I went out to clean my sliding door windows yesterday. I just stepped out and set the bucket down on the grill and was immediately attacked by wasps/yellowjackets. Three stings to the neck before I could jump back inside ( two got in with me ) I haven’t used my grill this year and they built a nest. I waited until nighttime, moved the grill to the corner and popped open the lid ( one more sting ). Next step advice. I was thinking of using my garden hose from the lawn below. I have window washing solution that is soapy, and I can saturate the grill from a distance and below. I don’t know if they will abandon the nest or if it will be destroyed, particularly if I do it several times. Any suggestions? Those stings are not a lot of fun, and they are incredibly aggressive.
Pretty sure that you can fire up the grill without lifting the lid. Set both burners to high and cook the suckers.
Good suggestions if I had a bee suit. I would just walk up and rip it off. I can’t get near the grill. It was closed when they attacked me, and the automatic ignition doesn’t work. I have to lift a grate and use a flame to start it. My idea came from this, " Yes, soapy water can be an effective method for killing yellow jackets, especially when dealing with a nest. The soap disrupts the exoskeleton of the yellow jackets, causing them to drown. For ground nests, a solution of dish soap and water can be poured into the entrance, effectively neutralizing the nest."
That’s what I’d do. You’ll either kill the wasps or they’ll abandon that nest. I’d fire up the grill, let it run for a good hour or two, and then leave it alone for another day or so. After that you’ll see if any come back, but I suspect they’[l be gone.
Forget what I wrote about a tarp. I just deleted it. I forgot that you had opened up the grill already. Since their nest is like paper, you could probably set it on fire some other way. Take a rag wrap it around a long pole or rake, pour some oil on the rag and then set it on fire. Put it on the grate next to the nest. They would probably burn as they exit the nest.
Okay. I just had a better idea. Facebook marketplace. “Free grill, must move yourself”.
Even from a distance I will make my own beekeepers’ outfit. Besides the painful sting I didn’t have an anaphylactic reaction, but I did have a reaction. My BP dropped and my heart rate when up. I took some Benadryl which took care of things.
Why not just hire an exterminator?
Agree. There are times when you want a pro.
flip the lid open and leave it open
go get a can of wasp bug spray (it shoots 30 feet or more)
hose down the nest
light grille and burn off all the bug spray
put a burning rag (soaked with kerosene, gas, etc) on end of a long stick and burn it
water hose should tear it up and soak it to pieces, they’ll abandon it evenually
When I was a kid, there was some kind of bee/wasp nest under the eaves of one of the classroom buildings. We (I) took a hose to it.
Yeah, never doing that dumbass move again.
Suggest OP consider this in the evening or early morning.
Wasps spwend evenings in the nest.
I sprayed one with killer in the evening in the past.
May be able to kill a few with a 2 liter pop/soda bottle with holes cut in, and filled 1/2 way with water amd dish soap. Leave it out on the deck for a day or 3.
This.
Just light the grill and burn 'em out.
I’m four stings into this and want to handle it myself. Problem solving and pride. I’m not going to hire someone for this.
Damn right. And now this forum is invested in this, so we have a say also. Ideally, you’ll fail a couple more attempts, strictly for our entertainment, and then conquer them.
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Yeah. We should offer to buy a GoPro. The views on youtube would pay us back.
Depending on your urgency I would suggest putting out some traps for a few days beforehand. Either the hanging sticky kind or the bagged liquid. That’ll drop the numbers a bit and you could then spray it with a long range wasp killer.
These worked in my backyard last spring when I couldnt find the wasp nest. They were pretty much all gone in a couple weeks. Amazon.com
Only if I had a beekeeper’s suit, then I would walk out there, rip it off, crush it in my hands and give a mighty Viking roar. They swarm so fast and are so aggressive, besides the fact my automatic ignition doesn’t work, and the propane valve is turned off.