Author Topic: Hornets Everywhere (Read 1422 times)

red26 · « **Reply #45 on:** October 02, 2007, 07:24:21 PM »

lol sorry Back home we have always called them red wasp they hurt like He!! when they hit ya. I think they hurt worse than any other kind of wasp out there or well in north America. Well have you got rid of them yet keep us updated

~~RED26:aok~~

Frodo · « **Reply #46 on:** October 02, 2007, 08:00:40 PM »

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Originally posted by DREDIOCK
Always wait until dusk or dark when they have all returned to the nest to hit the hive.

Yellow jacket stings are much worse pain wise and last longer.

Better to wait until dawn, as it is cooler. Also the dew impedes their flying ability.

So true! The worst sting that I have encountered. Too damn many times!

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Frodo

Airscrew · « **Reply #47 on:** October 02, 2007, 09:44:52 PM »

I got rid of most of them, only saw a few hanging around when I got home tonight, nothing like it was last week. I'm planning to wait until it gets cooler (like November) and then get a ladder and go around the house and see if there are any holes they could be using to get into the walls of the house. If so then treat them and the seal the holes. According to what I read once the weather cools they all die off and go away and vacate their nests and then they start all over again in the spring

Vulcan · « **Reply #48 on:** October 02, 2007, 09:54:30 PM »

Airscrew · « **Reply #49 on:** October 02, 2007, 10:11:53 PM »

Vulcan... I wonder if I can claim it on my homeowner's policy

WMLute · « **Reply #50 on:** October 03, 2007, 01:39:26 AM »

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Originally posted by Max
I'd just burn the house to the ground and call it a day

Looks like somebody took y'er advice.

Guy burns down house trying to kill wasps

Elfie · « **Reply #51 on:** October 03, 2007, 03:28:28 AM »

Any place that sells lawn and garden equipment should also sell hornet traps. There is some kind of bait inside the trap, wasps, hornets and yellow jackets can all be trapped this way. The trap also kills them.

Last year we had lots of hornets in our area and lots of folks had to empty their traps because they got full so fast.