Yellow Jacket Removal? (neighborhood, live, trees)

[IrisheyesT]

I have yellow jackets under the siding of my house. My husband has tried spraying with the wasp spray but since they are up under the siding the spray doesn't get up high enough. Does anybody have any DIY suggestions or know the name of a good bee removal company? Thanks.

[dman72]

Originally Posted by IrisheyesT

I have yellow jackets under the siding of my house. My husband has tried spraying with the wasp spray but since they are up under the siding the spray doesn't get up high enough. Does anybody have any DIY suggestions or know the name of a good bee removal company? Thanks.

they are still alive at this point of the year? Sure they are yellow jackets and not honeybees?

I'd wait for the winter if possible. The nest should be dead within a month or so, and the queen will have moved on. Just don't let them start a new nest next year. Put out wasp traps and destroy the nests before they grow in numbers in the spring.

[mowmylawn]

I had a nest behind a door light, right by a porch I needed to paint. I had one fly up my jacket and sting. Not good.

I waited until nightfall when the nasty buggers are dormant, unscrewed the light fixture and sprayed it copiously. Guess what? THere was no nest in the J-box. They were actually behind it. The colder weather has killed most of them and the nest is now inactive, but boy, those wasps are nasty.

[TransplantedFloridian]

Please make sure they're actually yellow jackets and not honey bees. Honey bees are virtually harmless, rarely sting and are hugely important to the environment.

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[IrisheyesT]

They are definitely yellow jackets. Does anyone know if they die off in the winter or do they just kind of go to sleep and come back again in the spring? The problem now is they are somehow getting into my bedroom but I don't know how. It should be cold enough for a long enough period of time soon to hopefully kill them. I just don't want them back again in the spring.

[dman72]

Originally Posted by IrisheyesT

They are definitely yellow jackets. Does anyone know if they die off in the winter or do they just kind of go to sleep and come back again in the spring? The problem now is they are somehow getting into my bedroom but I don't know how. It should be cold enough for a long enough period of time soon to hopefully kill them. I just don't want them back again in the spring.

The whole nest other than the queen should die off, and the queen may or may not stay in there..make sure you blitz it so there's not chance of it surviving. From what I've read the queen will not reuse the nest but they often build new nests close to the old ones...we get massive nests on the same trees in my neighborhood every year, but never in exactly the same place.

[mowmylawn]

Originally Posted by IrisheyesT

They are definitely yellow jackets. Does anyone know if they die off in the winter or do they just kind of go to sleep and come back again in the spring? The problem now is they are somehow getting into my bedroom but I don't know how. It should be cold enough for a long enough period of time soon to hopefully kill them. I just don't want them back again in the spring.

They do die off with the frost.

[majortom1981]

They will die off if they aren't in the walls to your house. I would get an exterminator.