Choose an aerosol with a long range jet spray that will allow you to stand back from the nest and still be effective.
How do you kill yellow jacket nest in vinal siding.
First you will have to locate the opening to the nest.
Poison dust this was the best option in my mind because it will not kill the yellow jackets instantly but will enable them to return to the nest and share the poison with the others leading to total success for killing the colony.
Spray the powder in the opening of the siding.
There are a number of kinds available.
Yellow jackets are very aggressive.
Don t recall what i paid for it but bought it at my local hardware store.
Old rag or towel.
The yellow jackets do not sleep however.
Also bought plastic traps for 8 bucks apiece and did not trap one yellow jacket.
If you get a foam type spray that squirts 10 12 feet you need to spray into the.
Try to pinpoint the opening.
You will have to be able to find it later in the dark.
To prevent yellow jackets from flying out of the hole while you treat the nest cover the hole with a piece of window screen then weight the screen with rocks to hold it securely in place.
It will kill them and no gas involved.
It a foam that blankets the next.
I m sitting here with a can of enforcer wasp yellow jacket foam that you spray on the next and run like heck.
They will sting repeatedly and will put out an attack pheromone that alerts all their friends to come over and sting you too.
If the entry point is close to the ground squirt some powder on the ground.
Make sure to cover all the points using the marks you used as a reminder.
When the nest is easily visible a foaming aerosol will both cover the openings and expand into the nest to trap and kill the yellow jackets.
Plain jane is correct.
You can do this by carefully observing not too close the coming and going of wasps in the area.
To keep yellow jackets from returning properly seal any entrances or holes through which the pests could enter the siding.
Bee and wasp killer.
This is a dangerous situation and i would not recommend doing the control by yourself unless.
Apply dust or insecticide at dusk.
When the bees are sleeping squirt the powdered insecticide from the bottle at the entrance and exit points on the siding.
Striking and failing to kill the wasp will only invite further stings.
Avoid antagonizing the wasp.
Similarly attempting to spray a single yellow jacket with insecticide of any sort is not recommended.
They are all inside the nest though after dark.