I suggest if there is anyway you can get a shop vac over your cieling with you
jsut suck them up and take them outside.
On Tuesday October 25 2005 11:12 pm, jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
> "Jason Bleazard" <dml@bleazard.net> wrote:
> : On Tue, October 25, 2005 5:47 pm, Josh Battles said:
> :> This has to be one of the funniest things I've ever read on the
> :> internets, I couldn't keep it to myself.
> :
> : Hysterical!
> :
> : Somewhat related, we seem to have a nest of yellow jackets living in our
> : ceiling and lighting fixtures in our living room and kitchen. Anyone
> : have any suggestions how to get them out without being swarmed or
> : poisoning ourselves?
>
> There is no stopping them. They are hopped up on duct tape
> and can't be reasoned with. RUN AWAY!!!! :-)
>
>
> A bug bomb is going to be a major hassle since I would guess
> you have no particular desire to collect all of the animals and
> leave the house for a day, so you'll probably want to find the
> nest. I would probably just be inclined to arm myself with some
> wasp spray and go to town. :-) That might not be possible though,
> depending on where the actual nest is located. All of the males
> will die soon and only the fertilized female will survive the
> winter. (It will come out of hibernation in the spring to find a
> new nest location and lay its eggs.) Anyhoo - I'm not sure if
> that still applies when they are in a warm house since I have
> fortunately never had to deal with them inside before, but I
> suspect it will still hold true. If you can see the nest, and
> you think you can soak it down pretty good, that's probably what
> I would do. A yellow jacket nest only has one entrance and exit
> hole, so you can generally just put a plastic bag over the nest,
> break it off, then take it outside and stomp on it or put it in
> a coworker's car. Keep in mind though that (unlike a bee) yellow
> jackets can sting repeatedly, and you probably need to worry more
> about the ones flying around outside the nest than the ones inside.
> Also, the hive is at its largest and the wasps are at their most
> agressive this time of year. (Just keeps getting better and better,
> doesn't it?) :-) Evening is usually the best time to get 'em since
> that is the time of day when they are most inactive. If you can't
> find the nest, or would prefer not to go rooting around in the
> ceiling with a bunch of angry yellow jackets in there, check around
> for a bait style pesticide. Wal-Mart or a local department store
> should have something. Basically the idea is similar to getting
> rid of ants - you attract the workers to poisoned bait, and they
> take it back to the nest and it kills everybody, most importantly,
> the queen(s). If you want to go that route, you will want to do it
> ASAP though, since the worker bees are in the process of dying off
> and very soon there will be nobody to carry the poison back to the
> nest. If possible, I would probably put the bait in the ceiling or
> somewhere that you can be sure none of the cats will be able to get
> to, for obvious reasons...
>
> Good luck!!
--Bill Day
"A rich man isn't always wealthy, he just has all the love he can give and ever wanted.." http://counter.li.org #384146 284016
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