Re: Basketball size hornet nest?..HELP !
[Re: traprjohn]
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Box, no; large trash bag, yes. Easier and quicker to close up. Cover up as best you can, slip bag under, then up and over nest, closing it up tight around the branch. Have stupid friend that works for beer, lop off branch. Duct tape bag closed, then poke hole in bag to spray wasp etc killer in bag. Run like the wind. Good luck
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Re: Basketball size hornet nest?..HELP !
[Re: traprjohn]
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08/15/15 04:07 PM
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traprjohn, however you do it , take video & post
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Re: Basketball size hornet nest?..HELP !
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08/15/15 10:01 PM
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Dave, the Orkins of the world are wondering, after spending millions on advertising, how the trapjohns of the world are still getting these jobs. LOL !...Because I got the bats outa his attic 2 yrs ago.
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Re: Basketball size hornet nest?..HELP !
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08/16/15 01:31 PM
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pco fogger on the end of a 14 foot extendable pole will work just fine. i have removed around 20 this year so far and have not had any problems. set off fogger and shove in the entrance hole of the hive. let the can run out of juice. wait ten to fifteen minutes. that is when i usally get the paper work filled out. then go remove the hive. most of the time i am in and out in 20-25 minutes. of course then talk to the customer for another 20-30 minutes
if it walks swims or flies im after it
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Re: Basketball size hornet nest?..HELP !
[Re: traprjohn]
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08/16/15 05:51 PM
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In my area a basketball sized nest, in my experience, is always white/bald faced hornets. They're one of the meanest, most aggressive critters alive. I got a call, two weeks ago, about such a situation and went to check it out. Yep, hornets. I used the trash bag and duck tape method and only got stung six times. Twice in the face and four times on my right arm. No, I wasn't wearing any protective clothing. I ain't skeered of no bees. Other than the jolt and pain, which faded fast, I was good to go and once again proved myself bullet proof to insect stings. It happens every summer. Nothing to think about except how bullet proof I am. There was hardly even a mark one hour later. The next morning I awoke with what is commonly called (I am told) a localized allergic reaction. My right arm was twice it's normal size, bright red, all the nerves were screaming and itching like no tomorrow. I was a little distressed so I called the doctor. The less than friendly nurse said 'what do you expect? It's called a localized, allergic reaction. Take some Benadryl. It will be gone in a week.' And it was. Looked awful. Felt worse. But ran it's course and all is well. Lesson learned? Tyvek suits are our friend.
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Re: Basketball size hornet nest?..HELP !
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08/16/15 09:54 PM
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My preacher just called me and has a hornet nest on a thumb sized sapling ONLY A FOOT OFF THE GROUND.
Soooo, spraying from underneath AT NIGHT is outa the question...I'm thinking.
If it were me I would get a can of hornet/wasp spray and go in at night, carefully crawl up to the nest with your headlamp on and hold the can directly under the nest at close range (six inches or so) and shoot the solid stream right into the entry hole and keep spraying. They will not be able to get out with any ability to do anything once soaked and will quickly die. I would also get the preacher to say a prayer for me before I did this. This is what it should look like when you are done: This was after I sprayed that one the other day and they really jammed the hole as they died. This is what you will look like if things don't go as planned:
Last edited by MnMan; 08/16/15 10:35 PM.
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Re: Basketball size hornet nest?..HELP !
[Re: sgs]
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08/16/15 10:48 PM
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In my area a basketball sized nest, in my experience, is always white/bald faced hornets. They're one of the meanest, most aggressive critters alive. YES, went and watched them coming and going. White faced for sure. Here's a pic of it.
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Re: Basketball size hornet nest?..HELP !
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08/17/15 08:42 AM
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By your picture it looks like the solid stream hornet spray would do the job and you would not have to approach nearly as close as I earlier suggested ...but go at night. Six feet away will probably work. Just direct the solid stream directly on the opening and keep it going until the can is empty. Try to get it aimed into the hole at an angle where it gets into the nest as far as possible too. Good luck! That might be a nest worth hanging on the wall if it does not get damaged. Don't try to do this before you spray.
I'm just happy to be here! Today I'm as young as I'll ever be and and older than I've ever been before!
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Re: Basketball size hornet nest?..HELP !
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Shop vac and a little dish liquid will do the trick, I do these all the time without sprays and chemicals so no need for pco license.
Of all God's creatures, only the honeybee improves the environment and preys on no other species.
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Re: Basketball size hornet nest?..HELP !
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Just smack the crap out of it with a stick until all the bees are dead!
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Re: Basketball size hornet nest?..HELP !
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Reminds me of one of the funniest commercials I've ever seen. I'm talking about wet-your-pants funny, but I'll be danged if I know what the commercial was selling:
Idiot 1 (We'll call him Moe) convinces Idiot 2 ("Larry") to climb a stepladder set up under the branch with the very active hornets nest ("I saw this technique on the internet!"). Larry is to lop off the branch with the nest, which will drop into a waiting trash can. Moe will then clap the lid on the can. What could go wrong?... Welll,,,, Larry succeeds at cleanly clipping the nest directly into the trash can, then loses his balance and falls headfirst into the seething hornet reservoir. The clip ends with Larry's feet kicking wildly as Moe bravely runs away. Wink, I'm sure the "Adventures With Bill" segment of the "Red Green" show has explicit instructions on some clever, innovative ways of doing this...
ALL OUT Wildlife Control
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Re: Basketball size hornet nest?..HELP !
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Reminds me of one of the funniest commercials I've ever seen. I'm talking about wet-your-pants funny, but I'll be danged if I know what the commercial was selling: LOL, I remember it well, and you know what, I can't for the life of me remember what they were selling either! I think it was some Hospital ER. The punch line was, "Because people do stupid things".
Every kid needs a Dog and a Curmudgeon.
Remember Bowe Bergdahl, the traitor.
Beware! Jill Pudlewski, Ron Oates and Keven Begesse are liars and thiefs!
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Re: Basketball size hornet nest?..HELP !
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08/25/15 10:36 PM
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Wow! All i use is Appicide.A powder,my product of choice,AI being carbal,sevin dust.Quicker than pyrethiens.I ont use a bee suit,dont care for them.Do them as I get the call,dont have to wait till night.So far this season 47 yellow jacket nests,3stings.Took my grandson out this afternoon to a friend of my wifes house.In ground nest,2 entrances dusted them both,then stepped back to watch the carnage! For the above ground nests I use ice tubbing on the end of bulb duster,supported by bamboo rod.Tubbing tapped to rod. Used to use the pro control plus on a extension pole.
Every day is good,some are just better!
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Re: Basketball size hornet nest?..HELP !
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My preacher just called me and has a hornet nest on a thumb sized sapling ONLY A FOOT OFF THE GROUND. Its in a small woodlot full of leaves and other flammables.
Soooo, spraying from underneath AT NIGHT is outa the question...I'm thinking.
I'm considering, at night:
1)Have cardboard box handy
2)Lopper cut sapling just below opening while grabbing (gently) above nest
3)Lopper cut just above nest--dropping it into box--while the lopper guy is spraying the nest as soon as it lands inside the box.
OR OR OR
1)friend shines light from safe distance and 90* to the side
2)cut open nest while spraying simultaneously
CAN I SMOKE THEM OUT ???????
CHOOT EM!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: Basketball size hornet nest?..HELP !
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Well if the landowner wasn't in a hurry to get rid of'em, wait till your first frost, and you can cut the nest down leavin some of the limb's that it is made on, then put it in a garbage sack give it a good dose of hornet spray and tie the bag closed, put it in another bag to be sure and then take it somewere warm and leave it overnight, next day take it outside and open it up and empty the dead guys out, then take pictures of it and puttem on e-bay, wont be long you'll be stickin some cash in your pocket, around here that nest should bring 300 bucks easy, make sure to leave 10 inches or more of the limbs it's built on,i work in the woods logging and i see a few and that's wat i do,,also whatever spray you use, test spray a little spot on the entrance hole to make sure the type of spray doesn't dissolve the nest, easy money,,,,remember good freeze and good spray, and warm place overnite, and open bag outside====money
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Re: Basketball size hornet nest?..HELP !
[Re: traprjohn]
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09/11/15 01:35 PM
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What ever happened, how'd it turn out?
Every kid needs a Dog and a Curmudgeon.
Remember Bowe Bergdahl, the traitor.
Beware! Jill Pudlewski, Ron Oates and Keven Begesse are liars and thiefs!
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