Well like a dumb ass I took my deck table cover off, threw it in the corner of my deck and forgot about it. Last night I was thinking I should recover my deck table. Grabbed the cover that’s balled up and disturbed what looked about 100 nasty wasps that swarmed out of it. I dropped it and ran like a little girl. Knowing the nest is clearly inside the balled up cover but not knowing where, how the hell do I handle this ? I’m trying to hang the new baby swing under the deck but I don’t want her or the other kids on or under the deck until I figure them out. How do I kill them off with out being stung to death ? Not long ago I was swarmed by underground wasps while I was putting up string line for a concrete pour, I hammered a stake right in to the nest and I don’t want to take all that pain in again.
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Eliminating wasps from tricky spot.
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August 19, 2024 at 1:15 pm #2286127
I dropped it and ran like a little girl.
LOL
I would generally wait until at least dusk (or at night) to deal with these buzzards. That’s about all I got for ya.
August 19, 2024 at 1:18 pm #2286128Wear your ice fishing suit. And have a full can of wasp spray.
You could wait until dark. But I usually just take care of them during the day.
August 19, 2024 at 1:30 pm #2286132Light cover on fire and buy a new one…
Or wait till evening and spray it with wasp spray, I’ve used a garden hose spray for cover before work’s decent. LolReef W
Posts: 2468August 19, 2024 at 1:30 pm #2286133How big is the cover? Could you get a contractor bag over it and around it pretty quick before they all come out? Then throw it in a bonfire… or just wait for them to die before you open it again
August 19, 2024 at 1:51 pm #2286136I would have two cans of the good spray the 20ft stuff. And you chose yourself or Mason someone has to open that bad boy up so you can see and go to town with the spray. Most likely someone is going to get stung but other than the fire suggestion which likely catches your deck on fire and maybe the house, that is how I would attack it. A long stick of sorts could be used to open it up.
August 19, 2024 at 2:06 pm #2286138Tis the season.. I shot 2 wasp/hornet nests last night about 8pm… shoot and run !!
August 19, 2024 at 2:11 pm #2286143Tis the season.. I shot 2 wasp/hornet nests last night about 8pm… shoot and run !!
The problem being the cover is balled up. Not knowing where the nest is it’ll have to be un balled and that’s the part I’m scared of.
August 19, 2024 at 2:12 pm #2286144Light cover on fire and buy a new one…
Or wait till evening and spray it with wasp spray, I’ve used a garden hose spray for cover before work’s decent. LolFire was my first thought. But it’s on my deck.
August 19, 2024 at 2:14 pm #2286145How big is the cover? Could you get a contractor bag over it and around it pretty quick before they all come out? Then throw it in a bonfire… or just wait for them to die before you open it again
The cover is large. Covers a big table and 8 chairs. It would never go in a contractor bag without force. And due to the way I threw the cover yesterday when they started rolling out of it, it is now on my steps in a ball still and not ideal to do anything. Lol I really f’d my self by being lazy and not covering the table back up like the woman said
August 19, 2024 at 2:17 pm #2286146August 19, 2024 at 2:25 pm #2286148Clip a long string/line to the cover and pull it down into the yard. Hopefully it opens up so you can see what you are dealing with. Either way it gets it away from the house.
August 19, 2024 at 2:32 pm #2286149Baitcaster and a big Dardevle. Stand back 75 feet away and snag it out off the deck. Then personally I’d use a Molotov Cocktail.
Steve
August 19, 2024 at 2:34 pm #2286150Clip a long string/line to the cover and pull it down into the yard. Hopefully it opens up so you can see what you are dealing with. Either way it gets it away from the house.
That’s a good idea to start for sure. The yard is certainly a lot better location than the top of the stairs to the deck.
August 19, 2024 at 2:55 pm #2286152I’m liking those ideas, sure wish I could throw it over the neighbors fence and start asking him how he’s going to tackle it, just like he’s asked me 8 times since yesterday.
As for ripping it down the stairs. About 10 steps down they turn and go 90 so I’m worried I’d have to be to close to get it around the corner.
August 19, 2024 at 2:56 pm #2286154<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>gregory wrote:</div>
Light cover on fire and buy a new one…
Or wait till evening and spray it with wasp spray, I’ve used a garden hose spray for cover before work’s decent. LolFire was my first thought. But it’s on my deck.
Ahh, don’t let a deck get in your way. Those nice composite decks and the aluminum railings will burn just fine. The key is to use the correct fuel and plenty of it.
August 19, 2024 at 2:58 pm #2286156Set something round at what will be the inside corner of the stair landing, that should allow you to pull it around the corner without it hanging up.
I’m thinking something like a drink cooler full of water, but anything that is round and heavy should work.
August 19, 2024 at 3:06 pm #2286161I’m going to give it a go this evening.
If I catch them at night are they in a more relaxed state ?August 19, 2024 at 3:22 pm #2286163I’m going to give it a go this evening.
If I catch them at night are they in a more relaxed state ?Especially if there is a skunk around
August 19, 2024 at 3:51 pm #2286166Good luck…I got tagged by a wasp in the ear a couple weeks ago and I too screamed like a girl. I hate those things.
tswoboda
Posts: 8185August 19, 2024 at 3:55 pm #2286167I’m liking those ideas, sure wish I could throw it over the neighbors fence and start asking him how he’s going to tackle it, just like he’s asked me 8 times since yesterday.
Maybe it’s like the tree thing and just let the wind blow it on the neighbors yard and then *technically* it’s his problem
FinickyFish
Posts: 429August 19, 2024 at 5:24 pm #2286177If you got room throw the whole cover in your space freezer. Few hours later you should be able to handle them as you’d like.
August 19, 2024 at 5:28 pm #2286178If you got room throw the whole cover in your space freezer. Few hours later you should be able to handle them as you’d like.
I don’t think carrying this to my garage freezer is in my best interest. Back in the day we used to do that with bumble bees and then tie fishing line around them and have a bee on a string when they came back to.
sptitze
Posts: 8August 19, 2024 at 6:33 pm #2286182Wait until dark, throw a tarp over it and spray under it.
that’s what I would do I think..
August 19, 2024 at 6:55 pm #2286184That time of year for those yellow jacket ground bee’s. Nasty little fellers, I like the idea of dragging it off in the yard, and run!!
Iowaboy1
Posts: 3711August 19, 2024 at 7:00 pm #2286185Throw a tarp over it and you and the fam stomp the living daylights out of it.
Or hand some friends a piece of picket fence then shake it out and watch the show.
Just kidding.
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