Posted on 11/24/2017 7:13:52 PM PST by Ciaphas Cain
He was well protected by a beekeeping suit, and armed with a shovel to hack away at the monstrous hornets’ nest.
“We got here, what I would say, is the granddaddy of all hornets’ nests,” Jude Verret, a Louisiana exterminator, said as he headed into a shed in Patterson, La., to clear a nest of Europan Yellow Jackets.
Beyond physical protection, Verret must have been armed with quite a bit of courage, given the sheer size of the nest — and the million or more hornets he said were swarming around inside.
(Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...
Absolutely insane way to “destroy” this nest.
All this morn did is drive these hornets to set up dozens of new nests on this property and the neighbors’ properties.
Not to mention, there is a very large amount of fantastically beautiful paper in that nest that could have been taken out and sold on ebay for some decent coin.
They should have waited until it was dark and the creatures were all completely docile, sealed up the building and bug-bombed it.
gas..match, problem solved.
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The Fire Department would be there in time to save your house. Hopefully.
A large-capacity dust collector from a wood shop would have been helpful. 4” hose, walk up and start sucking them in by the gallon.
Nuke it from orbit.
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Two words:
Flame.
Thrower.
Nuke it from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.
When I had them in the ground I didn’t even light it. After dark plug the hole with a rag then pour half a cup or so of gasoline on the rag and go back in the house. No fuss, no muss. Next morning, all dead.
Generally, WASPs are found in the NorthEast... ;-)
Wasps evolved from ants. Wasps and hornets (vespula) are protein eaters. They’re aggressive little things to say the least.
I shot a ‘roosting’? hornet in half at 50 feet with my trusty Daisy when I was 12.
Couldn’t make that shot again if my life depended on it. For one thing, probably couldn’t see it.
Years ago, I killed off a hornets’ nest by pulling up close to it in my van at night and drenching it with several cans of “Hot Shot” wasp killer. Once they realized they were under attack, hundreds of them flew out and attacked my vehicle (a bit daunting, seeing these pissed-off little beasts in my headlights). I then pulled back and returned about 15 minutes later to soak it again, and all but the last few writhing around were dead. Next day I cut that (rather elaborate) nest from its stem into a paper sack and burned the whole mess to ashes.
The “ignorant author” as you so smartly stated being of superior intelligence was obviously only relaying what the exterminator had told him as the statement was in “quotes”
I had a massive bald faced wasp nest in a small tree in my yard that needed “removing”. I wWaited till pitch dark outside
anticipating that the wasps would return to the nest after dark. Used 3/4 of a large can of Wasp Killer spray. Squirted spray into small access hole at the base of the nest, thus killing the wasps as they attempted to leave the nest. Hole quickly plugged with dead wasps. However, from the sound of buzzing still within the nest, there were more yet to kill. Waited for another half hour, thus allowing those still alive within the nest to calm down. Got a small stick, punched a hole in the “paper thin” side and closer to the top of the nest, then resumed spraying into that hole, killing the remainder of those pesky critters as well. Bald faced wasps are VERY NASTY, aggressive critters, not to be fooled with. One does what he has to do.
Ignorance is curable. Stupidity is not.
“gas..match, problem solved.”.
If he lived in the city, he would have needed a burning permit.
I had a massive bald faced wasp nest in a small tree in my yard that needed “removing”. I wWaited till pitch dark outside
anticipating that the wasps would return to the nest after dark. Used 3/4 of a large can of Wasp Killer spray. Squirted spray into small access hole at the base of the nest, thus killing the wasps as they attempted to leave the nest. Hole quickly plugged with dead wasps. However, from the sound of buzzing still within the nest, there were more yet to kill. Waited for another half hour, thus allowing those still alive within the nest to calm down. Got a small stick, punched a hole in the “paper thin” side and closer to the top of the nest, then resumed spraying into that hole, killing the remainder of those pesky critters as well. Bald faced wasps are VERY NASTY, aggressive critters, not to be fooled with. One does what he has to do.
I had a massive bald faced wasp nest in a small tree in my yard that needed “removing”. I waited ‘till pitch dark outside anticipating that the wasps would return to the nest after dark. Used a large can of Wasp Killer spray. Squirted continuous spray into small access hole at the base of the nest, thus killing the wasps as they attempted to leave the nest. Hole quickly plugged with dead wasps. However, from the sound of buzzing still within the nest, there were more yet to kill. Waited for another half hour, thus allowing those still alive within the nest to calm down. Got a small stick, punched a hole in the “paper thin” side and closer to the top of the nest, then resumed spraying into that hole, killing the remainder of those pesky critters as well. Bald faced wasps are VERY NASTY, aggressive critters, not to be fooled with during daylite hours. One does what he has to do.
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