Walked around the rear of the house.....

[Der Gebirgsjager]

and there it was!



Bigger than it appears in the photo. Due to a now-recovering bad back I haven't walked around there for awhile, and the boys have been busy. But the nights are now down to 28 - 32 degrees every night, and I see several dead hornets lying in the grass below the nest. They'll likely all freeze to death during the coming Winter and then I'll cautiously knock the nest down with a long pole in the Spring. Right now, some are still coming and going.

DG

[Winger Ed.]

Ohhh, that just wouldn't do for me. I'd have to attack it on sight.

There's a guy on youtube that goes after them with a drone.
He gets them stirred up then flies his drone in & among them chopping them up.

[G W Wade]

I use a garden hose. Was told rain is natural to them so the do not get upset. If closer use Wasp and Hornet killer in the past with great results. I do swell badly when bit so I try to be carefull GW

[dverna]

I hate the little ********. Spraying them at night has worked for me.

[Three44s]

Are these black hornets or yellow jackets?

If that nest was in a safer place I would use a propane weed burning torch. I do the burn at night, never in the daylight. You light the torch and keep the center of the flame right on the opening. As they come out to the light from the torch, the flame melts their wings.

There are foreign hornets and wasps that have made it to the US that are known to guard, fly and attack in the dark so make sure you are not dealing with one of those species. I do not know of these existing here in the Pacific NW however (yet).

I would be carefull in approaching our native species and keep the light off the nest keeping it dark until the first light that reaches them is the flame.

Three44s

[Rockindaddy]

Those are Bald Face Hornets or White Face Hornets. They are very beneficial! They eat common flies and mosquitoes. They capture them and feed them to their young. Cold weather is coming. The entire hive will die soon because of the cold. Don't mess with them! They will not bother you. The hive will be vacant soon and you can pressure wash the whole hive away. I have them around the farm here SW PA every year. You might want to look up their life cycle.

[45workhorse]

Wadding for your muzzle loading police special shotgun!

[Recycled bullet]

Smack it with a stick!

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[dverna]

Smack it with a stick!

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I know a person who did that...once...LOL. Not the brightest bulb on the string.

[William Yanda]

Smack it with a stick!

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and then run like the Devil was after you

[GhostHawk]

I like an older vacumn cleaner, the kind with a metal extension for the hose.

Stick that up onto the hole loosely, it will suck the live ones out. As things slow down you can start "Coring out the guts" pulling all the grubs/larva in.

When you have it all, spray in some bug killer, duct tape the end shut. Set it out in the sunshine for a day to let the bug killer work.

When you can walk over, give it a good rap, and not hear a buzz, throw the bag away, empty the trash.

[ascast]

put an M80 on a long stick, light, and poke into the thing. LOL
wait a month and they will all be dead-much easier the clean up then

[Recycled bullet]

When I find small wasp nests near an entrance way or doorway AKA a big problem if they sting me.. what I do is I take Dawn dish soap and water in a squirt bottle and I squirt them and they fall down and they can't fly because their wings are covered in soap and I just walk over there and step on them with my work boots.

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[JRLesan]

Didn't anyone READ #6??????????????

[firefly1957]

I get rid of them when I can #6 advice or not!

Being on the house I would use wasp spray over the years many a nest in a tree or shrub has gotten a load of shot from the 12 gauge ! Smaller nests just vanish if I figure the load and the distance right that one may take 3-4 shots "IF" it was in a tree .
I reload and bought 209 primers in bulk when they were cheap so price of ammo is not a problem YET!

[Winger Ed.]

I read #6 and it reminded me of one of my favorite songs, "Jimmy Cracking Corn".
I especially like that part in it that goes, "I don't care'.

If wasps and hornets want to co-exist with me, they need to be a couple hundreds away, and out of my sight.

.

[elmacgyver0]

They have their place, but not on or in your house.

[ShooterAZ]

Yikes DG, I would not want them on or near my house either. This past summer we had a major infiltration of paper wasps and yellowjackets. Every time I would water my tomato plants they would come a'runnin, and my wife would refuse to go out in the back yard. I know they just want water, but they are scary nonetheless.

[Texas by God]

I remember a program with Jeff Corwyn (the wildlife guy) down in Mexico participating in an annual wasp nest ceremony. The women prepared the beans and tortillas and when the pot of beans was about ready, a designated man got on a ladder with a wet towel and yanked the nest down, putting all of it in the pot to cook.
Tequila was consumed before during and after the meal….


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[jsizemore]

Those are Bald Face Hornets or White Face Hornets. They are very beneficial! They eat common flies and mosquitoes. They capture them and feed them to their young. Cold weather is coming. The entire hive will die soon because of the cold. Don't mess with them! They will not bother you. The hive will be vacant soon and you can pressure wash the whole hive away. I have them around the farm here SW PA every year. You might want to look up their life cycle.

Had one fly in the truck about the time I got ready to leave after warming up the truck yesterday morning. He bumped a few windows and when he turned my way I saw the white face. I opened the door, stepped out and he followed. He flew on the outside of the windshield to make his way home. I wished he'd eaten more of those skitters that chewed on me this afternoon while shooting.