My friend moved into a house & was landscaping when she got attacked by hornets that came out of a hole in the ground. She wants to know how to safely get rid of them.
2006-08-09 14:03:36 · 12 answers · asked by mustanglynnie 5 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Her boyfriend has already done the gas thing once, she doesn't want to do that again & they are still there, just came out another hole. That's why she wants a safer & better way. There's got to be something else!
2006-08-09 14:37:59 · update #1
Several companies make a wasp and bee killer that comes in a can tht projects a spray 20 to 25 ft; I would try that after dark when they have gone to bed. However , traps are an excellent idea as you don't know how many other nests are around. WE are having a terrible siege of yellow jackets here this year; I hung 2 trap baited with bacon and caught some. But caught many more by poring soapy water into pie ppans and other pans with low sides; Placed a lid in the center with bacon in it. As of today I have 5 qts. of yellow jackets and 1 wasp.. If you make your own wasp or hornet trap bait in with sugar water.
2006-08-09 21:53:12 · answer #1 · answered by Leslie S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a person who has had to make several trips to the emergency room after being stung, I have a vendetta against wasps and hornets. The best solution is not an instantaneous one, but over the long run it's highly effective, and that is to use traps. I prefer the disposable ones, but Gardens Alive (which has a website) has a nondisposable one, and yankeegardener.com has a kit to convert a soda bottle into a wasp trap. In all cases the trap is baited with an attractant, which in the case of the disposable ones is already in the trap. Add water, hang the trap, and the wasps fly into small holes in the trap. They can't fly back out and ultimately drown. You can catch an incredible number of the nasty little buggers, and without enough wasps to keep things going, the nest just becomes inactive.
One really bad year, before I started regularly trapping them, my son took personal offense at being stung, so he bought a flying insect killer, waited till the sun went down and the wasps had returned to the nest, and blasted the suckers. I'm not sure what was in the spray - made by Ortho, I believe - but it had a napalm-like effect on the vegetation surrounding the nest. Worth it to get rid of them, though.
So if you are going after the nest, do it after dark, and still be careful of the evil little devils. And in the long run, get used to hanging the traps. It only takes a day or so before the traps become effective, and then they are great!
Best wishes on eradicating those nasty little critters!
2006-08-09 18:06:03 · answer #2 · answered by sonomanona 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have tried the commercial wasp & hornet sprays and they did not work...used a whole can on 1 hole and it was like a cloud of flying hornets. Got stung on the thumb and holy cow did that hurt!!! and still does after 7 hours. Read on another site to use very hot water (1 gal) and liquid dishwashing soap (4 or 5 drops) make suds & pour down hole way after dark. I just did & saw no hornets. Will check in the morning to see if any activity. Have 2 ground nests that I know of. If that doesn't work guess I will have to call pest control company....dang hate to spend that money.
2014-08-02 18:50:04 · answer #3 · answered by waterpup 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How To Kill Hornets
2016-10-01 00:56:13 · answer #4 · answered by henderling 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Purchase Sevin-5 powder. Pour some down hole after dark. You wont have any bees in the morning. Just eradicated nest with three inch hole. Had tried drowning them out, hose ran for four hours. Tried gasoline, tried other commercial stuff meant for bees.
2015-01-28 03:56:12 · answer #5 · answered by Jay 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, this is easy. you can just spray a good dose of any bugkiller in the hole - after they have gone in to sleep. then cover the hole with dirt or anything.
you are lucky the nest is underground - getting rid of a huge aboveground nest IS difficult.
trapping just the adult ones is not helpful
2006-08-10 01:04:04 · answer #6 · answered by iva 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Wait until late at night and pour the gas suggested earlier. Light it with a hose near by. Wait until it is dark at least an hour or two. Light with a napkin or paper. DARK! DARK! DARK! uSE A FUNNEL TO POUR.
2006-08-09 15:24:17 · answer #7 · answered by jeffrey k 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We also used gas and torched them. Now we have some and don't know where their hole is. I bought a yellowjacket trap and have caught quite a few, I plan on keeping a trap out all spring & summer.
2006-08-09 17:34:57 · answer #8 · answered by cats2006 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not to sound like a total pyromaniac, but pour diesel, gasoline or kerosene down that hole and torch them. Stand back so you don't scorch off your eyebrows.
2006-08-09 14:32:22 · answer #9 · answered by Lilith 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get someone who is brave.Pour 1 gallon of gas down the hole.That will kill them.
2006-08-09 14:26:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋