So I have an apparently big yellow jacket nest underground. Near a trampoline and the place where my son plays/practices baseball.
The hole is 2x3 inches and a lot are flying.
So far no stings, but I need this one gone. It's too close to where kids (and neighbors kids) are playing. Balls end up near it etc.
I tried spraying it in evenings, twice. Lots of the foam stuff, in there etc.
No luck.
Then I emptied 2/3 of a bottle of dish soap and let the garden hose go for a few minutes.
No luck.
I prefer no gasoline etc.
We used to have (on the other side of the Atlantic) some powder we would put near the entrance, with the insects tracking it inside, killing the next (particularly useful for in-wall nests).
There are some things on Amazon, but I'm not sure how bad they'd be for me (or my garden), and how well they work.
@EatenByLimestone
Would diatomaceous earth work? (They say it works against ants, but a mechanical (abrasive) method seems unlikely to work on larger yellow jackets and a large nest at that.)
What else would you advice?
The hole is 2x3 inches and a lot are flying.
So far no stings, but I need this one gone. It's too close to where kids (and neighbors kids) are playing. Balls end up near it etc.
I tried spraying it in evenings, twice. Lots of the foam stuff, in there etc.
No luck.
Then I emptied 2/3 of a bottle of dish soap and let the garden hose go for a few minutes.
No luck.
I prefer no gasoline etc.
We used to have (on the other side of the Atlantic) some powder we would put near the entrance, with the insects tracking it inside, killing the next (particularly useful for in-wall nests).
There are some things on Amazon, but I'm not sure how bad they'd be for me (or my garden), and how well they work.
@EatenByLimestone
Would diatomaceous earth work? (They say it works against ants, but a mechanical (abrasive) method seems unlikely to work on larger yellow jackets and a large nest at that.)
What else would you advice?