Life with Yellowjackets

A nest of yellow jackets at my retreat

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[Bev1946]

If you plug the entrance or pour gas or other fluid down, they will dig another hole to get out. What works best is to take a clear glass, for example a mayonaise jar, and imbed the neck tightly into the hole. Leave it there. The wasps exhaust themselves because they do not perceive clear glass as a barrier and will not dig another exit. Sometimes underground nests begin with more than one entrance/exit so watch for them coming out elsewhere and cover that hole also. Hornets are worse!

[atree3]

interesting idea, thanks

[eeoy]

where is this?

[atree3]

above the Russian River, CA

[sizzlin321]

get a pet skunk

they love digging up beehives

[atree3]

there are some wild skunks, they seem to be shirking their job

[Gman6755]

an old polish guy told me the best way to kill the nest is to wait till night, then pour a big pan of boiling water down the hole. I tried it and I got every yellow jacket!! Hate those critters!!! Kill them all!!!!

[karenpato1]

It's best to get a professional to puff dust to get rid of a yellow jacket nest.

All the yellow jackets DON'T have to be in there to destroy the nest.....the returning workers heading back to the nest might 'hang around' for a day and then fly somewhere to die because the nest they belong to has been destroyed....they can't form another nest (they're workers) and even if they could it's too late in the season anyway...so the returning workers are basically "homeless".

[mlcoo17]

The yellow jacket stuff is of no interest to me, but this is a great display of the Burnoutushippy Californi in it's native environment. Later in life they become solitary and tend make " art " out of things like old bottles nailed to trees. They prefer classic Indian music and like old fallen over rotten trees. Unlike the yellow jacket they are harmless and even sometimes even charming, but interacting with them socially can be confusing and challenging. They WILL aggressively defend the nest!

[ImDiscombobulated]

421A too the max

[tyler5310]

how did that hole get so big? thats what she said! haha

[tyler5310]

GRANDMA MOSES!!!!! XD

[shilack2]

@canihelpu123 yeah I agree...the most agressive damn things on the planet. I have bumped paperwasp nests and never been stung...but those damn yellowjackets. Never been stung by a bee or a wasp but at least 30-40 times with yellowjackets.

[Pearldrummer54]

I STEPPED ON ONE OF THOES NESTS......thank god my tractor was 4 feet away