The doom of the ground hornets...
So I was preparing my lethal combination of diesel fuel/gasoline for
the WMD approach to wiping out a nest of ground hornets when Mrs. Wave
came home.She asked me what I was doing and after I explained today's
adventures, she immediately put the kibosh on my very minor explosion
and subsequent fire. Unfortunately, Mrs. Wave understands all too well that I tend to get
carried away in situations like this - in particular after the last
stump clearing incident which resulted in a 3 foot wide crater two
feet deep, a small mushroom cloud and several downed trees that were
not destined to come down. Hey, I like earth shattering kabooms. Anyway, she called a colleague of hers whose husband is a professional
exterminator. He called me back and said to meet him at his job site
- he'd give me something to eliminate the hornets without an earth
shattering kaboom (obviously Mrs. Wave explained the situation very
well). So I met up with him and he gave me this can of stuff with all kinds
of death's heads all over it along with the word poison in several
bright colors. Told me to just use a little, but the results would be
spectacular - I would enjoy my revenge. Hell Yeah I Did!!! I hit that nest with a stream and the damn hornets melted - no joke -
melted. If you had an active imagination, you could almost hear the
little bastards screaming in pain while they melted away. Very satisfying. However, I had to return the can as I'm not licensed to have it. Bummer because I would just love to go wasp/hornet hunting. |
Tom
Oct 16
2006
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| Sounds like Red Green's buddy :-) |
Ron
Oct 17
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| I taught Red Green everything he knows. :>) |
Tom
Oct 17
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| My favorite was when Red Green wanted people to think he had power
windows in his car. So he took off the crank handle, and used a battery
powered hand held kitchen mixer. |
basskisser
Oct 18
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| Nonobtanium. |
Wayne.B
Oct 16
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| Tom, Are those ground wasps the same as what I'd call 'yellow jackets' ? My son
and I were at the park yesterday with our Adventure Guides group, and the
kids disturbed a nest (ground) of yellow jackets. Those suckers are mean. My
boy got stung 3 times and 2 of them suckers were still after him when he got
to me. Luckily he's not allergic, but he wasn't a happy camper. A few other
kids were stung as well. I wanted a nuke right about then... --Mike "Tom Francis" <fivesix@seven.com> wrote in message |
mgg
Oct 17
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| Same thing. We call 'em ground hornets, but they are really
yellowjackets. Years ago I used to know the difference - one nests primarily in the
ground but occasionally in trees and vice versa. All I know is that they are now dead. :>) |
Tom
Oct 17
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| I looked at the side of the can and it said nonobtanium, irreplacium
and unobtainium. :>) |
Tom
Oct 17
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| I like the diesel and gasoline method, it makes a great show. |
Bert
Oct 17
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| This must be going around. I got home last night and my son and his
exterminator friend has sprayed and dug up to huge colonies..... .... now, if I can stay away from those two pissed off yellow clouds
that are hugging the ground... |
Gene
Oct 17
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| My good friend with the property out on the Shenandoah has a cleared
area he mows and uses for gatherings. There's a substantial stump in the
middle of it that we use as a backdrop for targets when we don't feel
like heading down to his more formal firing range. In the last four years, that stump has been hit by at least 10,000
bullets of .22LR, .22M, 9mm, .40S&W, .45ACP, various rifle bullets, and
hundreds of shotgun blasts. It's also had "stump removal" chemicals
poured on it, and it is infested with wood-eating ants and termites. Still, the stump remains. My suggestion was dynamite. I guess I'm in Tom's camp. |
Harry
Oct 17
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| If you just throw gasoline on a hornets nest, without lighting it, they
will do the same thing. I mean, you toss gasoline on a nest in a tree,
and it will rain dead hornets. |
basskisser
Oct 17
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| I didn't think you could get those ingredients!!!!!! |
basskisser
Oct 17
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| When a friend's wife inherited a farm he called the Army up at Aberdeen to
inquire what was in some cans he'd found in the barn. They had Army labels
on them. They sent out two guys that put e-suits on to remove it and a fair
bit of dirt floor under the shelving. They never did tell him what it was,
but apparently his father-in-law somehow 'obtained' it for clearing brush.
At least it wasn't like the mustard gas they found buried in DC a couple of
years ago. |
Bill
Oct 17
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| Oh my! Sounds like a flashback to Nam. |
Don
Oct 16
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| Government is so much more efficient at protection than Vito Corleone. |
Alotta
Oct 16
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| I remember trying to knock down a hornets nest from a fruit tree when I was
10 years old or so. We had several acres, many of which were populated by
fruit trees my Dad had planted. I think I threw 3 dozen apples at the nest (coming close or nicking it but
not directly hitting it). So I got a rag, dipped it in gasoline, found a
long pole and tipped it with the rag, lit it and torched the nest. I have always been easy to amuse! ;-) |
Oct 16
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| She's no fun. I figured you'd post pictures of the mushroom cloud, the
police, etc. |
JoeSpareBedroom
Oct 16
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| Well, that happened during The Great Stump Incident of 2001. She has some sense of when to put the restraints on and when not to
after living with me for 30 plus years as there have been other
"incidents" in which I carried things a tad too far. |
Tom
Oct 17
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| Good show! Someone once told me that you can get rid of hornets (the big paper
nest in the tree kind) by going out at night with a large mirror and a
big flashlight. Set the mirror up on the ground 20 feet or so from
the tree, then shine the flashlight into the mirror. Arrange all this
so when the buggers fly out of the nest, they'll see the mirror with
the light from the flashlight reflected in it. Now, making sure you're not in the light at all, hit the nest with
something and watch. Supposedly, they'll fly out and see the light in
the mirror, and will fly full speed into it, knocking themselves out.
Stomp or spray until dead. I'm not trying it... sounds suspicious to me. |
Jack
Oct 17
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| Never heard of that one. For tree wasps, I just spray the crap out of them with a can of wasp
spray. Or shoot at it with a 20 gauge shotgun with bird shot. I'd prefer to blow it up, but there are limits even for me. :>) |
Tom
Oct 17
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| Tom Francis writes: > I hit that nest with a stream and the damn hornets melted - no joke -
> melted. Ingredients? |
Richard
Oct 16
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