<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpcaed1101yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">OK, Mr. McVeigh.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">BTW, Diatomaceous earth is ineffective on yellow jackets. It works on animals that will eat it like slugs and worms.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">If you found the hole try putting a rock over it. Can't hurt.<br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydpcaed1101signature"><div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none;"><div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none;"><div><font size="4">Dave <br></font></div><div><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;"><br></span></div><br></div></div></div></div>
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On Monday, August 7, 2023 at 09:43:34 PM CDT, Berry Kercheval <berry@kerch.com> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp328ef917yiv4267962641"><div><div>Diesel fuel and ammonium nitrate, THEN the propane torch!</div><div><br clear="none"><div class="ydp328ef917yiv4267962641gmail_quote"><div id="ydp328ef917yiv4267962641yqtfd66074" class="ydp328ef917yiv4267962641yqt1668486409"><div dir="ltr" class="ydp328ef917yiv4267962641gmail_attr">On Mon, Aug 7, 2023 at 6:08 PM John Innis <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:jdinnis@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">jdinnis@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);" class="ydp328ef917yiv4267962641gmail_quote"><div id="ydp328ef917yiv4267962641yqtfd23782" class="ydp328ef917yiv4267962641yqt1668486409"><div dir="ltr"><div>"
I'm open to less Caddyshack-like solutions :-)"</div><div>So suggesting diesel fuel and a propane torch is right out?<br clear="none"></div></div><br clear="none"><div class="ydp328ef917yiv4267962641gmail_quote"></div><div class="ydp328ef917yiv4267962641gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="ydp328ef917yiv4267962641gmail_attr">On Mon, Aug 7, 2023 at 5:16 PM Jim Franklin <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:jamesf@groupwbench.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">jamesf@groupwbench.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div></div><div class="ydp328ef917yiv4267962641gmail_quote"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);" class="ydp328ef917yiv4267962641gmail_quote"></blockquote></div><div class="ydp328ef917yiv4267962641gmail_quote"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);" class="ydp328ef917yiv4267962641gmail_quote"><div>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. <div><br clear="none"></div><div>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. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>I'm open to less Caddyshack-like solutions :-)</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>jim<br clear="none"><div><br clear="none"><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Aug 6, 2023, at 8:59 AM, Eric Russell <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:ejrussell61@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ejrussell61@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br clear="none"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:large;" class="ydp328ef917yiv4267962641gmail_default">The yellowjacket nests I've dealt with are in the ground. A can of hornet killing spray has eliminated them. </div><div style="font-size:large;" class="ydp328ef917yiv4267962641gmail_default"><a shape="rect" href="https://diypestcontrol.com/yellowjackets.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://diypestcontrol.com/yellowjackets.htm</a> <br clear="none"></div><div style="font-size:large;" class="ydp328ef917yiv4267962641gmail_default"><br clear="none"></div><div style="font-size:large;" class="ydp328ef917yiv4267962641gmail_default">EjR </div></div><br clear="none"><div class="ydp328ef917yiv4267962641gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="ydp328ef917yiv4267962641gmail_attr">On Sun, Aug 6, 2023 at 5:47 AM Jim Franklin <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:jamesf@groupwbench.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">jamesf@groupwbench.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);" class="ydp328ef917yiv4267962641gmail_quote">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. <br clear="none">
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