Posted on 12/11/2014 2:46:44 PM PST by Biggirl
I had a coworker one time that always signed off of
all of his voice-mail messages with “TTFN” (ta ta for now)
He didn’t last long.
You got to watch for them just before sundown going back to their nest then spray your hornet killer in the hole.
This is down inside my semi-unfinished basement area
where I spend most of my time to escape...
the wall cavities are uninsulated but covered with 1/2 inch foam board.
I know the little bastards are in there “somewhere” but have yet to find them.
It is too cold outside for them to be active.
So I cannot observe there coming and going.
I know they are there, but I cannot find out where they are.
I have poked holes every 16” along the foam board
and sprayed inside, but I apparently not hit them yet.
When the warm weather comes, and they become active,
I will be able to go outside and determine the entrance
that is when I will declare war on the little bastards.
Might be able to find them with an infrared camera. You could always tent the house and hit them with some Vikane.
Back late, but good snowy evening, anyway!
Several years ago, Dad’s end gable was having honeybee traffic, right over his office suite. He called in the York Cty Beekeeper’s Ass’n, and they took the siding off, finding a massive nest and vacuumed out 3,000+ smoke-sedated bees into several large PVC drums and moved them to private hives in the county. The hive/honeycomb was 4-5ft across, 2-3ft deep on one of the main beams, and after all bees were removed, we carefully scraped it off into new 5gal spackle pails. Best damned honey I ever had.
Hornets and wasps are nasty, aggressive critters, so be careful and protect yourself. If you can get access to a dr’s stethoscope, you can listen against the wall and hear where the hive noise is coming from.
Sevin® XLR CARBARYL INSECTICIDE LIQUID works well, but the old Sevin® Insecticide Granules are best, if you get them:
http://www.domyownpestcontrol.com/sevin-insecticide-granules-p-1592.html
The hornets/wasps will carry the granules back to the active hive and feed the poison to the others and hatching eggs and queen, killing the entire nest. That’s how we’d rid properties of ant, spider infestations and other insects. Frigging EPA pulled commercial Sevin granules off the market because they worked too well.
Sevin® Dust is excellent:
Malathion® Concentrate spray direct is also deadly, but getting close to an active nest, and getting enough dose into it to cripple/kill it, requires serious personal protection.
If you have central air, they might be inside the ductwork. Get a stethoscope and have a listen.
Tom Marr just gave FreeRepublic a shout out !!
FRink!
Tom needs another Grey Goose.
Good idea! The further away from hornets/wasps that you can stay, the better. Remote trapping works for about 85-90% of the nest; the queen either has to be poisoned or trapped.
I like Tom. He’s nobody’s chump and doesn’t suffer fools lightly.
He always gives FR a shout out.
I love you guys but I have no idea what you’re syaing blah, blah, blah.
Anyway, I had to shut him off.
I’m not really in a give Mitch McConnell a chance mood.
Hope you canunderstand that, Tom.
I just find 1 or 2 buzzing around every week or so.
Everything I read says they should be dormant this time of year.
I know how to kill them; I just need to find their nest.
I don’t have access to infra red but I do have a stethoscope.
Thanks!
Howdy
Hey CH how are you?
If it’s an outside wall, the cold is penetrating, depending upon how much insulation is in it, and helping the nest to go dormant, along with shorter daylight. The ones getting loose are rejuvenated by the heat of the house. 99% of the nest is dormant until early spring. Take care...
Howdy, SWB; just fine, and how are you doing?
It is all outside wall w/ no insulation in the wall cavity,
just 1/2 inch foam board on the inside.
If I can just find ‘em, I know how to kill ‘em.
I have started going around from the inside and
punching a small hole in the foam board
every 16” and injecting spray through a tube
into all of the wall cavities...
...so far...nothing...
If the hornets/wasps are dormant, and the hive has eggs, spray probably won’t be effective until they become active.
We had to go inside and either use protective gear or shop-vacs to physically remove them and the nest. When dormant, their skin isn’t absorbing enough chemical to kill them. Eggs are tough to penetrate with chemicals, until they hatch and there’s a live body to target with chemicals. FYI.
If you can locate the nest with stethoscope, open a 2’x2’ panel and physically remove the nest now in dormancy, that is the least messy and dangerous method of dealing with them. Otherwise in spring/summer, the danger increases and treatment/removal options decrease markedly.
I am doing good.
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