Yellow Jackets are assholes.

[footfootfoot]

After the most recent Yellow Jacket pogrom, I discovered a bunch of YJs flying next to my foundation and crawling into the pebbles and disappearing. They were coming and going at an alarming rate. Groups of three every few seconds.

They had made a nest inside either the foundation wall (dry laid stone) or in the foam insulation that is covering the wall.

Thanks to Glatt [mad props] I modified the bee vacuum idea and got one of my old shop vacs, put a fresh bag in it and I've been running it for a few hours. The first five minutes, I caught over a hundred YJs. After an hour my wife complained about the noise (heh heh wait till she sees the electric bill) so I shut down operations.

Today, a week later, she is out all day and I have it going full steam. The plan is to vacuum for a day or until I don't see anymore, then wait a few days to see if the queen hatches any more guys or if she starves since no one is feeding her.

House nesting bees are very hard to eradicate as the sprays don't reach them. They require fogging or dust or some shit that I don't have handy and don't feel like buying.

I'll post a picture of the contents when it is all said and done.