Jim wrote:
Jmagerl wrote:
Jim wrote:

Just two months ago I had a reroofing job done including gutters.
Apparently at the juncture of the roof and gutter hornets have found a
void and have established a nest. Being somewhat protected from
direct view the power spray hornet killers have had no effect. With
this nest near the back door I'd really like to see them gone.

Any suggestions before I consider calling in the pros?


This may or may not work for you.
Last month I had yellow jackets in my soffits. I mounted a 6 inch muffin
(high speed) fan (Radio Shack) on a 2X4 and propped it up 6 inches from
their entrance. As they flew in and out, they got sucked into the fan and
chopped up. Within a day there were none left. I was than able to climb a
ladder and give the nest a dose of poison. I used a puffer filled with
Drione poison


I'll let you know if I succeed as well. The idea makes sense. I had a
120VAC fan available and mounted it this morning. One thing for sure at
the present they definitely aren't happy about it.

As a backup, I've run a shopvac hose (shopvac running, of course) up close to
the entrance of big underground nests, and let 'er run for an hour or so. Duct
tape the end of the hose once you're done, and let the varmints cook in the sun.
You still need to poison the nest to kill off the not-quite-ready-to-fly crowd,
but it's a lot easier with most of their Combat Air Patrol in the shopvac.