Should I destroy a yellow jacket nest?
Assess the situation: While seeing yellow jackets on your property can be scary, if the nest is in an area of the property that sees little to no human activity, it may not be necessary to remove it. Yellow jackets help to control the population of pest insects like mosquitoes and may actually be doing you a favor.
How do you get rid of a yellow jacket wasp nest?
Aerosol wasp-killer: You can use an over-the-counter pyrethrum aerosol to create a gas cloud inside the nest that will kill the yellowjackets. Using an attachable nozzle on the end of the sprayer, spray the entire aerosol into the nest opening until the can runs dry.
Where do yellow jackets go when their nest is destroyed?
Most wasps will die during the fall season with only the queens surviving. The queens leave the nest in fall to find an overwintering spot and go dormant once the nest is no longer viable.
Do yellow jackets return to the same nest every year?
Yellowjackets and other wasp species do not use the same nest again the following year. New queens start a new nest each spring; although a favorable nest site maybe chosen year after year if adequate space is available.
Will yellow jackets return to an old nest?
There are no survivors the following spring and nests are not reused. Ignore any yellowjacket nests you find now. They eventually will deteriorate and go away on their own; surviving queens will build new nests from scratch this spring. For more information, see also Wasps and bees.
When Should I spray my yellow jacket nest?
dusk
Once you’ve located the nest, wait until dusk or just before sunrise to apply the treatment. This makes it harder for the yellow jackets to find and sting you. While there are a number of treatments available, an aerosol spray is safest for homeowners.
How many yellow jackets are usually in a nest?
A typical yellow jacket nest is anywhere between 500 to 15,000 cells and contains several thousand insects. In the southern parts of the United States, mild winters followed by early springs play a hand in the unchecked growth of certain colonies.