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Post by gameboy on Sept 13, 2010 16:13:39 GMT -6
These hornets are a real problem this year at my house. Hummingbirds can't even eat at the feeders because there are a dozen hornets on each feeder. What's the best way to get rid of'em? www.pestworld.org/european-hornet
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Post by northof50 on Sept 14, 2010 1:19:46 GMT -6
Track them as they fly and you will find the nest location, then out comes the foam wasp spray to block the hole, then drown the paper nest structure. Re-apply after 7 days cause the enclapsulated brood come out after then. Watch because this time of year there are many queens that have not left the colony and their stingers do not de-tatch after stinging. These colonies can overwinter even @ -40c/f and start the season with 100-200 workers and build up fast in the spring. These ones can get to the size of a 5 gallon pail this time of year. So don't go into a spray job with only 1/2 can of spray !!!!! Sevin is toxic to them so sometimes spraying it on the fallen apples, low concentration, then they carry this back to the colony, and social behaviour of cleaning each other.... is a death to the colony slowly.
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Post by gameboy on Sept 14, 2010 5:24:26 GMT -6
Thanks. I took all the humingbird feeders down except one and put a little Sevin in the solution and put a wire cage around it to keep the birds out. I made sure no honey bees were working it. I'll see if I can find the nest.....thanks again.
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Post by TrapperRon on Dec 15, 2010 19:45:52 GMT -6
Take a 5" long (aprox) piece of 3/4 inch pvc pipe. Drill two 3/8 inch holes in one side near the middle. Next take a large plastic coke bottle 2 liter, probably yours are 2 quart in the US. Make a hole each side 3/4 the way up so the pipe will bit snugly through the two holes, turn the drilled holes down.
Put about an inch of your humming bird nectar you are using in the plastic container and then hang it near your hummingbird feeder. it wil catch a lot of those bees. They can not find the way out and drown in the liquid.
I often make one of these for out camping.
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Post by gameboy on Dec 26, 2010 8:24:57 GMT -6
Thanks Ron. A local friend of mine told me how to use a 2 liter bottle similar to what you described and it worked and we caught a lot of them. We cut the bottle off where the curve of the bottle went straight and inverted the top into the bottom section which made a funnel. The liquid was just below the opening. While camping, we used some 20oz. softdrink bottles for yellowjackets.
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