hornets

RLH22 · Nov 8, 2015

Leaves have fell so I could see hornets paper nest 30 ft from our door since we have had 3 killing frost would it be safe to say there is no life in it thanks for advice

jlewis457 · Nov 8, 2015

be carefull I was walking by a nest one day with frost on the ground and one buzzed by my head

Chuck (CA) · Nov 8, 2015

I would blast them first with that hornet/wasp killer that shoots a spray about 20 feet.

RBoots · Nov 8, 2015

I had that same idea one time. Had a big low hanging one in a tree by my back door. It had them big white and black hornets in it. I waited until after a couple good frosts and went out early one morning and knocked it down with a rake, didn't get stung, but about half of them were buzzing around me.

Ross

BAnNC · Nov 8, 2015

Blast 'em with Super Shooter Hornet Spray before you get too brave.

Steve@Advance · Nov 8, 2015

It would depend on what type nest it is.

If it's a hive type, a paper ball with an access hole, they are in there!

If it's the open bottom comb type they are probably gone, but might be hiding on top of the nest or in the tree leaves if any leaves are left.

fixerupper · Nov 8, 2015

We don't have them in the immediate area where I live here in NWIA, or I haven't heard of any. First time I saw a hive like that was a third of the way up into Saskatchewan just south of Prince Albert. If they can survive up there they must be pretty tough.

JF in MI · Nov 8, 2015

You've got to be kidding me. What do you think a 12 ga with a cylinder choke and #9 shot is for? It doesn't get more satisfying.

Den N Ms · Nov 8, 2015

It takes more than a frost to kill them out.They cluster up inside to stay warm.

Randy Shoe · Nov 8, 2015

I'm more into the method of spraying the nest with starting fluid and striking a match during the process.

37chief · Nov 8, 2015

Throw rocks at it to see what comes out. If hornets come out run like heck. stan

todd hamilton · Nov 8, 2015

Traditional Farmer · Nov 8, 2015

Be glad you have Hornets as they catch flies and mesquitos.

showcrop · Nov 8, 2015

Falling leaves revealed a big paper nest 10 feet from my shop door. The center was gone, nobody home.

4520BW · Nov 9, 2015

Tie a trash bag around it and in a few days take it down. they will be dead if there is any. Spray it with clear lacquer and display!

JRSutton · Nov 9, 2015

Ha - exactly what I would have done as a kid. Takes a few tries to realize bees fly a whole lot faster than you can run - and they WILL chase you.

Even learning that lesson... It was always hard to resist the urge.

ditchwitch · Nov 9, 2015

Thats funny you say that. Way back in the day i had a foreman to spot a hornets nest and wanted to take it home. So he had the brite idea to spry it with starting fluid then bagged it up in a plastic trash bag and took it home. after a little while of being in the house and out of the bag all those sleepy hornets woke up and was all in the mans house. He said took forever to kill all the hornets. The starting fluid just put them to sleep. Was a true funny story.

Charlie in NY · Nov 9, 2015

(quoted from post at 21:30:59 11/08/15) Leaves have fell so I could see hornets paper nest 30 ft from our door since we have had 3 killing frost would it be safe to say there is no life in it thanks for advice

I just took one down a 20 inch hive that I could reach from our second floor back deck. 15 ft from the back door and we passed under it many times a day going to the barn. White faced hornets - nasty biters - but unmollested we had no problems all summer. I encourage wasps and hornets because they eat insects. So long as they're not in a traffic area (or hidden in equipment - Youch!)

Mine were alive but groggy - so I split the hive and gave them to the chickens. I use the "paper" from the nest for wadding in my flintlock fowler.

SparepartsTN · Nov 9, 2015

Came home off the road one summer and found a large nest of the white face hornets on one of the two garage doors. I used the other door beside it, worked on vehicles outside in front of it, walked around it, none of them ever bothered me and I didn't bother them. I left again after a couple of weeks. When I stopped in again a few months later in the fall some critter had cleaned out the nest.

If they haven't been a problem all summer, why start a problem now?

Warren

JML755 · Nov 9, 2015

I've taken down several each year in the late fall or winter. There was one last year about the size of a basketball inside a shed right next to the door. Passed by it a half dozen times inches from my head before I noticed a hornet buzzing around. I waited until winter and took it down. All paper, no hornets.

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