Fat Nick
Footballguy
So I have a MAJOR problem with yellow jackets. It's been bone-dry in Central NJ. I think we've had 1-2 rains in the last month. My yard is nice and crispy. The dry, hot weather has also seemed to bring with it yellow jacket nests. I guess they like the dry ground.
Last year I had 1 nest under a tree by my front door. A few weeks ago, I noticed that same nest was back, along with another spot where they were going up under my siding in the back in a corner. I was also doing some landscaping and when I went to remove a dead juniper bush, stirred up another nest that was deep under it. Didn't get stung fortunately. So I had 3 nests as of 2 weeks ago.
I bought a bee suit, and some "Delta Dust" which came highly recommended online. I waited till dark, and went out with clippers and a chainsaw to remove the Juniper. I got the juniper out, and then dusted the entrance, along with the other two nests. I never could find the hole for the one by the front door, so I just dusted liberally under there.
Fast forward a few days...The nest under the juniper is gone, along with the one in the corner under the siding. Took me 3+ applications of dust, and some over-the-counter spray. I was out in the yard Friday, noticing a lot of bees, so I started following them. There's another nest 5 feet from the Juniper under some ornamental grasses, the one by the front door is still going strong, there's another under a REALLY big boxwood right against the house.
Is anybody else having really bad bee issues this year? I'm open to suggestions on how to get rid of them. Let me say that given the location (typically under landscape plants) and proximity to the house, gas is not an option. Also, given the extended drought, our well water is starting to have a pretty strong sulfer smell and color, so I don't want to just turn a hose on them for hours and flood them out...so water is not an option.
Nest 1: Under Juniper Bush - Eradicated. Bush was dead. Cleared the bush, and applied Delta Dust and Consumer-level spray 3-4 times.
Nest 2: Under siding - Eradicated (I think). Applied Delta Dust and spray 2-3 times.
Nest 3: Under bush by front door - Still there. Challenge is that it's in a really tight corner, and I can't easily see where the bee hole is. Tried Delta Dust and spray 2-3 times over a broad area, with no impact.
Nest 4: Under some ornamental grass - Still there. Applied Dust and Spray 2-3 times...still there.
Nest 5: Under boxwood - still there...tried to apply Delta Dust, but the shrub is so big I can't get near where I think the hole is.
Last year I had 1 nest under a tree by my front door. A few weeks ago, I noticed that same nest was back, along with another spot where they were going up under my siding in the back in a corner. I was also doing some landscaping and when I went to remove a dead juniper bush, stirred up another nest that was deep under it. Didn't get stung fortunately. So I had 3 nests as of 2 weeks ago.
I bought a bee suit, and some "Delta Dust" which came highly recommended online. I waited till dark, and went out with clippers and a chainsaw to remove the Juniper. I got the juniper out, and then dusted the entrance, along with the other two nests. I never could find the hole for the one by the front door, so I just dusted liberally under there.
Fast forward a few days...The nest under the juniper is gone, along with the one in the corner under the siding. Took me 3+ applications of dust, and some over-the-counter spray. I was out in the yard Friday, noticing a lot of bees, so I started following them. There's another nest 5 feet from the Juniper under some ornamental grasses, the one by the front door is still going strong, there's another under a REALLY big boxwood right against the house.
Is anybody else having really bad bee issues this year? I'm open to suggestions on how to get rid of them. Let me say that given the location (typically under landscape plants) and proximity to the house, gas is not an option. Also, given the extended drought, our well water is starting to have a pretty strong sulfer smell and color, so I don't want to just turn a hose on them for hours and flood them out...so water is not an option.
Nest 1: Under Juniper Bush - Eradicated. Bush was dead. Cleared the bush, and applied Delta Dust and Consumer-level spray 3-4 times.
Nest 2: Under siding - Eradicated (I think). Applied Delta Dust and spray 2-3 times.
Nest 3: Under bush by front door - Still there. Challenge is that it's in a really tight corner, and I can't easily see where the bee hole is. Tried Delta Dust and spray 2-3 times over a broad area, with no impact.
Nest 4: Under some ornamental grass - Still there. Applied Dust and Spray 2-3 times...still there.
Nest 5: Under boxwood - still there...tried to apply Delta Dust, but the shrub is so big I can't get near where I think the hole is.
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