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‘I’m not usually scared:’ Exterminator fought monstrous hornet nest for 45 minutes, video shows
Miami Herald ^ | November 24, 2017 | Jared Gilmour

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.


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To: Ciaphas Cain

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.


41 posted on 11/24/2017 8:53:12 PM PST by catnipman ( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: wyowolf

gas..match, problem solved.

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The Fire Department would be there in time to save your house. Hopefully.


42 posted on 11/24/2017 8:56:14 PM PST by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

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.


43 posted on 11/24/2017 9:01:39 PM PST by lurk
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To: lee martell
When that movie came out I was shocked. I couldn't believe that they would make such a morally reprehensible movie. I was wrong. They kept making them, each one worse than the one before.
 
44 posted on 11/24/2017 9:03:15 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (Happy Thanksgiving!)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

Nuke it from orbit.

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45 posted on 11/24/2017 9:12:03 PM PST by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

Two words:
Flame.
Thrower.


46 posted on 11/24/2017 9:12:46 PM PST by mkleesma (`Call to me, and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.')
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47 posted on 11/24/2017 9:16:56 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: lee martell
I almost bumped into a large nest of white face hornets. I would have been stung multiple times if the temperature was a little warmer. These hornets were huge. I thought the one I saw was a queen until I realized they were all big. They averaged over an inch in length.
48 posted on 11/24/2017 9:29:31 PM PST by peeps36 (Obama = the skidmark on America's uunderwear)
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To: peeps36

Nuke it from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.


49 posted on 11/24/2017 9:38:18 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (BANNON YOU MAGNIFICENT BASTARD!)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

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.


50 posted on 11/24/2017 9:48:35 PM PST by pa_dweller (President Donald Trump, President Donald Trump. Because I know you like seeing it.)
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To: aft_lizard

Generally, WASPs are found in the NorthEast... ;-)


51 posted on 11/24/2017 10:41:26 PM PST by glorgau
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To: TexasGator

Wasps evolved from ants. Wasps and hornets (vespula) are protein eaters. They’re aggressive little things to say the least.


52 posted on 11/24/2017 10:42:26 PM PST by jmacusa ("Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
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To: Ciaphas Cain

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.


53 posted on 11/24/2017 11:32:59 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

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.


54 posted on 11/25/2017 2:05:51 AM PST by ScottinVA ( Liberals, go find another country.)
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To: RegulatorCountry

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”


55 posted on 11/25/2017 3:15:23 AM PST by CGASMIA68
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To: pa_dweller

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.


56 posted on 11/25/2017 4:50:06 AM PST by DaveA37
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To: CGASMIA68

Ignorance is curable. Stupidity is not.


57 posted on 11/25/2017 4:51:07 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: wyowolf

“gas..match, problem solved.”.

If he lived in the city, he would have needed a burning permit.


58 posted on 11/25/2017 5:09:09 AM PST by DaveA37
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To: pa_dweller

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.


59 posted on 11/25/2017 5:17:39 AM PST by DaveA37
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To: pa_dweller

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.


60 posted on 11/25/2017 6:15:20 AM PST by DaveA37
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