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Offline Frodo

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8ft. by 6.5ft. yellow jacket nest
« 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


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Re: 8ft. by 6.5ft. yellow jacket nest
« Reply #1 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.

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Re: 8ft. by 6.5ft. yellow jacket nest
« Reply #2 on: June 24, 2013, 11:40:30 AM »
Flamethrower...

My 1st choice  :aok
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Re: 8ft. by 6.5ft. yellow jacket nest
« Reply #3 on: June 24, 2013, 11:42:12 AM »
i'm betting a lot of pyrethrin. that nest was seriously scary.  :huh
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Re: 8ft. by 6.5ft. yellow jacket nest
« Reply #4 on: June 24, 2013, 11:44:53 AM »
Flamethrower...

My 1st choice  :aok

Yes, kill it with fire.  The only way to be sure.
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Re: 8ft. by 6.5ft. yellow jacket nest
« Reply #5 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
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Re: 8ft. by 6.5ft. yellow jacket nest
« Reply #6 on: June 24, 2013, 11:50:30 AM »
Burn down the forest, then you are sure the bees are dead  :devil
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Re: 8ft. by 6.5ft. yellow jacket nest
« Reply #7 on: June 24, 2013, 11:52:24 AM »
:rofl :rofl :rofl

Hey, "Burn it to ashes, then burn the ashes"
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Re: 8ft. by 6.5ft. yellow jacket nest
« Reply #8 on: June 24, 2013, 11:55:19 AM »
Hey, "Burn it to ashes, then burn the ashes"
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Re: 8ft. by 6.5ft. yellow jacket nest
« Reply #9 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"


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« Reply #10 on: June 24, 2013, 12:35:58 PM »
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Re: 8ft. by 6.5ft. yellow jacket nest
« Reply #11 on: June 24, 2013, 12:54:19 PM »
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Re: 8ft. by 6.5ft. yellow jacket nest
« Reply #12 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."

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Re: 8ft. by 6.5ft. yellow jacket nest
« Reply #13 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
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Re: 8ft. by 6.5ft. yellow jacket nest
« Reply #14 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
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