Posted: 7/13/2016 6:40:38 PM EDT
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Those things are some mean SOBs, I was weeding around the pond when
I hit the entrance to their nest. I got stung 5 times before I could get away . I did pour a little gas around where I thought the entrance was. After the fire went out I came back and built a small trash fire on top of the entrance.This weekend I plan on pouring a small amount of gas in the entrance, let it fume through out the hive before lighting it off from a safe distance. I usually just pour a poison in their entrance but it is on the edge of the pond. At least the gas will burn off before going into the pond. I usually leave bees along but these little bitches must die. |
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In ground nests are easy to get rid of. Wait till after dark when they are all home. Pour about 8-12 ounces of gas in their entrance hole. Don't light it. The fumes will kill them. Next day they will be completely gone. I once poured a whole gallon down a hole, only to have them boil out 10 seconds later... Must have had a large chamber right under the surface. I use chlorinated brake cleaner for covering fire. |
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Sevin Dust.
Very effective and works quick. Sprinkle it in the entrance and exit holes. They track it deeper in to the hive and kill more. I used it on a retaining wall last year that had yellow jackets for years. All dead last year and none came back this year. |
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I once poured a whole gallon down a hole, only to have them boil out 10 seconds later... Must have had a large chamber right under the surface. I use chlorinated brake cleaner for covering fire. Quoted:
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In ground nests are easy to get rid of. Wait till after dark when they are all home. Pour about 8-12 ounces of gas in their entrance hole. Don't light it. The fumes will kill them. Next day they will be completely gone. I once poured a whole gallon down a hole, only to have them boil out 10 seconds later... Must have had a large chamber right under the surface. I use chlorinated brake cleaner for covering fire. Interesting. I have been killing them that way for 30+ years and never had that happen. |
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The gas fumes does work. It is just more fun to kill it with fire.
I think my game plan is to pour a pint of gas and let it sit over nigh.t Then pour in one cup the next morning and light it off. Instead of just gas for the morning light off I may add some diesel to it. |
| An interesting note about yellow jacket nests - skunks love them and will dig a whole nest out of the ground if given enough undisturbed time at nite. Those nests can get huge. Had one dug-out in my yard once years ago and it was probably 3' x 4', and that was after the skunk had torn it apart some getting it out of the ground. I guess they eat the larvae, and the stings don't get to them. You'd think a few of them on your nose or eyes would deter you but I guess not. I dread bushogging in suspect areas, or just as bad going over a hole with your weedeater - several have pegged you before you know what hit you. |
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One time my wife was visiting me while I was working out-of-town about an hour away.
I was saying my "Bye Honeys" as she sat in her running car with the driver's window down in the driveway. All of a sudden all hell broke loose as what felt like 50 hot needles assailed my body at once. Before I could yell out there was a cloud of those evil fucking spawn of Satan swarming me. Yep, my wife hit the auto-up on the window, J-turned the fuck out of the driveway, and left me for dead. 
I ran after her like one of those sorry fucks in 28 Weeks Later about to get eaten by the damn zombie horde. Finally after about 200 yards they gave up, leaving me to pick the stragglers out of my pockets and out from behind my ears and shit. She didn't even fucking call me. I called her about 30 mins later after I was all ointmented up sounding like Eric Cartman in anaphylactic shock, head throbbing like a team of little league soccer players kicked the shit out it and looking like a bag of hammered shit. In retrospect, I don't blame her. When I called her she was still hauling ass out of the AO. |
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An interesting note about yellow jacket nests - skunks love them and will dig a whole nest out of the ground if given enough undisturbed time at nite. Those nests can get huge. Had one dug-out in my yard once years ago and it was probably 3' x 4', and that was after the skunk had torn it apart some getting it out of the ground. I guess they eat the larvae, and the stings don't get to them. You'd think a few of them on your nose or eyes would deter you but I guess not. I dread bushogging in suspect areas, or just as bad going over a hole with your weedeater - several have pegged you before you know what hit you. I had a nest right next to the foundation of the house a few years ago. It was in a hard to get to spot and I kept putting off doing anything about it. After about a week I went out there and a skunk ( I assume ) had dug it up and they were all gone. How the heck they can do that I don't know. 
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I always used little gas n fire, one time in the dark, looking for the hole on the creek bank, I stepped on the nest, broke through, ended up sitting on the nest and sliding into the stream in my cut-offs, bees all over my legs...n..never got stung lucky I guess
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I've done in numerous ground hives with a mixture of Dawn soap and water. If it gets on them they die. It helps I have a bee suit too. But before we had bees I had great results with it.
http://www.doityourself.com/stry/how-to-kill-bees-naturally-with-soap#b |
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Sevin Dust. Very effective and works quick. Sprinkle it in the entrance and exit holes. They track it deeper in to the hive and kill more. I used it on a retaining wall last year that had yellow jackets for years. All dead last year and none came back this year. This right here is the most effective way to ensure a complete kill. |
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An interesting note about yellow jacket nests - skunks love them and will dig a whole nest out of the ground if given enough undisturbed time at nite. Those nests can get huge. Had one dug-out in my yard once years ago and it was probably 3' x 4', and that was after the skunk had torn it apart some getting it out of the ground. I guess they eat the larvae, and the stings don't get to them. You'd think a few of them on your nose or eyes would deter you but I guess not. I dread bushogging in suspect areas, or just as bad going over a hole with your weedeater - several have pegged you before you know what hit you. Skunks actually eat the bees. Beekeepers learn about this early on. Nothing else but a skunk will prey on the bees themselves. They'll come up to a beehive at night, scratch on the hive, the guard bees come out to do their job and run the skunk off, and the skunk eats the bees and spits out the wings. Stingers don't bother the skunk at all. I don't understand it and don't think anybody else does either, but skunk guards are on most beehives in a lot of places. I would suspect the yellow jackets would be the same. They MAY eat the larvae, but I know for certain that skunks go after the bees themselves. |
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Skunks actually eat the bees. Beekeepers learn about this early on. Nothing else but a skunk will prey on the bees themselves. They'll come up to a beehive at night, scratch on the hive, the guard bees come out to do their job and run the skunk off, and the skunk eats the bees and spits out the wings. Stingers don't bother the skunk at all. I don't understand it and don't think anybody else does either, but skunk guards are on most beehives in a lot of places. I would suspect the yellow jackets would be the same. They MAY eat the larvae, but I know for certain that skunks go after the bees themselves. Quoted:
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An interesting note about yellow jacket nests - skunks love them and will dig a whole nest out of the ground if given enough undisturbed time at nite. Those nests can get huge. Had one dug-out in my yard once years ago and it was probably 3' x 4', and that was after the skunk had torn it apart some getting it out of the ground. I guess they eat the larvae, and the stings don't get to them. You'd think a few of them on your nose or eyes would deter you but I guess not. I dread bushogging in suspect areas, or just as bad going over a hole with your weedeater - several have pegged you before you know what hit you. Skunks actually eat the bees. Beekeepers learn about this early on. Nothing else but a skunk will prey on the bees themselves. They'll come up to a beehive at night, scratch on the hive, the guard bees come out to do their job and run the skunk off, and the skunk eats the bees and spits out the wings. Stingers don't bother the skunk at all. I don't understand it and don't think anybody else does either, but skunk guards are on most beehives in a lot of places. I would suspect the yellow jackets would be the same. They MAY eat the larvae, but I know for certain that skunks go after the bees themselves. I learned something today. *themoreyouknow.jpg |
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Now THAT's what I'm talking about! Drop a huge garbage bag over that sucker, scoop it up and seal it. Then the next time BLM or other idiots chain themselves to something to block traffic just air drop that sucker on them. |
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I've done in numerous ground hives with a mixture of Dawn soap and water. If it gets on them they die. It helps I have a bee suit too. But before we had bees I had great results with it. http://www.doityourself.com/stry/how-to-kill-bees-naturally-with-soap#b I did spray them with dawn the ones who were flying around the nest after the fire. I did not see them drop but hope it does wash the oil off their bodies. |
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I think I got them this weekend, I had my 9 year old grandson with me and he did not want to wait to the next day to set them on fire.
We poured the gas in and waited a hour before adding a little more gas then lighting it off. He was all into with the "Killing it with fire" theme. The next day I took a shovel to it and no activity. Tomorrow I will be cutting the grass and will check again, |