yellow jacks (wasps)
 

This may be off topic for this group so please point me to the right
group if it is.

I have a room in the basement and found yellow jacks flying around.
Today I killed about 10 of them. They are attracted by the light bulb
which is when I see them. They only appear in the basement. I have
checked the perimeter of my house and cannot find any nests. I cannot
find any nest inside either and I cannot track them back to their
nests since I cannot follow them with the light off and with it on
they go to the light.

Does anyone have any idea how to find their nest or how they are
getting in?

Thanks.

Alan

yellow jacks (wasps)
 

Alan

Does anyone have any idea how to find their nes

Might want to try your question here.

http://www.unexco.com/cgi-bin/wwwboard/wwwboard.html

yellow jacks (wasps)
 

Alan

Does anyone have any idea how to find their nes

Might want to try your question here.

http://www.unexco.com/cgi-bin/wwwboard/wwwboard.html

yellow jacks (wasps)
 

I have a room in the basement and found yellow jacks flying around.
Today I killed about 10 of them. They are attracted by the light bulb
which is when I see them. They only appear in the basement. I have
checked the perimeter of my house and cannot find any nests. I cannot
find any nest inside either and I cannot track them back to their
nests since I cannot follow them with the light off and with it on
they go to the light.

Does anyone have any idea how to find their nest or how they are
getting in?

Thanks.

Alan

I've had both yellow jackets and bumblebees nesting inside the house walls.
Both times they were getting in thru a small hole in the cedar siding very
close to the bottom of the house, so that when they did make it into the house,
it was into the basement.

I also have one section of the garage that has a little alcove with walls and I
just found out last week when I went to work on the cedar siding in that area
that bumblebees are in between those walls, getting in thru a small hole close
to the bottom of the siding.

The funny thing I've personally found with wasps and bees is to learn to look
*down,* not up, at where the nests might be if I think the nest in inside
something. I generally find that if they're going *inside* someplace, they're
going in down low. Once actually had a whole nest of wasps underground at my
dad's place in rural Wisconsin. He went over their entrance/exit hole in the
ground with the lawn mower and oh. my. gawd. They were not happy campers. And
neither was Dad. And they definitely had the advantage in that battle.

Cindy

yellow jacks (wasps)
 

I have a room in the basement and found yellow jacks flying around.
Today I killed about 10 of them. They are attracted by the light bulb
which is when I see them. They only appear in the basement. I have
checked the perimeter of my house and cannot find any nests. I cannot
find any nest inside either and I cannot track them back to their
nests since I cannot follow them with the light off and with it on
they go to the light.

Does anyone have any idea how to find their nest or how they are
getting in?

Thanks.

Alan

I've had both yellow jackets and bumblebees nesting inside the house walls.
Both times they were getting in thru a small hole in the cedar siding very
close to the bottom of the house, so that when they did make it into the house,
it was into the basement.

I also have one section of the garage that has a little alcove with walls and I
just found out last week when I went to work on the cedar siding in that area
that bumblebees are in between those walls, getting in thru a small hole close
to the bottom of the siding.

The funny thing I've personally found with wasps and bees is to learn to look
*down,* not up, at where the nests might be if I think the nest in inside
something. I generally find that if they're going *inside* someplace, they're
going in down low. Once actually had a whole nest of wasps underground at my
dad's place in rural Wisconsin. He went over their entrance/exit hole in the
ground with the lawn mower and oh. my. gawd. They were not happy campers. And
neither was Dad. And they definitely had the advantage in that battle.

Cindy

yellow jacks (wasps)
 

"KK from NJ" wrote in message
...

Might want to try your question here.

http://www.unexco.com/cgi-bin/wwwboard/wwwboard.html

Or, try the alt.consumers.pest-control newsgroup.

yellow jacks (wasps)
 

"KK from NJ" wrote in message
...

Might want to try your question here.

http://www.unexco.com/cgi-bin/wwwboard/wwwboard.html

Or, try the alt.consumers.pest-control newsgroup.

yellow jacks (wasps)
 

Alan wrote:

This may be off topic for this group so please point me to the right
group if it is.

I have a room in the basement and found yellow jacks flying around.
Today I killed about 10 of them. They are attracted by the light bulb
which is when I see them. They only appear in the basement. I have
checked the perimeter of my house and cannot find any nests. I cannot
find any nest inside either and I cannot track them back to their
nests since I cannot follow them with the light off and with it on
they go to the light.

Does anyone have any idea how to find their nest or how they are
getting in?

Thanks.

Alan


If they are really yellow jackets, you probably don't want to find the
nest :o) They are a job for an exterminator. They can nest in the
ground. Once had them in the space under our fiberglass bath enclosure,
which had a fairly large area beneath that wasn't poured when the slab
was poured. Bare dirt and they were in the space somewhere. You should
be able to watch for traffic and see where they enter/exit from a safe
distance. Stepping onto a nest can be rather unpleasant, and I would be
cautious. Don't let kids in the area of where they are until you know
where it is, or run a mower over where the nest could be located.

yellow jacks (wasps)
 

Alan wrote:

This may be off topic for this group so please point me to the right
group if it is.

I have a room in the basement and found yellow jacks flying around.
Today I killed about 10 of them. They are attracted by the light bulb
which is when I see them. They only appear in the basement. I have
checked the perimeter of my house and cannot find any nests. I cannot
find any nest inside either and I cannot track them back to their
nests since I cannot follow them with the light off and with it on
they go to the light.

Does anyone have any idea how to find their nest or how they are
getting in?

Thanks.

Alan


If they are really yellow jackets, you probably don't want to find the
nest :o) They are a job for an exterminator. They can nest in the
ground. Once had them in the space under our fiberglass bath enclosure,
which had a fairly large area beneath that wasn't poured when the slab
was poured. Bare dirt and they were in the space somewhere. You should
be able to watch for traffic and see where they enter/exit from a safe
distance. Stepping onto a nest can be rather unpleasant, and I would be
cautious. Don't let kids in the area of where they are until you know
where it is, or run a mower over where the nest could be located.

yellow jacks (wasps)
 

Call a professional. I dug into a large nest of yellow jackets one
afternoon. Must of got stung over a 100 times before I made it to the
nearby pond.



"RamblinOn" wrote in message
.. . Stepping onto a nest can be rather unpleasant, and I would be
cautious. Don't let kids in the area of where they are until you know
where it is, or run a mower over where the nest could be located.

yellow jacks (wasps)
 

Call a professional. I dug into a large nest of yellow jackets one
afternoon. Must of got stung over a 100 times before I made it to the
nearby pond.



"RamblinOn" wrote in message
.. . Stepping onto a nest can be rather unpleasant, and I would be
cautious. Don't let kids in the area of where they are until you know
where it is, or run a mower over where the nest could be located.

yellow jacks (wasps)
 

(Craig Peterman) writes:
Call a professional. I dug into a large nest of yellow jackets one
afternoon. Must of got stung over a 100 times before I made it to the
nearby pond.

If you ever get stuck in that situation again, hit the dirt. I
discovered that trick as a teenager. I took off running and was so
scared I tripped over my own feet and fell down. I didn't get stung.

Once you are on the ground, you can crawl away.

--
http://home.teleport.com/~larryc

yellow jacks (wasps)
 

(Craig Peterman) writes:
Call a professional. I dug into a large nest of yellow jackets one
afternoon. Must of got stung over a 100 times before I made it to the
nearby pond.

If you ever get stuck in that situation again, hit the dirt. I
discovered that trick as a teenager. I took off running and was so
scared I tripped over my own feet and fell down. I didn't get stung.

Once you are on the ground, you can crawl away.

--
http://home.teleport.com/~larryc

yellow jacks (wasps)
 

Sure, follow them.

KK from NJ wrote:

Alan

Does anyone have any idea how to find their nes

Might want to try your question here.

http://www.unexco.com/cgi-bin/wwwboard/wwwboard.html

yellow jacks (wasps)
 

Sure, follow them.

KK from NJ wrote:

Alan

Does anyone have any idea how to find their nes

Might want to try your question here.

http://www.unexco.com/cgi-bin/wwwboard/wwwboard.html

yellow jacks (wasps)
 

If you look around your house you will find their entrance, through the
ground, or wall, problem is when to spray the nest you will have 1000s
in your basement mad as hell. I dont know your basement construction, or
how many people or pets, but you will have to spray the basement, at the
same time. I used a gopher bomb in the basement and hit the nest with
ortho sevin , then left for a day, you can do it yourself, but you
should get a price and means of attack from a pro, as the summer goes
on their numbers wil grow.

yellow jacks (wasps)
 

If you look around your house you will find their entrance, through the
ground, or wall, problem is when to spray the nest you will have 1000s
in your basement mad as hell. I dont know your basement construction, or
how many people or pets, but you will have to spray the basement, at the
same time. I used a gopher bomb in the basement and hit the nest with
ortho sevin , then left for a day, you can do it yourself, but you
should get a price and means of attack from a pro, as the summer goes
on their numbers wil grow.

yellow jacks (wasps)
 

Thanks for everyones response. I went to
http://www.unexco.com/cgi-bin/wwwboard/wwwboard.html and posted my
problem and followed their recommendation. I used the light in the
basement to be an indicator when there was activity. I then went
outside and stood away from the house looking for activity. I found
where they were crawling pretty quickly. (Luckily I picked the correct
side of the house the first time.)

I have siding and was hoping it wouldn't be in the wall. Unfortunately
is was so I'm going to leave this for a professional.

Alan

yellow jacks (wasps)
 

Thanks for everyones response. I went to
http://www.unexco.com/cgi-bin/wwwboard/wwwboard.html and posted my
problem and followed their recommendation. I used the light in the
basement to be an indicator when there was activity. I then went
outside and stood away from the house looking for activity. I found
where they were crawling pretty quickly. (Luckily I picked the correct
side of the house the first time.)

I have siding and was hoping it wouldn't be in the wall. Unfortunately
is was so I'm going to leave this for a professional.

Alan

yellow jacks (wasps)
 

BTW, just for enquiring minds...Yellow Jack is slang for yellow fever, which
cut such awful swathes in the early history of this city (New Orleans.) Spread
by mosquitos, which now have gone mod and spread West Nile Fever as well.
zemedelec

yellow jacks (wasps)
 

BTW, just for enquiring minds...Yellow Jack is slang for yellow fever, which
cut such awful swathes in the early history of this city (New Orleans.) Spread
by mosquitos, which now have gone mod and spread West Nile Fever as well.
zemedelec