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Last fall I noticed a lot of yellow jacket activity around the soffit of my house. After spotting the entrance point I tried everything from bee spray to a soapy power washer solution to get to them, nothing worked.
So, I waited until cold weather as I figured the nest to be in the attic crawl space somewhere and I had an electric box to change out for a ceiling fan, figured to do both jobs at once. Today was the day and I am unsure if I was able to kill them. Wish I could have dragged a camera up there but it is bad enough crawling on two boards atop a foot of blown in insulation.
The nest is in the far corner from the access point (of course). It completely fills the area from the soffit overhang, truss to truss, and looks to be a foot or so long. I sprayed "Wasp Stopper" on it and let that soak in a bit and then hit it with "Wasp and Hornet" foam, two cans in all. Second trip over there, I carried my tank sprayer and soaked it with "Knox Out".
Problem is, I am not sure if that spray soaked into the hive enough to kill them. Given that I was doing the belly crawl and my exit was almost 50' away, I did not dare puncture the thing.
Anyone know if the hive would absorb the liquid enough? I'm not that familiar with the things.
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That is similar to the Wasp Stopper EW, a commercial spray that I used. It suffocates them. My concern is the size of this thing, almost like a Nancy Pelosi nightmare.
I hope it penetrated, that thing is scary!
Thanks for the link, I will take a look later, after my legal beverage with the admiral.
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The problem is, I can't see the opening, I was spraying the back side of the thing due to the opening facing the siding trim. I can't access it. If today's attack failed my only alternative is to attempt to inject this monster from the outside on a ladder. Hopefully I can remove some trim without them "awakening".
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