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Hammer house · Oct 15, 2015

I have yellow jacket nest in my hay barn. I do not like these things.
Any one know the best way to get rid of them. I built A hood over my helmet. I am going to try
spraying them again tonight. I think they are hard to kill, they don t give up.

Hammer Man

jCarroll · Oct 15, 2015

If the nest is in the ground, I shake some SEVIN in/around the hole. They carry the poison into the nest. See the effect in two days.

If electricity is available, I put a couple inches of water in the shop Vac, add a teaspoon of dishwasher soap, and place the end of the hose as close to the nest entrance as possible. Sucks 'em up, they stay in the water . Run until you don't see them flying around the entrance.

JerryS · Oct 15, 2015

If they are in a hole in the ground and the hole is accessible, put some gasoline in a quart oil bottle. Wait until dark, put the neck of the bottle into the hole, and cover it with a bucket. If they're somewhere else, just keep saturating their entrances with an insecticide that kills over time.

ditchwitch · Oct 15, 2015

Ive always took a coke bottle full of gas and stuck it in the hole upside down till it all run out then take it out a strike a match to the hole , works everytime with me

dgasper · Oct 15, 2015

That might not work very well in his hay barn.

Deutz Lover · Oct 15, 2015

While I am against unnecessary cruelty I make an exception for yellow jackets. You can use the previously mentioned method or since they have subterranean nests use a flare. Just make sure that it is underground and not under some boards that would cause a conflagration and burn down your barn.

I used to use railroad/ highway flares at night, but I don't know whether they make them out of the same components now.The sulfur in them will asphyxiate yellow jackets rapidly. Just stick it about three -four inches in the hole. Be sure you don't inhale the smoke.

This is the only wasp I know of that will sting away you from the nest just for the hell of it or because you are too near a food source or in their way or just because. _______ (fill in the blank.

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Deutz Lover · Oct 15, 2015

Since I cannot edit my previous post. I meant to say that the yellow jacket is the only wasp I know of that will sting you away from the nest.

Dave H (MI) · Oct 15, 2015

Flares in the hay barn! If you are going to try that idea take pictures for the insurance company ahead of time. Water works as good as flame. Jam a hose in there and run like he!!. Turn it on for a half hour or so. This time of year they are pretty easy to get rid of. On my place all I have to do is make a hole in the nest. During the night some animal comes along and digs them out and eats all the larvae. Thinking a skunk.

Deutz Lover · Oct 15, 2015

I was going to say wet the area and walls before using a flare. It is useful only if there is nothing but bare ground on the bottom floor. It is better than a bottle of gasoline. Maybe not much better, but dish detergent mixed with water as a wetting agent would probably be better than water alone.

I did use the flares in grassy areas, but did clear a little round the nest hole and had a hose or bucket of water just in case. The only problem is dropping slag from the burning flare. The smoke can be fearsome, but does not propagate flame.

This is ot:
My grandfather used to occasionally spread pine straw on the floor of the chicken coop and flashed it to kill chicken mites. Yes, he did burn down the coop one time, but it was not a very large one to rebuild. Probably worse than plucking chickens all night after being cold nosed by a hound when you are after a fox in the hen house and accidentally discharging a double barrel shotgun.

JL Ray · Oct 15, 2015

JCarroll has the right idea. Seven can also be mixed with water and sprayed. When I did the vacuum sweeper. I just let it run for about three days. Then I sprayed some raid in the vacuum. I still didn't open it for days. His method worked for me several times.

johnpop1 · Oct 15, 2015

Someone introduced me to a product he bought online this summer "Drione" I think. I borrowed his and powdered the hole. As far as I can tell, it killed all of the nest. I haven't seen any for at least a month. It isn't cheap (about $60 on line with an applicator) but, for me, was worth every penny.

Donald Lehman · Oct 15, 2015

Starting fluid will kill them almost instantly. It will knock them out of the air when they are flying around you, too.

37chief · Oct 15, 2015

Throw rocks at them until they leave. If you can't run faster than a yellow jacket the next best thing is a wasp, and hornet spray. It is a pressurized can that can shoot a long way. Spray the nest with that. I would do that night to make sure every one is home. Stan

Charlie M · Oct 15, 2015

Sevin garden dust works if you can get close enough.

chuck from neb · Oct 15, 2015

Diesel fuel ...they drop when it hits them

JH in NM · Oct 15, 2015

Brakleen get s em almost instantly

jeffcat · Oct 15, 2015

Ground hog bombs are real close and don't open flame like a flare. They are like $5.oo at a good feed store.

showcrop · Oct 16, 2015

I don't think that many of the hole in the ground type of nest ideas will work in a barn, LOL. I would use the long reach aerosol, but I expect that the OP's problem is that the paper nest is too high to reach without a ladder. I myself would not want to be on a ladder when going after wasps. I have used my garden hose for this situation, waiting until evening when they are not active.

NoNewParts · Oct 16, 2015

in a hay barn....tough one
no fire and even a flammable spray is a risk.
on the wall/ceiling/eave, I guess I'd have to use a spray.
Probably hose it down with water after.

in the ground...
had a similar tough one this summer, in the ground under my deck screen evergreens.
Gas, diesel, wasp spray would hurt the evergreens.
took 10' of small PVC with my hose high pressure end taped into it,
and jammed it down the hole and ran.
let the hose run for hours.
Got stung some during that battle, but they are gone now.

tg in VA · Oct 16, 2015

I had a huge yellow jacket nest hanging from the truss in my hay barn. We took a two gallon bucket, put about a gallon of gas in it and got next to the nest, raised the bucket to the nest, sloshed the gas around to soak the nest, the whole thing dissolved and fell into the gas along with all the yellow jackets. Nest gone, yellow jackets killed, problem solved (and no hay ruined).

stonerock · Oct 17, 2015

not going to use a garden hose, not trying to give them a bath, I want to kill them so I use brake cleaner

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