Re: Yellow Jacket Control
I haven't tried this, but I suspect it would work well.
edited, wrong chemical originally listed!
(at night) Pour some calcium carbide in the hole, add water, cover the hole with a bucket, and put some kind of weight on top of bucket for a better seal.
The calcium carbide & water creates acytelyn gas. Very flammable, don't do it while smoking! Some claim this wiill fill mole runs & kill moles. I bet it would do even better on a YJ ground nest.....
OR this might be amusing. Pure speculation, but ya gotta admit it's creative and might be fun:
Anyone know how well those battery powered electric swatters work? If they do fairly well, what if you were to do the following:
1) Make a box (one side open) out of closely spaced wire mesh.
2) Put it over the hole at night and hook it up so you can run a low voltage current through it.
3) Put your lawn chair in a good viewing position.
4) The following morning turn on the electricity,
5) Do something to aggravate the colony. Perhaps a series of queen YJ insults (your queen is so ugly....)?
6) Sit down with a beer & watch the YJs fry themselves against the box as they attempt to swarm out to attack you.
'Course, you might want to find out if underground JY nests have an alternative entrance, and make sure you don't put your lawn chair over it if they do!
