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Title: 8ft. by 6.5ft. yellow jacket nest
Post by: Frodo on June 24, 2013, 11:27:51 AM
http://www.wfla.com/story/22658024/local-expert-faces-dangerous-challenge-with-huge-yellow-jacket-nest


Not much in the outdoors bothers me, but this gives me the shivers!  :O
Title: Re: 8ft. by 6.5ft. yellow jacket nest
Post by: smoe on June 24, 2013, 11:35:40 AM
http://www.wfla.com/story/22658024/local-expert-faces-dangerous-challenge-with-huge-yellow-jacket-nest


Not much in the outdoors bothers me, but this gives me the shivers!  :O

The guy wouldn't say how they were exterminated, but probably a couple dozen cans of longrange wasp and hornet spray might do the job.
Title: Re: 8ft. by 6.5ft. yellow jacket nest
Post by: VonMessa on June 24, 2013, 11:40:30 AM
Flamethrower...

My 1st choice  :aok
Title: Re: 8ft. by 6.5ft. yellow jacket nest
Post by: gyrene81 on June 24, 2013, 11:42:12 AM
i'm betting a lot of pyrethrin. that nest was seriously scary.  :huh
Title: Re: 8ft. by 6.5ft. yellow jacket nest
Post by: Curval on June 24, 2013, 11:44:53 AM
Flamethrower...

My 1st choice  :aok

Yes, kill it with fire.  The only way to be sure.
Title: Re: 8ft. by 6.5ft. yellow jacket nest
Post by: VonMessa on June 24, 2013, 11:46:24 AM
Yes, kill it with fire.  The only way to be sure.

Burn down the forest, then you are sure the bees are dead  :devil
Title: Re: 8ft. by 6.5ft. yellow jacket nest
Post by: Zacherof on June 24, 2013, 11:50:30 AM
Burn down the forest, then you are sure the bees are dead  :devil
:rofl :rofl :rofl
Title: Re: 8ft. by 6.5ft. yellow jacket nest
Post by: VonMessa on June 24, 2013, 11:52:24 AM
:rofl :rofl :rofl

Hey, "Burn it to ashes, then burn the ashes"
Title: Re: 8ft. by 6.5ft. yellow jacket nest
Post by: Zacherof on June 24, 2013, 11:55:19 AM
Hey, "Burn it to ashes, then burn the ashes"
:rofl
heard that before but can't remember what from
Title: Re: 8ft. by 6.5ft. yellow jacket nest
Post by: Volron on June 24, 2013, 12:17:35 PM
Burn down the forest, then you are sure the bees are dead  :devil
Hey, "Burn it to ashes, then burn the ashes"


 :rofl
Title: Re: 8ft. by 6.5ft. yellow jacket nest
Post by: GScholz on June 24, 2013, 12:35:58 PM
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26232318/killitwithfire.gif)
Title: Re: 8ft. by 6.5ft. yellow jacket nest
Post by: mechanic on June 24, 2013, 12:54:19 PM
wasp auschwitz
Title: Re: 8ft. by 6.5ft. yellow jacket nest
Post by: narsus on June 24, 2013, 04:21:35 PM
"I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
Title: Re: 8ft. by 6.5ft. yellow jacket nest
Post by: DREDIOCK on June 24, 2013, 05:26:34 PM
That was one aggressive nest too.
I come across Bee, Wasp and Yellow jacket nests all the time. I find that most of the time they dont really attack you as much as they feign an attack. that is. fly at you then turn away at the last second. Most of the nests I come across are much smaller though and I usually find them ehind shutters or behind the trim along the peaks. The hanging ones I typically just smack and knock down with my paint brush or just blast em when I'm powerwashing the house. Occasionally I use Wasp spray if they are in an area I cant really get at.

If your going to use spray you gotta hit em at dusk though after they have all returned to the nest  or it will be a couple of days before they stop showing up
Title: Re: 8ft. by 6.5ft. yellow jacket nest
Post by: bj229r on June 24, 2013, 05:35:39 PM
We get basketball-sized hornet nests on our mountain now and again, there is a small company who is MORE than happy to get rid of it, (I forget why they want the bees...I think they sell them to nearby VA Tech) At any rate, it's free :aok
Title: Re: 8ft. by 6.5ft. yellow jacket nest
Post by: GhostCDB on June 24, 2013, 07:38:23 PM
That is crazy.  :confused:
Title: Re: 8ft. by 6.5ft. yellow jacket nest
Post by: Saxman on June 24, 2013, 10:05:56 PM
Screw going in. I'd have just seen if someone had an A-10 and a couple napalm canisters I could borrow.
Title: Re: 8ft. by 6.5ft. yellow jacket nest
Post by: uptown on June 24, 2013, 10:25:02 PM
I few years ago a guy living next door came over and wanted me to come look at a wasp nest in his house. I went. It was in the back bedroom, he had a infant baby (less than a year old) laying on the bed, and this wasp nest was in the corner and ran from the floor all the way into the ceiling!  :O

And what does he ask me?....."ya think I should spray some gas on it"?  :huh
Title: Re: 8ft. by 6.5ft. yellow jacket nest
Post by: CAP1 on June 24, 2013, 11:09:33 PM
Flamethrower...

My 1st choice  :aok

 NUKE IT FROM OUTER SPACE!!
Title: Re: 8ft. by 6.5ft. yellow jacket nest
Post by: flight17 on June 25, 2013, 12:33:33 AM
wasp auschwitz
:O :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :bhead :bolt:
Title: Re: 8ft. by 6.5ft. yellow jacket nest
Post by: Saxman on June 25, 2013, 06:46:23 AM
NUKE IT FROM OUTER SPACE!!

There's always the Mythbusters mantra:

When in doubt, C4.
Title: Re: 8ft. by 6.5ft. yellow jacket nest
Post by: bigsky on June 25, 2013, 07:34:03 AM
best way I know bug sprayer with Dawn and water. smothers them and does not leave a mess, its just dishsoap and its cheap.
Title: Re: 8ft. by 6.5ft. yellow jacket nest
Post by: gyrene81 on June 25, 2013, 10:16:53 AM
best way I know bug sprayer with Dawn and water. smothers them and does not leave a mess, its just dishsoap and its cheap.
although very environmentally friendly, it takes too long and doesn't knock them down. look up pyrethrin, very effective and biodegradable.
Title: Re: 8ft. by 6.5ft. yellow jacket nest
Post by: katanaso on June 25, 2013, 10:28:24 AM
Definitely a flamethrower target...f those things!

(http://images.mnn.com/sites/default/files/user-993/hornet.jpg)

They're all that big.  ALL of them!

:O

Title: Re: 8ft. by 6.5ft. yellow jacket nest
Post by: GhostCDB on June 25, 2013, 01:00:23 PM
Definitely a flamethrower target...f those things!

(http://images.mnn.com/sites/default/files/user-993/hornet.jpg)

They're all that big.  ALL of them!

:O



Someone resurrect Einstein, we need a new and improved Nuke.
Title: Re: 8ft. by 6.5ft. yellow jacket nest
Post by: gyrene81 on June 25, 2013, 01:14:34 PM
Definitely a flamethrower target...f those things!

(http://images.mnn.com/sites/default/files/user-993/hornet.jpg)

They're all that big.  ALL of them!

:O
i sure hope that thing was dead...  :O
Title: Re: 8ft. by 6.5ft. yellow jacket nest
Post by: Curval on June 25, 2013, 02:06:14 PM
best way I know bug sprayer with Dawn and water. smothers them and does not leave a mess, its just dishsoap and its cheap.

Yea, but for this nest you try that and you'd better have some serious protection on, or you will die.  You gotta kill 'em quick.  Like immediately, or you would get swarmed.  .

Kill it with fire.
Title: Re: 8ft. by 6.5ft. yellow jacket nest
Post by: katanaso on June 25, 2013, 03:57:39 PM
i sure hope that thing was dead...  :O

Two pretty cool videos to look up related to the Giant Hornets.

Watch first:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDSf3Kshq1M&feature=player_embedded

Then watch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Zjp31TwooSM


Title: Re: 8ft. by 6.5ft. yellow jacket nest
Post by: curry1 on June 26, 2013, 03:09:42 AM
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