Wasp nest removal fail - video

**Jon** · Dec 24, 2019, 07:07 AM

Wasp nest removal fail. 1:20 video:

Previously:

Flamethrower drone destroys wasp nest - GIF
Wasp blocking airplane pitot tube - photo

**harleyron74** · Dec 24, 2019, 06:18 PM

You could get by with that trick IF you did it very early in the morning when it is still dark and the wasps/hornets are still all in the nest. A better plastic bag would also be advised!!

**Frank S** · Dec 24, 2019, 06:51 PM

of course they don't exist any more but a cloth flour sack with a heavy shot of starting fluid inside would do the trick

**thevillageinn** · Dec 25, 2019, 01:17 AM

I've also heard of a hornet nest being removed not long after dark in a plastic bag, but by first adding a cotton ball into the opening, then bagging for removal. Type of bag, unknown.

**Fluffle-Valve** · Dec 25, 2019, 04:31 AM

We all could see what was coming there. What a muppet.

**Frank S** · Dec 25, 2019, 09:18 AM

He would have been better off with a wet bath towel and not have fooled around posing for the camera

**Toolmaker51** · Dec 25, 2019, 03:02 PM

Quest for Viral Content seems to outrank Judgement, Feasibility, or mere Common Knowledge. I hope the income dribbles in fast enough to drown out neighbors laughter.

**jdurand** · Dec 27, 2019, 05:48 PM

For yellow jacket in ground nests I've found going out at oh-dark-hundred when they're asleep, then stuffing moth balls in the hole and covering with a rock works well. It fills their tunnels with toxic fumes before they can dig their way out.

**Crusty** · Dec 27, 2019, 06:15 PM

Moth balls eh? I'll have to try that because it sounds much easier than the lawnmower exhaust into an overturned washtub approach that I've used for some time.

My favorite pest removal though is still a good quantity of molten aluminum poured down a fire ant mound. It's satisfying and sometimes makes art when cool.

**DIYSwede** · Dec 28, 2019, 02:45 AM

A generous spray of brake cleaner, starting fluid or any such solvent into the nest's entrance
a few hours after sunset usually does the trick. Remove the day after.
Solvent fumes put them to sleep pretty quick.

I've later used a 3 gal metal paint bucket with a little paint thinner to quickly rake the nest into,
then cover for half an hour, pour out doused content and set afire. Really gross to watch it.
I've never got stung - yet.