Bees & Yellow Jackets
Always use a home inspector, so he can experience the bee sting before the new home owner does.
He is a picture of a bee hive under a house in Salem:
Perfect living conditions.
A drippy faucet for a water supply.
A crack in the siding for easy access under the home.
And holy mackerel. I almost bumped my head on the nest before I saw it.
Hope you have a nice weekend...... If you visited the State fair, I was at the Kiwanis booth, maybe we met there.
How to Kill Yellow Jackets & Nests
A yellow jacket nests are found underground or in our case the crawlspace. Here are some things to consider before you go running out with a can of wasp and hornet killer in a pair of cut off bluejeans and a checkered t-shirt:
- Covering yourself with thick sweats or leather will help make it harder for yellow jackets to sting you.
- It's best to treat a yellow jacket nest in the early summer before they build a larger colony.
- It is also advisable to wait for a particularly chilly night to poison a yellow jacket nest because yellow jackets have a hard time flying in temperatures below 50 degrees.
- It is best to treat a yellow jacket nest in the late evening with either a dust insecticide like Sevin but usually an aerosol will do so long as the poison reaches the nest.
- Once it is certain that all of the yellow jackets are dead, you should fill the hole with stones first, and then pack it with dirt. never try and treat or remove the yellow jacket nests in crawlspace or confined spaces.