Yellow jackets have been driving me crazy for the past couple of weeks. The place has been cleaned up so my bee's dont have interest but yellow jacket are still squeezing there way in. Yesterday I bought and hung a new zapper for the afternoon and night. this morning they are all gone or goners i should say. The floor under it is littered with them
Where are the pics? Everybody wants to see pics of dead yellow jackets.
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Just out of curiousity did you try and find the wasp nest at all? Getting rid of the nest is probably a better approach than hanging up the bug zapper that is indiscriminant about what kind of insect it kills. Plus, you didn't actually solve the problem, you treated a symptom of the problem. Finding and getting rid of the nest is the only real way to get rid of the wasps. I found a nice article that talks about different kinds of wasps and how to get rid of them - including yellow jackets, just search "how to get rid of wasps" in google. The first result is the article I'm talking about.
Is there an easy way to find their nest out there? I only find them when I step or almost step on the nest. It is hard to look over 14 acres and find them all.
Quote from: Tommyt on September 15, 2010, 04:02:09 PM
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Are yellow jackets BEES :?
BEE HAPPY Jim 134 :)
If they're yellow jackets, place a small piece of raw fish out for them (they can't resist fish...this coming from a YJ hunter I know). They always fly straight back to the nest so follow one as far as you can and place another small piece of fish, and so on. I understand that YJs rarely travel more than 200 yds.
Scott
I have heard of taking tuna and placing Seven on it to kill the yellow jackets.
Bet you don't have problems with neighborhood cats either! :evil:
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anyone know a good way of getting rid of those darned boring bumble bees>>? My porch is going to collapse one of these days from all the holes.
Get a couple of boys and arm them with badminton rackets to swat them buggers.
Quote from: AllenF on September 15, 2010, 10:27:28 PM
Get a couple of boys and arm them with badminton rackets to swat them buggers.
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Having seen what a shop vac will do to bees on my first cutout (unfortunately - my bad - lesson learned), I have taken to using the shop vac on the YBs.
I have to fight YBs and wasps for the ripe fruit in the garden - peaches, nectarines, berries, etc.
And there are more YBs than bees around the comb bucket and crush and strain residue.
Does shop vac'ing the YBs mean I'm cruel, or just unusual? :-D
I will pay good money for an effective YB/wasp eliminator!
John
Quote from: sloshire1 on September 15, 2010, 05:16:14 PM
Just out of curiousity did you try and find the wasp nest at all? Getting rid of the nest is probably a better approach than hanging up the bug zapper that is indiscriminant about what kind of insect it kills. Plus, you didn't actually solve the problem, you treated a symptom of the problem. Finding and getting rid of the nest is the only real way to get rid of the wasps. I found a nice article that talks about different kinds of wasps and how to get rid of them - including yellow jackets, just search "how to get rid of wasps" in google. The first result is the article I'm talking about.
Find the nest? I have a farm. My barn is 60 X 70 X 50 tall My tool shed is 30 X 40 X 15 My new honey house is 30 X 40 and my house is 3900 squ ft. There is not a nest, There is 100s of them and yes I take care of them as I find them
Quote from: AllenF on September 15, 2010, 10:27:28 PM
Get a couple of boys and arm them with badminton rackets to swat them buggers.
My folks have boring bee problems at their place. When we come to visit, there's a $.25 bounty on them so the kids are pretty keen to keep rackets close at hand...
J-
Quote from: HomeBru on September 16, 2010, 10:12:00 AM
Quote from: AllenF on September 15, 2010, 10:27:28 PM
Get a couple of boys and arm them with badminton rackets to swat them buggers.
My folks have boring bee problems at their place. When we come to visit, there's a $.25 bounty on them so the kids are pretty keen to keep rackets close at hand...
J-
I think you mean carpenter bee's Do they look like a bumble bee's but fly like a hummingbirds? I had them in the header of my toolshed If you paint the wood they will find a new place to live next year
Quote from: beee farmer on September 15, 2010, 10:25:42 PM
anyone know a good way of getting rid of those darned boring bumble bees>>? My porch is going to collapse one of these days from all the holes.
A nice little .22 loaded with birdshot. It's fun to watch them crash and burn, plus you can get in some target practice. You have to be real good and real fast to nail them on the fly. :jerry:
Quote from: lenape13 on September 16, 2010, 02:26:37 PM
Quote from: beee farmer on September 15, 2010, 10:25:42 PM
anyone know a good way of getting rid of those darned boring bumble bees>>? My porch is going to collapse one of these days from all the holes.
a nice little .22 loaded with birdshot. It's fun to watch them crash and burn, plus you can get in some target practice. You have to be real good and real fast to nail them on the fly. :jerry:
Nice, that sounds like fun!!! I got stung by 3 yesterday mowing.
Quote from: lenape13 on September 16, 2010, 02:26:37 PM
Quote from: beee farmer on September 15, 2010, 10:25:42 PM
anyone know a good way of getting rid of those darned boring bumble bees>>? My porch is going to collapse one of these days from all the holes.
a nice little .22 loaded with birdshot. It's fun to watch them crash and burn, plus you can get in some target practice. You have to be real good and real fast to nail them on the fly. :jerry:
Or put more little bittie holes in the house.
We had trouble with carpenter bees at our house and a fresh coat of paint did take care of the problem.
We have them eating the treated wood now. How come they are not dying? Is the wood to well aged?
Maybe not eating the wood, but just chewing it and removing it. Probably not enough preservative left to kill them.
JC
I know that a fresh coat of paint just slows them down a little. They still eat everything on the house, the shop, the barn, the well house.........even the swing set.
I enjoyed watching the bumble bees around my shed and figured I could live with the little round holes. Then, this summer the woodpeckers came along and pecked out the rows of larvae below or above each hole. That did get rid of some bees, but my shed is beginning to a look little raged with 6 to 8 inch strips of boards laid open by the birds.