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How to get rid of yellow jacket bee's nest ??
"J Burns" wrote in message ... On 9/5/10 12:04 AM, lil abner wrote: There is a law that says you can't use fire to get rid of yellow jackets??? You don't use enough gasoline to fill a well. A quart or so is generally all it will take but I have seen a nest that was over 5 ft deep. Why light it? When you pour the gas down the hole, the fumes will displace the air, so the fire won't go down the hole. The soil will keep the heat away from the nest. I have found that the fumes from a tablespoon of gasoline will kill a nest. I imagine soil organisms can soon break down that small amount. But why use gasoline at all when just some boring old bucket of soapy water could work. That way you also don't have to pinpoint with a great deal of accuracy the entry hole, either. This worked for me, but the first time I was askeered and I think I poured it out too quickly (or ran before I quite finished - I was hardly well protected clothing-wise!). One more dousing the next night took care of the last few of them. Keeping in mind that I doubt the nest was particularly large, either.... |
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How to get rid of yellow jacket bee's nest ??
Nelly wrote in message
... [snip] But why use gasoline at all when just some boring old bucket of soapy water could work. That way you also don't have to pinpoint with a great deal of accuracy the entry hole, either. This worked for me, but the first time I was askeered and I think I poured it out too quickly (or ran before I quite finished - I was hardly well protected clothing-wise!). One more dousing the next night took care of the last few of them. You might've already answered these: What's the ratio of soap and water? Was there any particular type of soap you used or were the perameters "cheapest, largest?" {I currently have a drum of that Costco-inspired liquid soap; it doesn't really suds up nicely but it was cheap and I have a lot of it left still.) What does the soapy water do to exterminate the nest? Many thanks. The Ranger |
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How to get rid of yellow jacket bee's nest ??
On 9/4/2010 10:57 PM, aemeijers wrote:
I know, playing with fire is fun, but you can't buy real M-80s any more either. Oh, yes you can.... G -- Steve Barker remove the "not" from my address to email |
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On 9/5/10 5:21 PM, Nelly wrote:
"J wrote in message ... On 9/5/10 12:04 AM, lil abner wrote: There is a law that says you can't use fire to get rid of yellow jackets??? You don't use enough gasoline to fill a well. A quart or so is generally all it will take but I have seen a nest that was over 5 ft deep. Why light it? When you pour the gas down the hole, the fumes will displace the air, so the fire won't go down the hole. The soil will keep the heat away from the nest. I have found that the fumes from a tablespoon of gasoline will kill a nest. I imagine soil organisms can soon break down that small amount. But why use gasoline at all when just some boring old bucket of soapy water could work. That way you also don't have to pinpoint with a great deal of accuracy the entry hole, either. This worked for me, but the first time I was askeered and I think I poured it out too quickly (or ran before I quite finished - I was hardly well protected clothing-wise!). One more dousing the next night took care of the last few of them. Keeping in mind that I doubt the nest was particularly large, either.... That reminds me of a method where you don't have to find the nest. Make a tripod of sticks a foot or two long, to stand in a bucket or pan. Hang a piece of fish from it. Add water until the level is an inch or two below the fish. Add a drop of detergent to the water and leave the trap where yellow jackets can find it. They tend to fall in when the try to fly with a piece of fish. The soap speeds drowning. It may catch so many that it has to be emptied each night. |
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How to get rid of yellow jacket bee's nest ??
On Sep 5, 6:23*pm, "The Ranger" wrote:
What's the ratio of soap and water? Against stinging insects in general, I keep a household spray bottle handy with a mix of 1:15 soap to water. I use dish soap like Dawn or something similar. Water alone will not kill them, they are adapted to outdoor living and rain. However soapy water drowns them quickly. Hit with this spray, they die FAR faster than with Raid, and I don't have to worry about poisoning the kids or the dogs. But I haven't wanted to waste expensive dish soap on nests in the ground. I just throw in a cup of tide or similar laundry detergent to each bucket of water. What does the soapy water do to exterminate the nest? Soapy water wets them and drowns them. Plain water doesn't, I guess they must have some way of shedding it. I don't really know the physics of this, but I have done it a number of times and can testify it works. |
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How to get rid of yellow jacket bee's nest ??
On 9/5/2010 4:21 PM, Nelly wrote:
"J wrote in message ... On 9/5/10 12:04 AM, lil abner wrote: There is a law that says you can't use fire to get rid of yellow jackets??? You don't use enough gasoline to fill a well. A quart or so is generally all it will take but I have seen a nest that was over 5 ft deep. Why light it? When you pour the gas down the hole, the fumes will displace the air, so the fire won't go down the hole. The soil will keep the heat away from the nest. I have found that the fumes from a tablespoon of gasoline will kill a nest. I imagine soil organisms can soon break down that small amount. But why use gasoline at all when just some boring old bucket of soapy water could work. That way you also don't have to pinpoint with a great deal of accuracy the entry hole, either. This worked for me, but the first time I was askeered and I think I poured it out too quickly (or ran before I quite finished - I was hardly well protected clothing-wise!). One more dousing the next night took care of the last few of them. Keeping in mind that I doubt the nest was particularly large, either.... Has anyone ever used a power washer to take out a nest? Um, WTF does "askeered" mean? Does it hurt? 8-) TDD |
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On 9/5/2010 6:32 PM, Steve Barker wrote:
On 9/4/2010 10:57 PM, aemeijers wrote: I know, playing with fire is fun, but you can't buy real M-80s any more either. Oh, yes you can.... G When I was a kid and teenager we used quarter sticks of dynamite in traps for foxes, in the Indiana orchards and in place of fire crackers. Uncles used it in their own small coal mines or dog holes Dynamite was common and used by Farmers etc all over the place. We weren't worried about Terrorists. Indeed, terrorists would have provided a bit of diversion. I bet he would die of appleplexy if he though the Farmers now used it. Now you have to hire a licensed outfit to use it for you. Of course City folks didn't/don't need it. They were/are dangerous though and nitwits found out the hard way. |
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How to get rid of yellow jacket bee's nest ??
On 2010-09-05, Steve Barker wrote:
Oh, yes you can.... G Not the original M80s, like back in the '60s. The BATF has reclassified them as HE (high explosives) and it's class D felony to be caught with one. There are wimpy bogus M80s and perhaps some illegally imported one's, but it's not like 1964 when you could legally buy a gross of the real deal for about $10 in any one of a dozen states. nb |
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How to get rid of yellow jacket bee's nest ??
On 2010-09-06, The Daring Dufas wrote:
Has anyone ever used a power washer to take out a nest? Um, WTF does "askeered" mean? Does it hurt? 8-) The term "askeered" is the local yokel synonym for "afraid". nb |
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On 9/6/2010 10:45 AM, notbob wrote:
On 2010-09-06, The Daring wrote: Has anyone ever used a power washer to take out a nest? Um, WTF does "askeered" mean? Does it hurt? 8-) The term "askeered" is the local yokel synonym for "afraid". nb M&ms come in synonym or cinnamon? |
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On 2010-09-06, lil abner wrote:
M&ms come in synonym or cinnamon? Last time I looked, they came in a bag. nb |
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How to get rid of yellow jacket bee's nest ??
On 9/6/2010 9:41 AM, notbob wrote:
On 2010-09-05, Steve wrote: Oh, yes you can....G Not the original M80s, like back in the '60s. The BATF has reclassified them as HE (high explosives) and it's class D felony to be caught with one. There are wimpy bogus M80s and perhaps some illegally imported one's, but it's not like 1964 when you could legally buy a gross of the real deal for about $10 in any one of a dozen states. nb How in the hell did we ever survive our childhood? I seem to remember being able to purchase WWII surplus hand grenades. TDD |
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How to get rid of yellow jacket bee's nest ??
Gracious. Not sure I'd ever have a use for one of them.
-- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "The Daring Dufas" wrote in message ... How in the hell did we ever survive our childhood? I seem to remember being able to purchase WWII surplus hand grenades. TDD |
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How to get rid of yellow jacket bee's nest ??
On 9/6/2010 10:47 AM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
Gracious. Not sure I'd ever have a use for one of them. Booby-trap the garage to take out dobads or to protect your crops. 8-) TDD |
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