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Gardening

uppityperson

(115,957 posts)

4. I've gone out in the evening or morning when it's cool and they are quiet, stuck a hose into the

Reply to NJCher (Original post)

Mon Jul 13, 2015, 01:43 PM

Jul 2015

hole and flooded the nest. It may take a couple times to clear them out.

Fire, whether by kerosene or just a burning newspaper also works but I've come to prefer the water method as it is less dangerous.

If they are swarming when you approach, spray them with water as it weighs them down, they can't fly, and you can get away.