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Been painting my house and I seen some black Wasps.
Never seen them before
They were making a nest up under my Eave .
So they are probably not the same as the ones you guys are talking about.

I took the pressure washer to them maybe only 4 or 5 a week ago.
I went out today to do some more painting before the rain came in.
Ya go figure Rain in Southern Commyfornia.

and those black wasps were back again.

They left me alone so I left them alone.
I do not go on that side of the house much so they can live until they come after me then they will be gone real fast.
I was told that Wasps et Mosquitos. If they do I would rather have them than the Mosquitos because they eat up my girl real bad.

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Originally Posted by earlybrd
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You have to attack them fast at night. They will attack and keep sentries even in the dark......I found out the hard way. They aren't like yellow jackets. Pour some gas and quickly cover it with a metal tub or bucket and run.
I found that out the hard way who tf would think yellow jackets would be out at 11pm
I've never been attacked at night. Maybe I was scared enough to get the heck out of there. I've killed out at least 3 big nests, and one got me all over while mowing. My head swelled up like a lopsided basketball. I got even though....

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Originally Posted by funshooter
Been painting my house and I seen some black Wasps.
Never seen them before
They were making a nest up under my Eave .
So they are probably not the same as the ones you guys are talking about.

I took the pressure washer to them maybe only 4 or 5 a week ago.
I went out today to do some more painting before the rain came in.
Ya go figure Rain in Southern Commyfornia.

and those black wasps were back again.

They left me alone so I left them alone.
I do not go on that side of the house much so they can live until they come after me then they will be gone real fast.
I was told that Wasps et Mosquitos. If they do I would rather have them than the Mosquitos because they eat up my girl real bad.



Black wasps are pretty easy going, until late in the summer.
You can be all over a nest in the spring, and early summer,
they won't bother you unless you darn near touch it.

Then suddenly, a switch flips. Here, it's August/September.
Walk past, 10' away, and they are on you like demons.


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Ground hornets killed our Dachshund. Stung him enough his kidneys shut down according to the vet. Glad I'am not allergic to the stings.



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Found this last month, appeared that a bear or some such critter had found it first as the tarp was already flipped over and the original nest[upper portion] was half attached, half on the ground.
The lower portion was new.
Several nights of spraying and it now appears they are all gone.
Have found 3 other in-ground YJ nests while mowing/bushhogging.
2 of those have been 'gas bombed' so far.
Bastids get mean this time of year!

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Im headed back out in a few to bush hog some.

Or as some northern phaggots call it “Brush hog”

Wtf

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Originally Posted by slumlord
Im headed back out in a few to bush hog some.

Or as some northern phaggots call it “Brush hog”

Wtf

One dude from New Yawk does his bushhoggin with his steel toes!


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Originally Posted by Pat85
Ground hornets killed our Dachshund. Stung him enough his kidneys shut down according to the vet. Glad I'am not allergic to the stings.

Sorry for your pup, Pat.
A few weeks ago I took care of a ground nest of V. alascensis that killed a man's Golden Retriever. It was the first time I'd heard of this happening.

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Our two most common aerial nesting vespids.

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Bald-faced Hornet (D. maculata)

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Yellow Hornet (D. arenaria)

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Occasionally a typical ground nesting yellow jacket will make an aerial nest. This is V. alascensis (Common Yellow Jacket) with cutaway to show plates of comb.

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Originally Posted by Raeford
Originally Posted by slumlord
Im headed back out in a few to bush hog some.

Or as some northern phaggots call it “Brush hog”

Wtf

One dude from New Yawk does his bushhoggin with his steel toes!

Im only an occasional visitor to this campfire. So I’m not keyed in on what that is a reference to.

Must be a helluvah dude

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I have a bald faced hornets nest somewhere close by. They found my hummingbird feeder and there have been 6 or 7 of them on it at a time for 2 weeks now.

I'm guessing I'll see it around when the leaves fall


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Originally Posted by slumlord
Originally Posted by Raeford
Originally Posted by slumlord
Im headed back out in a few to bush hog some.

Or as some northern phaggots call it “Brush hog”

Wtf

One dude from New Yawk does his bushhoggin with his steel toes!

Im only an occasional visitor to this campfire. So I’m not keyed in on what that is a reference to.

Must be a helluvah dude

Same here.

I think he's big buds with that Jimmy guy out northwest?


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That the dudes that live in trailers with junk cars and chit everywhere?

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Ran over a yellow jacket nest with the tractor 4-5 years ago and got stung by about a dozen.

They all died, so did the nest. Apparently I’m contagious.

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Can somebody post a video of themselves getting stung while running away swatting and yelping, it would help this thread go over the top.

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Originally Posted by earlybrd
Saw the rear tire run over it was in bail out position after I saw the swarm been diverting around it paper nest on the ground I’ve had 50/50 success with night time napalm runs on yellow jackets how would you proceed?
That is odd, I've never seen a black hornet nest on or in the ground, plenty of bumble bee nests and yellow jackets, But the black hornets were always up in a tree or supported by a building overhang. Bumble bees can get irate about being mowed over.


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One of our favorite past times when I was a kid was throwing rocks at the nests and trying to destroy it without getting stung. Good times.

One of the coolest things when I was a kid was watching my old man shoot nests with a 12ga.

Had fun a couple of times. Go out there before the sun comes up and make a torch with a stick and a rag with diesel fuel on it and just hold it under the hole at the bottom and watch the layers burn off.

Usually, I just hit the hole with bee killer early in the morning.

We buy bee killer by the case here at work. There's a lot of pallets of flagstone and fieldstone out there. Most of this stuff is constantly getting moved, but if they hang around too long without getting moved or sold, the bees will make it their home.


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Originally Posted by 5sdad
The guys in the field baled up a nest of bumble bees (probably on purpose, the bastards). The bees took great umbrage at this, but they realized that the perpetrators would be beyond their reach once they disentangled themselves from the hay. Given this, they delayed their counter assault for when the bale in question had taken its ride up the elevator into the barn where it became the responsibility of the poor fool up there attempting to not die of the heat while he was filling his respiratory system with dust and chaff. At this point, the poor fool became aware of something poking at his ankle. A quick inspection revealed that the ankle in question was covered with furry yellow and black bodies. It was at this point that the pain kicked in. A medical conference was held and the conclusion was that the ankle should be soaked in the somewhat cool water of the stock tank. By the end of the day, the ankle had achieved impressive size. A good night's rest resulted in the owner of said ankle being completely unable to stand on that foot. Ah, the memories. (For this, and other reasons too numerous to list, I hated, and continue to hate, baling)

LOL laugh Great story.

I've been the poor fool up in the top of the barn many times, but never had a bee's nest in a bail. Usually, the bail in question stayed in the field and never made it onto the wagon.


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