I went to clear some paths today, so I could get some ladder stands placed. I have the acquired skill of ending up on top of a yellow jacket nest. I got lit up for sure. So, I built some bait stations similar to those from posts by Finster, a while back. While putting out the bait stations, I found another nest with my atv.
So now I am at war with these vicious little vermin.
I have enough termidor sc to kill them for miles around. So tomorrow, I will get to see how many are using the bait stations. In less than an hour, a few yellow jackets were hitting all four, that I built and placed this afternoon!

Pour about a half pint of gas down their hole at dark and light them up.

I do that also, but this terminates the nests I cannot find, before they find me. Oh, I have never lit the gas , as the fumes do them in! That could be fun though!

I am currently on a similar mission! I have read the previous threads and Zim and I set out in search of a 9% Fipronil solution locally. The hardware store had a few types of flea and tick meds, and I purchased this ZoGuard Plus for significantly less money than Frontline Plus with the same ingredients, including 9.8% Fipronil.



After cutting open one of the containers I realized the liquid can be squeezed out in drops. I poured the chicken liquid off and mixed it with the chemicals, then poured it back and mixed it with the chicken. I went with the 1/4 teaspoon per can of chicken, which equals 7 drops. I set the can out where we can see it up on our deck. It's more than 10 feet off the ground where the girls cannot roam.



It took a full minute before the first yellow jacket arrived. The first one died in there. After that one, several have eaten from the trough, but I am concerned about the concentration. As Scuba mentioned, you need to get the concentration right so they live long enough to take it to the nest. It may be that the other chemical in the dog stuff makes it too toxic at that dosage. I'm ready to make adjustments as needed, but if no more die right in the chicken I'll stick with this.

More updates to come...

Two dead in there. Quite a few more visitors. We'll bring it in after dark. I may make a more diluted version before I put it out in the morning.

Patch if you find just the odd one or wo dead at the bait, they may well be on their second or third trip to the nest and pegged out doing their job. if the concentration is to strong, you would find more dead ones at the bait station I would think. Proof is in the pudding though .... or in this case in the chicken. If none come after 24 hours tomorrow its mission accomplished.

Patrice, I don’t know about what you are using there, but the wasps do need to carry the meat to the nest, for total kills. If you need some of what I am using, let me know, and I will send you some in a lure bottle !

I Hope it Works

Yes. Please keep us posted. Can't believe the number of yellow jackets this year!

i've been using seven dust on them . i rigged up my sand blaster to shoot it up into the soffits. so far so good.

Good point. Maybe I shouldn't have backed down on dosage yet. I'll reevaluate later today and make adjustments. On another note... your auto correct feature changed Patrice to Patch? I kind of like that!


Hey, Gary. I'm not sure if you saw my photos and explanation, but it's a liquid I mixed with the chicken juice and then mixed that al back into the chicken for bait. My concern is that besides the 9.8% Fipronil, it also contains 8.8% (S)-Methoprene. I am trying to determine if I need to adjust the mixture to account for an additional pesticide. I am looking forward to your progress report. You are a guy who does a great job at everything you do, and I'm sure those yellow jackets don't stand a chance!

Sorry Patrice..... I am still of the opinion that they should have given the oversight of the auto correct place to someone other than Coonman. Yet here we are

If things went ok, you should have no more visitors at the bait station by early evening.

Never thought to try dog flea/tick medicine, Patrice. I've got a nest of em inside the wall of my house, entering from an improperly terminated exterior outlet. I tried the $3 hornet spray, but I'm sure it couldn't reach the whole nest. Just gotta get creative so the dogs and kids can't get to it.

Tlguy, check out Hrdtoflw's photo above when he started this thread. He made boxes to put out that the yellow jackets can get in but other critters cannot. According to Scuba, if we get this right, it should only take a day or so.

Hey Patrice, I did a bit of research on Methoprene. It appears, it is a chemical that affects the insects' ability to reproduce. I don't think it kills them directly. I need to see if we still have some flea/tick treatment left after our dog passed last fall. Need to kill me some yeller jackets, too.

I have never seen something dead reproduce. But the ingredient you are looking for to kill the yellow jackets is Friponil. I am sure no matter what name is on the flea drops that friponil is the active ingredient to kill the bugs on a dog. and its the stuff used to treat dirt in order to eliminate ground termites. So if you find something with 8 to 10% priponil in the solution , you are on a winner.

Dead is permanent.

Then where did Hunter Biden come from ??

if that works I will be looking for the same stuff

was cleaning fish sunday and had a swarm of yellow jackets around me

found a nest in my eve over the front porch today , I have killed hundreds in traps and the bucket of bloody water but that is only diminishing the numbers slightly

that nest is getting the foaming wasp and hornet killer spray tonight after dark

I hear ya, I'm just saying the flea and tick formula for dogs is different than Taurus SC, with an additive that keeps fleas/ticks from reproducing on your pets. Taurus SC is designed for long-term termite/carpenter ant control, from what I gather.

Is it common for the water or juice from the can to evaporate in a couple of days? I have 6 cans out now in varying degree of freshness and I still have hornets and wasps everywhere.

It's OK, it's a known fact, yellow jackets like jerky.

That is the perfect spot to apply Sevun dust to where they are entering the wall. I have seen it work wonders in two similar situations this year. Overnight 100% gone.

I think I may have used too much of the termidor sc. the yellow jackets are rejecting it. I checked on two very active nests today, with very little activity at the baits.
So, tomorrow I will change out the baits, and mix a weaker solution. Maybe the little vermin only wants the name brand chicken. I may try other baits also. I will post test results when I get better results. I won’t use gas yet, so I can see their activity as testing continues.
I did use 1/4” hardware cloth, which could be part of the problem, but they seem to get in, and out, fairly easy.

usually

Hey Scuba. Patch here. You missed an opportunity to blame that one on the auto-correct.

Gary, how much did you use?

Zim and I were also standing in the grocery store joking about how high-end the chicken needs to be and if the yellow jackets would be offended by a generic.

I would add that I wouldn't worry the least bit about 1/4" hardware cloth. I had tiny holes in the base of my previous hummingbird feeder an those little suckers squeezed in there and drowned until there were dozens of them floating in one day!

WARNING

Those of you with them in the wall of the house read this story before you kill them in the house.

Quite a few years ago I found that there was a nest of them in the wall of the kitchen where there used to be a AC line running in. I took a chunk of pex and poured some sevin dust in the end and then after dark, put the dirty end in the hole and blew. Kind of like inseminating a cow. (only you don't have to worry about the cow blowing first) It worked like a charm. The next day everything was dead.

SUCCESS!!!

Nope.

All of the wasps were indeed dead, however, there were still a lot of grubs inside the wall. The second day all of the grubs were dead too. Behind the southern facing wall. Where the sun hits all day. Where it got good and warm. You could not even tolerate going in the kitchen for about a week. It smelled that bad.

So.

If you are going to kill them inside one of your walls. Remember my story and assess the benefits to risk. Some of you have wives. Some may not be real understanding.

Patrice, I used 2 teaspoons for 4 small cans of chicken, but I only put back about half of the liquid.

Gary, are you seeing yellow jackets flying around those sites anymore? I was thinking I would see the kind of swarm coming to the chicken as we were seeing circling our jelly feeder and our hummingbird feeder. Since there never was that kind of activity all at once, I questioned my procedure. Not knowing too much about yellow jacket behavior and considering Scuba's comments, I now wonder if the ones who came and took chicken off to the nest have killed the whole bunch. This morning, I made a new batch and put it out. I didn't put the jelly feeder out for the orioles. No yellow jackets. After seeing the orioles in the window making faces at me, I broke down and put their jelly feeder out too. Still no yellow jackets anywhere. I'll leave it out for the day and see if anything happens!

Obviously he came from the Milk Man!!!

No need to lite 'em up, just put something over the hole to block them in so the vapors kill them.

I just put mine out. Hoping to slow the competition at the hummingbird feeders! My feeders are covered with yellow jackets, at the moment.

I changed out the baits today, and have not seen any increase in activity. I have two within 15 feet of nests. I don’t get it!

It has cooled off here, maybe that has slowed them down some. I need a remote controlled mower, to wake them up. Anyway, before this weekend, they will be terminated . Gasoline it is, if need be. I have help coming to get some stands up on our new property. I have back surgery scheduled for Dec 1st, so I want to at least get 1 or 2 deer in the freezer before then!
I wanted to clear some paths to the stand sites, but now I’m afraid to get nailed by too many yellow jackets at one time. I have a ruptured disk, and I cannot move too fast, even if being chased by little yellow darts!

Well, Gary, I am completely out of yellow jackets! They were gone the night before last. I was convinced that I would see some huge swarm going to the chicken, but that isn't how it went. It must be that a few take the poison to the nest and wipe everyone out. I even made up a new batch today and left it out all day and spied on it. Now more yellow jackets. None on the jelly. None on the hummingbird nectar.

Given my lack of swarming excitement, I was wondering if maybe yours are gone too? Have you spied on the area near your nests? Are there yellow jackets around but not going to the bait? I am hoping yours wiped themselves out without much fanfare, just like mine. Let us know!

My hummingbird feeders had a couple yellow jackets on them today, but nothing compared to yesterday. Put out my bait yesterday, late afternoon. I will report again tomorrow eve. My bait consisted of a knockoff of Frontline Plus Small dog. Squirted one dose in the juice of a can of Swanson canned chicken. Divided the juice amongst 3 small bait containers and added a bit of chicken to each for eye appeal.

Good luck, Keck!

Very helpful thread

I'm keeping my eye on this,I have been fighting the little devils since june.
I did get one nest with seven dust,and 5 cans of spray.

I hope Hrdtoflw has not been chased down by the yellow demons! Gary, if you're out there, let us know how you're doing!

[quote=Patrice]I hope Hrdtoflw has not been chased down by the yellow demons! Gary, if you're out there, let us


know how you're doing!
I am good Patrice. I will check baits when I get home today. Yesterday, I saw no activity at the bait, but the ground nests we very busy!
I really wanted this to work out, mainly for those nests that are hiding in the woods. I have two nests that I can watch for results, but I may need to use gasoline by tomorrow night. We are putting out stands on my new property on Monday, and I don’t want my help getting lit up by these little yellow beasts!

Just bought a container of sevin. It is no longer carbaryl. That has been taken off the market August 1. The new stuff is .1 % zeta-cypermethrin , instead of 5% carbaryl. Waiting to see if it's as good as the old stuff on yellowjackets. Had a friend say he didn't have good success with the new stuff ( he didn't realize the change ) and neither did I until I read the label. Hit a nest, with it, in the stone wall today. Will see the results tomorrow. The old stuff always worked for me. Powder the nest so they walk through it and take it into the nest, next day they were gone.

Glad to hear you're still with us, Gary! Good luck!

I am going with gasoline tomorrow. I just hope I can avoid any more of these suckers. I wanted to wipe them out before we went in the woods, due to my help that is coming this weekend.
My son is coming to help, and he said he is not worried about them. He’s more concerned about me, due to the fact that I can’t move to fast. I ruptured my S1/l5 disk, and my surgery in not until Dec-1.
Patrice, Cindi is on me like an old mama hen! Lol

I have not eliminated my yellow jacket problem yet. While there are significantly fewer flying about, there are still a fair number. I might have to give them another dose. I'd like to change up my bait to sugar water mixed with fipronil solution, since my hummingbird feeders seem to be their main attraction. But, I don't want to kill off some of the more beneficial bees that might be attracted.

I just we to one nest and put a bait a foot from their hole. They were sluggish with the cool temp. So I figure they will eat it, leave it alone, attack it, or attack me when I go to check! Lol
It’s time to force the action, and tonight, out comes the gasoline!

This new sevin isn"t cutting it.

Ok, I just went to do the deed with gas, a little before dark. I have not had time to monitor the nests, or baits today. Both nests seemed to be done for, before I put gas in the hole. So, now I have done in 3 nests that I know of, and hopefully any more in the area!

I've caught 1000s by cutting the top off a plastic pop bottle (Mt dew) and inverting the top.

I hope so, Gary!

Bucksnbears, it's really satisfying to see those yellow jackets in a trap, but it doesn't locate the nests or kill the queens. They're still nearby, creating new ones.

TTT
That time of year again. I just put out my Swanson chicken and Taurus.

No need to light it, just cover the hole so they can't escape. Takes out the whole nest.

But then where is the fun???

Here is the old yellerjacket thread.

Zim

Thank you, Zim .