From: 127.0.0.1 
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: Yellow jackets, wasps and bees........OH MY!
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 06:01:31 -0400

On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 05:23:54 GMT, Albee Kuminova
 wrote:

>What to do? It appears we have a hive under the house and we THINK it's
>yellow jackets. One place gave an est. of $149 and another was $225.
>BOTH said if we wait they may die off over winter. Is waiting a good
>idea? Both places say bids are ballpark figures depending on what they
>have to do. House is single story with forced air heating and AC. 
>
>Winters are usually mild but last winter we had a week of ice snow and
>cold temps and many trees were lost. We had no snow during previous few
>years. How cold for how long would it have to get? Plus duct work under
>house will keep the hive area warm to a point.
get a can of spray insecticide and spray the nests in the evening