VASCM: yellow jackets

[Fred Faltersack]

Just a thought...A few years ago, I had a big underground yellow jacket nest at home (not in vineyards) and what worked for me was a 5 gallon bucket and two pressurized household bug bombs (I think they were for flees?). I set-off the bombs by the entry point, placed the 5 gallon bucket upside down and sealed around the base with dirt forcing the gas into the ground. Next day, the yellow jackets were all dead. I dug into the nest to investigate. It was an amazing nest of passages that seemed very much like corrugated cardboard.


On Jul 30, 2013, at 10:36 AM, Pohorsky, Tom wrote:

> They sleep at night, that’s the time to hit them.  Sounds like you’ve already located the nest, which is the hard part.  You can usually see them “commuting home” nest around dusk to find the nest if you haven’t already.
>  
> HTH,
> Tom.
>  
> From: vascm-bounces at kkn.net [mailto:vascm-bounces at kkn.net] On Behalf Of GREGORY F PISZCZATOWSKI
> Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 10:34 AM
> To: viticulture assoc
> Subject: VASCM: yellow jackets
>  
> Yikes, I got my *** kicked by yellow jackets last week. I have a nest in the middle of my vineyard that looks like SF International. I found a spray can from "W-H-Y" that contains organic oils from herbs and flowers. How do I get close enough to spray a hole in the ground?  thanks, greg piszczatowski, Sunset Lane Vineyard.
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