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Richard J Kinch Richard J Kinch is offline
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Default bald faced hornet nest - how to remove?

zootal writes:

How can I get rid of them without
getting all stung up. Can I just hit them with horner spray after dark?


Spectracide Pro Wasp and Hornet Spray from Home Depot.

This stuff is the old fashioned petroleum distillate (roughly a light
kerosene or mineral spirits) with a little insecticide. Squirts a stream
from the can. Soak the nest.

Water-based stuff is asking for a duel. Hit em with kerosene and they're
*immediately* disabled. You're far enough away that they never know what
hit em. Even if they did, they can't navigate in the dark.

Once you do this you'll see how easy it is.

A little diesel fuel, lamp oil, Coleman fuel, or other petroleum distillate
works just as well, if you can figure out how to squirt it.