"Stormin Mormon" wrote in message
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A friend on another list writes:
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I've got a little problem here, and I'm open to suggestions. I
have a
yellow jacket nest that needs to be dealt with. The little SOBs
got
me twice before I found the nest. They are in a concrete block
wall
on the side of my property, and they come and go through a tiny
hole
in the side of one of the blocks. If they were in the ground, or
if
the hole was in the top of the wall, I would pour a cup of
gasoline
down the hole and be done with it. Since the hole is in the side
of
the wall, there is no way to pour anything down it. They
definitely
have to go. I will be ordering 3 tones of hay soon, and right
there
is where it will be unloaded and stacked. The little buggers
will
sting heck out of everyone concerned!
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How to handle this?

I had a tiny hole by my front door. I proped up the shop vac nozzle right at the
hole and turned it on. Plunk, plunk, plunk. Yellowjacket sucked down the vac
hose as they exit or try to enter the nest. I let it run a couple hours, then
plugged the hole with cault. Problem solved. A little spritz of insecticide into
the vac nozzle imediately after I turned it off, and plug the hose with a rag
took care of any survivors.

Bob