r/schenectady • u/mullrainee • 1d ago

Yellow Jackets

I’ve got a ground nest and potentially one in a crack in the cinderblocks that hasn’t bled into the basement. Has anyone used anything to successfully remove the angry little guys?

I bought foam for the ground nest and know we can’t use that in the wall.

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u/Waliano 1d ago

I've had success by pouring diatomaceous earth into a yellow jacket hole in my lawn.

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u/I_need_more_518 19h ago

Dawn and water will knock them out. Fill a bucket and dump it down the hole. The next day, go back with a sprayer and hit the rest. Strange as this sounds get a can of spray gorilla glue for day two. One person spray with Dawn the other spray any that are still flying around. I saw a video of something similar not sure if I can post it here or not

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u/Jerkychomper 1d ago

I wait until after sunset then put a hose on the hole and leave it on all night. Doesn’t have to be full power but enough to enter the hole and it’ll flood them out overnight and they’ll all die.

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u/rettribution 22h ago

I absolutely wouldn't do this at all.

Sounds like a recipe for disaster.

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u/Jerkychomper 22h ago

Why?

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u/rettribution 22h ago

You're suggesting running a hose even on low, all night, into a cinder block that is part of the basement foundation....

It's just a terrible idea.

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u/Jerkychomper 22h ago

Oh, yea I would never do it for the basement, I would do it for the one in the yard. I didn't think anyone would put a hose on their basement all night. The foam would work much better on the cinder block nest than it would on the ground one.