Posted: 4/27/2014 8:25:08 PM EDT
| Well, I killed another yellow jacket in the house today, that makes 4 in the past 2 weeks. Can't seem to figure out where they are coming in. Windows all have good seals, nothing in the attic as far as I can tell. Any thought? |
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Quoted: Do you have screen doors? The nasty bastards like to get inside those and cling passively to the screen. Open the door and in they come. BASTARDS!!!!
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| We find the little bastards every once in a while all winter long. I found one crawling across the kitchen counter a couple days ago. Note: It's a bad idea to be holding a cup of coffee in one hand and be trying to schmuck a damn yellow jacket with the other hand. |
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Quoted: Well, I killed another yellow jacket in the house today, that makes 4 in the past 2 weeks. Can't seem to figure out where they are coming in. Windows all have good seals, nothing in the attic as far as I can tell. Any thought? They can come in through the roof vents - if you have a gas furnace there will be a vent sticking out of the roof, also the bathroom vents. Then some of them will lose their way and fall into the house through the heat ducts. |
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Dude! I got the same fucking problem. They came in 2 days in a row, after some discussion I set off looking to figure out where they were getting in. My little boy told me the doors, he pointed towards the french doors. Sure as shit there was a gap at the bottom of the door. I hate these doors wish I could get rid of them, but anyhow I ended up putting some thick cardboard in the 2 gaps I saw, went outside and sprayed the edges of the doorways then sprayed under the deck and the ground. A few minutes later there was a fuckton of pissed off bees flying around lol
Before I saw the gaps, I went out and tapped on the walls hoping to hear or see something. Started on the inside and tapped where I thought they could hide, then went outside and tapped on the vinyl siding. I kept them out today so far hopefully they'll stay out a few more day still I can get some cans of poison and some way of fixing the gaps in the door. Good Luck! |
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False. Spray wasp with wasp spray. Wasp dies instantly. The end. |
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False. Spray wasp with wasp spray. Wasp dies instantly. The end. I use dawn detergent and water they die without poison. Just think that meme is funny. |
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False. Spray wasp with wasp spray. Wasp dies instantly. The end. Quoted:
False. Spray wasp with wasp spray. Wasp dies instantly. The end. Or do what my Dad did to get rid of the yellowjackets we had in the attic/rafters. There was only a small hole in the siding towards to front of the house, right where the rook peaked. Since the main upstairs bedroom had a window below it... We had 3 identical vacuums. We pulled the 3 hoses, daisy chained them to one vacuum. Dad went outside with some duct tape and an extension ladder. Handed him the hoses, already attached to the running vacuum inside the window. He duct taped the long hose to the side of the house. The very end was right next to the whole. He just left it there for a week, I think. Done. |
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Check closely around your windows and doors.
Vinyl siding J cannel overlaps can curl a bit at the corners, or be cut short and leave a gap. If your window casings/frames aren't caulked and foamed, they have a pathway. Sill plates on basements are full of little voids. Get out the expando foam for windows and doors, squirt a little in, add a tuft of steel wool, and spritz again to fill. The steel wool reinforces the foam, and keeps rodents from chewing a pathway. Check around any penetrations like phone lines, cable boxes, power boxes. Caulk the gaps shut. Check the soffit for gaps, and fix them. Same thing with Gable vents. The little batards love to set up shop in attics, then go exploring in the interior walls to find openings. Just when you think you have the place locked up tighter than a nuns thighs...one of the little darlings will prove you wrong. Been at war with them over a single entry point for three years now. A particular window they are attracted to. Got everything around the window itself sealed up, and they found another entry point under the siding 20' down. Sealed that up, and they found another, in the other direction in a corner I never would have suspected without catching them one day. Persistent little shits. Good luck! |
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Do you heat with wood? I've come across two or three during this winter, and the only thing I can figure is they are coming in with the logs stored outside. I've seen what appears to be fresh little amounts of sawdust on some of the logs that I restacked about 4 months ago so something is nesting in them. Last summer I had the little bastages with nests in the ground, so to find them in logs wouldn't surprise me. |
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Well, I killed another yellow jacket in the house today, that makes 4 in the past 2 weeks. Can't seem to figure out where they are coming in. Windows all have good seals, nothing in the attic as far as I can tell. Any thought? They're attracted to light. Do you have recessed lights? If they're not sealed, if there's a nest in the attic, crawlspace or between-floor space, if there's holes in the top of the can, they'll see a bit of light, wiggle through and past the bulb and fly into the room. Also, put a piece of screen over the exhaust of your bathroom fans. They'll come in through that, too. |
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Big bag of pyrethrin dust (marigold derivative) and a puffer will take care of that. Or have a pro do it. It's not expensive and screws them up for a long time. Quoted:
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Probably nesting in your crawl space. That happened to me once. Big bag of pyrethrin dust (marigold derivative) and a puffer will take care of that. Or have a pro do it. It's not expensive and screws them up for a long time. Yeah, I got a pro. Fuck Yellow Jackets. Meanest assholes on planet earth. |
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When we were kids we used to fuck with them all the time. Gasoline/ gunpowder down their holes in the ground, flaming arrows/ Beebee's/ rocks/ apples into their nests in trees. Somehow I was the only one who never paid for it with pain. Since then, I have been nailed three times while mowing so I guess I'm lucky all things considered.
BTW: Yellow jackets are hornets, and they live in the ground. There are also things called black jackets, which also live in the ground and look the same but they are black and white striped. Then there are other hornet varieties that look the same as yellow jackets that live in round paper nests in trees or on structures. They are technically not yellow jackets though but they look the same. They are still just as mean. Then there are white faced / bald faced hornets which only nest in trees or on structures - round nest. (Those are bad ass M**her f**kers) Then there are European hornets which nest in/ on trees and structures but are a bit more uncommon. They are North Americas only 24 hour active hornet and they are huge. (Even badder ass if you mess with them) Bumble bees and honey bees are great creatures and are not a problem unless you are unlucky and have a nest in the walls of your house. Then they will leave honey stains on your walls as it seeps into the material. If outside, leave them alone otherwise as they are dying off and we need them to pollinate our food sources or we'll be in a major SHTF situation. |
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I've had little critters ride my dog into the house. Then I have to run around screaming like a girl (wait, I am a girl) until I can kill it. 
Hairspray (get cans of the cheap crap) makes them fall out of the air, they can't move their wings. Then you can smush them. Safer for your pets and home, too. |
