Subject: [Tweeters] Yellow jackets in the nest box
Date: May 6 09:36:12 2005
From: Rob Sandelin - floriferous at msn.com


I have had great success in the past using water to remove yellow jacket
nests. I simply stand back with a spray nozzle on the hose and hose down the
nest until its destroyed, takes about 4 minutes. The wasps swarm around,
probably bummed that the "rain" took out their nest. They leave the next
day, presumably to make a nest somewhere drier. I have done this at least on
a dozen nests and it has not failed me yet, nor have I been stung doing
this. The hornets never seem to associate the water with the guy at the end
of the long green thing.

Rob

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From: tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu
[mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of D Brown
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 8:58 AM
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: [Tweeters] Yellow jackets in the nest box


One of the nest boxes I constructed over the winter has become home to a
nest of yellow jackets. Ordinarily I'd just wait until winter cold killed
off the yellow jackets and then clean out the box, but this one is located
near the front door of our house and my daughter is highly allergic to
bee/wasp stings. So I'm trying to figure out how to get rid of the little
blighters. I could just spray some of that foamy insecticide into the
entrance to the box, but that would presumably render the box unfit for
future bird habitation. I could climb up there after dark and seal the
entrance hole, but there are also four drainage holes at the bottom and two
vents at the top and by the time I finished sealing them all up I expect I'd
have more than a few stings to show for my effort. Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Dan Brown
Redmond, WA


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