Thank you Wendell, and thank you Everyone on the list - am saving this and all the other WONDERFUL advise received for the next time I see a yellow jacket; I have my supplies and will activate before they get out of hand.
Ended up having pest control company, charged $125, unable to dig out nest as deep in the tree roots. Interesting to watch him work. He estimated there were about 1500 - 2000 yellow jackets. They died pretty quickly, few that evening and then maybe one or two next day. All gone now, they were getting bothersome and one stung me, no ill effects but I can see how being attacked by them would not be a good thing.
we are now yellow jacket free. While I would have liked to tackle it myself, my mom is 90 and really couldn't risk having a mishap, so in the end that was the better way to go, but I'm prepared now for the next time!
Thanks again all,
sharry
-----Original Message-----
>From: Wendell <wildmaninreed@hotmail.com>
>Sent: Sep 13, 2011 6:06 PM
>To: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [DIY] Removing WASP nest Any sage advise?
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>If you go to tackle this on your own & with spray. Be sure to do this in the night time hours, not during the day. Doing this at night will let you know 99.9% of every wasp that lives on the nest is there on the nest. Not sure on your Temp's there at not, but cooling temps will slow down wasp's & bee's. I would wait one cool night & hit them hard with spray that will shoot up to & over 25 or more feet. I would even have a second can ready in the other hand to start spraying when the first one run's out (The can's can empty out in less than a minute in most cases) I would watch the hole the next few day's to see if wasp are still going in & out. If so, Hit them on another nite. Once you have it under control. Get in the & remove the nest & seal the area up by any means you can so not to have them again next year.
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>--- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, Sharry Dunn <sharry_dunn@...> wrote:
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>> Thanks Roseanne,
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>> Vasaline! Good to know, maybe I should get some quotes on pest control removal? see what the range might be.
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>> cheers, sharry
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> >From: Rosanne Adams <geema59@...>
>> >Sent: Sep 13, 2011 5:25 PM
>> >To: "DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com" <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com>
>> >Subject: Re: [DIY] Removing WASP nest Any sage advise?
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>> >Sharry,
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>> >We had that problem once and I decided on calling the bug people. After he had sprayed them good, he said when I noticed none were coming back or just dying out of there to be sure to knock the hives down and spread some Vaseline where their hive was or they would come back.....it worked!!!!
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>> >Rosanne in OK
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>> >________________________________
>> >From: Sharry Dunn <sharry_dunn@...>
>> >To: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
>> >Cc: Sharry Dunn <sharry_dunn@...>
>> >Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 7:18 PM
>> >Subject: [DIY] Removing WASP nest Any sage advise?
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>> >Hello all,
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>> >Just discovered yesterday we have a wasp/yellow jacket nest right outside our backdoor within an area we walk by that only about 24 inches wide - so very close! The bees are angry, come out if linger too long when pass by. Last week one stung my dog when he went out.
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>> >So I talked to an older gentleman yesterday from a Bee Guild - I thought they were bees displaced by demo/construction that just started next door; he said no they are yellowjackets. They are too close to let them stay. No idea how long they've been there, just became aware of them last Thursday when one stung my dog.
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>> >Anyway this man told me if I have the stomache for it, to get a WASP spray that will spray 20 ft, shoot it directly into the entrance hole two or three times and then to poke a stick (30" long was suggested-sounds short to me) inside to pierce the skin of their nest. And presumably spray some more from a distance of about 6 feet. Then to finish it, presume after they have died or vacated, with Sevin Dust to finish it off.
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>> >So I have cleared away all the plants and other debris that was surounding this old planter box. I have a large japanese maple in the box which has long since grown thru the bottom and the box is just sitting there with some dirt in it. Now that it's all cleared away, I can easily see their entrance hole, but it's near the fence and sort of points toward the fence, not sure how clean a shot I can spray down the hole, but can give it a try. I notice there there is a lot of what must be their waste material on the ground, maybe 10 inches by 10inches - it looks like rabbit pellets.
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>> >I have a very heavy vinyl rain jacket with hood and will look for some other clothing to protect legs ankles etc, but didn't try to spray them this morning.
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>> >Am wondering if there is a better way (short of calling Pest Control man) to remove them and not get stung badly to get rid of these yellowjackets. Or do you all feel the advise this gentleman gave me is pretty good. He is close to 80 and no longer comes out, but was happy to consult on what to do, so I appreciated his insight. I got the Siven Dust and Wasp spray at OSH last night, so just about any time, he suggested early am, I can try it - when I get my clothing on and get up my courage.
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>> >Or maybe this is foolhardy and I should just call the pest control man and let him deal with it.
>> >
>> >Thanks all,
>> >
>> >sharry in SF Bay area
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