Posted: 9/20/2009 7:14:37 PM EDT
I was weedeating around the pond today when I hit an underground nest of yellow jackets. I got stung 8 times before i could drop the weedeater and get the hell out of Dodge. 6 times on the backside of my arm, one time on my stomack and one time on my hand. All on the left side. My whole left side of my body was killing me. I grab the gas can and dumped about 16 oz on where I thought the nest opening was. Lit that off. Then I went and piled up a whole bunch of wood to where I had a hot roaring fire. After about 3 hrs I noticed all jacket activitive stopped. I was able to make a hole in the ground with my foot where I thought the nest was. I then raked the hot coals into the hole. Tuesday I will be back to see if the jackets are done. I did kill it with fire.
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I was weedeating around the pond today when I hit an underground nest of yellow jackets. I got stung 8 times before i could drop the weedeater and get the hell out of Dodge. 6 times on the backside of my arm, one time on my stomack and one time on my hand. All on the left side. My whole left side of my body was killing me. I grab the gas can and dumped about 16 oz on where I thought the nest opening was. Lit that off. Then I went and piled up a whole bunch of wood to where I had a hot roaring fire. After about 3 hrs I noticed all jacket activitive stopped. I was able to make a hole in the ground with my foot where I thought the nest was. I then raked the hot coals into the hole. Tuesday I will be back to see if the jackets are done. I did kill it with fire.Approach it later with caution... those evil little bastards tend to have a second entrance/escape hole for just such occassions. You hopefully got them all, but don't presume it offhand. Ask me HOW I know this... 
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I was weedeating around the pond today when I hit an underground nest of yellow jackets. I got stung 8 times before i could drop the weedeater and get the hell out of Dodge. 6 times on the backside of my arm, one time on my stomack and one time on my hand. All on the left side. My whole left side of my body was killing me. I grab the gas can and dumped about 16 oz on where I thought the nest opening was. Lit that off. Then I went and piled up a whole bunch of wood to where I had a hot roaring fire. After about 3 hrs I noticed all jacket activitive stopped. I was able to make a hole in the ground with my foot where I thought the nest was. I then raked the hot coals into the hole. Tuesday I will be back to see if the jackets are done. I did kill it with fire.WIN! Sorry you got stung thats never fun. |
| Last summer I had a nest in the ground that i used about 1o gallons of insect poisin and about 3 gallons also in my sprayer to get rid of a nest. They had a whole bunch of them dead buggers all over the place. This time the nest was on the edge of my catfish pond so poisin was not an option. i think just using gasoline only pisses them off but a large, very hot roaring wood fire with plastic in the mix does good. If the nest is in the woods I can't use fire even though I think we should do a control burn once a year to keep the woods floor clean. |
| I used to work for the city power company. I was the summer help, so I'd always have to open the secondary boxes (the green thing in your yard). This was in MN, so the bees would sometimes build nests in there. Ripped a few nests in half when I popped the lids. Caught about 50 stings each time. Fuckers. |
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I found a nice thing for taking out wasp nests yesterday. Should work on other stinging insects, too. Gunk Foamy Engine Brite. The shit sticks like napalm on kids! Just hose down the nest with it at night when they're all home and not active, and go to bed. They're all dead shortly. If any do survive, they're so fucked up that they can't fly and barely move, no threat at all. Pop the nest off, give it a stomp to ensure that there are no survivors in the nursery, and dispose of it as you will. CJ |
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I have discovered the ultimate yellow jacket MOAB. After dark when all of the unholy buggers are home, take a room fogger and a plastic bucket to the hole. The fogger is designed to shoot it's entire load when you lock down the trigger. Wear a headlight so you can have your hands free. Fire the fogger and jam that sucker into the hole. Slam the bucket down on top of it and hightail it outta there. Any yellowjacket bastards that are not killed in the hole will fly out and be trapped in the bucket and will die in the hideous green fog of death. I have happily slaughtered thousands of these demonic insects this way. |
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I have discovered the ultimate yellow jacket MOAB. After dark when all of the unholy buggers are home, take a room fogger and a plastic bucket to the hole. The fogger is designed to shoot it's entire load when you lock down the trigger. Wear a headlight so you can have your hands free. Fire the fogger and jam that sucker into the hole. Slam the bucket down on top of it and hightail it outta there. Any yellowjacket bastards that are not killed in the hole will fly out and be trapped in the bucket and will die in the hideous green fog of death. I have happily slaughtered thousands of these demonic insects this way. That is a good one. Got to remember it. When all else fail, chemical warfare. |
| Why use gasoline around your pond? I know the usual response to vespids in GD, but why not cast that aside and use some common sense? That gasoline is going to effect much more than the yellowjacket colony. Next time, why not fill the largest pot you have with water, bring it to a boil and dump it down the hole after dark? Win-win...dead 'jackets, with no effect on fish, tadpoles, newts or aquatic insects. |
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Happened to me last month mowing the lawn and wham, next thing i know i'm in cloud of Yellow jackets.
Quit counting after removing Stinger #12, i know they got me enough i was sick from the stings for three days. I'm not alergic but i was quesy for three days from all the bug juice they hit me with. I hate those damn things, we had a guy at Forest fire get them up his pantleg the hospital quit counting at 150 evident sting marks, we had to cut the guys pant leg open so he could bend his knee and walk it was that swelled he was in the hospital for 2 weeks. |
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Why use gasoline around your pond? I know the usual response to vespids in GD, but why not cast that aside and use some common sense? That gasoline is going to effect much more than the yellowjacket colony. Next time, why not fill the largest pot you have with water, bring it to a boil and dump it down the hole after dark? Win-win...dead 'jackets, with no effect on fish, tadpoles, newts or aquatic insects. If you read my post i used only about 16oz of gaso.i made sure none of it would make it to the pond. The hot wood fire also left no gaso residue . As far as using hot water at night that would be out of the question since I am buiiding a house there and I do not have a way for hot water. There is no way in hell that I was going to leave a nest there because one of my neighbors kids likes to go by my pond. |
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+1 for ARF guys. LMAO. |
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Unreal.
Saturday, I was transplanting a tree and managed to piss off a nest of the little fuckers. Got nailed on the ankle, calf, and arm. The little bastards were all over my shoes. I got a can of that spray that shoots about ten feet and nailed the nest, then played anti-aircraft gunner for the next half hour while the scouts returned home. Apparently, I'm not allergic because the only remnant I have is some itching on the calf. It feels like there's a metal splinter in there. |
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Happened to me last month mowing the lawn and wham, next thing i know i'm in cloud of Yellow jackets. Quit counting after removing Stinger #12, i know they got me enough i was sick from the stings for three days. I'm not alergic but i was quesy for three days from all the bug juice they hit me with. I hate those damn things, we had a guy at Forest fire get them up his pantleg the hospital quit counting at 150 evident sting marks, we had to cut the guys pant leg open so he could bend his knee and walk it was that swelled he was in the hospital for 2 weeks. Wasps don't leave their stingers in....you got hit by honey bees. |
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I have discovered the ultimate yellow jacket MOAB. After dark when all of the unholy buggers are home, take a room fogger and a plastic bucket to the hole. The fogger is designed to shoot it's entire load when you lock down the trigger. Wear a headlight so you can have your hands free. Fire the fogger and jam that sucker into the hole. Slam the bucket down on top of it and hightail it outta there. Any yellowjacket bastards that are not killed in the hole will fly out and be trapped in the bucket and will die in the hideous green fog of death. I have happily slaughtered thousands of these demonic insects this way. That is a good one. Got to remember it. When all else fail, chemical warfare. Big +1 to that. Excellent info.... 
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I have discovered the ultimate yellow jacket MOAB. After dark when all of the unholy buggers are home, take a room fogger and a plastic bucket to the hole. The fogger is designed to shoot it's entire load when you lock down the trigger. Wear a headlight so you can have your hands free. Fire the fogger and jam that sucker into the hole. Slam the bucket down on top of it and hightail it outta there. Any yellowjacket bastards that are not killed in the hole will fly out and be trapped in the bucket and will die in the hideous green fog of death. I have happily slaughtered thousands of these demonic insects this way. That is a good one. Got to remember it. When all else fail, chemical warfare. Big +1 to that. Excellent info.... I lived in Georgia for years and ran across these evil bastards on more than one occasion. Got a handy "extra" window screen lying around? Toss it over the hole and hit 'em with carb spray through the screen mesh...works like a charm. |
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Happened to me last month mowing the lawn and wham, next thing i know i'm in cloud of Yellow jackets. Quit counting after removing Stinger #12, i know they got me enough i was sick from the stings for three days. I'm not alergic but i was quesy for three days from all the bug juice they hit me with. I hate those damn things, we had a guy at Forest fire get them up his pantleg the hospital quit counting at 150 evident sting marks, we had to cut the guys pant leg open so he could bend his knee and walk it was that swelled he was in the hospital for 2 weeks. Wasps don't leave their stingers in....you got hit by honey bees. Possibly Bumblebees. |
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Happened to me last month mowing the lawn and wham, next thing i know i'm in cloud of Yellow jackets. Quit counting after removing Stinger #12, i know they got me enough i was sick from the stings for three days. I'm not alergic but i was quesy for three days from all the bug juice they hit me with. I hate those damn things, we had a guy at Forest fire get them up his pantleg the hospital quit counting at 150 evident sting marks, we had to cut the guys pant leg open so he could bend his knee and walk it was that swelled he was in the hospital for 2 weeks. Wasps don't leave their stingers in....you got hit by honey bees. Actually, unlike most wasps, yellow jackets do have barbed stingers, so in some cases the stinger will stay in. Other times it won't. |
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Why use gasoline around your pond? I know the usual response to vespids in GD, but why not cast that aside and use some common sense? That gasoline is going to effect much more than the yellowjacket colony. Next time, why not fill the largest pot you have with water, bring it to a boil and dump it down the hole after dark? Win-win...dead 'jackets, with no effect on fish, tadpoles, newts or aquatic insects. This |
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I got hit last Wednesday evening mowing the lawn. Had just made one lap around the yard and they got onto both of my legs and down between my boots and ankles. I counted 7 sting marks, but I think some of those were double taps. I had cankles for three days and my ankles looked like a mortuary textbook as far as the color goes.
I can't find the nest in the yard because the grass is too high and I can't mow the grass because of the yellowjackets.
The good thing is that their days are numbered no matter what because of the cool temps we're getting. |
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Quoted: I got hit last Wednesday evening mowing the lawn. Had just made one lap around the yard and they got onto both of my legs and down between my boots and ankles. I counted 7 sting marks, but I think some of those were double taps. I had cankles for three days and my ankles looked like a mortuary textbook as far as the color goes. I can't find the nest in the yard because the grass is too high and I can't mow the grass because of the yellowjackets. The good thing is that their days are numbered no matter what because of the cool temps we're getting. Go near where you were stung, 20 yards or so away is a safe distance. Watch for the bees heading home to the nest hole. You can usually locate them by following one as far as you can and then waiting for the next one to go by. Eventually you'll see them diving for the ground - there's the nest. |