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Me too. My extermination company (that was under contract) refused

to come out because it "sounded like a dangerous situation". I escalated to the manager and asked if they would stop killing my spiders because they were too icky. He took care of it.
Posted: 07/10/2025 at 03:53 PM ET
(In response to this post by I85Hokie)

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We have yellow jackets nesting under a juniper bush.
RoswellGAHokie • 07/10/25 01:59 PM ET
One M80 down there and it's over
MAHokie69 • 07/10/25 06:44 PM ET
…and they are running the triple option**
chumley • 07/10/25 04:57 PM ET
They haven't passed once**
TomTurkey • 07/10/25 06:12 PM ET
They do keep it on (in) the ground.**
reestuart • 07/10/25 06:18 PM ET
They have a swarming defense, though**
TomTurkey • 07/10/25 06:19 PM ET
Is their sting or their chop block worse?**
reestuart • 07/10/25 05:44 PM ET
🎼 Send the yellow jackets to a watery grave!**
Spud • 07/10/25 05:30 PM ET
This stuff lists yellow jackets.**
reestuart • 07/10/25 04:08 PM ET
Next to "obliteration" there are traps that will siphon a number of them.
TomTurkey • 07/10/25 03:52 PM ET
$4.99 can of hot shot. Fill the hole from 20 ft away. Done.**
JoesterVT • 07/10/25 03:41 PM ET
Just got tagged by a couple of those jerks this afternoon
HokieMacDaddy • 07/10/25 03:13 PM ET
I say you take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way
Brown Water • 07/10/25 02:50 PM ET
Exactly **
ColoVT82 • 07/10/25 05:19 PM ET
Spray Sevin dust in the hole, just after dusk. that will do them in.**
vthhhi • 07/10/25 02:44 PM ET
^^^^^ This worked for me. I would say "dump" instead of "spray'. It took
nokeneck • 07/11/25 11:39 AM ET
I had a nest under an Azaela bush and local florist told me to try...
vthhhi • 07/11/25 01:27 PM ET
Have a B-2 drop a bunker buster on it. They are extremely accurate.**
vt90 • 07/10/25 02:44 PM ET
TOTAL OBLITERATION!!!**
HeisenBurg13 • 07/10/25 03:44 PM ET
DOD has a micro bunker buster delivery system tailored to this need -**
PhotoHokieNC • 07/10/25 03:17 PM ET
Shaking in his boots ...**
vt90 • 07/10/25 03:20 PM ET
Wasn't he on "Hive Got A Secret?" ?**
PhotoHokieNC • 07/10/25 03:24 PM ET
Got bit by two of those bastages when cutting the grass today. They went
UTPr0sim • 07/10/25 02:34 PM ET
And then itch**
TomTurkey • 07/10/25 03:12 PM ET
Hit it with that foaming bee killer about 30 minutes after sunset.
EDGEMAN • 07/10/25 02:22 PM ET
Meh, a good gasoline pour will do it as well.
Nova Hokie 95 • 07/10/25 02:29 PM ET
I use gas but don't light it. The fumes do them in. After getting stung,
Coach McGuirk • 07/10/25 03:52 PM ET
There's a natural gas line in the city RW near the street. I'll pass on 🔥**
TomTurkey • 07/10/25 06:16 PM ET
i recommend watching this a couple of times for some useful ideas:**
squarerootofone • 07/10/25 02:42 PM ET
^^^This...nothing more..nothing less..nothing else**
TomTurkey • 07/10/25 03:13 PM ET
Had a similar situation
I85Hokie • 07/10/25 02:19 PM ET
Me too. My extermination company (that was under contract) refused ◄
No Clue • 07/10/25 03:53 PM ET
I've had 3 nests in the last 5 years. Got stung 3 times by 1 YJ the first
Late 80s Hokie • 07/10/25 02:46 PM ET
You CAN develop a bee allergy over time. I had a doctor tell me that when->
HOKIERIT • 07/10/25 08:13 PM ET
Yeah, that's what you, or another poster here, said 4 or so years ago when
Late 80s Hokie • 07/11/25 07:16 AM ET
Yikes! Trouble breathing?**
astrohokie • 07/10/25 03:19 PM ET
Ears and lips swelled. When I went into urgent care they brought me in
Late 80s Hokie • 07/10/25 03:30 PM ET
Sounds like Howard Walowitz in the ER on The Big Bang Theory**
TomTurkey • 07/10/25 06:53 PM ET
Sounds like you were going into anaphylactic shock? I've been there, done
PWR2LZ • 07/10/25 04:38 PM ET
Wow**
astrohokie • 07/10/25 04:07 PM ET
nuke it from orbit**
HokieDan95 • 07/10/25 02:18 PM ET