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nfrine

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Talked to the propane delivery guy the other day. He carries a case of wasp spray with him this time of year. The wasps like to nest in the covers over the fill spout on top of the tank. He said they have been extremely nasty this year. He used words to describe them that can't be used here.
 

CRcyclone6

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Seems like we have had a ton more wasps this year. Usually find a couple nests under the edges of our pool, this year I had to dispose of 8. They then moved to the roof I added on to the back of our garage that covers my bar. 4 more nests up there. Don't like those ****s.
 

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Right after this started I found the little bastards entering where my vinyl siding meets my foundation. I have been filling up the shop vac half way with water and leaving it running with the hose a couple of inches from where they are coming and going. Whenever one tries to leave or return they get a free trip to the pool. I need to find some of that powder you guys were talking about. I was hoping to not have to get stung a few times to get it up in their portal.

You get an A for ingenuity on that wasp killing system.
 

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Anyone ever get in the middle of a bald face hornet nest? Those things are aggressive and will kill.
 

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Seems like we have had a ton more wasps this year. Usually find a couple nests under the edges of our pool, this year I had to dispose of 8. They then moved to the roof I added on to the back of our garage that covers my bar. 4 more nests up there. Don't like those ****s.
Global warming, this is pretty much the beginning of the end.
 
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After 6 stings in 3 weeks, the wasps at my place are evicted. Raid, long stick, and gasoline took care of the problem.
 

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So last night, were at a surprise birthday party. Tons of people and kids. Guys little girl starts WAILING like she just broke her leg. Everyone is totally freaked out. Turns out she got stung by two wasps from a HUGE nest in the swing set.

I was mid sentence talking to a guy with mouth full of maid rite. When I heard wasp nest, I immediately said, to loudly, F**K this!!! And ran out of the house to our house to get this turbo spray I bought two days ago. I walked back over like I was ready to kill 7 humans. Everyone, including my wife was slight distraught by my Batman-esque attitude. I executed over 45 wasps in less than a minute. Then I came too and turned around to see many people about ready to give me a standing ovation. It was one of the greatest moments of my life.
 

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So last night, were at a surprise birthday party. Tons of people and kids. Guys little girl starts WAILING like she just broke her leg. Everyone is totally freaked out. Turns out she got stung by two wasps from a HUGE nest in the swing set.

I was mid sentence talking to a guy with mouth full of maid rite. When I heard wasp nest, I immediately said, to loudly, F**K this!!! And ran out of the house to our house to get this turbo spray I bought two days ago. I walked back over like I was ready to kill 7 humans. Everyone, including my wife was slight distraught by my Batman-esque attitude. I executed over 45 wasps in less than a minute. Then I came too and turned around to see many people about ready to give me a standing ovation. It was one of the greatest moments of my life.

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BoxsterCy

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A Menard's run for chemical weapons of mass destruction is on my errand list today.

Out of wasp spray so yesterday I had to go with ant-roach spray (stinky stuff, man, just smelly). Sprayed and put the door mat over the deck board to keep the "gas" in.
 

cowgirl836

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So last night, were at a surprise birthday party. Tons of people and kids. Guys little girl starts WAILING like she just broke her leg. Everyone is totally freaked out. Turns out she got stung by two wasps from a HUGE nest in the swing set.

I was mid sentence talking to a guy with mouth full of maid rite. When I heard wasp nest, I immediately said, to loudly, F**K this!!! And ran out of the house to our house to get this turbo spray I bought two days ago. I walked back over like I was ready to kill 7 humans. Everyone, including my wife was slight distraught by my Batman-esque attitude. I executed over 45 wasps in less than a minute. Then I came too and turned around to see many people about ready to give me a standing ovation. It was one of the greatest moments of my life.


so was your nest a breakaway from theirs?




it sounds as though you have officially joined the 'death to all yellow jackets" team. Nice job, OP. Nice job.
 

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so was your nest a breakaway from theirs?




it sounds as though you have officially joined the 'death to all yellow jackets" team. Nice job, OP. Nice job.

Oh. I'll gladly be the f ing captain.
 

JM4CY

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so was your nest a breakaway from theirs?




it sounds as though you have officially joined the 'death to all yellow jackets" team. Nice job, OP. Nice job.

What the hell does OP mean? I've been wondering for for a several days and forgot to ask.
 

cowgirl836

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What the hell does OP mean? I've been wondering for for a several days and forgot to ask.


original poster



the summer of our nest discovery, I had had a wasp fly into my face, get stung grabbing a door handle, and went down into our basement to get tomato sauce - stepped on (what I thought was) glass - looked down and a yellowjacket was squirming between my toes. I had to pull the ****** out. In hindsight, that should have been a clue that there was a big ******* nest down there somewhere. Took us another couple weeks.


Husband wonders why I'm such a spaz around stinging insects. He doesn't understand. Once you've been through the war, it changes you.
 

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So last night, were at a surprise birthday party. Tons of people and kids. Guys little girl starts WAILING like she just broke her leg. Everyone is totally freaked out. Turns out she got stung by two wasps from a HUGE nest in the swing set.

I was mid sentence talking to a guy with mouth full of maid rite. When I heard wasp nest, I immediately said, to loudly, F**K this!!! And ran out of the house to our house to get this turbo spray I bought two days ago. I walked back over like I was ready to kill 7 humans. Everyone, including my wife was slight distraught by my Batman-esque attitude. I executed over 45 wasps in less than a minute. Then I came too and turned around to see many people about ready to give me a standing ovation. It was one of the greatest moments of my life.

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Hey, bumping this because I have several wasps (confirmed as identified correctly) consontly around one swingset peak in our back yard for 10 days. No identified nest. Whar is it???
 

BoxsterCy

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Hey, bumping this because I have several wasps (confirmed as identified correctly) consontly around one swingset peak in our back yard for 10 days. No identified nest. Whar is it???

No end caps on my childhood swing set. They were in the piping/tubing.

We had lots of gasoline since my dad was a fuel delivery/sales guy. Burn baby burn!
 

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