Maybe tossing a can of insect fogger under there would work.
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We just discovered a Blackjacket nest next to our clothesline. It’s a ground nest, they look just like yellow jackets but the yellow is replaced with an off-white. Supposed to be the same thing but they evolved with the white instead of yellow. Been mowing over them for a while now, guess we’ll have to be careful in that area, or they’ll get torched out.
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i fill a soda bottle with mixed gas with a hole in the lid. plug the hole with it and squeeze it in. light. burns them out. at least the nests away from the house. cheaper than raid. ive seen those off white yellow jackets. i thought they were hybrids with b .f hornets.
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I push mowed the front yard a few years ago and hit a spot where my foot sunk into the ground.
Didn’t think anything of it on that pass, but when I came back the other way I was greeted to about a dozen stings. Tough way to find out I don’t react well to wasp stings.
It’s too bad they have to build their nests in unfavorable locations because I’m cool with them and their normal aggressiveness otherwise.
I’ve had a bunch of bald faced hornets in my jelly oriole feeder. I’m hoping I don’t accidentally find that nest too. 
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my mother in law had a huge b.f hornet nest over her back porch light last summer. was about 18in. wide by 24in long. i offered to try and remove it. she said not to bother. she liked to watch them out her back kitchen window. broke it up and removed it in nov.
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A great way to deal with yellow jackets ground nest and is pretty safe, is to boil a big pot of water and in the evening pour it down the hole.
The water steams out and kills the entire nest, every crook and nanny. You may have a few trying to get in while you are pouring , but nothing will come out.
You might see some bees going in for a few days and those are robbers. They are going in to get the dead larvae. Apparently they like steamed larvae. Taste like chicken.
Gas can cause some issues and is a lot more dangerous but I use it when I can’t boil water. I pour it in, and come back with a fire source once the fumes have spread through the nest and touch it off.
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Stunning
went outside this morning and didnt see any yellow jackets come out from under the deck like they usually do. the dog went in front of it and didnt get stung this afternoon so i looked closer. my family of skunks must of smelled the nest and completely tore it apart. not a yellow jacket left. didnt see it at 1st as the papers the same color as the gravel. thank you mother nature. thats 2 i owe to the skunks.
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you got to admit , its more fun with the gas!
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A small wild world on mint blossoms and leaves - and a few more on hemp-agrimony.
Stomorhina lunata - Locust blowfly; “the larvae are beneficial predators that hunt the egg pods of major agricultural pests like locusts and grasshoppers”
Cylindromyia brassicaria - Large Tube-tail
Phasia hemiptera - bat-winged Phasia; a parasite of Heteropteran bugs, with known hosts including Green Shieldbug and Forest Bug.
Eristalis tenax - the common drone fly
Syritta pipiens - the thick-legged hoverfly
Pyrausta purpuralis - a crimson-and-gold moth
Chrysolina herbacea - the mint leaf beetle
Rhopalus subrufus - Hypericum rhopalid
Lygus pratensis - the tarnished plant-bug
Coreus marginatus nymph (a dock bug or squash bug)
On Eupatorium cannabinum - hemp-agrimony
Euplagia quadripunctaria - Jersey tiger moth
Argynnis paphia - silver-washed fritillary
Volucella inanis - lesser hornet hoverfly
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Picking pears from the old standard Bartlett-ish tree, with 2 crazy deer eating the drops right next to me. They spooked easily so I stayed off the ladder for my own safety.
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