What to do with a wasp's nest?? [Archive]

joeparaski

07-24-2007, 05:29 PM

I have NEVER been bitten by a wasp or a bee (city boy) and it finally happened today while mowing the lawn. Damn that stings!!!

So there they are, a whole lotta wasps buzzing around near the corner of the deck. When things calm down later, I take a look under the deck, and there is this huge (to me anyway) nest!

How do I get rid of this thing? It's UNDER the deck but just over it, inches away, is the stairs to go into and out of the pool. They may get agitated and bite someone on the foot....HELP!!!

Joe

BIZILL

07-24-2007, 05:31 PM

just hit it with a broomstick and run real fast.:rolleyes:

no? okay, how's 'bout silly-string? hairspray and a lighter?

cfrizz

07-24-2007, 05:32 PM

Wait until it is dark and they are settled for the night, then spray the hell out of it with Raid wasp killer & knock it down spray it somemore & destroy it.

duksbak

07-24-2007, 05:46 PM

Best way I found to get rid of wasp nests is good ole gas. I take some gas in a container (usually a small butter container) and in the evening when they are all in their hive. I toss the gas at them, it kills them instantly not giving them the chance to come get you. Once the gas dries a bit, I will knock down the hive and set fire to it (not really needed but I do it out of anger toward them).

The only hard part about this is getting the hole hive hit with gas at once. If you miss, they are really gonna be pissed off.

PhantomOG

07-24-2007, 05:52 PM

that sounds like a great beginning to having your own "I burned my house down" story :p

W WALDECKER

07-24-2007, 05:57 PM

Best way I found to get rid of wasp nests is good ole gas. I take some gas in a container (usually a small butter container) and in the evening when they are all in their hive. I toss the gas at them, it kills them instantly not giving them the chance to come get you. Once the gas dries a bit, I will knock down the hive and set fire to it (not really needed but I do it out of anger toward them).

The only hard part about this is getting the hole hive hit with gas at once. If you miss, they are really gonna be pissed off.Is the old douse the Deck with Gasoline trick really a good Idea :eek:

RuSsMaN

07-24-2007, 06:00 PM

Just get a couple cans of knockdown, suit up, and go to war.

tonyb

07-24-2007, 06:07 PM

Ask Jesse...he's stirred a hornets nest a time or two around here.:)

PSOVLSK

07-24-2007, 06:08 PM

I suggest Ortho Wasp & Hornet Spray from Home Depot, Wal-Mart, etc. instead of Super Unleaded.

joeparaski

07-24-2007, 06:12 PM

GUYS...I don't wanna burn down the deck and the house!! Here's what I was thinking (but I'm too chicken to do it).....remove the hive intact, lay it down in a wheelbarrow with the hole facing up, using a funnel, fill it with gas....then light the sucker.

OR....call a professional and have it removed by THEM. I wonder what they charge?

Joe

hearingimpared

07-24-2007, 06:17 PM

Run . . . then move!

dylan

07-24-2007, 06:19 PM

I did this about 5 times last weekend. Get the spray's mentioned in earlier posts, wait until dusk when they're calm, and spray away. Give it a few minutes, and they'll be dead. No flames, very little risk of getting bit. Your wheelbarrow idea sounds like bites waiting to happen. The new cans of spray can go up to 20 feet or so, so let 'er rip.

Also, the yellow jacket traps at HD work really well with wet cat food. Its the best bait I've found. Adolph's Meat tenderizer is also a great treatment for bites. Its a powder, so just make it in to a paste, and apply to bite (really, try it! ;)

MrNightly

07-24-2007, 06:57 PM

Ya big chickens! I used to hunt them with a whiffle bat... that was a good time...

But to kill them like normal people? Get some wasp and hornet spray and hit the nest... it'll shoot up to 25 feet away and kills them instantly. After making sure they are all dead, just smash the nest with a broom or something.. problem solved! :D

rskarvan

07-24-2007, 07:19 PM

Whiffle bat... you wimp. I used a ping-pong paddle!

Gaara

07-24-2007, 08:03 PM

Can of WD-40 and a lighter, use it like a flamethrower. Seriously though, waiting until dark and spraying it always works for me. If you feel more adventurous do it during the day.

George Grand

07-24-2007, 08:07 PM

Our guys LOVE behind the window shutters. I have yet to find a spray that doesn't leave a residue on the house siding. Therefore, when I go to war with the little bastards, it's with a spaghetti pot of boiling water. Very few of gods creatures hold up well to either flame, or boiling water. To even the playing field somewhat I only wear a loincloth to do battle.

I have a healthy respect for anything that will attack something 2,000,000 times its own size. Glad those boys don't get much bigger. Imagine how ballsy they'd be if they were?

Danny Tse

07-24-2007, 08:07 PM

--Get the wasp spray. Get the foam type to seal in the wasps that are inside the nest.
--Use it during early morning or during dusk.
--Do not wear colorful or bright clothes.
--Plan your escape route just in case something goes wrong.
--Follow direction on wasp spray.
--Stand back and let loose the chemical weapon.
--If successful, spray more onto the nest.
--If unsuccessful, call exterminator.

dorokusai

07-24-2007, 08:11 PM

Real men use their shoes.

Fireman32

07-24-2007, 08:27 PM

Real men use their shoes.

I thought is was real men kill each one with their hands.

Rivrrat

07-24-2007, 08:31 PM

I used a garden hose once when I was a kid, blasted one right out of a tree.

As an adult, I've used the sprays with good success, although I did stink up the house with the one that was in the crawl space right under the dining room.

I recently went back to the garden hose method, when they were trying to build one in my porch. Fortunately there were just a few then.

dorokusai

07-24-2007, 08:34 PM

I thought is was real men kill each one with their hands.

That's ooohh so 80's and its silly to try and top Pat Morita.

cjpre4

07-24-2007, 08:35 PM

I had the same problem last year.

I Pre - Mounted a water hose on my front deck almost over the hive. I set the nozzle for a semi heavy fog and ran the hose to the back yard. I let the water run for @ 30 to 45 minutes until the hive was melted and the bees were gone. I then cut down the shrubs.

If you do this, make sure no one is outside. This hive was about a foot high and had @ 50 bees. A really big one may have much more.

Face

07-24-2007, 08:38 PM

Here's a very informative thread.
http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1845064&page=1

Fireman32

07-24-2007, 08:42 PM

That's ooohh so 80's and its silly to try and top Pat Morita.

WAAAAAAA!!!! way to funny

dholmes

07-24-2007, 08:51 PM

co2 for putting out fires

pearsall001

07-24-2007, 09:06 PM

I'd use my son's air soft gun & pick 'em off one by one!!

MrNightly

07-24-2007, 09:09 PM

Whiffle bat... you wimp. I used a ping-pong paddle!

Hmmm... with a whiffle bat, you can really send them flying with a direct hit... and common, I'm not talking about those FAT whiffle bats either... but the ones that are like 2 inches thick max... that's a sport. I have an un-natural fear of wasps and hornets, (Probably 'cause I have been stung countless times while hunting them) it's just not right!

Any joe blow can use a fat ole ping pong paddle... it's takes great skill to kill with a thin bat :D

dorokusai

07-24-2007, 09:11 PM

If you did that blindfolded as well, I would be impressed.

bruss

07-24-2007, 09:27 PM

I watched "RISK TAKERS" and this dude (https://secure.sigmathree.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=31) was dropping killer bee's with just sopy water.

He said it was all u needed.. lol

avguytx

07-24-2007, 09:31 PM

Just how big a nest is this? I remember my neighbor having one on the eave of his 2-story house and it was probably a good 10" in diameter. I hosed the hell out of it with Raid and it did a nice job. It definitely sprays way up there. Just don't let it get in your eyes or you'll definitely be on the ground getting stung while rubbing your blind eyes!

MrNightly

07-24-2007, 09:46 PM

If you did that blindfolded as well, I would be impressed.

he he...

I'm not getting blindfolded for you and you can stop asking... geez ;)

George Grand

07-24-2007, 09:51 PM

As a public service announcement.......

These new "hide your hose" type hose reels that are little self contained boxes with the jackscrew thing? Matter of time before the boys discover yours. Plenty of cover for the hive, and if it's in the sun, will be right around the 500 degree temp that they seem to like (the window shutters). I check mine before I roll or unroll the hose.

avguytx

07-24-2007, 09:55 PM

Excellent advice. These damn wasps, hornets, dirt "dobbers" and yellow jackets are starting to get a little too active in Texas right now. I keep a can of Raid in the garage and on the back patio just in case. I hate those things.

joeparaski

07-24-2007, 10:03 PM

The spray idea is good, but can be a problem. The deck is elevated about 4 feet of the ground. The hive is under the far corner, I'd still have to spray upwards toward the underside of the deck, and so I don't miss, I'd have to look at the target while spraying, which means I may get the stuff dripping back on my face. I suppose I could reach under with my arm and spray upwards toward the hive, but if I don't get a direct shot at the entrance they will surely get pissed off and attack. I'm going to call an exterminator tomorrow for a price.

Joe

George Grand

07-24-2007, 10:06 PM

No guts, no glory. Annie Oakley would've been doing that shit sitting on her ass UNDERNEATH the deck with her back to them, with a mirror. But hey, the exterminator is probably what you need.

woofiepaws

07-24-2007, 10:08 PM

Escape route.
The nasty oily sprays, or a garden hose.
Late evening or early morning.
Be ready to run like hell.

Anything left on the ground, whip a black plastic garbage bag over it and let the sun do the work!

Vr3MxStyler2k3

07-24-2007, 10:23 PM

I use the highest pressure nozzle on a pressure washer...

Never had any issues... lol

jflail2

07-24-2007, 10:40 PM

Stand tall and face the enemy! That is YOUR land, not theirs. Use the evening RAID spray as has been mentioned, and then take the nest and burn to destroy any remainders.

All is well...

schwarcw

07-24-2007, 10:58 PM

Wait until dark, position yourself where you can spray them without any splash back. Spray at the hive entrance, then saturate the entire nest. After 1/2 hour, hit them again. LEAVE THE NEST IN PLACE!!! Straglers that spent the night out will come back to the nest in the morning and try to enter the nest. They will die trying. This works very well to get all the critters. Knock the hive down the next night. Use a shovel and chuck it over the hill. Enjoy the genocide, I hate these little fucks!

ESavinon

07-24-2007, 10:59 PM

I watched "RISK TAKERS" and this dude (https://secure.sigmathree.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=31) was dropping killer bee's with just sopy water.

He said it was all u needed.. lol

Wait until dark, Spray nest with 5 gallon of laundry detergent mixed with water.
In the morning remove nest. The soap and water combination destroys their exoskeleton.

schwarcw

07-24-2007, 11:04 PM

Wait until dark, Spray nest with 5 gallon of laundry detergent mixed with water.
In the morning remove nest. The soap and water combination destroys their exoskeleton.

You are so cruel!! I like it! Torture them before you kill them. YEAH!!!:D ;) :eek:

Carl

dorokusai

07-24-2007, 11:24 PM

That's called dielectric shock, a nervous system thing, not exoskeleton destruction :D

MrNightly

07-24-2007, 11:37 PM

My question is... what the hell are wasps for anyways? They just plain are so ugly to look at with their dangly little legs... I hate them!!! Do they really do Earth any good? Or are they just a pest?

Kill them ALL!!!

dudeinaroom

07-25-2007, 12:01 AM

MR, I fell your pain and hatred toward the little beasties. 2 years ago I was putting up a bill board and got stung right in my taint, and I'll tell it taint funny, then I got stung again last summer putting up another bill board. That spray stuff will do the trick, it doesn't have to be raid the hardware store brand does a real good job. A new can will shoot up to 30 foot and as it runs down will still give a 20 ft reach. KILL 'EM, KILL 'EM ALL.

I-SIG

07-25-2007, 12:50 AM

You guys are weak. We threw rocks at hornet nests.

Wes

ESavinon

07-25-2007, 01:04 AM

You can blast them with some Britney Spears music.
Her shrieking should drive them out of state.

ESavinon

07-25-2007, 01:05 AM

That's called dielectric shock, a nervous system thing, not exoskeleton destruction :D

You are completely right.

mrbigbluelight

07-25-2007, 02:38 AM

Ahhhhh, what timing ! Tonight at work, I spent a couple of hours destroying a monster wasp nest from underneath a concrete deck overhang.

So.....

.....all commercial wasp/hornet/bee sprays are based on kerosene. Farmers used to use (and still do, I guess) kerosene to eliminate wasps, etc. Why ?
Because there's NOTHING more effective at killing the little buggers. NADA.

So ... spray the nest with kerosene, and they drop like a fly hit with a sledgehammer.

Kerosene or commercial wasp killer (which is kerosene based) WILL leave a residue, so alternative solution #2 is just as effective (and was mentioned by George Grand):

Hot water. Not tepid, not pretty warm, not kind of hot, but

HOT
water.

Get a pot of water boiling on the stove (add about 10 tablespoons of salt to raise the boiling point about 10 degrees) and fill a small garden sprayer directly from the pot.
Then.....spray away ! No residue, and it's about 99% as effective as kerosene.

My personal method used tonight was: Commercial alkaline foaming condersor coil cleaner in a garden sprayer (50/50 mix of cleaner/water). Sprayed a very hard to reach nest, walked away about 10 minutes, and VOILA ! Dead wasps everywhere !

....HUGE buggers, too.

:)

BaggedLancer

07-25-2007, 04:52 AM

the Honda-Tech thread is definately the way to go

http://killsomebees.ytmnd.com/

jdhdiggs

07-25-2007, 08:19 AM

I heard that if you piss on them, they'll leave. Let me know how that works for you.

mrbigbluelight

07-25-2007, 10:57 AM

I heard that if you piss on them, they'll leave. Let me know how that works for you.

Well, I tried that once, and there was a lot of shouting and screaming and throwing of things and ....... just a second ..... are you still talking about wasps/hornets ?

....oh.....I thought you were talking about inlaws.

:o

Demiurge

07-25-2007, 11:23 AM

engtaz

07-25-2007, 11:40 AM

Cool

Silverti

07-25-2007, 12:02 PM

For some reason, our neck of the woods is crawling with them. Especially if you have a garden. I will find a good 15 nests on my house every summer. I just spray the hosers down with the hose and if I see one go for me, it gets tagged by the water at full force. They usually all fall to the ground where I angrily stomp on them!

On that note, Im gonna turn you guys into Peta, I know theres probably some code for insect rights. :) :) :)

BaggedLancer

07-26-2007, 12:42 PM

RuSsMaN

07-26-2007, 01:38 PM

MrNightly

07-26-2007, 01:45 PM

bruss

07-26-2007, 02:05 PM

Ok, that's just sick and demented... and they need serious help. I got creeped out just watching it...

Looks like the stinger is removed.. I have a hornet I hit with raid pinned to my cubicle wall and its stinger is very pronounced and sharp

Jstas

07-26-2007, 02:36 PM

I had a pretty big nest outside of my bedroom window when I was in high school. It was about 40 feet off the ground stuck on a 2nd story eave of the roof. Raid wouldn't reach and I couldn't open the bedroom window without them swarming it was so close.

It was a gigantic ball and it only took them about a week and a half to build it because it wasn't there when we went on vacation.

So what I did was I got a Nerf football and gunned it as hard as I could at the nest. Once I saw positive and catastrophic contact with the hive, it began to plummet and I ran around to the front of the house and went inside. When the nest finally calmed downed after dark, we soaked it with Sevin (Carbaryl) which is essentially what an exterminator will use for wasps, hornets, bees, ants and sometimes termites. It lingers so if any stragglers are away, as soon as they return, they will die like the rest. It's wicked stuff to bees, wasps and hornets and essentially any insect. Use care though cause it will harm almost anything and it may not kill an animal or a human in a small amount, it will cause severe damage and is classified as a carcinogen. You can get it at any hardware or home improvement store.

Once they were all dead, some white fuel and a BBQ grille later and the nest was nothing but a pile of ash. No more wasps either.

Yeah, if you're good with a football and have a good arm, you can be pretty effective at knocking down a hornet's nest from a good distance away. Once the nest is on the ground, it is much easier to deal with.

If the nest is in the ground, I found that if it was accessible as such, if I parked a lawnmower, running, over the nest, they retreat into the nest and you can get enough time to go get a can of Raid, and move the mower to rain chemical death on the offending insects. All you have to do is saturate the entrance and they will drag it back into the nest through their defensive actions and removal of dead bugs killed by the poison. Then everything, including the larvae and unhatched eggs die.

BaggedLancer

07-26-2007, 04:40 PM

If the nest is in the ground, I found that if it was accessible as such, if I parked a lawnmower, running, over the nest, they retreat into the nest and you can get enough time to go get a can of Raid, and move the mower to rain chemical death on the offending insects. All you have to do is saturate the entrance and they will drag it back into the nest through their defensive actions and removal of dead bugs killed by the poison. Then everything, including the larvae and unhatched eggs die.

My neighbor had a massive nest in the ground and burned them out with two m80's, left a small crater in the lawn but it got rid of the wasp problem.

Deadof_knight

07-28-2007, 09:54 PM

I like the 10 ft foam spray , but I just have to get up close so there all looking at me and then I hosem down and watch them drop but if one gets off before I hitem I run , lil bastards send me to the emergency room for a epipen shot uggg So I really enjoy killing the darn things......

BaggedLancer

07-31-2007, 04:31 PM

I just found a gigantic hornets nest under my deck, running about a foot and half long and about 10 inches wide down a floor joist. Mixed up some sevin, raid and gasoline and went to town, boy were they angry but they were dropping in seconds with that mix......now as long as no one smokes on my deck for a while we're ok.

michael_w

07-31-2007, 08:10 PM

Was that oxyacetylene used for the nest bomb? That was hilarious.

sucks2beme

07-31-2007, 08:12 PM

So, getting back on track.... did you kill the damn things yet?
Or do we need to send in a Polk death squad?:D