We don’t have a ton of pests or problems where I live. No humidity. None of this “poison ivy” that I alway hear about. No poisonous snakes. Very few mosquitos. No mud. But boy do we have yellow jackets. And I’ve been stung COUNTLESS times by the angry little jerks. The stings hurt like hell too. I think they are extra angry here. I get stung multiple times every summer. Just a few days ago, my son was eating a PB&J sandwich and goldfish crackers outside. A yellow jacket landed on his little plastic plate. I smacked that thing so hard, I decapitated it. I hate them! PSA - Please don’t confuse yellow jackets with honey bees. Honey bees are incredible beneficial and endangered critters. It actually takes a lot to get a honey bee to sting you. My family owns a small honey farm. I grew up with bees. Glad to get that off my chest. Love y’all. -CL Check out the stinger and jaws on this jerk. . . .
Well you are lucky , the last yellow jacket nest I found ended up being stung multiple times in the neck head and throat ; all other areas were covered with clothing. I ended up with a trip to Doc. to get checked out since my throat swelled up so bad I could barely swallow. Walked out of there with an Epi-Pen in case I need it in the future. I have been stung plenty of times prior without issue but the number of times I was stung in one area of my body didn't end well that time.
I usually hit a nest with the mower once a year but none so far this year! Around here they will settle down in a month or so when the weather turns.
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I found a nest today when I was burning some grass. Already 2/3 of the way finished with killing them. Step 1: find the entrance. Usually not hard as they are boiling out of there on a mission to kill you. Step 2: dust the area around the entrance liberally with Sevin dust. Long-range wasp spray can help. They land on the area around the entrance hole before entering, so a nice heavy dusting creates a mine field that soon enough wipes out any that are coming back. Step 3: Shoot deltamethrin dust down the hole. After a day or two, the Sevin takes out the defense forces. Come back at night (easy to see because you've marked the spot with easy-to-see white Sevin dust. Shoot the delta dust down the hole and it wafts everywhere. Persists for months, so anything that hatches or comes back late or whatever is eventually going to get it. Oh so satisfying!
Little bastages are out in force here. Kinda sucks when you can't run but I'm becoming Wyatt Earp with the brake cleaner.
Below 70°f they aren’t very active and you almost have to try to get stung. But at 85° they get very active. I was splitting wood a month ago. Had just picked up a 20” round and noticed one ankle started burning. In a couple seconds everything on both legs was on fire. I threw the round and started swatting and high-tailed it out of the area. Couldn’t really tell because my legs are scraped up anyway, but I bet I got nailed 15-20 times total.
Love that movie. I have that same 44 mag. My dad gave it to me. He bought it when “Dirty Harry” first came out. It’s a cannon!
Sneak out there at night with some gasoline. Pour it in the hole and carefully set it on fire then run. Problem solved. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Thats a tried and true method but with gas prices so high I fear people won’t use enough gas to get the job done. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
