Yellowjacket equinox

Evan B said:
Exactly. Mix that stuff in with something tasty and let them do the murder work to the colony for you. When I first tried this two years ago after attracting thousands to my boat and being unable to approach that side of the house, I think I may have eliminated every colony in the neighborhood 😂
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Heard from a Veterinarian, that fleas are becoming immune to that stuff. 😳
 
Shop Vac plus soapy Dawn detergent water completed the Yellowjacket hive collapse.
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No adults to be seen, but the queen and pupae are below...

Glass bowls are cleaned and back in the kitchen.

Used a funnel to pour a gallon of soapy Dawn detergent water into the nest. Once the suds hit the queen combs it is Game Over. The thick meringue of suds on top of the nest has been great for killing the few late returning worker yellowjackets.
 
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I have them in exterior siding of my tying shed. Bitches are carrying something unidentifiable into the hive....I have cat food x Fipronil bait that's being ignored underneath entrance....maybe they are selective feeders
 
rancid waders said:
I have them in exterior siding of my tying shed. Bitches are carrying something unidentifiable into the hive....I have cat food x Fipronil bait that's being ignored underneath entrance....maybe they are selective feeders
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if you know where the entrance is, sprinkle or dust some sevin into the entrance so the workers bring it into the hive.
 
rancid waders said:
I have them in exterior siding of my tying shed. Bitches are carrying something unidentifiable into the hive....I have cat food x Fipronil bait that's being ignored underneath entrance....maybe they are selective feeders
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Those sound like paper wasps. The fipronil bait thing doesn't work on them I don't think. Yellow jackets tend to nest in the ground.
 
After getting bit on my last day before my trip I came home to find a nest in my cement/wood stairs. I started with this stupid WHY trap, which makes me wonder why I bought it. It got a bunch of them the first day, but by the next day half of them had escaped....

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So today I bought a more basic trap, just because I've seen these full of wasps before

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And just to go full on I put a can of cat food with the fipronil sauce in a bucket and hung that over the nest.

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Hopefully that does it. And don't laugh at my yard, its been a busy summer....
 
I checked the nest last night and again this morning, no obvious activity. But then... this afternoon I came home and noticed yellowjackets buzzing all over my lawn. A minor swarm! I cautiously approached and saw a newly dug tunnel entrance 18 inches from the original hole! No!!! In the night, they must have evacuated the queen and pupae to another chamber and burst above ground during the day. No choice now but to add Sevin Dust powder to this new hole. I tried the nontoxic route, now this must end. I have yardwork to do!
 
Mossback said:
Right now the workers are busily digging a new exit...they will find a way out glass bowl or not, after a while even the light trick will wear thin, and the will to forage again will kick in..and then theyre coming after you...they know who you are, they know what you did...and they will have their vengeance.
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They will find you...
 
Yard Sale said:
After getting bit on my last day before my trip I came home to find a nest in my cement/wood stairs. I started with this stupid WHY trap, which makes me wonder why I bought it. It got a bunch of them the first day, but by the next day half of them had escaped....
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I've used the pheremone traps that are a neon funnel attatched to a plastic bag that you fill with water. It's probably not as quick as the tuna can trick, but it's worked for me a couple of times. You just drown all the workers and the nest starves. Gotta make sure to get the west coast version, not the eastern us, the pheromones are different, apparently.
 
rancid waders said:
Still nothing on the bait. I have the yellow flying demons from hell. I had sprayed Cyzmic CS into the entrance, not much excitement came out. I have Fipronil gel and Sevin dust I hope to use at sundown
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Still seems to me like you are using yellow jacket tactics for paper wasps.

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Paper wasps tend to live under eaves, in walls, etc etc. Yellow jackets in the ground. Paper wasps tend to be more interest in pollen and doin their own thing. Yellow jackets will swarm a picnic and frenzy at the slightest sniff of meat or blood.
 
The paper wasps come out early in Central WA and try to setup their wee nests in my doorways, eves, deck chairs, grill, etc. I remove the nests in my immediate path but leave most of them alone.
 
Seems like my efforts to trap Yellowjacket queens was fairly successful. I see the occasional drone around my yard and not many in my traps. I’ll re-bait this weekend to be prepared for August and September.
 
Evan B said:
Still seems to me like you are using yellow jacket tactics for paper wasps.

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Paper wasps tend to live under eaves, in walls, etc etc. Yellow jackets in the ground. Paper wasps tend to be more interest in pollen and doin their own thing. Yellow jackets will swarm a picnic and frenzy at the slightest sniff of meat or blood.
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Also paper wasps fly relatively slowly compared to yellow jackets, and the have long dangly legs you can see when flying. They're also (usually) pretty docile and not prone to making trouble. Usually.
 
Round-2 battle this morning. I approached the expanded nest (4 holes now) with a paper funnel and Sevin Dust powder. Funnel went in one hole and a swarm came out. I had to run! I set up the shop vac with Dawn suds inside to thin them out. Sucked up at least 100 after an hour. Then carefully applied Sevin Dust powder to each enterance while dodging soldier attacks. It took 3 hours but the nest is quiet now, even if I stomp on it.
 
DimeBrite said:
Round-2 battle this morning. I approached the expanded nest (4 holes now) with a paper funnel and Sevin Dust powder. Funnel went in one hole and a swarm came out. I had to run! I set up the shop vac with Dawn suds inside to thin them out. Sucked up at least 100 after an hour. Then carefully applied Sevin Dust powder to each enterance while dodging soldier attacks. It took 3 hours but the nest is quiet now, even if I stomp on it.
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Why not just do the fipronil method? You'd just toss some out there in a container nothing else can get into with some fish meat or something and it'll take care of itself in a day or so.
 
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