Bee's have taken over

[Wagntwister]

20 year old Jayco 5th wheel. Was in the camper a few days ago and everything was fine. Yesterday not so much it was loaded with yellow jackets. I saw the area that they were flying towards and last night I sprayed it with a can of bee spray. Today I found that they are getting in around the drain and vent pipes in the bathroom. I can only seal up so much from the compartment under it. I started removing the drawers in the cabinet and took a hit to my head. So me being the man that I am I took off like a school girl screaming! Thoughts on just keep spraying for a day or so and then go back in and clean up or any other suggestions?
Thanks

 

[MichaelO]

Fogging the trailer may be an easier way to get rid of them before you seal them out. You may have to try sealing it up from the inside site you can’t get it all from the underside. Of course you’ll do this once you stop screaming like a a little school girl.

 

[Stainless-JAY]

+1 on the fogger idea, that's the direction I would take too.

 

[sturgissteele]

Man, sorry to hear about that.

I found some info for dealing with Yellow Jackets, here,
https://www.hunker.com/13418446/how-to-gid-rid-of-a-yellow-jacket-nest-in-your-wall

And if you're dealing with bees, here,
https://www.wikihow.com/Get-Rid-of-Bees
(The first few steps apply in this article.)

 

[Wagntwister]

Well I guess I'm going to have to get my big boy pants out and put them on. What kind of foggers? I just looked online and couldn't find anything specific to just Bee's. Lowes and Home Depot have general ones for insects.
Appreciate the input please keep it coming.

 

[Stainless-JAY]

Yeah, general bug fogger should do a good job of eliminating any insects in there.
Hopefully you don't get hit while placing it/them.

 

[Wagntwister]

I'll give it a shot. If that doesn't work I'll be looking for a flamethrower!

 

[MichaelO]

I'll give it a shot. If that doesn't work I'll be looking for a flamethrower!

A gallon of gas and a match works pretty good too.

 

[sturgissteele]

A gallon of gas and a match works pretty good too.

I see MichaelO's location is "Sparks!" Just sayin'.

 

[MichaelO]

I see MichaelO's location is "Sparks!" Just sayin'.

Not far from where the national weather service issued a warning for fire tornados last week.

 

[Colorado350]

Yellow Jackets and Hornets like protein in Spring and Summer, during fall they prefer sweets like sodas and juices. You can hire a professional to deal with them.
The other option is to kill them yourself. Hang traps around the outside of the camper and in your yard as well as inside the camper. Use the traditional scent bait that comes with the traps but add canned white chicken meat to the traps. You mentioned you know where they are getting in dust that area with Tempo Dust. You can soak the area with Stryker 54 which is a kill on contact spray, this works great in cracks and crevices.

If the area is extremely active during the day, do the stuff at night, the benefit is that most of them will be in the hive and not very active. When you kill a hive during the day, the problem is the hornets or yellow jackets that are outside searching for food eventually come back and now you have to deal with them as individuals rather than a collective hive.

See links below...




https://store.doyourownpestcontrol.com/tempo-dust-cyfluthrin-tempo-dust

https://store.doyourownpestcontrol.com/stryker-54-aerosol

 

[Wagntwister]

I just sprayed again with yellow jacket spray now that it's dark out. I also used a fogger and I might set off another one in an hour or so and keep the camper closed up for the night. I definitely saw less activity inside and more dead bees inside from an earlier spraying. I also set up a bag type bee trap on the pin box to try and draw them away from where they were getting in. Thanks for the guidance.

 

[GiselleOrchid]

Yellow jackets (and red wasps) are evil little offers. Ask me how I know.

Good luck in finding effective (and humane when possible) ways to deter them. I look forward to actual solutions.