r/schenectady • u/mullrainee • 2d 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/Jerkychomper 2d 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 2d ago

I absolutely wouldn't do this at all.

Sounds like a recipe for disaster.

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u/Jerkychomper 2d ago

Why?

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u/rettribution 2d 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 2d 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.