[Shop-talk] Eradicating yellowjackets in a stone wall?

[DAVID MASSEY]

OK, Mr. McVeigh.
BTW, Diatomaceous earth is ineffective on yellow jackets.  It works on animals that will eat it like slugs and worms.
If you found the hole try putting a rock over it.  Can't hurt.

Dave 


 

    On Monday, August 7, 2023 at 09:43:34 PM CDT, Berry Kercheval <berry at kerch.com> wrote:  
 
 Diesel fuel and ammonium nitrate, THEN the propane torch!
On Mon, Aug 7, 2023 at 6:08 PM John Innis <jdinnis at gmail.com> wrote:

"I'm open to less Caddyshack-like solutions :-)"So suggesting diesel fuel and a propane torch is right out?

On Mon, Aug 7, 2023 at 5:16 PM Jim Franklin <jamesf at groupwbench.org> wrote:



I've tried spray and dust (which may have been diatomaceous earth, landlord can't remember). Neither is making it into the hole in the ground, which is either way far back or around a 90 degree bend. 
She's ordering delta dust but I'd like to rig up a remote blower for it so I can hit them during the day from a few feet away. I'm thinking a length of rubber tubing with a T junction, and I dump the powder into a funnel in the T junction and blow it to the other end. 
I'm open to less Caddyshack-like solutions :-)
jim


On Aug 6, 2023, at 8:59 AM, Eric Russell <ejrussell61 at gmail.com> wrote:
The yellowjacket nests I've dealt with are in the ground. A can of hornet killing spray has eliminated them. https://diypestcontrol.com/yellowjackets.htm 

EjR 
On Sun, Aug 6, 2023 at 5:47 AM Jim Franklin <jamesf at groupwbench.org> wrote:

I tried to kill a yellowjacket nest in a stone wall tonight. They are entering at ground level. Any experienced opinions on where I should have aimed the can? I only had one  :-)  Emptied 3/4 of it into the gap in the wall but not a single angry wasp came out so I'm not convinced I hit anything. Morning will tell. 

Should I expect they're in the ground, or would they have built a nest amongst the rocks? I've never seen that.

(fire, nukes, pros, all not viable options at the moment)

If the can didn't work, any ideas on what to try next?

thanks,
jim
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