OT: wasp nest - take it down or let it go?

[old_fat_and_slow]

Use a 12 gauge semi-auto with size 8 birdshot, and use it liberally. (You can patch the collateral damage later.) Your street cred. will go through the roof with your neighbors.

[parris]

8's are all wrong! Find some 9's with a spreader wad! Heck if you can get exotic there's shot down to 12!

[zap]

Broom to knock down & sweep in one motion and then quickly accelerate out of the vicinity for a few meters.

Done.

[rwsaunders]

I had a few paper wasps nail me in the head a few years back and I ended up unconscious and required an EpiPen to bring me back to this fine world courtesy of an EMT crew. Have a pro deal with them as they are mean mofos.

I will add that I have dealt with ground wasps with a small glass of gasoline and a Bernz-O-Matic...always at dusk...it does make for some fine video moments.

[tctyres]

Now I sort of want a video of the OP's exploits!

[vqdriver]

2 things regardless of whatever method you go with:

- maybe i'm a pansy but i hate getting stung. i don't care how much street cred i lose, but i'd wear one of these in oversize with a helmet and sweater inside to hold the material off my skin. you'll have to macgyver something for your face.
https://www.amazon.com/DuPont-TY122S.../dp/B01JOWAOEG


- must must MUST record this for us to enjoy

[speedevil]

I just KNEW it would be a good idea to hang onto that flamethrower.

[dddd]

Visit the nest at night and you will have no bugs flying about, you could even bag it without the use of any chemicals.

Personally, I would visit at night or early morning (cooler is better), then blast some carburetor cleaner or other aggressive, volatile solvent into the hole for a few seconds and there will be no need to run as the wasps get choked by the fumes in all of about 1 second.

Just don't get all nervous and panicky while up on a ladder, which would seem to be a fairly reliable way to hurt yourself.

[bikinchris]

Originally Posted by dddd

Visit the nest at night and you will have no bugs flying about, you could even bag it without the use of any chemicals.

Personally, I would visit at night or early morning (cooler is better), then blast some carburetor cleaner or other aggressive, volatile solvent into the hole for a few seconds and there will be no need to run as the wasps get choked by the fumes in all of about 1 second.

Just don't get all nervous and panicky while up on a ladder, which would seem to be a fairly reliable way to hurt yourself.

Yes, carb cleaner. Kills instantly, unlike wasp spray.

[kramnnim]

It's surprising to me that nobody has come to the defense of the hornets.

[Geemalar]

Go with Wallymans recommendation........Delta Dust applied after dusk, second shot slightly thereafter in the event any happen to survive the first blast. Works like a charm. Stay away from any box store spray cans, you’ll get some but only agitate the ones that survive.

[charliedid]

I’d leave it be unless it grows to the size of a VW bug like the ones in Alabama.


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[dddd]

Originally Posted by Geemalar

Go with Wallymans recommendation........Delta Dust applied after dusk, second shot slightly thereafter in the event any happen to survive the first blast. Works like a charm. Stay away from any box store spray cans, you’ll get some but only agitate the ones that survive.

Carb cleaner = instant knock-down with no survivors, totally anti-climactic if done at night.
Just wear glasses so none of the mist gets in your eyes!

[dddd]

I watched the YouTube video with the English-accented gentleman, seemed like one disaster after another as he appeared to fall from his stool(?), losing his glasses after getting stung.

And then taking the water hose to the 120v light fixture, bare-handed, I thought he might be trying to electrocute himself or at least get shocked and fall down again!

I was thinking that the whole thing might have been a comedy stunt, so when he finally took the redundant step of burning the bagged and crushed nest I was fully expecting him to start a wildfire or something.

[Ronsonic]

Originally Posted by kramnnim

It's surprising to me that nobody has come to the defense of the hornets.

Not anybody who's met them.

Nasty customers.