how to get rid of a nest of yellow jacket or wasps???

Question

not sure what they are

Answer 1

A non toxic way to try first, is to bait them with over ripe fruit. Soft fruits like peaches or pears work best, but apples will too.

You get a large bucket or tub and fill it half way with water. Place the tub as close to the nest as you dare to, preferred at night.

Put a 1/4 cup of liquid soap in the water and mix. Take the fruit and suspend it about 6 inches above the water.

When they feed on the fruit, they have a tendency to over feed, as their trying to get food back to the nest. When they leave the fruit, most times they will drop into the water and drown.

The soap breaks the water tension, so the insects are more likely to sink, instead of float.

Answer 2

If the nest is in the ground, pour about a half a cup of gas down the hole and then cover the opening of the hole with a brick or large rock so that they can't escape. Leave the rock over the hole for at least a day, if not 2 days, and the fumes will kill all of them. I had a nasty nest in the ground and I tried everything for about 2 months trying to get rid of them, and gas was the only thing that ultimately worked and completely got rid of them. If the nest is in a tree or a bush, I would recommend buying a spray can of wasp/hornet/bee spray, and covering the nest the best you can without putting yourself in danger. Again, do it at night, because this is when they are most dormant. It may not kill them immediately, but if you cover the nest well enough, the smell will drive them away, then you can knock the nest down and dispose of it. Good Luck!!

Answer 3

yellow jackets usually build their nest in the ground or in a wall and you will see them coming and going from a hole. i don't like poisons and being allergic to the stings i don't like the idea of standing near a nest and spraying poison. you can buy a trap at most garden stores, put in some cat food for bait,hang it near the nest and within a few days get them all. another way i have used is to place the nozzle of a shop vac near the entrance to the hive. after several hours any yellow jacket that has tried to leave or return to the nest is sucked up. once it is safe, plug the hole with mortar mix so they don't return. the 150 mph impact inside the vaccuum kills the insects so you don't have to worry about a shop vac full of angry yellow jackets. it will be safe to empty it when you are finished. i have never tried this with wasps but it would probably work as well

Answer 4

Knock the nest down with a high pressure spray of water. That way you can stay at a distance. I did this 10 years ago and the wasps never came back.

Answer 5

Buy some special spray at the hardware store. It shoots a narrow spray about 10 feet.
Do it in the early evening when there's enough daylight, but the wasps are settling down and less active.
Don't spray so much that it drips on your grass below, it kills grass too. It's the VAPORS that kill them, not the liquid as much.
Repeat every evening till the whole nest is gassed.

Answer 6

Yellow jackets are wasps. Raid Wasp and Hornet killer is about as effective as anything. It kills them pretty quick and can be sprayed from a distance. Just be ready to run. lol

Answer 7

Knock it down. If they can't find their home the go away and build another. They don't realize it is just on the ground.

Or use any wasp and hornet spray on it.