finaledition
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Post by finaledition on Aug 10, 2014 17:21:50 GMT
This year we've had a terrible yellow jacket problem to the point we can't even eat outside. The other day my daughter took some food outside, they swarmed, she ran inside and there were enough that they knocked over a lidded cup that was half full. We've had a warm summer and I'd really like to be enjoying my backyard on a warm summer's night.
Next week we are having a huge party, a bar-b-que food truck is coming and I really don't want people running for cover so I'm declaring war and need to figure out a solution. I've read about the inverted plastic bottles with sugared flavored beverage and also about the tee pee with dangling fish and dish detergent below. My question is, is this just a temporary solution?Can I do it this week and the problem is over or do I do this during my party. Will it attract more yellow jackets? I don't see a nest, we back to some open land and until this year, it was never an issue.
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Post by christine58 on Aug 10, 2014 17:27:44 GMT
Around here we have a "bee man". I'd look to see if you can find someone..might be too large of an issue to do by yourself
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marianne
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Post by marianne on Aug 10, 2014 17:35:15 GMT
I agree with the others. Sounds like you need a professional to take care of the problem if there's enough to knock things over.
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Post by cmpeter on Aug 10, 2014 17:38:12 GMT
We had a similar problem at my aunt's house two weeks ago. We were all there for my grandma's 90th birthday and spending a lot of time outside. The bees and yellow jackets were bad. We found three hives (one was hidden inside a garden hose that was curled up) and two were under eves of the house. Taking those down (my uncle sprayed them with water) helped a ton. We found that they were really attracted to her pool (CA drought, the things were thirsty). To keep them away from us, we made puddles on the deck of the pool on the far end and let them have the puddles and we hung out in the shallow end.
But, really...finding an removing the hives helped the most. After we did that, we didn't need the puddle trick.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Aug 10, 2014 20:18:51 GMT
I agree with the posters who said you need an exterminator to deal with this. That sounds like a frightening amount of yellow jackets if there were enough to knock over a cup.
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Post by tinydogmafia on Aug 10, 2014 21:33:59 GMT
I'm going to agree with a bee person.
About six weeks ago I was coming up the walk to the house and noticed some yellow jackets. Upon further inspection I found a hole the size of my fist In one of the bushes in the plantar. There were so many bees I was floored. (I'm in NY looking after my dad who's had some health problems) and I'd been here a week and hadn't noticed the bees until that point.
I called an extermination company and the guy who came out said this has been a terrible summer with bees and many of them are making very large hives in greenery close to the ground.
Please be very careful and call someone to check it out. It was not expensive, $85 and worth every cent for none of us to get stung. Good luck!
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Post by Basket1lady on Aug 10, 2014 21:44:38 GMT
For that many yellow jackets, I agree. You need a service. I was going to advise spraying the nest, but you must have a giant nest or several of them.
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Post by mollycoddle on Aug 10, 2014 21:48:46 GMT
I used to have a yellow jacket problem. Call a professional.
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finaledition
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Post by finaledition on Aug 10, 2014 22:35:06 GMT
Okay, calling somebody tomorrow. I hope something can be done before next weekend.
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