How Do I Remove Hornets Living Under Cedar Shingle Roof?

A while back some yellowjackets made a nest in the edge of the sheeting at the edge of the 1st floor roof. I ordered some seriously lethal bee/wasp poison (at a seriously lethal price) not available in NJ from a FL company that shipped it to NJ :) I mixed it with all kinds of recommended baits, jelly, chicken, hamburger..yada yada yada. They would have none of it. After watching their morning routine (this was early spring), they would wake up with the warmth of the sun around

Now if you're bent on trying something you could paint a little poison on the entrance every other day or so (at the right time of course). Or hot glue a little balsa landing pad right at the entrance.

The petro product all burned off.

I've heard of propping a vacuum cleaner hose near the exit hole. Maybe one with a removable bag, so you don't have to tip them out like a shop vac.

Maybe put the hose up to a tailpipe of a running vehicle for a few minutes before you change the bag.

For nests in the ground, a very large kettle of boiling water has sometimes done the job. If you don't want to use water, you can use dihydrogen monoxide. You can read about that at

Not sure about sevin, but I've used products from

Their pantry pest traps did a job on my mealworms.

"Stormin Mormon" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@uni-berlin.de:

How would you know? I bet it didn't. I bet some soaked into the ground where there was no O2 for combustion.

I'm starting to see the light.

Mike

Think I'll pass standing on a ladder swatting hornets or wasps.

Mike

Interesting idea, but the entrance to their nest isn't vacum cleaner nozzle friendly.

Mike

If I didn't have to get on a 20+ laddrr I might try it.

Mike

Thanks, \ Mike

Nest is under some old cedar shingles over the kitchen bay window.

Mike

That's an idea.

Mike

Good ideas. What's the name mof the chemical you used?

Mike

hamburger..yada

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I used Tempo SC

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There is an observation and an idea I hope someone will check out. I notice that when a hive is abandoned (natural causes) it is never reused and there is never another one built near it. It is as if the abandoned hive has an aura of death around it that the hive insects avoid.. I wonder will putting a few abandoned hives around an occupied hive will drive the occupants away.