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Last summer I had a big white faced hornet nest next to my front door. Unfortunately I had to spray it with poison. This year there was a big active yellow jac

Last summer I had a big white faced hornet nest next to my front door. Unfortunately I had to spray it with poison. This year there was a big active yellow jacket nest in one of my sheds. The day I put out some non-poison traps, I noticed there were very few bugs flying around. A couple days later there were none. Something got to them already. I don't know what would kill a whole nest like that unless they got into poison from one of my neighbors. I think they're actually beautiful animals and I don't want to kill them, but I can't have them right near the house.

tw04 7y ago
Pro-tip: no need for poison. A super soaker filled with a proper mixture of dial dish soap and hot water works better and is better for the environment. I was skeptical at first, but it works as advertised. https://pestguidance.com/soapy-water-kill-wasps/ https://pestguidance.com/soapy-water-kill-wasps/
- yardshop 7y ago
  I learned that this year and will do something similar from now on. I didn't like spraying my front door with poison very much!
Schweigi 7y ago
You should have kept the hornets nest to keep away wasps. Its pretty impressive to watch a hornet snap a wasp in half mid-flight. At least were i grew up hornets do not care a lot about coming to grab food when eating lunch/dinner outside and usually stay away from humans.
- coldcode 7y ago
  When I was a kid I was climbing a tree and hit my head on a massive hornet nest. I think I set a world record in falling out of a tree. Either there were chill, or the nest was empty; I didn't stick around to find out.
- yardshop 7y ago
  If it was actually hornets and not two feet from my front door, maybe! White faced hornets, also called bald faced hornets, are relatives of yellow jackets and technically wasps. They are misnamed hornets because of their size. They are even more aggressive than yellow jackets and one bug can sting you several times in a few seconds.

tw04 7y ago

Pro-tip: no need for poison. A super soaker filled with a proper mixture of dial dish soap and hot water works better and is better for the environment. I was skeptical at first, but it works as advertised. https://pestguidance.com/soapy-water-kill-wasps/ https://pestguidance.com/soapy-water-kill-wasps/

yardshop 7y ago
I learned that this year and will do something similar from now on. I didn't like spraying my front door with poison very much!

Schweigi 7y ago

You should have kept the hornets nest to keep away wasps. Its pretty impressive to watch a hornet snap a wasp in half mid-flight. At least were i grew up hornets do not care a lot about coming to grab food when eating lunch/dinner outside and usually stay away from humans.

coldcode 7y ago
When I was a kid I was climbing a tree and hit my head on a massive hornet nest. I think I set a world record in falling out of a tree. Either there were chill, or the nest was empty; I didn't stick around to find out.
yardshop 7y ago
If it was actually hornets and not two feet from my front door, maybe! White faced hornets, also called bald faced hornets, are relatives of yellow jackets and technically wasps. They are misnamed hornets because of their size. They are even more aggressive than yellow jackets and one bug can sting you several times in a few seconds.