Hornet Nest Removal Advice

[***Ironhead***]

Thanks for the info, I'll reconsider my choice .
I had bought the stuff in the picture below from my local Lowes, but maybe it isn't the best choice.
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We had a similar sized nest in a soft maple above our mailbox. They got me two days in a row when I got the mail. Bought a two pack of the spray on the right got for four bucks, waited until 10 the second night after they stung me, and emptied can one. Did they same the next night and never saw another one.

 

[***Ironhead***]

I have found that brake cleaner is way more effective than any wasp spray I've ever used. It seems like it burns the wings right off them and they hit the ground.

Would it hurt his paint or vinyl soffit? Just curious I haven’t heard of this being used in this application.

 

[Jaybird1980]

Would it hurt his paint or vinyl soffit? Just curious I haven’t heard of this being used in this application.

Possibly

 

[76Too]

Climb up on a ladder and kick it. Gotta wait til it’s nice and warm out though.

 

[d.kaufman]

Would it hurt his paint or vinyl soffit? Just curious I haven’t heard of this being used in this application.

Possibly

There definitely is the possibility. I would probably test in a more friendly area if concerned with that.

Now I've hit painted wood areas with it and had no effect to the paint No vinyl on my house so can't attest to that

 

[Hoosier Carry]

Thanks for the info, I'll reconsider my choice .
I had bought the stuff in the picture below from my local Lowes, but maybe it isn't the best choice.
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You don’t even have to spray a whole can on the nest. That is close enough to your door to step out and hit it with some spray and then get inside. The chemical from the spray will make them not want back in the nest. They will be gone in a day. Watch it from your window and you will be able to tell if they abandoned it.

This spring I was able to find a queen black faced hornet making a nest on my barn. I have had a battle with those for awhile. But by killing her I think I have stopped a new hive full of those little a-holes!

 

[edporch]

I just went out and bought some foaming spray.
I think I'll try it, AND use my bee suit with some extra thick clothing on over the top of it.
I'll wait til after dark, and use my flashlight with the red filter on the lens.
Hopefully I won't get the crap stung out of me.

 

[edporch]

LOL…the last one I killed, I was able to do from the driver’s seat of my truck. I shot it with a can of wasp killer and rolled the window up as the stream fizzled out. I waited until almost dark too to do it.

I can't get my vehicle in where the nest is or I'd consider it.

 

[bobjones223]

I have found that brake cleaner is way more effective than any wasp spray I've ever used. It seems like it burns the wings right off them and they hit the ground.

You forgot to hit the nest with some fire after fully saturated!

This was typed on my phone so for fu$& sake assume the entire above statement was writen in PURPLE!!!!

The sad part is that I even had to make that last statement these days.

 

[edporch]

Maybe AJ Foyt can offer you some advice.

Seven-time Indycar champion AJ Foyt survives second killer bee attack

Seven-time Indycar champion and the first four-time Indy 500 champion AJ Foyt has survived yet another attack by Africanised 'killer' bees while working on his West Texas ranch

www.autosport.com

I'd spray it with some bifenthrin. It has residual efficacy but limited knock-down power. You didn't say what you were going to spray it with, but a decent backpack sprayer pumped well can hit that nest from 30 feet away.

Now that you remind me, I remember AJ getting the crap stung out of him awhile back.
Through the years I've always tried to avoid being stung because I don't want to develop an allergy to it.

There was a guy in my hometown who kept bees as a hobby and he had gotten stung several times over the years.
The doctor warned him he was building up an allergy to them and to always wear a protective suit when he was around them.

He ignored the doctor's advice and one day had one quick thing he needed to do with the bees and got stung ONCE.
He went into a COMA and died in the hospital.

 

[bobjones223]

Climb up on a ladder and kick it. Gotta wait til it’s nice and warm out though.

That's kind of the same logic currently being used when the news keeps blasting the crap out of the Jan. 6th hearing....seems to work well.

 

[bwframe]

Whatever you do, for god's sake make sure you get video of it to post in this thread.


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[Jaybird1980]

Now that you remind me, I remember AJ getting the crap stung out of him awhile back.
Through the years I've always tried to avoid being stung because I don't want to develop an allergy to it.

There was a guy in my hometown who kept bees as a hobby and he had gotten stung several times over the years.
The doctor warned him he was building up an allergy to them and to always wear a protective suit when he was around them.

He ignored the doctor's advice and one day had one quick thing he needed to do with the bees and got stung ONCE.
He went into a COMA and died in the hospital.

Wow, I thought it would work the other way. Exposures would increase his tolerance for it, never new you could increase the chances of allergic reaction by getting stung more times.

 

[KokomoDave]

My favorite is the drone chewing up a bald faced hornet video.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

I can't get my vehicle in where the nest is or I'd consider it.

Yeah, that was a lucky stroke of luck for me.

 

[Frosty]

 

[jerrob]

Thanks for the info, I'll reconsider my choice .
I had bought the stuff in the picture below from my local Lowes, but maybe it isn't the best choice.
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The Spectracide is my weapon of choice, I get the red wasps at my build site and they're the most relentless bastards I've ever seen. Hit em good with that Spectracide and foam them up like you're gonna give them a $5 shave. The risdual EVIL in that foam discourages them from returning and rebuilding.

 

[woowoo2]

They will abandon the nest come first frost.
Can you just wait them out?

 

[femurphy77]

Set a ladder up underneath it and then climb up and firmly grab the nest using both hands. Gently wiggle it back and forth and it should come loose relatively easy. To make it even easier you can use a bbq spatula to work under it to get it to break away where it's attached.

Please provide video if you should choose to try this method.

 

[Michigan Slim]

Wait until dark, put on eye protection and spray the darn things. Get the spray in the hole. Don't overthink it. It's easy.