We're up here in Ohio getting the mother in law's house emptied and found this on the shed out back. How do you get rid of such a thing without subjecting oneself to injury?

Oh my I think I would have to wait till colder months when they are lazy!!! That looks like an alien with two big eyes with the lights!

I know some guys like to use a shop vac that has a chopper blade to mince up the hornets. Or just go in a double fist a couple cans of hornet spray

The hornets are bad this year. I just wiped out a nest bigger than that one that was under the eave of my new summer kitchen. I went out after dark and soaked it down with bee spray, the kind that shoots 25'. Get the non-foaming stuff if you can find it, it's way more effective, hard to find anymore though.

It took me three nights in a row. Each day there'd be less activity and by the fourth day none.

But...I was painting near the "dead" nest a week later and one came out of it and bounced off my head. I sprayed it again, knocked it down with a shovel, sprayed it again and chopped it up. It's dead for sure now.

PS; Aim the spray up the hole.

Go to hardware store and buy can of bee spray or two. I think it’s called wasp and hornet spray. It’ll spray about 10-15 feet. Put it in that hole on bottom and soak the nest good. I like to do it early in morning when the bees are in there.

Wasp and hornet spray at night. Let all of then return to nest. Have back up cans. My son works for terminex. He has to do night calls on hornets a lot

I'm dealing with another large one they built inside the taillight assembly of my 16' trailer. I can only see the bottom 20% sticking out. I sprayed it three nights in a row with little affect. The other night I got brave, snuck in close a gave it a heavy dose of Sevin dust. Over the last two days activity has dropped about 90% but it is still active. I'm going to give it more Sevin dust tonight, right up whats left of the hole this time.

I remove the nest at night. I just cover the nest with a contractor trash bag and force it into the bag.
Once removed spray some bee spray inside and tie it shut
Dress for the occasion, heavy clothes and gloves
I get stung every now and then. No biggie

Spray wasp spray at night....works here

This has always worked for me.

Bee careful around them during the day.

If your concern is spraying a liquid at something electrical, I would think the can of chicken concoction should get rid of them in short order.

same let them go to sleep then soak it

set an alarm for around 2 hours after dark and go soak them down with a head lamp and 2 cans of spray

12 gauge with #8's followed by a little spackle and some paint. Nobody will notice.

Moosetrot

If you can find a safe way to spray it gasoline works good.

SPECTRACIDE Wasp and Hornet spray is the best I have found.Spray in the hole and spray whole nest at night when they are all in the nest.Sprays over 20 feet too.

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I agree with the wasp and hornet spray but I would not recommend using a head lamp. Hornets are attracted to light at night. I would not want them attracted to my head. If you need light, set it up away from where you will be with the spray can.

Prayers sent

Agree about not holding a light...
Ask me how I know...lol

Wasp and Hornet sprays spray at a distance allowing you to be quite a ways back when you spray the nest. I've killed a few of these and usually it took a full can to completely wipe them out. As everyone says, you need to shoot into the hole of the cone, douse it real good to kill them all. Then later you can knock the nest down.