Will Clorox bleach kill yellow jackets in an underground nest? It is close to the house, so no gas.?

Question

Will Clorox bleach kill yellow jackets in an underground nest? It is close to the house, so no gas.?

Answer 1

Clorox is pretty much bad for everything, including your yard.

I pour boiling water down the y/j nests I find on my property.  I heat it in my biggest stock pots and pour down about 10 gallons, then check the nests after a week or so.

Answer 2

I got these household tip books for white vinegar and baking soda.  My suggestion: the boiling water, plus the vinegar and baking soda.  That stuff can clean a nasty *** toilet, so it'll kill some yellow jackets.  Adding like a shot of clorox won't hurt either.

It'll definitely kill the jackets, who cares if it kills some grass too?

I would suggest doing it with like...a hose or maybe a funnel so you don't get stung to death...

Answer 3

Just poor a few buckets of soapy water in the hole. It kills them plus they cannot fly once the soapy water hit them.

Answer 4

i'm sitting here with a can of ENFORCER WASP & YELLOW JACKET FOAM that you spray on the next and run like heck.  it will kill them and no gas involved.  it a foam that blankets the next.  don't recall what i paid for it but bought it at my local hardware store.   also bought plastic traps for 8 bucks apiece and did not trap one yellow jacket.   actually had them inside the house for a while and called an exterminator who couldn't find their next inside but gave me a couple of sticky paper traps which also caught none.

get the spray.    i foregot they also puffed some kind of powder where the yellow jackets were seen going behind my siding.

READ THE DIRECTION FIRST>

god luck to ya

Answer 5

At night when they are dormant drown them with your hose or large amounts of hot water and cover the entrance