Well fellas, I just had my old pond pushed in and bulldozed level in our backyard. Trust me, I didn't WANT to do it, but the previous owners didn't keep it up and there was alot of debri and trash and sewer runoff in it.. NOT a good situation. There was no saving it. Well I had about 4 trees I wanted the bulldozer guy to take down as well and one of them I noticed when I got home that evening was still standing. Turns out there's a bald faced hornet's nest in it! The nest itself is about 15 ft in the air and attached to a limb coming out the side of the tree. My question is, does anyone know a good way to get rid of them? I've been told some interesting ways by some old timers.. one guy told me to take a .22 and shoot it down and let it lay for 3 days and all the hornets would be gone. My father-in-law said to wait till the first freeze and then use a ladder and climb up there and cut it down (HECK NO). Anyone else have any BRIGHT ideas??? lol Here are some pics I pulled off the internet... these aren't MY hornets!
well you Father in law has the best idea out of the two
they will be dorment when it is cold & they supposedly can't sting you
I have done it with bee's but not hornet's
I do not advise this but I have taken an old arrow w/ a lit rag & & have shot a nest before but don't miss as you may burn something you don't want to burn
I would deal with them during a freeze, early in the mornig before the sun can warm it up. Most bees/wasps dont move too fast when its very cold. Use caution if on a ladder, 15 feet up and a nest full of mad hornets is fairly dangerous.
Either that or a tanker truck full of raid or an air strike, just dont send them north.
Those are some pesky little devils. 2 cans of the 25' wasp and hornet spray should do it. Takes some steady nerves. I just did the same thing about 1 month ago at night with a flash light and just soaked the inlet hole, next day shot it again. Kids took it out with soft balls.
The bees will become less active and almost paralyzed but not quite that much when it gets really cold. Those little white and black things can really put a hurting on someone too when they're not dormant. I'm with GFD2.
I agree... about 7 of them escaped from the nest and made a new nest this past summer in our basement walkout door way. I walked out and one flew in front of me and so I ran back inside and one was on my head and stung me on the top of my head.... talk about HURTING!!!!:crybaby:
wait until the first frost, on a cold morning.. get it into a garbage bag, flood the bag with Raid, let the wasps die and then but the nest up on the wall.. they look very cool. have a nest in georgia i am gonna get when it gets cold enough.
I like the nest for decor as well. A nice addition to a man room.
Like everyone else said wait till a good freeze before you mess around with them. (though taking pot shots at it with a potato gun is quite entertaining)
It is too bad they can be such a nuisance, because they really aid in managing other pests. On to the point, a few factors that can help when dealing with them. Light-colored clothing is a good choice. Beesuits are white because of thermal reasons and white is not a recognized typical 'threat' color. All the animals that would harass them are darker colored. And, as others have mentioned, colder weather is a good time to deal with them. They can still sting, but they need to group up to generate heat and are clumsy and slow without it.
in NC we put a plastic bag over them,tie bag to branch to seal it off.Then cut branch. spray bug killer in bag,let sit.Keep it in a cool area "shaded" if left in the sun condensation will start and if left to long will destroy nest. I have 2 hanging in the house and 4 out in the barn
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