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.

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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!