Do mothballs get rid of yellow jackets. After 2 hours of working near the deck i didnt see a single yellow jacket. While chipmunks hibernate they do not store fat and occasionally eat the nuts and seeds gathered for the winter. Life history and behavior of the yellow jacket. Keeping yellow jackets away.
I can buy moth balls for 100 at the dollar tree. I second the mothballs as maintenence. Another way to get rid of yellow jacket nest is by smoking them out. In early may or june depending on the temperatures the fertile queen will emerge from hibernation on a quest to find a place to build her nest and lay her eggs.
Sites such as hollow logs creek banks holes in the ground piles of dried leaves and lawns are a few places of choice. What is the best way to rid my attic of yellow jackets. By the way mothballs also work well with squirrels racoons skunks etc for winter storage. Chrysanthemum oil will help to get rid of bees and yellow jackets.
The smell of mothballs can be difficult to get rid. Time consuming or painful sometimes both. I would do it in the evening when the wasps are not as active. I tried it this year by tossing moth balls under the deck steps even though the yellow jackets were already nesting.
Then you get chipmunks that grow to 11 inches long. Getting rid of yellow jackets can be a couple things. It depends upon size of the nests. Allow the smoke to rise for at least an hour so the smoke can fully penetrate the nest effectively suffocating the wasps and forcing.
Yellow jacket nests that havent been built yet and even a brand new nest are much easier to get rid of than one found in late summer. This oil will burn the insect when sprayed directly on them and kill eggs. Using the same protective measures light a fire in your grill and place it just below the nest or build a small controlled fire below it. Best of all this cure is cheap.
The key to deterring yellow jackets is getting rid of them before they form large numbers that require a call to an exterminator. How to naturally get rid of yellow jackets first opportunity. The yellow jacket of the vespula genus is perhaps the only wasp that can be considered pestiferous if we take its aggressive colony size and protective behavior into account. If it is small you can vacuum them up.