What's the best knife to cut down a hornet nest?

[Boattale]

Any ideas on which knife for this job? I think I'll plug the hole first.

 

[91bravo]

A James Keating Hornet knife.

 

[Shorttime]

Whatever knife you end up choosing, make sure somebody is taking video.

 

[jfk1110]

A hose after you kill the buggas.....Its just wood pulp and saliva......Might have to scrape a small area but usually not too tough!

 

[jlauffer]

Duh...Rambo knife stuck on the end of a long enough stick

 

[Daedric Panther]

Fire. Fire is the answer

 

[BJE]

Smatchet!

 

[knarfeng]

Something you can tie to the end of a pole.

I would liberally douse that thing with hornet spray first.

 

[Synov]

The same one that's good for killing bears.

 

[scorpnsnake]

30' tree saw, in my oldest sons hands. While I watch through a window and sip a cold beer.

I'll share a few ways that I definitely wouldn't recommend from experience. Hairspray and a lighter, potato cannon, water balloons, pellet gun, Bruce Lee strikes, spray paint.

 

[Boattale]

The wife's internet machine says they're harmless and to just leave it alone. She has a very dumb internet machine.

 

[Alberta Ed]

Wait until it's cool (early morning, e.g.), tie a plastic bag around it and shear it off. Toss it into a bonfire or otherwise dispose of it with some insecticide.

 

[Boattale]

Wait until it's cool (early morning, e.g.), tie a plastic bag around it and shear it off. Toss it into a bonfire or otherwise dispose of it with some insecticide.

Nope. This is a job for a professional, not a clumsy slow old man like me. Plus it's 14' above ground level.

 

[scdub]

Wait until it's cool (early morning, e.g.), tie a plastic bag around it and shear it off. Toss it into a bonfire or otherwise dispose of it with some insecticide.

Or just do the first part but then put the hive in a closed bucket and take it somewhere away from people and release them (while someone video tapes).

 

[jbmonkey]

Wait until it's cool (early morning, e.g.), tie a plastic bag around it and shear it off. Toss it into a bonfire or otherwise dispose of it with some insecticide.

I'd do it just past dusk when it's dark out. down here wasps and such tend to not swarm when it's dark.

 

[Kmikaz3]

Get yourself the Elon Musk Flamethrower.

 

[l1ranger]

I'd do it just past dusk when it's dark out. down here wasps and such tend to not swarm when it's dark.

key word here is "tend"

i'd recommend standing back no less than 4 feet from the nest and throwing a basketball at it. They will get distracted and start a game of pick up.
while they are busy, you can use a Manly Wasp in S90V to cut the nest down and relocate it to a place where you want it. They will find their way back. One hornet always stays in the nest and runs dispatch to give the others directions home.

 

[DocJD]

they're harmless

Have her stand underneath with a trash sack , while you knock it down with a very long stick .

Wear two, or three , full beekeeper suits . You , not her .

Tell her , she can relocate / release them into the wild .

This will save having to take her on a "trip" .

 

[Quiet]

A bayonet....mounted on the end of a flamethrower.

 

[Boattale]

It's gone now. Close the thread please.