OK, that's nasty

[rolanni]

...there are, like, a million yellowjackets crowding the birdfeeder. I'm talking a serious air traffic control nightmare, here. The chickadees can't get near the place.

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Winter Is Coming!

[moon-happy.livejournal.com]

Then chickadees rule!

[amyirene-40.livejournal.com]

I
HATE
YELLOWJACKETS

Signed,

She whose home was invaded last year by a million billion yellowjackets that chewed through the ceiling into my living room

[gryphonlsb.livejournal.com]

Hey there

I just finished Plan B

couldnt put it down...

Wow

;)

[gingerwood.livejournal.com]

I suggest a yellowjack trap. Hardware stores sell them, though usually earlier in the season.

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm not terribly fond of them, myself, and the only thing they ever did to me was build a nest in the fuse box. Happily, we found this out in Deep Winter, when they were all vewy, vewy sleepy. We slurped them out with the shop vac and callously put them outside to freeze.

Chewing through the living room ceiling, though -- yikes! Superbugs!

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

I just finished Plan B

Boy, you're moving right along. Glad you're having a good time!

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

A yellowjacket trap. Who knew?

Could we wrap one around amyirene_40's house?

Re: Winter Is Coming!

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Then chickadees rule!

Unless the yellowjackets sting them all beforehand. Maybe it'll get cold enough to really freeze their nasty yellow butts.

Not a yellowjacket fan, here *g*

[gryphonlsb.livejournal.com]

I ordered it as soon as we got back from Dragon Con but it didnt show and took this long before they refunded my money

So I started it as soon as it came on friday

Started I Dare right away

[amyirene-40.livejournal.com]

They got into the attic, chewed into the insulation and made a HUGE nest, then continued chewing on through the plasterboard in the ceiling. I had to call an exterminator - the bug bomb I set off in the attic didn't even faze them.

[amyirene-40.livejournal.com]

No need. I'm normally an organic type - no chemical fertilizers, organic pest control, green power, yadda yadda yadda. The yellowjackets earned an exception to the standard policy - I had the whole house sprayed this spring, chemical death in every nook and cranny where those little bastards might creep in. It was quite effective - for the first time ever, there were no nests to knock down from under the eaves. Mwhahahahahahahah!

[gingerwood.livejournal.com]

Yellowjackets definitely earn an exception to the live-and-let-live philosophy. The really nice thing about yellowjacket traps is that they are are 100% organic, no chemicals. They go in after the pop (I suggest orange), and they just can't get back out. Hang them out in mid-august and bye-bye invaders.

They do only work in late summer/autumn then their matabolism makes them crave sugar.