How to Get Rid of Yellowjackets (4 Easy Steps)

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Step 1: Identification: 0:38
Step 2: Inspection: 2:09
Step 3: Treatment: 2:51
Step 4: Prevention: 5:25
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Yellowjackets are a common type of wasp that pose threats when they set up nests in residential neighborhoods or public spaces. Like most other wasp species, yellowjackets are territorial and become aggressive when their nests are threatened. Unlike other wasp species, yellowjackets are also known to sting unprovoked, making them one of the more dangerous wasps to have around.
Yellowjackets are smaller wasps, typically growing to be between 3/8ths and 5/8ths of an inch in length. Their body colors are composed of black and bright yellow patterns, which is where the name “yellowjacket” comes from. Besides physical appearance, the best way to identify yellowjackets from other wasps is to observe their nesting situation. If you observe wasps traveling in and out of underground holes or voids within walls, then you’re likely dealing with yellowjackets.
To confirm yellowjacket activity, you’ll need to observe your property for any yellowjackets. Yellowjackets are typically foraging for meat or hunting other insects as food for themselves or their larvae. Yellowjackets can also be attracted to flowers or sweets. It’s not uncommon to find them near trash cans. Once you’ve found some, keep track of where they travel, and they’ll eventually lead back to the nest. Be sure to keep your distance to avoid aggression.
To get rid of yellowjackets on your property, you’ll use a combination of insecticides like Stryker Wasp and Hornet Killer, D-Fense Dust, and Sylo Insecticide. Stryker Wasp and Hornet Killer will knock down yellowjackets quickly, D-Fense Dust will treat and kill yellowjackets leaving and entering the nest, and Sylo will protect the surfaces of your structures from further yellowjacket activity.
Although Sylo will continue to protect treated areas for up to 90 days after application, you can take further steps to ensure paper wasps stay away from your property. Make sure your property is kept clean. One of the most effective ways of preventing yellowjackets is to deny them their food resources. Pick up trash and make sure no food is left outside. Yellowjackets will forage for food in garbage, so make sure to regularly take out your trash and leave it in sealed garbage containers. You can also deny access to water sources by draining standing water like in birdbaths or plant pots after rain. If yellowjackets are unable to forage for food and water on your property, then they have no reason to establish themselves.
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@bigal25938 Жыл бұрын

Yellowjackets were going in and out a crack in my porch floor. I got one of those tennis racket type bug zappers, taped the on button down, and laid it over the hole. Sounds and smell of cooking yellowjackets was really satisfying. Also have put those 12” tall sticky bug traps next to nests. Catch lots of them.

@venomx4093 Жыл бұрын

Heck yeah. I did that year. Funny to watch the bastards sizzle and crackle.

@realgooddoty9395 Жыл бұрын

Good luck with that

@curly__3 Ай бұрын

Oooh, i like the sticky trap idea... I'm going to use fly paper... Ooh i hate them... I hate them so much...

@floydhicks9790 Жыл бұрын

I always used carburetor cleaner to get rid of them. It works quickly and evaporates so it's easy to use and fairly cheap

@vabunajonsville4251 2 жыл бұрын

these guys just made a home underneath my raised garden bed so we cant water the garden without them getting pissed! weve all been getting stung

@arnolddips9876 Жыл бұрын

My dad was mowing the grass ran over a place where a yellow jackets nest was inside of a place that hasn’t been mowed in years, he got stung 30-50 times before he got away, his whole body was swelled from all the stings he got a jug of gas and set them on fire.

@garzplace Жыл бұрын

I got stung today by the small variety of the damn things. Tomorrow the empire strikes back with a nice soaking spray of gasoline and my "say hello to my little friend" honkin' flame thrower. Your dad and I think alike!

@joracer1 11 ай бұрын

Don't set then on fire, that saves the nest, just let them breath those fumes for an hour or two and they're done..

@user-yc7tr9qh4l 5 ай бұрын

yes that same thing happened to me - lucky to be alive!!

@SusanMarie-Dakota 21 күн бұрын

Have nest inside a fabric chair on porch. Dont know what type of bee. Looks like a honey bee but smaller,? Thinking of gasoline at night & get away quickly

@bladerunner5810 Жыл бұрын

Identify the entrance to their colony. Wait until night time and empty a bottle of cheap dishwashing soap into the hole. Use your garden hose and flush the soap into the nest with a fairly strong stream of water for about 10 minutes. I killed two large colonies using this method and they never returned. For the paper nests just mix the liquid soap 50/50 with water and soak the nest. This works on the individual wasps that fly around the nest as well.

@djratino Жыл бұрын

Gasoline will work, but it leaves a dead spot in the lawn. I use Wisdom TC poured in the hole at dusk. This can be bought at Tractor Supply. I do landscaping and lawn care. This is my product of choice.

@robertshorthill6836 Жыл бұрын

I take those yellow plastic YJ traps from hardware stores, remove the screw on base with the entrance holes. Get a cardboard box of about 8X8X12, or so. Cut a hole the size of the trap without the screw on base. Next cut a couple small holes, 2 or 3 , about 1 or 2 inches diameter will do. For bait, take a string, tie a strip of raw bacon on it and hang the bacon near the holes. Yellow Jackets will enter the holes from smelling the bacon, when they have eaten enough, instead of going out the same way, they with fly toward the light and get trapped where they evenually get dehydrated and die. On a hot day this time of year, the trap will fill up fast.

@martinmercerjr8615 Жыл бұрын

Where do you buy the Emulsion treatment. I checked everywhere

@nocturnalist57 Жыл бұрын

I hate yellowjackets with an infinite passion. I know they have an ecological purpose, but not on my property.

@slowjamcdub 8 ай бұрын

👏👏👏👍

@LukaDonesnitch 8 ай бұрын

What is the purpose because other than bee's I haven't seen any for wasp or hornets.

@yesmayhem Жыл бұрын

Stung back of my ankle, then when I reached for it, another got me between my thumb and for finger. Two chased me from the backyard to the front door. My foot and bottom third of my leg ballooned for a week. And for a week they wait for me to come out the front door and attempt to attack again. No exaggeration.

@billinct860 Жыл бұрын

The nest is likely right near the front door. Go outside using another way. From a distance, watch for the yellow jackets coming and going from one place... that will be the nest entrance. If the nest is in the ground pour a bucket of hot soapy water on the entrance at night. If inside a wall or where soapy water won't work, you will have to buy Hornet Spray and again, at night, spray the place where they enter and fly off from. Sounds like you are allergic so it may be better to call an exterminator despite the cost.

@yesmayhem Жыл бұрын

@@billinct860 Exterminator it is. I can't do the ballooned extremities part again. Thank you so much for the advice. I do appreciate it.

@marymorgheim5724 11 ай бұрын

That’s what I’m dealing with. Seen 2 at a time and they watch my door. Soon as you step out they are swarming you.

@mychannel6718 2 жыл бұрын

I have a yellow jacket nest in my back hall ceiling. Gonna take them out this afternoon. Wish me luck!

@johnappleby2182 Жыл бұрын

How did u manage....??? I have them in the soffit above garage door....ive sprayed tons of raid ? Killing them on contact, but after a week, they are STILL there....unreal how there could be any alive within a mile, I've killed so many....the foaming sprays are worthless unless spraying into hard to reach places, perhaps, but not as aerial defense.

@michaelmerck7576 Жыл бұрын

@@johnappleby2182 use a wasp freeze product it kills them instantly and no retaliation

@johnappleby2182 Жыл бұрын

@@michaelmerck7576 I used EVERYTHING IN LOWES ARSENAL....YOU KNOW WHAT DID THE TRICK, FINALLY.... A SPEACIAL WASP STICKY TRAP , PLASTIC CAGE TYPE THING....THE MORE BESS THE GOT STUCK, THE MORE THEY BELEIVED IT WAS A HIVE....NOT A SINGLE SPOT LEFT FOR A SINGLE BEE TO STICK TOO...NEVER SAW ANOTHER WASP, AFTER....SO, THATS MY WAR STORY WITH WASPS

@mychannel6718 Жыл бұрын

@@johnappleby2182 I did the same as you! Went away after I sprayed a few cans of the foam wasp killer. They came back again. I’m gonna keep spraying until winter and just remove the drywall and take out the whole nest and put new drywall up. Hopefully you have better luck!

@LOVERGEIST777 3 жыл бұрын

thanks for the info! hopefully i wont get stung

@Mrblueridgeman Жыл бұрын

Gasoline poured into the nest entrance (at night) is a sure way to kill the nest.

@aryanvarma5102 Жыл бұрын

Just get a flamethrower

@b_itachigaming2563 Жыл бұрын

Unless its on your truck radiator😭😭😭

@straightupautomotive Жыл бұрын

Just dont light it off. You dont need much either.. the fumes are heavier than air and a little in the hole will be enough fumes sinking into the nest to smother them.

@arraa2406 Жыл бұрын

How do you find the nest??

@jaketrat3725 11 ай бұрын

My thing is how do I know there isn’t 2 entry holes

@michaelcolors Жыл бұрын

Edited ** to a more accurate solution: One plant-based solution: buy pennyroyal (mint family) tincture, and mix a decent amt of drops with water (needs to be potent, but since tinctures are strong, use judgement). Then, pour into a plastic sprayer, like a $2 ironing sprayer, and spray the whole hive. Just be sure to wear protective clothing to prevent being stung. The yellow jackets will immediately be immobilized, and any remaining will migrate to another territory.

@oksalbright 10 ай бұрын

I have been finding a cluster of yellow jacket on my Rose of Sharon. They seem to just be eating these little ants. I have not seen a nest anywhere on my property. Think the ants are being attracted by aphids and their eggs. Plan on buying lady bugs to get rid of the ants one I get rid of the yellow jackets.

@michaelcolors 10 ай бұрын

@@oksalbright Pls consider my edited post above. I guarantee this will work!! ❤️😊

@tractorfone5567 2 жыл бұрын

I have yellowjackets flying into a hole 4 ft off the ground. into the wall of the house. I am going to get my shop vac and place water and dawn soap in it. Then place the hose by the hole later today.

@ritahercog3201 2 жыл бұрын

Does the Dawn soap kill the wasp or just put them to sleep?

@tractorfone5567 2 жыл бұрын

@@ritahercog3201 It does kill the wasp, check out the video how to kill wasps with dish soap. I used the shop vac with soapy water, i got abut 30 yellow jackets and looked in the vac later in the day and all of the bees were dead. Then I was able to approach the bee hole and dump cayenne pepper and soapy Iwater in the hole. And lastly plugged the hole. Thankfully I haven't seen any yellowjackets in the house.

@sethb8269 Жыл бұрын

@@ritahercog3201 it will kill them. They will not be able to breath and die

@hibarizvi2285 Жыл бұрын

@@ritahercog3201it kills them! It clogs their breathing pores

@GreenCanvasInteriorscape Жыл бұрын

@@ritahercog3201 it's an emulsifier and it causes them to stick to the water and drown

@MotoMaddox2 3 күн бұрын

I’m 12 and I’m walking along my trial I made and i feel a sting on my ankle and I look down and there is a yellow jacket stinging me so I swat at it and then one stings me in the head so I start running back to my house as I’m getting stung by more yellow jackets. I just walked on there nest I guess, those things are mean

@jonathanpeterson1984 Жыл бұрын

Something small stung me inside my shirt on my stomach at work in north Florida last month, and it’s felt like a Roman candle got shot into my abdomen and then stuck there and burned, WTF stung me!?

@coololdluke3905 Жыл бұрын

Boiling water is all you need. A lot of it! It will kill instantly but you need a barrel worth to be sure it stays hot to the bottom of nest. Needs several buckets all boiling and pour all quickly. I have done it several times. Light your fire pit. Don't poison your yard!

@martharodriguez2603 5 күн бұрын

I was mowing yesterday and I got stung about 8 times and man still hurts so much😅😅

@victoryfirst2878 Жыл бұрын

Boric acid powder and diatom earth dust also works well.

@888huckleberry Жыл бұрын

Didn't work on my yellow jackets ,thought for sure it would.

@victoryfirst2878 Жыл бұрын

@@888huckleberry Why do you think it did not work Sir ??

@michaelmerck7576 Жыл бұрын

@@victoryfirst2878 probably because he got stung

@888huckleberry Жыл бұрын

@@victoryfirst2878 I have NO idea usually it always took them out in the past but these bees were like SUPER BEES - They had that powder ALL over them and shrugged that stuff off like it was nothing -- it was quite scary to say the least . It should of killed them no doubt.

@victoryfirst2878 Жыл бұрын

@@michaelmerck7576 Could be Sir. I have always been under the impression that since I am so much larger and have lots of flesh a few stings will not kill me.

@trapbabyclothingline906 Жыл бұрын

I wish I can post photos under videos. I just got stung over 20 times today while burning leaves.

@misterm5325 Жыл бұрын

I just got stung once a couple hours ago. 20 must be brutal. One is bad.

@Milarbkh 2 жыл бұрын

My indoor cats have been stung 3 times recently by these and I'm worried they'll have a bad reaction, I assume they've made a nest somewhere in our home. I caught two today

@oksalbright 10 ай бұрын

If you smoke cigarettes, tear a little less than 1/2" of the end and chew it enough to break it up a little and coated in your spot and spit it in your hand and work it into a compress and put it on the sting spot. Spit on it to moisten for about an hour. If you don't smoke, buy a single black and mild, cut the outer layer, grind the inner tobacco, and then spit on it to make the compress. If you just try water, it won't get the tobacco to cling together. Worse reaction would have been if they were allergic, but you would know right away. I have found this works with bees, ants, wasps, and yellow jackets. A lot better than Benadryl gel for big bites.

@kevinJames6986 9 ай бұрын

Just got stung four times. Hmm…good times. Use baking soda paste. It was in my compost pile.

@JensMorrison Жыл бұрын

My kids jumped on a hay bale. It had a medium sized nest underneath it, and we didn't know. Welp, my son got stung 5 times, and my daughter once. I have since moved the hay bale, and uncovered the nest. They have not left it. I sprayed it with water, and they've still not left. I've poked and prodded it, and they still won't abandon it. I've been stung once, but I used a homemade bee suit now. I don't like killing anything, but, I will if I have to.

@JuniorFarquar Жыл бұрын

Gasoline, 1 cup, ingite. 100% effective. Sucks O2 out and scorches escapees. Only in ground nests. 55 yrs experience. Be smart. Kill em.

@JuniorFarquar Жыл бұрын

Mew

@JensMorrison Жыл бұрын

@@JuniorFarquar Thank you. It would've been a ground nest, but it's ON the ground instead, due to the hay being moved after they constructed it. The problem with gasoline is the area is full of very flammable elements, such as hay.

@megastick9324 Жыл бұрын

They would kill you, no questions asked. Family safety outweighs wasps.

@rhondaphillips3217 Жыл бұрын

A glass bowl turned upside down over the nest has been very effective for me. Make sure you do it in the cool of evening when they are inactive.

@realgooddoty9395 Жыл бұрын

Dust works the best

@williamjaeger5940 Жыл бұрын

If the yellow jacket hive is not near your house they are good to have around especially if your a gardener! Yellow jackets prey on insects and love caterpillars that cause damage in the garden

@DeathSensei Жыл бұрын

We garden at my house so it would be beneficial to keep them around, but the hive is literally in my outdoor gym area so I get attacked often

@straightupautomotive Жыл бұрын

Thats where Seven comes in. I prefer dead yellow jackets

@bulkchart3239 3 жыл бұрын

my ag science teacher in high school said u can also sneak out to the nest at night and pour diesel fuel in it.

@dusteedawg2915 2 жыл бұрын

Okay, I'm out of bee spray, I work for a fuel company.......in the summer I do landscaping for the companies gas stations........ I am going to try THIS bc I'm GETTING mad ......madder than a Disturbed hornets nest.

@bulkchart3239 2 жыл бұрын

@@dusteedawg2915 be certain to get several gallons. mr. steede(my teacher) said that nest was deep when they dug it up.

@mountainjam27 9 ай бұрын

How do I find the nest

@douglaswilliams6834 10 ай бұрын

I have always just waited until dusk then poured about 1/2 gallon of gasoline down their hole. Boom, done. 🙂

@tonia8510 Жыл бұрын

These yellow jackets are passing me off, I can’t cut my lawn 😡 they bit me twice

@trevorjennings5453 Жыл бұрын

Hello Tonia, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the virus?

@AlphaAchilles 11 ай бұрын

Getting bit is kind of odd. They always sting me.

@solomonsong33 2 жыл бұрын

That last step is unnecessary and ineffective to stop yellow jackets from building nest…

@BIGWILL0715 2 жыл бұрын

Lmao yeah cause you know better than pest control experts and company’s gtfo with your arm chair expert bullshit

@houstonhotdog5273 Жыл бұрын

Brake cleaner is best insect killer. 🌭

@joracer1 11 ай бұрын

Tried it for 3 days don't work.. i got 3 nest in 1 acre yard. Those bought traps, caught 3 in 1 month, the soapy water buckets, 2 of them with chicken bait, 3 days caught zero, i did have 3 or 4 green flys. So it bs... all of it.. gasoline or bee spray is the only way... update 5 days meat trap has zero, I set 2 of them. Anyone had these to work? Update, 3 weeks of this chicken meat, over soapy water yields no dead yellow jackets... zero... but yet I had thousands zooming around my small yard, finally got them all with building ramps into their nest and a 1/2 container of 7dust..

@itseveary5756 2 жыл бұрын

Bro I was making nachos and I just see a yellow jacket land right on my hand wtf idk where it went

@staciecarlson191 2 жыл бұрын

I was sitting on a bench listening to someone talk, and all of the sudden, a yellowjacket takes off from a rock, and makes a b-line for my wrist, and then just stung me for no reason!

@Atrociousa3 9 ай бұрын

565 in the hole will do the trick

@KrustyKlown Жыл бұрын

RAID Hot Shot ... safely reaches these bastard insects and many others. One can will take out a large nest .. enjoy!!!

@888huckleberry Жыл бұрын

Tried it on my yellow jackets and they just shrugged it off and laughed at me ...I even totally doused a few of them and they still crawled away then flew away .

@leonBUSSNESMROINA Жыл бұрын

WHY WOULD YOU EVEN DO THAT THEY POLLINATE AND KILL PESTS

@GreenCanvasInteriorscape Жыл бұрын

Duh

@ronfreitas6063 11 ай бұрын

Why do they pollinate pests? The yellow jackets are the pests. Dope😮

@adrianjayne6580 10 ай бұрын

actual bozo

@Truthh4040 11 ай бұрын

My problem is I don’t see any nest at all I try to find but Nothing . Yet these mtfkr are all over my backyard everything I have a family gathering !! Need seriously help and solution

@adrianjayne6580 10 ай бұрын

You need to follow one of them home! They will be coming out of a hole likely no bigger than two inches. They frequent rotten wood including railroad ties. I found a hive on the ground with a hole about a inch in diameter and these jerks just come out of it all day long.