[jing]

A basketball sized hornets nest has found home on the soffit of the neighbour's house and continues to grow larger as time progresses. We have already spoken to the neighbour about it but they basically shrugged it off and oddly don't seem to care enough to deal with it even though their grandma lives with them and frequents the backyard that the nest is located in. Our tenant's entrance is also quite close (~15 feet) to the nest. Can't really just ignore it in this case as summer has just begun and it's close to an entrance way.

Couldn't really find any Vancouver bylaws related to the issue so I'm wondering if anyone has ever been in a similar situation. We've already spoken to the neighbour several times about it. Burning it with fire isn't an option, nor is attacking it with a pressure washer. They don't seem interested in hiring pest control and we're definitely not going to shell out as it should be their responsibility.

[Gucci Mane]

well that sucks. i was going to tell you to set it on fire..

[320icar]

Get a stick and knock it to the ground in the middle of night and MAKE them deal with it.

Alternatively just call the bylaw office and explain the situation. Make them do something about it

[Razor Ramon HG]

Take a BB gun and shoot it until it falls down

[zilley]

i always wish i had one at my house.

[murd0c]

frozen paintballs at it, hopefully it will knock it down and cause bad damage and then your neighbour will have to do something.

[Xu.Vi]

Fill a bin up with some lighter fluid and put it underneath the nest. Hit said nest down and then set on fire. Pls record.

[MindBomber]

I don't care how to handle it. I only care that you have a camera capturing the action when you do. And that you're more decisive than danned was with his neighbor's pie plates.

[MG1]

^that was such an awesome thread. Provided much needed entertainment.

[AzNightmare]

lol, did you use the search button?

Posting on RS about bee nests will surely guarantee no serious answers.
That being said, I think some of the solutions suggested are valid though.

Please record whatever you end up doing.

[sdubfid]

http://www.revscene.net/forums/686252-hornets-nest-attack-pressure-washer.html

[flagella]

Blast them with pressure washer, film the process, and collect thanks.

[fliptuner]

Its been a year since we did this. Maybe it's time to posse up.

ICE_BOY (now fliptuner), RECKLESS & RB PEST CONTROL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-eBJw6dNWQ

http://www.revscene.net/forums/697117-war-house-port-coquitlam-hornet-tale.html


Now, since you say fire isn't an option, I suggest we fashion a giant poking device (as on Friends) and drop that fucker off the soffit.

Or...OR.... we take said device, add a noose to the end and attach a garbage bag beneath it. Hook around the nest and drop it into the bag from a distance.

K, LET'S GO!!!!!


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[tiger_handheld]

+1 for recording the action. might i suggest a helmet cam?

[Soundy]

This is the shit GoPro was invented for!

[underscore]

There was a thread on here a few years back involving a shitload of wasps or bees on someones swing set. I can't remember what it was called but the destruction was documented in glorious detail.

As far as OP's concerns, I'd suggest calling up bylaw and see if they can answer your question or at least point you to someone who can.

[nns]

https://youtu.be/ytMcIpIRL3w

[asian_XL]

This.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crS3z8Kzkdc

[StylinRed]

your neighbours dont care??? wtf

[smaggs]

There was a thread on here a few years back involving a shitload of wasps or bees on someones swing set. I can't remember what it was called but the destruction was documented in glorious detail.

As far as OP's concerns, I'd suggest calling up bylaw and see if they can answer your question or at least point you to someone who can.


I remember that.That thread DELIVERED. must try and find once on computer...

[Spoon]

This.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crS3z8Kzkdc

Wasps and Bees are two totally different things.

[fliptuner]

There was a thread on here a few years back involving a shitload of wasps or bees on someones swing set. I can't remember what it was called but the destruction was documented in glorious detail.

Bees, Bees And More Bees! (http://www.somethingawful.com/comedy-goldmine/bees/1/)

[GLOW]

flip i was disappointed you guys didn't flick a cigarette on the wasp nest and then do a slow walk away

[vitaminG]

Bee keepers will typically remove honey bee nests for free.

[underscore]

Bees, Bees And More Bees! (http://www.somethingawful.com/comedy-goldmine/bees/1/)

Damn, those were bees. I was hoping they weren't since I think bee numbers are hurting.

edit: I found the original with the full story, but it's lacking the pictures. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2243176

[mr_chin]

This.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crS3z8Kzkdc

He's fucking crazy.

[godwin]

To the OP: Do not record it on camera, why do you want to incriminate yourself trespassing your neighbor's property? Wait until night them, when the wasps go back to their nest to warm up, blast it with a power washer. Once the hive hits the ground, they will just leave. Clean thoroughly the spot they anchor to the wall, so they won't come back. When you neighbor ask WTF.. you can say you "mis fired".

People will pick up bee swarms for free because they can resell it for a couple hundred bucks. Last year my hives gave me 100L of honey, it is really easy money.

[N.V.M.]

^^^^
What do bees have to do with this thread?

[46_valentinor]

If its actually bees please let the bee keepers deal with it or find someone professional that will relocate the nest. The population of bees are dying quickly and without them there will be severe environmental consequences.

If its a wasp nest, burn that motherfucker down.

[godwin]

If you read OP's original post. the wasps nest is at his neighbors house. Burning anything that is not on your property is a big no no.

Actually the bees we want to save are not only the honey bees, but mason and bumble bees.. those live by burrowing.. and are much more susceptible to insecticide and just ground disturbance.

If its actually bees please let the bee keepers deal with it or find someone professional that will relocate the nest. The population of bees are dying quickly and without them there will be severe environmental consequences.

If its a wasp nest, burn that motherfucker down.

[godwin]

because if you read the thread.. most people are confusing the two. Some people were saying people will pick up bee swarms.. they are more common when it is warm, that's when the nest splits. I am just saying, people are willing to pick them up, besides it is easy and bees are very docile is they have resell value.

^^^^
What do bees have to do with this thread?

[mickz]

OP says it's a hornets nest. Pretty sure no honey or anything of value is being produced.

[melloman]

If you read OP's original post. the wasps nest is at his neighbors house. Burning anything that is not on your property is a big no no.

Actually the bees we want to save are not only the honey bees, but mason and bumble bees.. those live by burrowing.. and are much more susceptible to insecticide and just ground disturbance.

You clearly didn't read OP's original fucking post.

A) The thread title clearly states HORNETS NEST
B) In OP's original post it clearly states: "Burning it with fire isn't an option, nor is attacking it with a pressure washer."
C) Just incase you missed A), it's nothing to do with bee's, bumble bee's, mason bee's.. anything.

Please take your non-sense and leave.

To OP: If your neighbor won't take responsibility for it, lets just be real then. Knock it off and let it smash open on the ground, the hornets will be HELLA pissed for 3-4 days and will attack anything that comes near it, but that's their problem.

For you, don't use that 1 entrance for the time being and it will go away. Honestly, I'm sure once it hits the ground and the hornets come out blazing, your neighbors will smarten up and deal with it.

All the above is from personal experience, we had a hornets nest in a tree in our front yard. Our genius neighbor hit it with a football and it broke on the ground. It was right next to the garage so all we did was get in our cars first, then open the garage and leave. It's a bit of an inconvenience, but better to deal with it now, then later.

[6o4__boi]

:Popcorn

[smoothie.]

taste the hornet honey.

[vitaminG]

is hornet honey taste different?

[Ulic Qel-Droma]

Bee keepers will typically remove honey bee nests for free.

i second this. confirm if its bees or wasps first.

if its bees. call a bee keeper.

[Ulic Qel-Droma]

OP says it's a hornets nest. Pretty sure no honey or anything of value is being produced.

life is always of value you asshole!!!

hornets have lives too!!!

[Spoon]

OP says it's a hornets nest. Pretty sure no honey or anything of value is being produced.

Entertainment value :accepted:

[mickz]

Entertainment value :accepted:

I'll retract my statement once the entertainment value has been delivered.

[turb0triX]

^^^^
What do bees have to do with this thread?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J2kc4oZTVU

Bees?!?!

[tiger_handheld]

http://41.media.tumblr.com/1d22744220d2be16f3d4966561ebd68a/tumblr_n6rrpwNuFZ1s20sl3o1_500.jpg

[AzNightmare]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDSf3Kshq1M

TL;DW:

The bees get owned. Quality > Quantity

[Jmac]

https://twitter.com/scanbc/status/621872160743784448

[AzNightmare]

^
:lawl:

[SumAznGuy]

You clearly didn't read OP's original fucking post.

For you, don't use that 1 entrance for the time being and it will go away. Honestly, I'm sure once it hits the ground and the hornets come out blazing, your neighbors will smarten up and deal with it.

OP's tenant uses the door that is 15 ft from where the nest is. Not that great of an idea to have a swarm of pissed off wasp/hornets.

[nah]

Just dealt with a nest at my place with some spray from home depot. There are 2 types, one is a foam that shoots 6-8 ft and the other shoots like 20 ft which isn't foam, but more of a poisonous liquid. I got the foam one as the nest we about 10 ft high. Covered the opening with foam so they can't escape and then put the straw in the hive and just kept on spraying, flooding the nest. This morning the ground was littered with 20+ dead bodies. :fuckyea:

[AzNightmare]

Just dealt with a nest at my place with some spray from home depot. There are 2 types, one is a foam that shoots 6-8 ft and the other shoots like 20 ft which isn't foam, but more of a poisonous liquid. I got the foam one as the nest we about 10 ft high. Covered the opening with foam so they can't escape and then put the straw in the hive and just kept on spraying, flooding the nest. This morning the ground was littered with 20+ dead bodies. :fuckyea:

no pics??

:okay:

[mickz]

The Shopvac method seems like the best bet in terms of safety and effectiveness.

[falcon]

Simple man, just offer to get rid of it yourself. I don't see why they would decline.

[fliptuner]

https://twitter.com/scanbc/status/621872160743784448

lol noob