Thread: One of the things I HATE

Originally Posted by Brenngun

So essentially the best way to deal with a wasp nest is a modified Molotov cocktail? Might be a little over kill.

Yes but lots of fun!

Originally Posted by cudarunner

'IF' you really want to wreck havoc with those wasp nest. Get your ass out of bed in the middle of the night and then spray them as they will all be 'HOME'. If you wait till daylight then you won't get all of them.

When I was a young boy I found a hornet's nest on my grandparent's place and I excitley ran to tell them. My grandfather slowly walked out to see and said; "We'll come back tonight".

When we did it was pitch black and my grandfather took a match out of his pocket and lit it. Then he touched the bottom of the nest and WHOOOF the nest went up in flames. My grandfather then just slowly walked back to the house with me trailing along.

In the morning at breakfast my grandfather said; "Go out and look at where the hornet nest was" and when I did there were all of these hornets crawling around on the ground. When I told grandpa what I found he said; "they can't fly and they will starve to death".

I never forgot that lesson. While wasp nests are different than hornets, they all gather back at the nest as darkness approaches.

Well I'm going to be taking my own advice as while I was cleaning up my little bit of a 'deck' I moved a post that holds a punching bag and I suddenly had quite a lot of COMPANY/Unwanted Company:

You can see the nests within the Red Circles in the second picture.





I don't have the 'Shoot from Afar' type spray, just the regular flying insect spray so after it's dark I'll spray the hell out of the opening and then cap it with some Aluminum foil or Plastic Wrap so that if any didn't get hit with the spray, they'll have to mingle with it/plus they can't escape, find food and so will die.

Muhahahaha

Your grandpas idea of fire sounds lots more fun.

How about a propane torch or charcoal lighter fluid then a match. Zippo fluid would work also.

Are fireworks legal in WA?

Originally Posted by 32t

Your grandpas idea of fire sounds lots more fun.

How about a propane torch or charcoal lighter fluid then a match. Zippo fluid would work also.

Are fireworks legal in WA?

Oh yea grandpa's idea with the Hornet's Nest would be cool but as I said the two nests are like comparing Apples and Oranges as the wasp nests don't burn like a hornets nest does..

So Chemical Spray and cover the opening it is!

OH, here in Walla Walla, fireworks can't be set off until I believe 2 days before the 4th of July. And I believe that there is a limited time frame for New Years also.

Can of hair spray and a Bic lighter!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Can of hair spray and a Bic lighter!

I had a friend who used to do that with a 'Right Guard' Aerosol pit spray. That is until the flame backed up and the can exploded in his hand.

He didn't lose the hand but I never saw him do that crap again!

Originally Posted by cudarunner

I had a friend who used to do that with a 'Right Guard' Aerosol pit spray. That is until the flame backed up and the can exploded in his hand.

He didn't lose the hand but I never saw him do that crap again!

It's why I use the carb cleaner with the straw!

Anyone else reminded of Caddyshack ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ6k_px1Hu0

Awesome!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Seems the red wasps rip their butt off while making their escape leaving the stinger? Go off and die...
One-shot sting.

Does that make them suicide bummers