Posted by Billy NY on June 30, 2014 at 17:25:00 from (66.67.105.23):
In Reply to: Yellow jackets/ wasps posted by Mike (WA) on June 30, 2014 at 15:01:11:
if they are bald or white faced hornets, there will be a sentry waiting for you, and they will fly at night, if you can't protect yourself, immediately after or during spraying, you'll get nailed but good.
If this is an open nest where you can see the cells, they congregate both on top and below over the cells, at night, none of the species here except those hornets will fly if illuminated, and its best to spray on a cooler night if at all possible, all other species of wasp will be in the nest and its the best time to kill them all in one shot. Some of the same species here, act differently 30 miles north, more aggressive and if you spray a nest in the day, the remaining that are not home will come back and swarm for awhile maybe a few days, maybe a few hours and you don't want to be too close to that, sometimes they just bumble around, sometimes not. They are unpredictable, I've been stung in the middle of nowhere, probably something else disturbed a nest and I was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Years ago, in the side of the blade of the old D7 dozer, brown paper wasps would nest in this hole and if you walked within any proximity one would dart out and get you, and every time, we all got nailed, that is the strangest I have ever seen brown wasps act, I've never seen it since, so in summary, they can be unpredictable at times, but around here, with the exception of those big hornet nests, oval and enclosed, all are fair game at night, and its likely with a good spray application, they will be gone with no other problems after.
The yellow paper wasps here at home, you can disturb them, they come out, bumble all around, and you can be within proximity, they just don't seem to find you, get too close maybe, then they settle in and back to business, I often just work around them until they have to go, or get the nests early in the season so they do not get large and problematic, which reminds me, I forgot the rafters of the wood shed !!!! Couple of nests in there. Ive seen those big maroon wasps down south, those are aggressive, don't like those at all, glad we don't have them, they get large in population too, worst we have are those hornets and they are rare, you really have to look for a nest, I have not seen one in years. 10 Years ago I came face to face with a nest in a bush, where I was clearing, thankfully I did not bump the bush, huge one, left em alone, could even stand in their flyway, and they just go around. Once I had it cleared, I took a long stick and jarred the nest, got clear away to watch, incredible what they do, I was lucky I saw them first, now when clearing I look everywhere for them.
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