Found a Hornets nest

[Jimbo1911 0]

Hi everyone, I found a hornets nest about the size of a basketball about 10 feet up in a tree in my front yard. I need some ideas about removal,DIY and professional prices if anyone has ever had this done.I saw some shotgun removal techniques on YouTube but the local PD would not like that :-).I would just leave it if it was higher up but with the kids I need to take care of it in the next week or so...Any advice is appreciated :-) Thanks, Jimbo

[CageFighter 236]

looks like you got urself a nice penyata? :thsmiley_deadhorse:

[Jon 264]

Most of the wasp killer sprays you can buy have plenty of range for 10ft up.

[tony357 386]

I had one for a couple of years i found during the winter hunting in stafford WMA it had been shot with several pellets but was still whole very cool piece.

 

read through this..

http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef620.asp

[vjf915 456]

Aerosol can and a lighter. Done.

 

Or hornet/bee spray.

[Babyface Finster 45]

I've used the spray cans on yellow jacket nests and they easily shoot 20+ feet. Best bet is to wait until just after dusk when they are all home and calm. Blast the thing and go in the house. Soak it the best you can. The good sprays will drop any soldiers out of the air as soon as they hit the mist, so as long as your aim is good you shouldn't have anything to worry about. The nest sould be dead in the morning.

 

I had to take care of a yellow jacket nest the size of a pineapple near the attic window a couple yers ago. The professionals I called were all in the range of $300 over the phone, but all left room for escalation depending upon what they saw in person. A few bucks on a can of wasp and hornet spray and I took care of it in about 8 seconds. I left it up as a warning to others until my wife begged me to knock it down.

[mipafox 438]

This is probably the worst idea on the planet, so please don't try it.

 

But gasoline will kill all of them instantly. I'm not talking about setting a fire, I'm talking about throwing or spraying it on them. They will instantly fall to the ground dead.

 

Don't do it! Avoid sparks!

[vjf915 456]

One of the best things about that wasp spray....it works great as pepper spray/mace in a pinch.

[heaterbob 53]

#6 shot full choke 30 feet away, repeat as necessary

[Duppie 73]

In the Islands and south Florida we fabricate what the Bahamians call a paper cup. Twist wire or 2 to 3 wire hangers into a primitive cup large enough to envelop entire nest,affix firmly to a sturdy and long stick and cover in news paper shredding some in the bottom,lightly wet with lighter fluid or kerosene {Optional}. Wait til dusk,ignite and immediately cup the nest until paper burns out. If done properly all wings will be singed and then nest can be safely disposed of in any manner you wish. Every home in the tropics has one of these cups stored especially if you have fruit trees.

[Wildbob 14]

Some of them will get through and go for the source of the commercial wasp spray. You. Soak the nest with aerosol brake cleaner. It melts their wings.

[AnthonyG 36]

I believe it was on here I am not sure,but someone started a fire on the ground below the nest and you have to put alot of green leaves on it to make it really smoke and they die and fall into the fire that's the coolest way. However the 20ft sprays do the trick and you have to do it when its starting to get dark I took out a cantaloupe melon sized nest that way in a bush. Not one bee go anywhere near me to sting,the key is to shoot their exit hole first cause they will try to fly out and just die on their way out of the nest then the nest absorbs the chemical and all the ones that stayed inside die off.

[Jimbo1911 0]

Thanks everyone I appreciate all the ideas.I will let ya know how i make out.Probably gonna do the 20 ft. spray thing and run like hell!Hopefully they will all die and I will be unstung.The paper cup thing sounds good but it would probably freak out the neighbors.

[hd2000fxdl 422]

Thanks everyone I appreciate all the ideas.I will let ya know how i make out.Probably gonna do the 20 ft. spray thing and run like hell!Hopefully they will all die and I will be unstung.The paper cup thing sounds good but it would probably freak out the neighbors.

 

Just one request if you can, have someone record it and post it on youtube please...

 

Harry

[Jimbo1911 0]

Just one request if you can, have someone record it and post it on youtube please...

 

Harry

Great idea!!!! but since I run like a wounded sasquatch there probably won't be a video.....unless I can convince a buddy to spray while I video...hhmmmmmmmmm lol I will try to post some pics though

[civictuner04 6]

i just got rid of one next to my front door last weekend....gas in a pump sprayer.....just spray it in the hole the all fall out dead

[MedicYeti 96]

I have an even worse idea than Mipafox.

1. Take a used 12ga 3 1/2 inch shell.

2. Knock out primer. Insert sparkler into primer hole.

3. Fill shell with gunpowder.

4. Duct tape the hell out of it.

5. Use ladder, stick device into nest, light, run your wounded Sasquatch a$$ off.

6. Film explosion.

[mipafox 438]

Thanks everyone I appreciate all the ideas.I will let ya know how i make out.Probably gonna do the 20 ft. spray thing and run like hell!Hopefully they will all die and I will be unstung.The paper cup thing sounds good but it would probably freak out the neighbors.

 

Remember, they are innactive and sluggish at night. So, if you are a pussy like me, spray them at night.

[vladtepes 1,060]

This is probably the worst idea on the planet, so please don't try it.

 

But gasoline will kill all of them instantly. I'm not talking about setting a fire, I'm talking about throwing or spraying it on them. They will instantly fall to the ground dead.

 

Don't do it! Avoid sparks!

 

 

as dangerous as that might sound.. I was going to suggest the same thing..

[tony357 386]

Did you BLOW it up yet..

[heaterbob 53]

you could also wrap a bannana leaf around it and use it to break up one of those street corner gang meetings

[Dan 177]

I vote for a homemade flamethrower

 

[Jimbo1911 0]

I did the wasp-hornet spray last night,waited till about 10 pm then let em have it.Looks like no activity this morning probably gonna hit em again tonight for good measure.:-)

[Krdshrk 3,882]

I did the wasp-hornet spray last night,waited till about 10 pm then let em have it.Looks like no activity this morning probably gonna hit em again tonight for good measure.:-)

 

Then it's Piñata time!

[hopper 36]

Had a baseball size wasps nest under my mailbox , talk about a warzone tryin to get my mail , well a few good blasts from the wasp killer took care of that , just watch cause the next day there were a few straglers still hanging around so had to give it another dose =@

[Jimbo1911 0]

Then it's Piñata time!

Lol

[stever 16]

I have an even worse idea than Mipafox.

1. Take a used 12ga 3 1/2 inch shell.

2. Knock out primer. Insert sparkler into primer hole.

3. Fill shell with gunpowder.

4. Duct tape the hell out of it.

5. Use ladder, stick device into nest, light, run your wounded Sasquatch a$$ off.

6. Film explosion.

 

Sparklers are illegal in NJ...there must be a law in NJ for killing hornets etc without a professional license or permit signed by a judge..Peta will take you to court..It might just be easier to move! j/k

[KpdPipes 388]

Sparklers are illegal in NJ...there must be a law in NJ for killing hornets etc without a professional license or permit signed by a judge..Peta will take you to court..It might just be easier to move! j/k

 

 

When did that happen..Sparklers USED to be the ONLY Legal "Fireworks"

[mipafox 438]

I did the wasp-hornet spray last night,waited till about 10 pm then let em have it.Looks like no activity this morning probably gonna hit em again tonight for good measure.:-)

 

Good work. Knock the damn thing down and throw it in the neighbor's yard, or put it in the trash can.

[Krdshrk 3,882]

Sparklers are illegal in NJ...there must be a law in NJ for killing hornets etc without a professional license or permit signed by a judge..Peta will take you to court..It might just be easier to move! j/k

 

They're illegal? I light 'em off with no issues