HELP! Ground Hornet “treatment” options

[Catfishclark89]

Have a big nest of ground hornets (like the ones pictured below). Thinking of dousing with gasoline after dark or early early morning. Any other tips or something else to use?

 

[beaglebriar]

Have a big nest of ground hornets (like the ones pictured below). Thinking of dousing with gasoline after dark or early early morning. Any other tips or something else to use?

Seven dust piled on the hole works pretty good. But if you cam burn em out…do it.

 

[Inlineforagoodtime]

I like permethrin, it is oil an oil based insecticide and knocks wasps or hornets down. Once they’re sprayed that can’t fly. It degrades quickly after a couple weeks in the sun it’s no longer active or harmful.

I used to work in pest control and permethrin is what we would use to douse large nests and I never got stung once.

You can get it a tractor supply. https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/control-solutions-permethrin-133-32-oz

 

[Woodwackr]

Have a big nest of ground hornets (like the ones pictured below). Thinking of dousing with gasoline after dark or early early morning. Any other tips or something else to use?

that would work and be fun as well. post up a vid of the bonfire

or...propane flame thrower

 

[ammoaddict]

With yellow jackets in the ground, I've always poured gasoline in the hole at dusk and cover it with a stone or something. No need to light it. The gasoline has always killed them.

 

[Catfishclark89]

Yeah I should clarify that I will not be lighting it up. We’ve done yellow jackets in the log woods and it works well just wondered if it would do the same to the big hornets

 

[Catfishclark89]

I like permethrin, it is oil an oil based insecticide and knocks wasps or hornets down. Once they’re sprayed that can’t fly. It degrades quickly after a couple weeks in the sun it’s no longer active or harmful.

I used to work in pest control and permethrin is what we would use to douse large nests and I never got stung once.

You can get it a tractor supply. https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/control-solutions-permethrin-133-32-oz

Can you get this in an aerosol ready to spray? I use permethrin clothing treatment in the woods and works really well keeping the ticks off

 

[Eduardo K]

Can you get this in an aerosol ready to spray? I use permethrin clothing treatment in the woods and works really well keeping the ticks off

I believe the stuff you get for clothing is water based and a much lower concentration. I use the stuff from tractor supply for spraying the yard. It’s oil based and I think it's 10% permethrin. IIRC, the sawyer branded stuff I use for clothing is 0.5%.
The oil based stuff needs to be diluted down to 0.5-1% and I apply to the yard with a garden sprayer.

 

[stretch5881]

Some drain oil down the hole. I use a flashlight with red cellophane over the lens and never had a problem.

 

[EFSM]

Thinking of dousing with gasoline after dark or early early morning.

I second this.

 

[Catfishclark89]

Some drain oil down the hole. I use a flashlight with red cellophane over the lens and never had a problem.

Good tip. I’ve got a red headlight I use walleye fishing.

 

[Inlineforagoodtime]

Can you get this in an aerosol ready to spray? I use permethrin clothing treatment in the woods and works really well keeping the ticks off

I think you can get an aerosol but it’s way more expensive. The pint or quart concentrate is extremely inexpensive for how much spray it will make. I’ve been using the same quart for 7 years now and it works just as good as when I bought it. It does need to be stored in a cool, dark, dry place.

I said doused earlier but what I meant was spraying. Standing behind the work truck I would spray a football sized hornets nest under a roof eave. No stings, its good stuff. I’m guessing when their wings get coated in an oily substance it is no good for flying.

If the gas works that’d be fine too. I’ve seen where a small hornets nest is on a porch. People will put gas in a disposable cup and hold the cup against the ceiling with the nest in the top end of the cup. All the wasps or hornets drop instantly.

I have sprayed ground wasps nest with permethrin on my property and when I come back in the the morning there is not a single survivor.

 

[Lone Wolf]

Permethrin kills them yes and believe it or not, so does a good amount of liquid dish soap in a bucket of water, put a screen over the hole before you start. You can use both even at the same time.

 

[Smokealongthetracks]

A clear bowl or any clear container works if you get a good seal to the ground. They won't dig out, just bang their heads on the glass until they slowly die over a period of many days. Place it there when they are not active of course. I've used this method when they were in large flower pots that I didn't want to pour nasty stuff inside. If it's not clear they will dig out.

 

[bucketofguts]

Some chainsaw mix. You just comtaninate the nest in the ground and they will leave . Many will die. Permethrin is in just about all insect killing products. The wasps are pollinators. I picked purple hull peas yesterday and they were busy. I hate stinging insects. Most hated the Yellow Jacket. They lit me up blowing leaves out of the barn. Still hurt and itched 3 days later. Should have stoped and put some ice on my knee. 5 stings. Benadryl and kept working. I took shots for severial years after a YJ made my lips look like Bubba in "Forest Gump". Before the lip swelling I had been stung 100s of times. I carry Adrenaline in glass viles and some insulin syringes. Benadryl tablets in my bleed-out kit.I have used it once on the way to the hospital just after starting the shots. Never had a life threating reaction to a sting but it could happen to any of us. Just a heads up.

 

[GA_Boy]

Have a big nest of ground hornets (like the ones pictured below). Thinking of dousing with gasoline after dark or early early morning. Any other tips or something else to use?

Yeap, common knowledge, wait until well after dark and hit'em with the gasoline.

 

[av8or3]

As said before, hit em after dark with gas and plug the hole. It’s over. Period.

 

[Czed]

Have a big nest of ground hornets (like the ones pictured below). Thinking of dousing with gasoline after dark or early early morning. Any other tips or something else to use?

Drip from a natural gas reservoir tank will kill everything
I killed many sandhornet and yellow jacket nest with it
No need to burn but i like too anyway.

 

[RCBS]

Diesel for me.

 

[Woodpecker]

If you’re close enough to a good heat source boiling water works just fine. I mix a little dish soap in with the water before I pour it into the nest. In fact, a few tablespoons of dish soap like Dawn mixed in a gallon pump sprayer with water kills most any kind of insects including hornets, wasps, and stink bugs.