Discover Effective Methods For Eliminating Yellow Jacket Nests And Uncover Unexpected Surprises

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Today I do a follow-up on my Yellow Jacket nest video that I published a few days ago. In the previous video, I examined a Yellow Jacket nest that I found in my yard and experimented with a method I devised to rid my yard of it. I emptied a can of foaming insulation into the hole and hoped that it would encapsulate the nest overnight. It was not to be and it only neutralized 1/2 of the nest. Unfortunately, I accidentally deleted the video clips of when I examined it and later dug up the foam ball.
This video picks up after I discover many more nests and work out a surefire way of destroying the other Yellowjacket nests. I also dig up a colony and examine how it is constructed.
Plus, I suprise a sleeping fox on my walk in the woods!
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@aquachigger Год назад

Here is the Yellow Jacket nest video follow-up. I dig up a nest to examine it toward the end. That was pretty interesting. I hope you like the video and can give it a "like" and comment. Thanks.... Chigg

@headrot2443 Год назад

Good job you got the little buggers

@raynin Год назад

It's VERY ironic that you made this video (part 1). That day, I find a nest with my son in an old stump next to my house. This thing had been rotting for about 8 years. We put firestarters on the hole and it slowly choked them and burnt the stump. The next day, we dug it out easily since the stump was so rotten. It hadn't gotten to a bowling ball size, but the whole irony of just seeing this had me scratching my head.

@aquachigger Год назад

Glad you guys didn't get stung. They hurt.

@bextar6365 Год назад

I said BLEACH !

@jvleasure Год назад

@raynin my son was little and decided to take a leak in the backyard and asked "Daddy, why are those bees flying into thy ground?" I said RUN! Took em out with boiling water and blew Dawn dish soap at night.

@TomFromMN Год назад

Wow, Beau. Another video that was educational. I had no idea they created the paper nest underground. Thanks for exposing their nest. And finding the Queen! Glad you were able to find a solution that is easy for most!

@slimwantedman6694 Год назад

Good evening from Southeast South Dakota. Got a nest of Eastern Yellow Jackets. Was waiting for part two.

@sandrarogers1200 Год назад

Thank you for the follow up!! I was wondering what the outcome was!

@earlshaner4441 Год назад

Good evening from Syracuse NY brother

@raynin Год назад

Good evening from Ellenville. NY

@earlshaner4441 Год назад

Hi my friend

@cynthiaswearingen1037 Год назад

Good that you got rid of the yellow jackets, Chigg. They're mean little creatures!❤

@aquachigger Год назад

@cynthiaswearingen1037 They are just so dangerous in the fall.

@chandlermayes6980 Год назад

Responsible forestry practices, great job Chigg!

@andrewhall7853 Год назад

We have a similar problem in Southern Australia with the closely related and introduced European wasp (Vespula germanica). Same tactics - petrol/ gas down the hole, people tried Sevin over the years but again not the best. Wine grape and apple season lots of pickers get stung. Dept of Ag has issued permits for meat baits ( dog food) laced with fipronil which can be placed in hanging feeders in autumn when the wasps are foraging like mad and this also works. You said there seemed to be more around this year. They like mild dry seasons. A good cold snap in summer / early autumn and wet weather seems to knock them back for a season every now and then !

@perplane Год назад

Hey Chigg, I agree, gasoline is the only thing I've found to easily and effectively eliminate a yellow jacket's nest. Thanks for digging in and showing us what goes on beneath the surface.

@secretsquirrel63 Год назад

Hey Chigg, two words, diatomaceous earth. Put it in a powder, puffer and puff in the hole. I ended up using that and the yellow jacket nest between the flashing and window of my house. After using 10 cans of spray, which didn’t work they just kept coming back. The diatomaceous earth does take a couple of days, but it will work. It dries them out basically.

@aquachigger Год назад

That sounds a little more environmentally friendly than gas. I'll try that if I find another nest. Thanks

@twindiggersminnesotapamandpat Год назад

Chiggs, I can’t believe you reached in that hole with your hand. You are right, they are the worst I have ever seen this year and aggressive. I hope you find the one by your pond, that was a big opening they created. Thank you for the tips. Stay safe. We need a good freeze here soon so they go away.

@lorraneanders Год назад

Thanks for sharing. Nature is Amazing.

@bruinsfan8278 Год назад

Think i saw an old coin in the soil as you were digging up the first nest, youve trained us to always look for roundness in the hole, Thanks Chigg !

@terrencebuller7676 Год назад

Hello Chigg, had the same problem this year. One nest was right outside my garage door, and the other was next to the pond. Like you I tried many different things, nothing worked. Gasoline was the last thing I tried and it did work. Fortunately I didn't get stung. Take care and good luck to you. 👍

@aquachigger Год назад

Thanks for sharing

@andrewterry1801 Год назад

Loving little mini series back at the chiggs place 👍😁

@johnramirez5032 Год назад

Hi chigg. Necer a dull moment with you around !

@hoperbencho Год назад

Very interestin indeed. Learn so much watching Chig!😊

@katelittlewolfwelshrosesan3630 Год назад

Chig, it's not just you. They have never been worse or more vicious than this last two years. They are still active here in Montana in mid october !!!! I so appreciate and admire your courage and persistence. LOVE THE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ROOM AND EQUIPMENT IN THE BACKGROUND!

@aserta Год назад

Their food is dying because we've destroyed the environment. So they're hungry. If they're hungry, they're angry. You're food, or specifically, everything on you, near you.

@rebeccalucysmith9689 Год назад

Very interesting Chig. I have to catch up on your videos, it’s been a while, I used to watch them all on time when I was feeding my baby, now she’s a mad toddler running around. She has enjoyed your videos, we watch them together, we’re raising an outdoor girl 😀 🌲 🌳 🐝 ⛺️

@valiantwarrior4517 Год назад

Thanks for the interesting and informative video. From what I know, a lot of things-like dish soap, etc- don’t work well with wasps unless you completely flood the nest. In which case, it’s more the water drowning them. It’s actually the vapor of gasoline that works so well because it spreads and saturates into all the nooks and crannies. Wasps breathe differently than we do-they can’t hold their breath. So they can’t get near the nest without breathing it, but at the same time, they can’t survive without their queen. They can’t help returning. As you mentioned, the new queens could possibly survive by escaping before the fumes killed them. All the males of a hive only leave to mate with new queens, so they will typically all stay in there with their queen and die. I would say that it’s better to take care of nests before fall, since that’s when new queens leave to find and establish new hives in the spring. You will likely have more hives show up in your property next year, but they won’t be very obvious until they get well established.

@lotzoso Год назад

That was a very interesting video. I live in Illinois, 13 miles from the Wisconsin border. We had a hornet infestation 3 years ago. I, like you, lit mine. They are gone. This year has been a spider infestation. Everywhere and different breeds I have never seen. My arm was swollen twice it's size from one. It looks like a black widow but has white markings on it's back.

@JeRKII Год назад

Thanks for the follow up. Happy to see you got them under control. The gasoline is definitely cheaper. Thanks for letting us know you read our comments. Nice thing with Brake-Kleen is you put the tube on it and youcan spray it 5 feet or so but I think with the size of the 1 by your pond I would've put the whole can in and then shot it even with a BB gun if I had to.

@suesmith9202 Год назад

That was very interesting chigg. Thanks for sharing.

@valeriejohnston6574 Год назад

Well, you just have to admire a man who has a decent junk pile and can dispatch wasps barefoot. Nice job!

@JanetWilham Год назад

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@jeanp.1303 Год назад

Strong hold hairspray ( freeze hold is best )won’t do well on a huge nest. But if you spray it on a new one, it freezes there wings so they can’t fly. I also take a small can camping for when a rogue one gets in my tent. Been using this method for years.

@barbarafritchie2000 Год назад

I agree. More wasps this year. I had a beautiful bald hornets nest. I had it treated with a powder to kill them. Before I could get the nest the rain and wind destroyed it. But I have a video. Thanks for educational videos.

@jerrydempsey3490 Год назад

Very interesting Beau. I've learned something today.😊

@madamecampsalot6384 Год назад

That is so freaky when they attack the camera! Thanks for the awesome video.

@artsimpson3670 Год назад

Thanks Chigg for digging that out, very interesting. Aloha!

@artsimpson3670 Год назад

Yup. Gas works. Aloha Chigg,

@RochdaleBlue Год назад

Are you mad Chigg…….walking barefoot through that terrain your a braver man than me!

@OldButStillKicking Год назад

Seen a few of these myself. They are never fun to deal with and everyone has a different opinion of what works! Glad you found YOUR solution. Would be interested in any follow-up on the fox if you have more encounters.

@paulcilluffo Год назад

Maybe the fox was in the wrong place and recieved several stings of his own they will kill a dog or a cat and a human is they can inflict enough stings

@OldButStillKicking Год назад

@@paulcilluffoPossible. It just didn't look like it was taking a nap.

@NFL88 Год назад

My grandfather once said to pour out Gas if you don’t want anything to grow somewhere for years…Obviously that was a different time but what it did to soil always stuck with me…I’ve found The ground bee spray that expands like foam insulation is the best thing I’ve found. It works extremely well. Lowe’s sells it.

@headrot2443 Год назад

Good job you got the little Buggers. Hopefully they won't come back

@monkeybarmonkeyman Год назад

Worst thing a homeowner can use are landscaping mats. When we bought our home, the previous owners put 'bootiful' plants all around the place, using that black landscaping material. Hornets love it, as if they can smell it. They dig under the mat then build their nest. We had two on a 100' x 100' property, each the size of a basketball. Dawn dish soap works well I'm told. Myself I used kerosene. Hated to do it but they have the entire world where they can put a nest; they don't need to build them on my property.

@aquachigger Год назад

I did try dish soap and it definitely did not work for me.

@JohnathanLee8702 11 месяцев назад

Awesome videos as always thanks for sharing.

@AndrexT Год назад

Interesting layered structure that they build. Homemade Napalm, I mentioned it before. Gasoline and polystyrene packing noodles. They will keep dissolving and when they stop, the gas looks like treacle. Pour it down at night and set fire to it. The mixture burns with an intense heat.

@terryl4219 Год назад

Liquid propane works well also. It's heavier than air so it goes down and is -50 degrees F. I have used my 20lb gas grill tank, turned upside down to get liquid, with a hose attached into the hole. The ground will turn frosty and the bees freeze. Don't do it close to a house.

@neillh Год назад

Thanks for sharing another great video 👍

@BatOneTwo Год назад

I cant find the nest to the ones swarming my house every day. I never thought to look at the ground for holes! Thanks Chigg! I have a few in my garage even, Im scared my mini pom might get stung! She has cancer and is slugish, but she hates a bug..lol She catches flies all the time. I fear her catching these yellow jackets! Blessings,Fran

@susansmith6680 Год назад

Thanks for the follow up!

@prestonellsworth6579 Год назад

Ant and termite killers work extremely well for wasp species as they are in the same family. I recommend outdoor types.

@Zedns1 Год назад

A video I saw was, I think, about Fire ants nests. Buddy just put liquid lead in the holes, then after that he dug out the solidified lead. Very slick.

@susansmith6680 Год назад

I literally was just talking about your first video.

@aserta Год назад

I just take a big stainless bowl i have, i light up a standard issue gas ambassador pineapple variant and throw it and the bowl on the ground over the nest with some sand around the bowl. Deals with them pretty quick.

@tinichiatowner1241 Год назад

Thank you for this info. Like I said I was Stung at work. I do know where the nest is. Unfortunately, it is where I park my van. Dang it!

@lucasdog1 Год назад

Doing some garden prep once upon a time, mixing in some aged manure to the soil. Stuck the digging fork into the manure pile, pried back, and lifted out the whole nest of those bastards! Yes, it seems like thousands can be in a single nest.

@secretsquirrel63 Год назад

Good luck Chigg!

@davemuse419 Год назад

Hey Chigg! I had to replace my door on my 8x8 hunting cabin a couple days ago. I killed over 300 wasp that had made giant nest right inside the door frame. They are defiantly bad this year.

@aquachigger Год назад

Hope you didn't get stung.

@stevehandy-ck2vd Год назад

Hey Chigg, I use 3/4 bottle of straight vinager a couple of sqirts of dish soap and either some windsheild washer or hydrogen peroxide. this mix I carry around the yard and it nocks down anything.yellow jackets are the hardest though.

@janetfeathers4128 Год назад

Thank u very much for the info.

@jimadams8182 Год назад

A lot of wasps out west here too, we had a heavy winter and lots of rain.

@philipatoz Год назад

Man, there are few thing I fear greater than blundering into a yellow jackets nest - talking about unbelievably ferocious and aggressive. Their attitude is, "Mess with me, you mess with my whole FAMILY!!!" And boy, are their stings painful. Interestingly, they aren't terribly aggressive away from the nest. Most dangerous is when they have a nest in the ground you can't see, or if the nest is in high grass and you mow over it.

@rogerbrown-mp5lw Год назад

how about just eating them and make cash.

@philipatoz 10 месяцев назад

Oops, I must be a prophet, cause, today, I got nailed by a hidden nest while power blowing piled up leaves at the edge of the woods! They're going DOWN!!!

@mona2046 Год назад

That was awesome Chigg!!!!!!! I've had a few yellowjacket nests in my yard over the years, but I've never actually seen one, very cool. My neighbor friend always used gas, never lit it though. I have my front door open on hot days and I've killed 4 very aggressive hornets in the house in the past 2 weeks; those things come at you. Apparently, my landlord has a nest in the wall of the old fruit cellar/woodshed, whatever it is, I'm really not sure. It's made of wood so I'm not sure gas would be the best thing? I can see where this is going to be a problem for me next summer and I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions for getting a hornet's nest out of a wall? Thank you Chigg 💖

@mansonboy8141 Год назад

Rainbow Wasp and Ant Killer works comes in a tall green can they drop dead instantly and it sprays out so stronger you dont have to get very close works so well

@dukeluke9219 Год назад

Love these vids chigg!

@Karenklutz Год назад

I hit a nest while on a riding lawn mower. They don’t like that; they don’t like that a lot!

@davidcampbell1312 Год назад

Hey. Just wanted to add my process in too. I use gas but I don’t pour it in the ground. I don’t like that idea. Instead, I soak a rag with the gas and stuff it in the whole. The fumes kill the bees.

@aquachigger Год назад

Good idea. I'll try that next time.

@dennismorris3254 Год назад

Glad to see you home from over seas. Get too that water hunting

@hardyakka6200 Год назад

you have all the fun.

@stevecrosby7803 Год назад

We use the yellow jacket traps along the outside of our property to prevent them from building nests on our property.

@ruthgail Год назад

as a bee swarm survivor, the sound of wasps are traumatic however your videos are a help..

@davidperry63 Год назад

What work really will on Yellowjacket. Pour a pint or more if needed of ammonia at night down there hole and cover it. I have used ammonia a lot, and it has always worked for me.

@kissthesky40 Год назад

Fearless. I’d move to Greenland.

@nick85able Год назад

Same way here in Indiana been like this for the past 3 years

@shawn951951 Год назад

Delta Dust is your friend. Has completely killed every yellow jacket nest on my property.

@valiantwarrior4517 Год назад

There is an unorthodox thing you can do to take out a paper wasp hive, but I’m not sure how fast it works. Earwigs. Even a couple of them introduced into a wasp nest can wipe out the whole hive. For whatever reason, the wasps don’t seem to recognize the danger and don’t defend against them.

@chucktaylor302 Год назад

I’ve always used Black Flag hornet spray. Shoots a long deadly spray, and when it hits em , they are graveyard dead

@dartmart9263 Год назад

Wow. I know there are yellow jackets here in East Texas. But I have yet to find any nests on my property.

@treepotato9273 Год назад

Haven't seen many hornets in my time but boy is it crazy when one appears, big angry looking thing the size of your thumb just looking at you like it wants to scrap. Thankfully not seen a nest in person but I'm sure if I poked around the woodland enough I'd find one. Reckon I'll give em their space if I'm honest.

@markparr7224 Год назад

That is exactly what I have had success with too.

@carolgoldbeck7531 Год назад

I’m in northern Wisconsin and have never had so many wasp and hornets!

@dougalexander7204 Год назад

C4 works well too.

@TheHoza Год назад

We use emergency road flairs. Just strike and jam it down the hole. Probably overkill but Dad got the flairs from the steel mill for free. Use what you got I guess.

@exploringhistory1994 Год назад

Wasp nest sinker lead art.Fill the hole with hot lead and dig it out.

@oleradiodudea.m.4735 Год назад

Loveland Chemical and United Agri Products use to sell high pressure insecticide that shoots a straight shot 20-30 feet. Railroads and telephone companies buy it to use on lines and equipment where the encounter flying wasps, hornets, bees etc.

@scottnyc6572 Год назад

Perhaps the Fox was attacked by a swarm of bees while foraging for food.

@SolidStateSoul Год назад

Carpenter bee spray works. The kind that comes in a can with a plastic tube. Stick the tube down the yellow jacket hole (at night). Unleash the entire can's contents in their nest. All yellow jackets terminated.

@JustPlainSteve5372 Год назад

All that buzzzzing strikes Fear in my heart! So what was your Grand total of stings during the whole episode!?

@aquachigger Год назад

Just one. I was lucky.

@JustPlainSteve5372 Год назад

@@aquachigger 👍

@hamshackleton Год назад

Nasty, vicious little beasts!

@kennymay3036 Год назад

My son when he was 4 years old found a nest. That we didn't know about needless to say over 20 bee stings. Trip to doctor's office luckily he wasn't allergic. Poured a can of purple primer down the hole and lit on fire. Ended up being a size of a basketball. Pretty crazy

@ckh2815 Год назад

Bee nests above ground can be neutralized using any hornet spray that shoots in a long stream. Soak the nest at night and the problem is solved. (and flame will not help. There is not enough oxygen underground to allow if to burn).

@lorimchann5075 Год назад

Have you metal detected your prooerty all the way out? Just wondering. Wonder what is wrong with the fox? How could you find out? Wont the hornets sting the fox or another animal that gets close to thier hive? Lotta questions i have lol

@aquachigger Год назад

I have detected it and not found too much. The fox just looked weak, not sure what was wrong with it, will probably never know. Could be distemper. Skunks usually eat the bees, doesn't seem to bother them, but I don't know why.

@texaswader Год назад

Foaming wasp and hornet spray works every time Chig.

@richardramos1492 Год назад

Brake fluid with a straw. Perfect for the wasp in your shed they will drop like flies

@sylviajones3355 Год назад

What's brake fluid with a straw? You must mean brake cleaner. It does work well.

@monikapravs581 Год назад

The stuff of my nightmares. I have an exterminator that fogged the nest hole. So far so good. Not sure what he used.

@capecoddiggerzmetaldetecti5718 Год назад

There was a crazy amount of 🐝z this year. Every Client of mine had a yellow jacket nest including one on my property. I saw multiple baldface hornets nests on one tree. I had to be very careful metal detecting in the woods as I've come across atleast 7 yellow jackets nest. I did manage to get stung once, only because a bee flew into my glove after I swatted him out of my face 😂 my hand swelled like a balloon 🎈 😒

@mikewatts3615 Год назад

I have heard that when they build in the ground it's going to be a rough winter

@dirtfloormotors Год назад

A fox will actually dig up a nest to eat the grubs, it would have to be pretty hungry I suspect though the long hair protects the fox.

@aquachigger Год назад

I find that skunks are the main predators of bees. They will clean out a honey bee hive by scratching at the front and eating the bees as they crawl out to see what's going on (at night).

@william2036 Год назад

try orange oil or mix vnegar plus lemon/orange peels

@xcalibre222 Год назад

WOW, They must be Africanized yellow jackets. I have a couple small nests in my backyard but they don't act like that.

@doublemrclean Год назад

I'm ascared.

@dukesworld3020 Год назад

I told a friend of mine how to get rid of yellow jackets. He called me the next day from the Hospital. He poured gas into the hole then he dropped a match too. The explosion broke one of his legs and he had other problems too. He still says I told him to light it. But I did not. I think you got lucky, LOL