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Precision Pest - HELP!!!
Kimmi:
How can I get rid of yellow jackets without using fire. Fire scares me a little.
Jayhawk:
depends on where they are. If it's a nest in the ground or a gray, paper nest in a bush or overhang, buy a can of wasp and hornet spray (it can shoot several feet), wait till they're all home at night, and douse their house. Sometimes takes a 2nd spraying the next day.
When spraying, have an escape route to run in and slam an open door just in case. I like to keep a nearby charged hose a hose set on Shower or Flat Spray nearby to spray a wall of water/rain at them as you make your escape in the unlikely event that they attack.
if it's a hole-in-the-ground nest, for real overkill you can stick a hose down there a few days later, then plug the opening with dirt. That should get the point across to them.
Kimmi:
Thank you!! You are the first person that did not suggest fire!! I'm gonna give it a whirl!!
Kimmi:
I used two cans of liquid death on them and I think they are gone. I made a call to a local exterminator just in case. They said that they would charge me $75 - 80 dollars and that most places charge $125. Let's see - buy two of the $7 cans of liquid death and do it myself, or pay someone $75 to do it for me. I'm broke! I'll do it myself!
Jayhawk:
Good to hear you got inexpensive but satisfactory results.
if it's a ground nest, keep an eye on it just in case some were hiding or out of town on vacation and it requires a 2nd treatment. If it's a paper nest, the liquid pretty much dissolves it; anyone who wasn't home is already elsewhere in a little temporary FEMA nest and probably won't be counted in your neighborhood in the next bug census.
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