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Not yellow jackets on my raspberries: Raspberry Crown Borers
Comments (12)Glen, Are you sure the classes are only offered once a year? That sounds strange. Remember there are two types of pesticide licenses. One type is a commercial applicator's license. This license allows you to spray restricted use pesticides for pay. Most lawn/landscaping companies have personnel with this type of license. It is more involved and costs more money. The other type of license is a private applicator's license. This allows you to purchase RU pesticides to spray on your own property/crops (or spray your neighbor's without pay). This is less costly, involves less requirements, and lasts longer (in our state this license lasts for 5 years, whereas, a commercial license must be renewed every year). The University hosts the test for commercial licenses every once in a while, but for private applicator's, you can take the test anytime, by appointment, at the extension office. Cost 25 dollars. I don't believe Ferbam is restricted use (RU). I find there is a lot of confusion about what RU means. There are commercial products for "Ag Use only" but these are not RU, meaning you don't have to have an applicator's license to purchase or apply them. Anyone can purchase them, but, per the label, they are only supposed to be applied to crops intended for sale. Then there are RU products, which can only be purchased and applied by a certified applicator. The reason for this is that, according to the training materials, with RU products there can be an extra risk to the environment, and/or the applicator. RU products clearly say "Restricted Use Only" on the front of the label. RU products may, or may not be, "For Ag Use Only." You can hire someone to spray. Or if you know someone with a private applicator's license, they can treat the soil for you (Capture is used as a soil drench for crown borer. All Capture is, is a short lived pyrethroid) if they don't charge you for it. But if you plan to use RU pesticides, you ought to just get your own license. The training is informative and helpful for all pesticides in general. I wouldn't panic about getting your rasp. treated this year. I doubt it will kill them, but could make them unproductive (A neighbor tore his patch out because they quit producing, but I don't think he lost plants)....See MoreYellow Jackets seem really aggressive this year
Comments (22)Problem? Yes!!! Big problem!! We kept gettin yellow jackets ---by the hundreds--- coming into this one room on the SW corner of our house. We killed 2 or 3 hundred [yes--I do mean hundred!] when my daughter finally saw the tiny hole above the west window where they were coming in. We stuffed it with paper which kept them from coming in by the droves. I went outside that west window and saw hundreds more swarming around a couple of cracks on the outer edge of this one west window. There must be thousands inside that wall of the house! I have sprayed can after can of wasp spray at them and at the entrance to their nest----still hundreds of them. I have set up yellow jacket traps by this window and they are filling up but there are still hundreds! I was stung by one of them in the house and I never had a more painful sting in my life!!! I have been stung by honeybees, wasps, mud dobbers, bumble bees, and even a scorpion once down in TX and none of them hurt like this sting did. These are the true yellow jackets pictured in the post above. Horrible monsters!!! I am a grandma and never in my life have I ever had problems with yjs until this year. They were around but didn't pay any attention to them. Well, they have my attention now!! I have a flower bed under this particular window and want to do some fall work there but can't because of these things. We hate to spend the money to have a professional come out and deal with it. What to do?!! Anyways ---- as you can see--I can relate to your problem. Aunt Lou...See MoreYellow Jackets in my mulch pile
Comments (15)I'm dealing with a similar situation. I had some bags of mulch left over from last season. I was sick in the spring, then it got too hot, so I am just now trying to catch up on yard work - weeding, mulching, etc. I threw a bag of new mulch on top of the old mulch and nest thing I knew I was under attack by a swarm of yellow jackets. Only got three stings, though one was up my shorts - not fun! I'm sorting out what to do with the old bags. I see holes in them, so I am guessing that any bag that has holds in it also has yellow jackets in it. I'm glad to hear that they die off anyway, so I don't have to feel too bad about eliminating them. I guess I'll try to rip open the bag from afar with a hard rake, and then hose it down. ?? I'm open for any other suggestions as well... I would really prefer to use the mulch before season - though I may change my tune after I try to tackle the first bag.......See MoreConfused about yellow jackets
Comments (19)After reading everyone's stories here, I thought my own yellow jacket experience worth sharing. I'd read all the bad things that comes from pouring gas or kerosene into the ground, but after several attacks by our little ground-dwelling monsters, I decided to resort to this particular form of chemical warfare. As the nest I was trying to eradicate was located in a slight depression in the middle of my backyard, it was situated perfectly for "pouring". But then... as a small creek borders my yard, I couldn't help keep away thoughts of benzene-disfigured frogs showing up at my doorstep some rainy night in the future. So... feeling guilty and in desperation, I had a vision... of the hot water heater. I'd heard about the boiling-water-down-the-hole solution, but the stove is a very long way from my backyard. But not the basement door, which is a straight shot of some thirty feet from the nest, and the hot water heater, about ten feet inside the basement door. SO... During a sunny late afternoon, with the little buggers zipping in and out, I carefully made mental note of the nest's entrance. Then, I rigged a ten foot pole (a couple of sturdy branches taped together with too sticky masking tape, the kind you'll never use again but can't throw away), taped the female end of a long garden hose to just inches over the end of the pole, then taped the rest of the hose securely to the pole. Then, I sat on the ground and slooowly crept the pole/hose combo along the grass towards the nestÂs entrance, careful to take many rests along the way, giving time for the little critters to adjust to the newby in the neighborhood. Once the end of the hose was just slightly off center above the hole (so as to not block the all-important flight path), I retreated back into the house to wait until the night. That evening, around nine, I went back to the hole; no guards were in sight, but I didn't lean too far over in case one of them got energetic to attack. I made a mental note of the hose's location, and VERY SLOWLY pulled it away from the hose and away from the depression. I went into the basement, connected the hose to the flush-out valve on the hot water heater, and turned on the water to get the hose heated up for the ultimate event. After a couple of minutes, I shut off the water, and went back to my pole and carefully pushed it back into its original position. I even cheated and used a flashlight to verify that I was in the correct position. And then I turned the water back on and essentially drained the hot water heater until the brass coupling on the hose was only warm. I expected some buzzing at the back door, but nothing happened. I figured I'd failed, but the next afternoon, upon checking out the nest, was amazed to discover that nary a bee buzzed in and out of the ground. Success! Now, if I can only figure out a way to get that masking tape off of the hoseÂ...See MoreJonCraig
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