Hornet nest
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Topic: Hornet nest
Posted By: ACinSC
Subject: Hornet nest
Date Posted: 07 Nov 2025 at 4:16pm
| Have one down at the "farm". Goggle claims the nest is empty late winter. Anybody know for sure? Thanks |
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Posted By: thendrix
Date Posted: 07 Nov 2025 at 5:55pm
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Late winter should be empty. Should be good after a few hard freezes I would think. How close is it to the ground? Folks around here used to say you could tell how hard the winter would be by how close to the ground hornets build nests ------------- "Farming is a business that makes a Las Vegas craps table look like a regular paycheck" Ronald Reagan |
Posted By: DougG
Date Posted: 07 Nov 2025 at 6:02pm
| Hell, I had a 190 parts tractor down over the hill, went down there, heard buzzing , they had built a nest under the fender!!! Got out of there fast!! Isnt there a bird or something that will tear them apart too??? |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 07 Nov 2025 at 7:19pm
Cup of laundry soap in a 3 gallon weed sprayer... SOAK IT !!!... They LOVE the soap ..  ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: LouSWPA
Date Posted: 07 Nov 2025 at 7:47pm
Real men would just throw a rock at it and find out! ------------- I am still confident of this; I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Ps 27 |
Posted By: LouSWPA
Date Posted: 07 Nov 2025 at 7:48pm
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jUST KIDDING!!! ------------- I am still confident of this; I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Ps 27 |
Posted By: Coke-in-MN
Date Posted: 07 Nov 2025 at 9:48pm
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Lou : My cousin told me if you put salt on them they cleared out . Grand dad had a old car down on the farm we played in sometimes - - but bumble bees had built a nest in the cotton seat stuffing making it no longer a play area Tried the cousins remedy to situation to gain play space - bees did not appreciate it I will say Grandma's remedy of mud packs over sting areas works a lot better than cousins idea of clearing out mad bees ------------- Life lesson: If you’re being chased by a lion, you’re on a horse, to the left of you is a giraffe and on the right is a unicorn, what do you do? You stop drinking and get off the carousel. |
Posted By: 55allis
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2025 at 12:12am
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I have had two tractors now that has had big bumblebees with nests in the toolbox right beside the seat ( my 57 45 and the new d17) and both times I discovered them while sitting on the seat… They might have appeared a little bit bigger than what they really were..   ------------- 1955 AC WD45 diesel with D262 repower, 1949 AC WD, 1963 A-C D17 series 3 |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2025 at 4:38am
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My method is to use 2 cans of spray, one in each hand, start spraying at the bottom hole with 1, and start with the other one when you see activity. Coons around here get them when it gets cooler, if the nest is near the ground... ------------- Source: Babylon Bee. Sponsored by BRAWNDO, its got what you need! |
Posted By: ACinSC
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2025 at 5:09am
| Nest is probably 10' off the ground in a tree. We normally don't get a hard freeze until January or February. I'll keep an eye on it from a safe distance. Thanks |