cleared and I want my trimmer back.

I hate yellow jackets.
 
Those suckers are dangerous - killed a cousin of my dad's a long time ago. He walked out to the fence line to dump out the dishwater, and accidentally stepped on their nest. They stung him all over, inside his mouth and throat.

Kill them before they get you.

 
Originally posted by: sixone
Those suckers are dangerous - killed a cousin of my dad's a long time ago. He walked out to the fence line to dump out the dishwater, and accidentally stepped on their nest. They stung him all over, inside his mouth and throat.

Kill them before they get you.
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:Q

I bet they're plotting my demise as I speak. How do I check to see if they've wired my trimmer with an ignition bomb?
 
Originally posted by: SearchMaster
Originally posted by: sixone
Those suckers are dangerous - killed a cousin of my dad's a long time ago. He walked out to the fence line to dump out the dishwater, and accidentally stepped on their nest. They stung him all over, inside his mouth and throat.

Kill them before they get you.
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:Q

I bet they're plotting my demise as I speak. How do I check to see if they've wired my trimmer with an ignition bomb?
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Very carefully.

 
They are by far the most aggressive insect I've encountered. Hornets, wasps and bees seem to be pretty docile. If you leave them alone, they'll leave you alone. A yellow jacket will go out of its way to chase you down and sting your ass. I'd put on some protective clothes and some mesh headgear and find the nest. There's not much point in cutting down the brush in your woods if the yellowjackets won't let anybody come near the area.

 
Originally posted by: arcas
They are by far the most aggressive insect I've encountered. Hornets, wasps and bees seem to be pretty docile. If you leave them alone, they'll leave you alone. A yellow jacket will go out of its way to chase you down and sting your ass. I'd put on some protective clothes and some mesh headgear and find the nest. There's not much point in cutting down the brush in your woods if the yellowjackets won't let anybody come near the area.
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We had a really cool honeybee hive hanging from a tree a few years ago in the woods. It was the first time I'd ever seen one quite like that - like the ones you see Pooh Bear go after or something.

I was living in a different house a few years ago and there was an enormous yellow jacket nest under the deck. The exterminator said there may have been as many as 10,000 in it...I'd never seen one remotely that big (probably 5-6 feet long?) None of those got me though.
 
We've devised a totally badass way of killing them.

They like sugary drinks. Go buy a few 2liter bottles of soda. Drink 3/4 of them. Put the cap on, punch convenient, bee-sized holes in the side. They fill find their way in in DROVES, get a drink, and be too f'ing stupid to get out again (they'll try to fly straight up, which the lid will prevent) and... Well, drown in sugary hell. If you use coca cola, they will actually mostly dissolve, too. After a few days, you can delight as you pour out a cola and hornet slurry onto your lawn.
 
Originally posted by: EyeMWing
We've devised a totally badass way of killing them.

They like sugary drinks. Go buy a few 2liter bottles of soda. Drink 3/4 of them. Put the cap on, punch convenient, bee-sized holes in the side. They fill find their way in in DROVES, get a drink, and be too f'ing stupid to get out again (they'll try to fly straight up, which the lid will prevent) and... Well, drown in sugary hell. If you use coca cola, they will actually mostly dissolve, too. After a few days, you can delight as you pour out a cola and hornet slurry onto your lawn.
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I'll give you $10 to drink it.
 
Originally posted by: SearchMaster
I am in a constant battle with yellow jackets on my property. The first year I lived here, I ran over an underground nest with my mower and got stung on both ankles - swelled up like freaking balloons. 2 or 3 years ago, they built a huge nest under my pear tree, which really sucked because they were constantly on the ground munching on the fallen fruits. Got stung 5 times getting that nest wiped out.

Now, I'm running the brush trimmer in the forest, trying to clear the jungle that has overtaken what used to be a nice area. I'm making really good progress, then I feel a sting on my left calf. So I ran back out to the path about 50 yds away, looking toward the trimmer wondering how I'm going to retrieve it back out (it's a large mower-type trimmer, not a weedeater). Then I feel a sting on my right calf. Decided to retreat back home.

Now I have to wage yet another battle with the little bastards. I'm gonig to try to get my trimmer back without wiping out their nest because, after all, it IS their home. But I want my forest cleared and I want my trimmer back.

I hate yellow jackets.
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Yellow Jackets = Hornets

We have them here and they are very violent.

Solution: Wear long thick pants and wear double socks and work boots with socks over the pant cuffs. Wear long sleeved shirt and leather gloves with sleeves tucked in.

1. Buy Raid Wasp & Hornet Blaster.
2. Find nest.
3. Determine size and strength of enemy.
4. Attack without mercy.
5. Profit.

Then take back your forest.

Good luck, dude.
 
Originally posted by: BigB10293
Originally posted by: EyeMWing
We've devised a totally badass way of killing them.

They like sugary drinks. Go buy a few 2liter bottles of soda. Drink 3/4 of them. Put the cap on, punch convenient, bee-sized holes in the side. They fill find their way in in DROVES, get a drink, and be too f'ing stupid to get out again (they'll try to fly straight up, which the lid will prevent) and... Well, drown in sugary hell. If you use coca cola, they will actually mostly dissolve, too. After a few days, you can delight as you pour out a cola and hornet slurry onto your lawn.
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I'll give you $10 to drink it.
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Well, considering we killed them ALL that way (well, that and a few shotgun blasts to their nests), that won't be possible as they no longer exist here.
 
1. wait until dark
2. pour gas on nest
3. light it
4. break out the hot dogs and smores
5. profit
 
i had a nest under a tree, i got rid of them when i was like 14 or 15...i was doing some karate skills i learned.

i decided to drop a double roundhouse kick and the hive was broke in pieces. i ran to my house like crazy. i had this plot planned (to leave doors open for me to enter when bees are on the swarm and etc.)

after that, they retreated to other site which is my neighbor's backyard on the right. i felt so bad for them but the father of that family owns a landscaping business. so he got rid of them easily while i struggled to get rid of a beehive.

but those memories were fun. 😀
 
Originally posted by: jewno
i had a nest under a tree, i got rid of them when i was like 14 or 15...i was doing some karate skills i learned.

i decided to drop a double roundhouse kick and the hive was broke in pieces. i ran to my house like crazy. i had this plot planned (to leave doors open for me to enter when bees are on the swarm and etc.)

after that, they retreated to other site which is my neighbor's backyard on the right. i felt so bad for them but the father of that family owns a landscaping business. so he got rid of them easily while i struggled to get rid of a beehive.

but those memories were fun. 😀
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I had a hornet's nest in my doghouse and I needed to move it (we hadn't lived in the house in several months - the dogs were in no danger). It was probably as big as two basketballs...I didn't know how to get the damn thing out of there without destroying the doghouse, so I decided to just knock it down with a broomstick and run like hell. Worked pretty well, except one of them chased me down and nailed my shoulder blade. When I came back a few days later, the hornets were gone and I retrieved my doghouse.
 
I remember the last time I was stung by these little suckers. It was when I was about 9 or 10 years old. We were hiking in a state park, and I guess I unknowingly rattled their nest or something, and all of them attacked me. By the end of the traumatizing ordeal, I was left with 49 bee stings, and I remember laying in a creek wishing the pain would go away. I hate yellowjackets.
 
Originally posted by: Iron Woode
Originally posted by: SearchMaster
I am in a constant battle with yellow jackets on my property. The first year I lived here, I ran over an underground nest with my mower and got stung on both ankles - swelled up like freaking balloons. 2 or 3 years ago, they built a huge nest under my pear tree, which really sucked because they were constantly on the ground munching on the fallen fruits. Got stung 5 times getting that nest wiped out.

Now, I'm running the brush trimmer in the forest, trying to clear the jungle that has overtaken what used to be a nice area. I'm making really good progress, then I feel a sting on my left calf. So I ran back out to the path about 50 yds away, looking toward the trimmer wondering how I'm going to retrieve it back out (it's a large mower-type trimmer, not a weedeater). Then I feel a sting on my right calf. Decided to retreat back home.

Now I have to wage yet another battle with the little bastards. I'm gonig to try to get my trimmer back without wiping out their nest because, after all, it IS their home. But I want my forest cleared and I want my trimmer back.

I hate yellow jackets.
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Yellow Jackets = Hornets

We have them here and they are very violent.

Solution: Wear long thick pants and wear double socks and work boots with socks over the pant cuffs. Wear long sleeved shirt and leather gloves with sleeves tucked in.

1. Buy Raid Wasp & Hornet Blaster.
2. Find nest.
3. Determine size and strength of enemy.
4. Attack without mercy.
5. Profit.

Then take back your forest.

Good luck, dude.
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This man speaks the truth.

Cover all your skin with at least one solid layer, maybe more, before waging any war with those bastards.
 
Originally posted by: EyeMWing
We've devised a totally badass way of killing them.

They like sugary drinks. Go buy a few 2liter bottles of soda. Drink 3/4 of them. Put the cap on, punch convenient, bee-sized holes in the side. They fill find their way in in DROVES, get a drink, and be too f'ing stupid to get out again (they'll try to fly straight up, which the lid will prevent) and... Well, drown in sugary hell. If you use coca cola, they will actually mostly dissolve, too. After a few days, you can delight as you pour out a cola and hornet slurry onto your lawn.
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This is exactly what I do. It works really, really well.
 
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