Yellow-jacket killer

lenape13 · April 14, 2009, 10:01:49 AM

I use a weed burner attached to a 20# propane tank and dig the nest out of the ground with a pitchfork. The flame from the the weed burner keeps them securely in the hole until I can get the fork under the nest. Once it's exposed, there is a pleasing popping sound as the little devils explode due to the intense flame. Controlled demolition at it's finest! :evil:

Another thing I have found is that our neighborhood skunks just love them. Last year alone, they eliminated five underground nests in our back yard. Of course, I don't know how your neighbors would feel about you importing skunks into your neighborhood! :shock:

Buckwhite · April 15, 2009, 05:30:25 PM

I also had a lot of those yellowjackets. This year, it's WAR. Some traps you build yourself can be found searching for "wasp traps".
Good Luck

Highlandsfreedom · May 09, 2009, 06:22:17 PM

torch them bad boys

SgtMaj · May 09, 2009, 08:58:36 PM

What's a good bait for the yellow jackets that the honey bees absolutely will not be interrested in?

ArmucheeBee · May 10, 2009, 09:46:18 PM

I had no HB coming to my trap of apple juice and water and a little apple cider.

Bee Happy · May 12, 2009, 12:57:18 AM

<----- do I HAVE to say my vote?

SgtMaj · May 12, 2009, 01:29:12 AM

Quote from: ArmucheeBee on May 10, 2009, 09:46:18 PM
I had no HB coming to my trap of apple juice and water and a little apple cider.

Was it 1:1:1 ratio? If not, what was the ratio of apple juice to water and cider?

ArmucheeBee · May 13, 2009, 10:42:31 PM

i didn't worry with ratios, just some of this and that. it was filled with jackets in 1 day. put 3/4 cider and 1/4 water. but don't measure it for goodness sake just eyeball it. jackets don't care.

harvey · June 17, 2009, 11:25:09 PM

Gasoline may blow and burns way to fast, sometimes it doesn't kill all the next in the ground. I like to use diesel fuel or old engine oil. Light it with Wd40 and it will burn for a long time. The smoke is pretty heavy too. Has worked on yellow jackest, bumble bee nests and the like.