Yellowjackets

[Tim/South]

I was taught this little trick last week when dealing with Yellow Jackets.

The widow across the road called and asked if I had any spare screen?
He lawn guy had discovered a nest while mowing.
I took an old screen over and watched the guy ease up to the nest and throw the screen over the hole.
He then calmly poured gas down the hole.

I am never lucky enough to find a nest in a clear place like a yard. I discover then when I am digging in the old rail road tie pile on in old feed sacks in the barn.

It was neat to see the guy just stand there unconcerned pouring gas on them.

[SwampDonkey]

Ya mean he blows smoke up a grasshopper's butt too?  And here I thought Tom was the only one. : ;D :D

He's pretty good at the smoke blowing, only it's not from smoking.  : :D

[SwampDonkey]

Got my venom injection for today. Oh, about 10 times. Hard to tell when your numbed. :D

Those little buggers always seem to nest under a rotten log.   >:( Chaulk boots kinda tear'm up like a bar. :D :D

[Warbird]

We stacked a bunch of firewood on Saturday that had been piled for a few months.  We uncovered a medium-to-large yellowjacket nest.  I had no idea it was there, which makes me nervous because I'd been out there every other day, pulling the tarp over the pile or removing it.

We found a piece of kindling had been stuck directly through it but I think it must have frosted and killed a bunch of them off a few nights ago.  Lucky us.

[beenthere]

Warbird
Did ya get a pic of the nest?

[Warbird]

Nope.  I had 4 guys over helping me move the firewood, no time to stop and go inside for the camera.  We just looked at it, smashed it, and carried on. 

[SwampDonkey]

I've found them in woodpiles to. They don't like it when the pile rolls and crushes their home, followed up by wasp killer. :D

[Banjo picker]

I found out what will kill yellow jackets....We were camping at a wrangler camp in Tenn. and I saw a humongus hornet like creature about the color of a yellow jacket...attack a yellow jacket ...rolled it up and flew off with it....Later I found one of those hornets in my camper....I knocked him down with a suduko book and then pinched his head off with my multi...tool...he was still trying to sting and bite when I threw him into the fire pit....I think I would rather have the yellow jackets....Tim

[SwampDonkey]

I know something else to. ;D Our resident bar has been tearing up old logs and rolling out rocks in the night, I assume, looking for the grubs. I'm still tingling a tiny bit with venom. Going back tomorrow for some more. :D

[Left Coast Chris]

As kids we used to build traps for yellow jackets.   They are meat eaters so simply take a 5 gallon bucket or other bucket, fill it about 2 inches or so from the top with water.   Put dish soap in the water then put a stick across the top with some meat tied to the bottom side of the stick.

The yellow jackets will come and take bites of meat and for some reason fly down into the soapy water.   We used to have hundreds every day to clean out of the bucket.   It is not as good as finding the hole in the ground and killing them there but when you cannot find the hole it helps keep the numbers down.