I just found out where this year's yellow jacket nest is.. ouch

[Jenbirdee]

they are in an old woodpile that's up against a side of goose pen fencing. so now Im worrying about my geese getting stung and also what am I going to use to kill these &$%# wasps without hurting the geese with run off and etc aaarrrggghhhh

 

[Lor]

Ugh! That's a bit of a situation with it being against the goose pen. Water hose or pressure washer blasts is all I can think of.

 

[Jenbirdee]

OK I just built a wasp trap and put it near their (the yellow jacks)
nest on a table. it's a bin of soapy water and I wrapped a board with some hardware cloth and stuffed some corned beef and figs (meat and sweet!) under the hardware cloth then i layed the board across the bin (with the bait on bottomside about an inch above water)

waiting to see how many i catch

I also put a wheelbarrow that the geese hate over near there so they will stay away from the wasp area

i think i can fence off a small area to keep geese away after i spray some wasp poison in the hole I see them coming out of

 

[Lor]

I hope that works!

 

[DLA]

I just saw this thread after dealing with a yellow jacket nest of my own on the corner of my run. I saw them around, they're always around, but I didn't realize the nest was right there till I got stung on the ankle. I'm a little allergic, not hospital level but my whole ankle was really swollen, super beyond belief itchy and painful. Still is, will take about a week to heal up. grrrrrr....very unpleasant.
I can't even put into words how much I do not like these little *#@.... I know they're part of the eco system and it's nature and all that but gosh, the pain and itching from the stings are enough to drive a person crazy!

What I did was wait till dark when they're all quiet (and I was less angry), used a long handled tool to expose the nest a little without disturbing it (it was under some rocks that hold the hardware cloth apron down) and dumped neem oil on it. it's not harmful to chickens like wasp spray would be. it worked on mine, after about a day I was able to dig out the actual underground nest and remove it and stomp it for satisfaction but they were all dead already.

 

[Jenbirdee]

I just saw this thread after dealing with a yellow jacket nest of my own on the corner of my run. I saw them around, they're always around, but I didn't realize the nest was right there till I got stung on the ankle. I'm a little allergic, not hospital level but my whole ankle was really swollen, super beyond belief itchy and painful. Still is, will take about a week to heal up. grrrrrr....very unpleasant.
I can't even put into words how much I do not like these little *#@.... I know they're part of the eco system and it's nature and all that but gosh, the pain and itching from the stings are enough to drive a person crazy!

What I did was wait till dark when they're all quiet (and I was less angry), used a long handled tool to expose the nest a little without disturbing it (it was under some rocks that hold the hardware cloth apron down) and dumped neem oil on it. it's not harmful to chickens like wasp spray would be. it worked on mine, after about a day I was able to dig out the actual underground nest and remove it and stomp it for satisfaction but they were all dead already.

awesome! that’s great to know