There are a couple of people here that have been told about the yellow jacket problem I had in my shed. Mainly, because I want the people who I promised parts to, or held up because of not being able to get in there to see I wasn't lying, and because I was so shocked by the scope of how bad it was, I am posting these pictures and story. It took me about 2 weeks (lot of rain during that time), and 10-12 cans of flying insect killer and fire to get rid of them.
Story- I started noticing quite a few Yellow Jackets a few weeks back, while entering my shed. It finally got to where I couldn't enter because they are so aggressive, and they had built the fortress just inside the door, where I store large boxes for parts off of part outs to ship in. I then bought my 1st can of Hot Shot (black can) wasp and hornet spray. I first took care of a wasp nest of about 15 large wasps in my carport (where the Supra is). That shit dropped every single wasp without as much as a wing flap. Two of them are still frozen in place on the nest. Then I took the can to the shed door looking for yellow jackets. I saw what I thought was a good bit of them on the end of a box, and took care of them quickly. At that time, I went into the shed (at night) to get 1 of the parts I needed. On the way out, I spotted a very large paper mache' looking cone that they had built between where two boxes were leaning away from each other. Back to the store I went, and they were out of Hot Shot, so I bought Raid flying insect (don't ever do that for yellow jackets!!!!!!) I sprayed, they laughed, and got pissed. I don't think I killed even one with that can. Next, I found a Raid (not again!) Yellow Jacket TRAP. It was a square box with holes in the top, with a snap on roof over the top, that was supposed to attract the queen within 2 days, and the colony should follow. 3 days later, I had caught a couple of mosquitoes, a fly, and several ants! Not 1 friggin bee of any type.I also tried rid-A-Bug wasp spray. It was better than raid, but not much. It would knock them down, but they would crawl around after that. Then I found a new supply of Hot Shot, and started buying 2 at a time. I then went in at night with what I new worked. I killed everything in there, and saturated that paper mache' house that they lived in. There was a solid inch of dead bees at the bottom of those two boxes, and I felt good about having them gone!
This is where it was. You can see half of where the nest was, but a small box fell into the crease, so you can't see the dead (yet). But this gives an idea of the box pile. The next box to be discussed was removed from just above here.
Only, the next morning, I woke up to quite a few of them flying around the door to the shed (left open). That night I found about 50 of them on a box I had removed from above the area. I quickly killed off those, and again thought I had killed the last, bees that had been made homeless, but not died. This went on two nights in a row, and ended up looking like this:
Then I noticed that they were coming from under the edge of that box, a box with a lid that covered all the way over the bottom, half of the box. I used up probably 3-4 more cans of Hot Shot (they go pretty damn quick) shooting under that edge of the box, until I thought I had no more activity, and got nerve enough to go in, and throw that box out of the shed. I knew I had to throw it out, and then come out myself, so this could be dangerous. I had already been stung enough through this ordeal. My plan was to get it on the driveway, and burn that box, just to be sure there were no more in it. I used some old as hell charcoal lighter fluid to get the fire going, and sat it down. Well, just as the fire lit, my brother (immature well beyond myself, and most of us here) pulled into the driveway. He picked up the lighter fluid, and drained the bottle over the entire box. It was dark, and I knew there was a smoldering pile that my son hosed down really good. The next morning, I found very little, if any box left, but check this shit out! Look at the layers of this thing! This was what had no more activity that I could see. This is after I destroyed hundreds of them, and their paper mache' nest. Here's pictures from a few angles.
Layers
Other side with bees
Close up-of the honeycomb/yellow Jackets (bees/wasps/whatever) This thing was a good 18 inches long, and 10-12 wide
I have been in and out of my shed now for 2 days now with no problems at all. But, I did spot this little guy today. Hopefully he is just returning to see there is nobody left! I hope I don't see any more masses. I did read one article off of google that said late in the season like this, you should just leave them alone, because there are probably more of them than you want to mess with. Hell you can't tell me nothing......if I set my mind to it, I usually won't quit until it is done, unless it's on my Supra.
Story- I started noticing quite a few Yellow Jackets a few weeks back, while entering my shed. It finally got to where I couldn't enter because they are so aggressive, and they had built the fortress just inside the door, where I store large boxes for parts off of part outs to ship in. I then bought my 1st can of Hot Shot (black can) wasp and hornet spray. I first took care of a wasp nest of about 15 large wasps in my carport (where the Supra is). That shit dropped every single wasp without as much as a wing flap. Two of them are still frozen in place on the nest. Then I took the can to the shed door looking for yellow jackets. I saw what I thought was a good bit of them on the end of a box, and took care of them quickly. At that time, I went into the shed (at night) to get 1 of the parts I needed. On the way out, I spotted a very large paper mache' looking cone that they had built between where two boxes were leaning away from each other. Back to the store I went, and they were out of Hot Shot, so I bought Raid flying insect (don't ever do that for yellow jackets!!!!!!) I sprayed, they laughed, and got pissed. I don't think I killed even one with that can. Next, I found a Raid (not again!) Yellow Jacket TRAP. It was a square box with holes in the top, with a snap on roof over the top, that was supposed to attract the queen within 2 days, and the colony should follow. 3 days later, I had caught a couple of mosquitoes, a fly, and several ants! Not 1 friggin bee of any type.I also tried rid-A-Bug wasp spray. It was better than raid, but not much. It would knock them down, but they would crawl around after that. Then I found a new supply of Hot Shot, and started buying 2 at a time. I then went in at night with what I new worked. I killed everything in there, and saturated that paper mache' house that they lived in. There was a solid inch of dead bees at the bottom of those two boxes, and I felt good about having them gone!
This is where it was. You can see half of where the nest was, but a small box fell into the crease, so you can't see the dead (yet). But this gives an idea of the box pile. The next box to be discussed was removed from just above here.
Only, the next morning, I woke up to quite a few of them flying around the door to the shed (left open). That night I found about 50 of them on a box I had removed from above the area. I quickly killed off those, and again thought I had killed the last, bees that had been made homeless, but not died. This went on two nights in a row, and ended up looking like this:
Then I noticed that they were coming from under the edge of that box, a box with a lid that covered all the way over the bottom, half of the box. I used up probably 3-4 more cans of Hot Shot (they go pretty damn quick) shooting under that edge of the box, until I thought I had no more activity, and got nerve enough to go in, and throw that box out of the shed. I knew I had to throw it out, and then come out myself, so this could be dangerous. I had already been stung enough through this ordeal. My plan was to get it on the driveway, and burn that box, just to be sure there were no more in it. I used some old as hell charcoal lighter fluid to get the fire going, and sat it down. Well, just as the fire lit, my brother (immature well beyond myself, and most of us here) pulled into the driveway. He picked up the lighter fluid, and drained the bottle over the entire box. It was dark, and I knew there was a smoldering pile that my son hosed down really good. The next morning, I found very little, if any box left, but check this shit out! Look at the layers of this thing! This was what had no more activity that I could see. This is after I destroyed hundreds of them, and their paper mache' nest. Here's pictures from a few angles.
Layers
Other side with bees
Close up-of the honeycomb/yellow Jackets (bees/wasps/whatever) This thing was a good 18 inches long, and 10-12 wide
I have been in and out of my shed now for 2 days now with no problems at all. But, I did spot this little guy today. Hopefully he is just returning to see there is nobody left! I hope I don't see any more masses. I did read one article off of google that said late in the season like this, you should just leave them alone, because there are probably more of them than you want to mess with. Hell you can't tell me nothing......if I set my mind to it, I usually won't quit until it is done, unless it's on my Supra.
