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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:op back with an update. Apparently, the wasps in my house were a brood of yellowjacket queens which overwintered in my house. One or more may or may not have started new nest(s) in my house. The only way to find out is to wait. The expert gave advice about leaving the lights on to draw them out on a dark rainy day. If they are there, they'll come to the light. I have the heebie jeebies now. Oh, to the pps who said to kill them: the expert agrees.

The yellowjackets flying around are the queens looking for places to start new nests. Once they find their home, she will stay in and lay eggs. By summertime the eggs will hatch, and worker bees will be all over the place. You need to kill the queens NOW.

The queens emerged over the course of a week. I removed 12 of them. I couldn't kill them. If I missed any, they are within my walls and I have to wait and see. I have expert advice here and I'm not going to tear walls apart looking for something that might not be there.

Can you share who you used? We are in the same boat.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:op back with an update. Apparently, the wasps in my house were a brood of yellowjacket queens which overwintered in my house. One or more may or may not have started new nest(s) in my house. The only way to find out is to wait. The expert gave advice about leaving the lights on to draw them out on a dark rainy day. If they are there, they'll come to the light. I have the heebie jeebies now. Oh, to the pps who said to kill them: the expert agrees.

The yellowjackets flying around are the queens looking for places to start new nests. Once they find their home, she will stay in and lay eggs. By summertime the eggs will hatch, and worker bees will be all over the place. You need to kill the queens NOW.

The queens emerged over the course of a week. I removed 12 of them. I couldn't kill them. If I missed any, they are within my walls and I have to wait and see. I have expert advice here and I'm not going to tear walls apart looking for something that might not be there.

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Anonymous wrote:op back with an update. Apparently, the wasps in my house were a brood of yellowjacket queens which overwintered in my house. One or more may or may not have started new nest(s) in my house. The only way to find out is to wait. The expert gave advice about leaving the lights on to draw them out on a dark rainy day. If they are there, they'll come to the light. I have the heebie jeebies now. Oh, to the pps who said to kill them: the expert agrees.

The yellowjackets flying around are the queens looking for places to start new nests. Once they find their home, she will stay in and lay eggs. By summertime the eggs will hatch, and worker bees will be all over the place. You need to kill the queens NOW.

Anonymous wrote:op back with an update. Apparently, the wasps in my house were a brood of yellowjacket queens which overwintered in my house. One or more may or may not have started new nest(s) in my house. The only way to find out is to wait. The expert gave advice about leaving the lights on to draw them out on a dark rainy day. If they are there, they'll come to the light. I have the heebie jeebies now. Oh, to the pps who said to kill them: the expert agrees.

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Anonymous wrote:Probably they get in the house by small outside hole and built nest inside siding or dry wall. Walk around the house and inspect.

This. The whole usually is tiny, no larger than the diameter of a wasp. Hole is much smaller than a dime.

Get wasp/hornet spray and spray that as far into the hole as possible in early morning or the evening (when wasps are likely to be in their nest). That spray is toxic on contact to bees, wasps, hornets, etc.

I recommend wearing gloves when spraying. Wash all your clothing and take a shower after spraying is completed to make sure you did not accidentally get any spray on your hody. .

Anonymous wrote:Well, I now have an increased fear of both wasps and the yellow jackets that keep coming in my house. I was on the fence about it but now I think I need an exterminator to come find and kill these things!

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Anonymous wrote:I just encountered one in my master bathroom where there’s no window. Tried to calm my panic and got creative with the way to kill it: threw Listerine and smashed it under a rug.

Same here. it stung me and it hurts.

I wonder if it got in through the fan vent?

Be aware that if the creature was a yellow jacket, when they sting you they release a pheromone into your body that will mark you as a predator who needs to be found and attacked by its yellow jacket friends.

Until the pheromones work their way out of your system, you are a target to get stung again.

Even though this sounds crazy, i totally beelieve it

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just encountered one in my master bathroom where there’s no window. Tried to calm my panic and got creative with the way to kill it: threw Listerine and smashed it under a rug.

Same here. it stung me and it hurts.

I wonder if it got in through the fan vent?