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How and When to Deal With a Huge Paper Wasp Hive #6357710
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Was out in the backyard today shooting my crossbow. Looked up at the big Maple that has lost its leaves and there hangs the biggest wasp hive/nest I have ever seen. It is going to go, It is in the 50's here and I assume too warm to deal with them until it gets dang good and cold.

How cold does it have to be to cut it down and then what is the treatment to kill all the buggers inside that will want to sting me?

Thanks in advance!

Moosetrot

Re: How and When to Deal With a Huge Paper Wasp Hive [Re: Moosetrot] #6357733
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If you are talking about a hornets nest I usually wait until it gets below freezing just to be safe. Then carefully take it down get some good pics and list on eBay.


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Re: How and When to Deal With a Huge Paper Wasp Hive [Re: Moosetrot] #6357736
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I use a product called Tempo. Spray it on or close to go the hive. Once they walk on it and take it on them into the hive, the rest will get it on them and die. Works great on any number of insects and won't harm pets. Been using it for years, little pricy but a little goes a long way!


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Re: How and When to Deal With a Huge Paper Wasp Hive [Re: Moosetrot] #6357747
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12 ga. 3-4 quick rounds of #9 should kill most of the hornets as well.

Re: How and When to Deal With a Huge Paper Wasp Hive [Re: ~ADC~] #6357757
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Originally Posted By: ~ADC~
12 ga. 3-4 quick rounds of #9 should kill most of the hornets as well.



And someone with a video camera. grin


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Re: How and When to Deal With a Huge Paper Wasp Hive [Re: Scuba1] #6357758
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Originally Posted By: Scuba1
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12 ga. 3-4 quick rounds of #9 should kill most of the hornets as well.



And someone with a video camera. grin


Do it at night, they can't fly in the dark.... probably. laugh

Re: How and When to Deal With a Huge Paper Wasp Hive [Re: Moosetrot] #6357761
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When I was a kid about 10, I thought it would be fun to throw rocks at a nest, Figured I could out run 'em. Didn't work so well and I am a lot slower than I was back then.

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Re: How and When to Deal With a Huge Paper Wasp Hive [Re: Moosetrot] #6357793
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Just hit it a couple of times with the shotgun. Best if done with your turkey gun. Just shoot traps loads.

One thing to consider is, have they been a problem to you up to this point? If not, I would just let them be. The only time I have done anything about bees by the house was ones that decided they needed to build a nest in the ground by the house. And by the house I mean right by the blocks. Can not say they bothered us but that is just too close. Dumped about a gallon of gas down the hole. Problem solved. No, I did not throw a match on it.

Bees are very important for pollination. I don't kill them unless they are the mean little sobs that live in the ground where I like to frequent. If they are not within 20' of the house I just leave them alone. I don't like getting tagged 6-10+ times when out of that range but I learn to walk around that area. I know in an hour or two you won't even be able to tell I got stung. That is just me. If you are allergic to them I can see not wanting them around.

Got a funny story about my Dad, a dozer and a jack russel running over a ground nest. That dang dog fight like heck to save my Dad until he tossed her off. The dog was laid up for a couple a few days. Dad did not say how many times he got stung but he drove the dozer out of it.


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Re: How and When to Deal With a Huge Paper Wasp Hive [Re: Moosetrot] #6357805
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Lol

Every time I see one I still hear my childhood friend saying wait.

Re: How and When to Deal With a Huge Paper Wasp Hive [Re: TurkeyWrangler] #6357806
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Originally Posted By: TurkeyWrangler
If you are talking about a hornets nest I usually wait until it gets below freezing just to be safe. Then carefully take it down get some good pics and list on eBay.


I wonder if you should make sure that everything inside it is dead first. I would think if you microwaved it for a little while that would do the trick.

Re: How and When to Deal With a Huge Paper Wasp Hive [Re: Moosetrot] #6357827
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Re: How and When to Deal With a Huge Paper Wasp Hive [Re: Moosetrot] #6357929
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Bald Faced Hornet nest- If it’s fully intact and you want to save, cool night at dusk just put a drum liner or hefty bag over it, duct tape the bag opening to the limb and cut it off.

Re: How and When to Deal With a Huge Paper Wasp Hive [Re: Moosetrot] #6357946
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I sell 'em at shows and rendezvous for $20-$50 apiece. Insert into large plastic bag, spray with Raid, seal up and set aside.

I keep a pole vault pole and crossbar in the boat, both fiberglass, a roll of duct tape and a small woodsaw. That way I can insert the crossbar into the polevault pole, duct tape at the right length to reach the nest, then duct tape the saw onto the end. Takes just a bit of sawing for the nest to let go.

Tricky part is determining whether or not the nest is active when you're about to catch it. If active, I'll leave it on the ground and come back the next trap check period and take it.

Polevault poles also make good carp spears. Lightweight and they float.

Re: How and When to Deal With a Huge Paper Wasp Hive [Re: Moosetrot] #6357952
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I like that technique, I also try to take them down before too many hard freezes or the woodpeckers declare war on the nest.

Re: How and When to Deal With a Huge Paper Wasp Hive [Re: Eagleye] #6357961
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I coached shot & disc for many years, and was always receptive to "getting rid of" old pole vault poles and crossbars. Very light weight and strong.

Check with your local high school track coach to see when they're going to retire their next one.

I also hang Christmas ornaments on our big spruce tree out front with this set up, and the locals are always wondering how I get 'em up there so high!

Re: How and When to Deal With a Huge Paper Wasp Hive [Re: Moosetrot] #6357962
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Re: How and When to Deal With a Huge Paper Wasp Hive [Re: Moosetrot] #6358061
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Your question was how cold and what to treat the hive with. How cold would it have to be to keep you from protecting your front door? If there are hundreds of hornets in the nest they keep the interior warm enough to move around and protect the hive. They just won't fly far from it. At night in the cold the only difference is you won't see the ones that sting you if you get close and handle the hive.

Some wasp and hornet spray that sprays 20 feet, sprayed directly into the entrance, will kill a bunch of them. A few of those treatments and if they are not all dead, the few that are left will die of cold if it gets 15 or so degrees. Put the nest in a bag with a dose of insect spray and tie it closed. Leave it outdoors for a week or so to be sure.
Some people seem to be immune to the stings. They are no worse than a mosquito bite. i'm not one of those lucky people. I swell up and itch for two weeks, so I take no chances with them.

Re: How and When to Deal With a Huge Paper Wasp Hive [Re: Jerry Jr.] #6358068
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Originally Posted By: Jerry Jr.
Just hit it a couple of times with the shotgun. Best if done with your turkey gun. Just shoot traps loads.

One thing to consider is, have they been a problem to you up to this point? If not, I would just let them be. The only time I have done anything about bees by the house was ones that decided they needed to build a nest in the ground by the house. And by the house I mean right by the blocks. Can not say they bothered us but that is just too close. Dumped about a gallon of gas down the hole. Problem solved. No, I did not throw a match on it.

Bees are very important for pollination. I don't kill them unless they are the mean little sobs that live in the ground where I like to frequent. If they are not within 20' of the house I just leave them alone. I don't like getting tagged 6-10+ times when out of that range but I learn to walk around that area. I know in an hour or two you won't even be able to tell I got stung. That is just me. If you are allergic to them I can see not wanting them around.

Got a funny story about my Dad, a dozer and a jack russel running over a ground nest. That dang dog fight like heck to save my Dad until he tossed her off. The dog was laid up for a couple a few days. Dad did not say how many times he got stung but he drove the dozer out of it.


Wasps and hornets are not honey bees. Wasps and hornets attack and kill honey bees at the hive. I'd ask that you reconsider giving them a pass. There's likely a local bee keeper that has issues with them.


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Re: How and When to Deal With a Huge Paper Wasp Hive [Re: ~ADC~] #6358105
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Originally Posted By: ~ADC~
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[quote=~ADC~]12 ga. 3-4 quick rounds of #9 should kill most of the hornets as well.



And someone with a video camera. grin


Do it at night, they can't fly in the dark.... probably. laugh [/quote


At least I never seen one fly in the dark


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Re: How and When to Deal With a Huge Paper Wasp Hive [Re: Moosetrot] #6358120
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FCOL at the ignorance.

Life cycle of the bald faced is that the colony dies each year at the first good hard freeze. Only the mated daughter foundresses (queen) overwinter and they do so away from the parent nest. At this time of year there's no need to treat it. Just wait until after the first hard freeze to remove it.


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Originally Posted By: ~ADC~
12 ga. 3-4 quick rounds of #9 should kill most of the hornets as well.


Lol, We used to shoot the Carpenter Bees , the ones that drill in the wood in barn.
Bird shot with the 12ga we would let them fly in the big door side and BAM. Like skeet but smaller. Your comment brought back the Memory lol.

Re: How and When to Deal With a Huge Paper Wasp Hive [Re: Moosetrot] #6358158
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Here's a picture I borrowed off the 'net to show what kind of nest this is. Mine is pretty much the same except bigger. I am going to wait until it gets good and cold here to do anything with it.

Muskrat-If I can get it down intact I will put it in a bag and spray in some Raid or something...just in case. I'm doing a bunch of gun shows in Spring and will put it up for sale.

Warrior-By looking at the nest do you think I can safely assume it's bald-faced and will be empty once we get some good hard freezes?

The Yuppies who have moved in around me will have no tolerance for blasting them with a shotgun, much less a lot of other stuff I have done here for years. They are a plague.

Thanks for all the advice!

Moosetrot

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Originally Posted By: warrior
FCOL at the ignorance.

Life cycle of the bald faced is that the colony dies each year at the first good hard freeze. Only the mated daughter foundresses (queen) overwinter and they do so away from the parent nest. At this time of year there's no need to treat it. Just wait until after the first hard freeze to remove it.


Interesting. I had more than a couple of nests brought into the classroom by students during the winter months that started dropping live hornets about third hour as the nest warmed up.

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Re: How and When to Deal With a Huge Paper Wasp Hive [Re: MnMan] #6358227
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Seems like a lot of folks have an interesting story about a bald faced hornet's nest. Awhile back on a fishing trip to the Turtle Flambeau, Patrice and I spotted the perfect one, right on the edge of the road near the boat landing and only 6 feet up in some thick brush. Next morning we came back early and it was cold, about this time of the year, armed with cans of wasp and hornet spray. We hosed that baby down good and went fishing for the day thinking that when we came in at the end of the day it was ours. I stopped the truck and began cutting it loose from the branches when Patrice remarked that it was odd to hear an outboard motor this close to the road. Being the astute feller that I am I yelled run! and took off down the gravel road. Patrice commented that I looked like that keep on truckin guy from the 70's. As a side note I do not recommend leaving your truck running with the doors open while removing a hostile nest as it makes you look kind of foolish to the other folks leaving the landing. Next morning we stopped back, clipped it into a garbage bag and soaked it again with spray and that was the end of them. It hangs proudly in our house yet today.

Moosey, do not leave the nest too much longer as the woodpeckers will trash it. Given your recent hip replacement it would behoove you to recruit an agile but somewhat dimwitted assistant.

Zim

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Zim-Great story!

Unfortunately the hip replacement has not happened yet, so even more reason for me to find an "agile but somewhat dimwitted assistant."

Moosetrot

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Ah, the memories! I just saw this, Moosey! Those bald faced hornets are tougher sometimes than you'd think!

Zim and I looked so foolish standing there on foot waaaaaay down the highway from our truck which we couldn't reach. Armed with nothing but a can of Raid that was almost useless. As we were running I would turn around and try to shoot behind me. Too funny! I hit a few stragglers that went buzzing in circles along the pavement behind us. I'll never forget that sound as they buzzed around in circles on the highway and still wouldn't quite let go. Wow! shocked

In the end it took three trips and three full cans of Raid. It took a long time before I was sure that more of them wouldn't come out of that nest when we least expected it.

This is what bald faced hornets look like.


And here it is, in our home.


There. THAT was easy! laugh

Good luck to you, Moosey. I hope we hear back about a successful mission!


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Nasty critters, far worse than yellow jackets.

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Yes that is exactly what they look like right before they do the bald face hornet jihad on you.
When I see one like that my first thoughts are, “Uhh oohh, this is gonna hurt!”
They dont fight fair, when one comes after you they bring a bunch of their evil friends and they all whup up on you.

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Moostrot let me know when your going to tackle that baby. I'll bring my camera set in video mode?? just to help of course..
Be great adventure! LOL!

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My uncle found one on a cold frosty morning. No hornets. He cut it and threw it in the back of his truck which had a shell. He forgot the thing was in there and in the afternoon with all that nice warm sunshine coming through the glass, there was quite the hornet hatch. The inside of that cap was alive with them!
I usually have a nest of them hanging around here when the leaves go down where you can see them. They have been there all summer without problems. By spring, the nest is gone. As somebody said, there are plenty of insect eating birds that will eat them through the winter.
Oh. I shot a nest out one time thinking to go back for it in a few days when the bees were gone. A skunk tore the thing to pieces and I guess it ate the bees and larvae. A skunk can also dig out those ground wasps and eat them. That makes a skunk a useful critter in my book.

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Originally Posted By: ~ADC~
12 ga. 3-4 quick rounds of #9 should kill most of the hornets as well.


He didn't ask for the FUN WAY to get rid of them. wink grin


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It sounds more like bald face hornets than paper wasps that you have. Paper wasps build under eaves and sheltered type areas. I get them underneath the railings on my deck. Any insecticide that specifies it kills hornets will work. Regular flying insect killer just makes them mad.


I don't care how nice the hand soap smells, you should never walk out of the restroom sniffing your fingers.
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grin Always have loved that one !

Boy howdy, Patrice, does that story bring memories ! I laughed at your "keep on truckin " image - know that art instantly grin

Many years ago I too cut a nest of Baldies , thought it was evacuated for the winter, brought it inside my cabin in Idaho , set it on a shelf in a back room and went about the day. A few hours later when I returned , I was horrified to see them trying their best to warm up enough to fly. One did manage to take off and slowly fly my direction toward a window....it sounded like a B-52 ! Like you, Ill never forget the sound.

I ducked aside and proceeded to swat them all before they had the chance to take off.

I didn't even want the nest after that- I took it outside and burned it.

Like T 7 mentioned, paper wasps are the tame ones of the clan....the most tolerant ....yellow-jackets bad, Baldies terrible.

I saw a takeover of Baldies on a yellow -jacket nest. It was a fight that lasted some hours, with the Baldies winning and tearing apart the nest.

Ugh.......

Re: How and When to Deal With a Huge Paper Wasp Hive [Re: Moosetrot] #6363305
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Yes, that's hornet nest and imo best bagged before cutting and done on a cold day. Left in the bag a few days-or weeks- the buggers will die off.
Hornets do come back to life after a hard freeze if brought into the warm house, like in Muskrat's classroom. I don't know how many days of being frozen they can stand but several below freezing nights and cut on a 10F day with snow on the ground.

Paper wasps- dish soap in water is much better than 20'wasp spray and also won't destroy the part of the house the nest is attached to. Wasp spray damages things like tar paper, roof shingles, plastic light fixtures, wire insulation, foam insulation and vinyl siding. Pump sprayer cup of soap gallon of water will kill paper wasps all summer.

Re: How and When to Deal With a Huge Paper Wasp Hive [Re: tjm] #6363315
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I have heard that hornets can come right through a plastic garbage bag. eek Is that true?

And are they not chopping up wood fibers to make that paper nest? That would make a Hefty bag seem like child's play ...


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Re: How and When to Deal With a Huge Paper Wasp Hive [Re: Moosetrot] #6363317
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Just spray it with a hose. Everyone knows they cant swim.

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Lol ! Riiiiiiight........

Re: How and When to Deal With a Huge Paper Wasp Hive [Re: Moosetrot] #6363330
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I don't know how fast they can fly but it is faster the a 10 year old boy pedaling for his life downhill on his bicycle. One stung me right in the eye my head face swelled up like a pumpkin. I didn't look near death so of course the old man wouldn't let my mom take me to the doctor. Took a few days before I was back to just being homely.


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The only one I ever saved , I cut down after a cool down in weather .
Placed it in an air tight tote.
Left an open dish of rubbing alcohol inside the tote with it for few days (seems like maybe a weekend long)??
Hung in the breezeway between house and garage for many years, after airing it out some.
I have heard of springtime hatches if the eggs/ larvae survive the winter.
Might want to consider a spray on preservative for the outside of the nest, lasts longer they say.


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Grab em by the wings and it wont sting ya wink


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This ^^^ :lol

Yup, baldies are way worse than paper wasps. They and their nests are much tougher. All the papers are dead here in SE WI. Blue Jays n such have trashed their nest for the larvae. Rains have what's left rotting quickly. Haven't seen any baldies lately... but you never know.


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Re: How and When to Deal With a Huge Paper Wasp Hive [Re: Moosetrot] #6363568
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Raid work well. If you hit them with the can just behind the neck. One whack and they are done for. Try it. If there are more then one, its a good idea to have a can in each hand.


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Baldies must be much larger where you are, Michael !

I think Id use my 44 mag lever in that case !

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Wasps gather at the hive at dusk so nuke it just after dusk and kill em all.


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Re: How and When to Deal With a Huge Paper Wasp Hive [Re: Sharon] #6363592
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Originally Posted By: Sharon
grin

Baldies must be much larger where you are, Michael !

I think Id use my 44 mag lever in that case !


You want to keep that rife close by for the mosquitos.



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Re: How and When to Deal With a Huge Paper Wasp Hive [Re: Moosetrot] #6363597
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LOL !

You're right , Michael - I done shot all those skeeters in this neck o the woods smile

Makes for good skeet and trap practice too grin

Re: How and When to Deal With a Huge Paper Wasp Hive [Re: MnMan] #6363610
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You forgot one thing.....the Green Bay Packers Thong......still laughing!

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I use a product called Tempo. Spray it on or close to go the hive. Once they walk on it and take it on them into the hive, the rest will get it on them and die. Works great on any number of insects and won't harm pets. Been using it for years, little pricy but a little goes a long way!


^^^^^^^ just asked my son ,what he used for those nests.....he worked for a pest control company for 5 years....he said TEMPO ...and do it at night...get it at ...do my own pest control.com

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Fear not, Trapperman friends! Old Moosetrot is going to wait till it is dang cold to deal with that thing. I plan on cutting it down and putting it in a bag with a healthy dose of Raid or something so they will sleep the Winter away peacefully.

Not real mobile right now and would rather not do the "Dance of a Thousand Stings".

I was thinking about just boxing it up and sending it to the Patriots locker room overnight.

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Lmao !


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I think bald faced hornets all die except for some queens that have mated. The queen will start a new nest the next year all by herself. Winter weather will wreck the old nest. The new nest will only be a couple inches in diameter. After some eggs hatch all she does is lay more eggs and the new hornets keep working on the nest. Hard to understand how it grows (unlike a pumpkin) they must be constantly working on it.
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I don't know how this works if they never have freezing weather.

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Well, took a look at the nest today and a bird has already been at it. Big hole in the side of it.

This fully substantiates my usual modus operandi...sit around and wait for a while and the problem will take care of itself!

Now, what do I deal with next?

Thanks for all the advice, folks!

Moosetrot, the Stingless

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It amazes me any bird can break into their nest and not get stung badly in the places that aren't covered with layered feathers. Im guessing that happens in daylight , hence the hornets being active in defense. Sure would be something to see !

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Fairly cold here (mid-40's) now so I am assuming they are dormant if they are in there.

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Oh ! Well that would make it much easier !

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LOL... you guys are hilarious! LOL.

but seriously, gasoline and a flare works pretty good.


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LOL... you guys are hilarious! LOL.

but seriously, gasoline and a flare works pretty good.


Dude, you are taking all the fun out of the " advice" we give here captain obvious grin


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