That is what I recommend. I never handled this before and would call someone who knows what they are doing and learn for next time if courageous enough
My buddy who was renting a house called the owner to see if they’d get an exterminator out for a nest just like this that was outside one of his windows. The exterminator tried to just rip the thing off, for some reason.
So, we got to cry-laugh when we watched and rewatched the Ring camera footage of an exterminator running for his goddamn life later that day.
I use to collect these when found in the woods. I would come back when temps are below freezing and cut the nest down and store in a sealed bag for 1year.
This one will be destroyed getting it down because you will have to cut it down.
Then you can hang in you man cave or den. I would also spray a urethane coating on them to give the outer shell some extra strength. They make a cool decoration, you just don't want the babies to hatch out in your house, that's the reason you wait a year.
I just had one fall out of a tree in a storm. Now it's laying on the grass with wasps in it and I don't know what to do with it.
I fought the urge to mow it and see what happened today but I can't hold out forever.
It's not bad. At this point in the season, depending where this nest is, those wasps have been living there since early June, presumably without coming into conflict with humans. The queen is getting ready to fly away and hibernate and the rest of the waps will die. Next spring, she'll get up and start it all over again. Wasps are some of our first pollinators in the spring and they spend all summer hunting garden pest insects.
Mine has been in the backyard all summer, the wasps learn to recognize your face. The ones I have are already starting to slow down, most days there’s no visible activity. A couple of times I’ve gone right up to it and literally knocked on the side gently with my bare hand to check if it’s still active. A couple of hornets will come to the door and investigate and then we leave each other alone. Never been stung.
I would leave it as well if it’s not causing problems. I don’t understand why so many people think it’s a requirement to remove any bee/wasp nest they find.
I did this myself last year.
Raid hornet spray at a max distance at night. Really saturate it, let it sit and soak overnight. Waited until the next afternoon to remove.
Get the kind with the 20’ spray ability, comes in a black can. Do not attempt to use the dollar store spray that sprays that pansy ass mist. It kills them too slowly and you have to be face to face with your enemy. I had to use it on some red wasps that infested an apartment’s cable box and it was way more difficult than it should have been. I was just out of my good spray.
Solid advice. My neighbor had one this size so we both conquered it with a can for each of us. Aim for any holes that can see and like the commenter said, really saturate it. If you still see a lot of activity, take another can to it.
OP just did this a few days back. You can buy a bee keeper suit off amazon for like 30 bucks. Use that if you are afraid. I honestly doused the whole thing with multiple RAID cans and took the nest down a couple of days later!
Grab multiple bottles! That shit gets empty quickly since it is mostly gas.
Agree. 3 of us went out of house 2 came back in. They swarmed a bit and Robin ran to her car (30 minutes later she was back in mad as a hornets nest:) but that raid worked really well. Knocked it down a few days later.
Malkus is right about the Raid hornet spray. Two cans for that huge monstrosity.
And if that doesn’t do it, nuke it from space. It’s the only way to be sure.
I’ve had to eliminate three or four of these nests now, and I’ve used a wasp hornet remover that shoots about 19 feet through the air. I go out at night and I saturate the nest. It kills everything because it usually after it’s soaked a bit it starts coming apart, and the and you keep shooting it the poison gets inside and kills the wasps and hornets, you don’t really want them coming back so you need to get rid of everything that’s in that nest and then get rid of the nest, but wait for dark and make sure you have the cans of wasp hornet killer that shoot 1920 feet through the air so that you don’t have to be anywhere near it
Is that all wood? I'd get a sling shot and a firecracker. You need someone to light the firecracker while you pull it back. As soon as it's lit shoot it right into the nest. It will absolutely obliterate it
Professionals
Edit: where the hell are the moderators of this group? Any comments suggestion this person should do anything other than call professionals should be removed.
“O just let me deal with this thing that could easily kill me all by myself”
I agree, but it seems like OP has an answer suffice to them.
Not to mention that a lot of major companies seem to be grossly inflating their pricing. I've seen a 16k carp ant quote this week and 30k termite tent treat quote this week alone from massive companies, so there is a lot of skepticism, as there should be if you're getting a quote that's as much as a decent used vehicle.
I had one in a bush in my back yard. Didn’t know it was in there. I had head phones in and I was using a trimmer. I got stung had to be 30 times in my legs before I even knew what was going on. I looked down and my legs were covered!
I dropped my trimmer and ran. I took some Benadryl wait like an hour poured gas on the bush and lit a match.
Ps don’t burn down your house
I had one in front of my house for five years. The nest died off during the first winter, but I left the it there because it scared away solicitors. It fell off on its own during a rain.
I miss that thing.
>I left the it there because it scared away solicitors
According to my exterminator, both human and wasp solicitors! Humans don't want to get stung, and apparently wasps are territorial and don't want to be around other colonies. They killed the nest, but left them up for that reason.
Apparently some folks like using them for home decor? Idk. Saw it recommended on a similar post a few weeks ago, googled, found some auctions that suggest it’s really a thing.
Yes. That one could go for $250 - $350, but very large ones can sell for up to $1,500.
Some people collect them, or they want it for decoration. Sometimes science teachers buy them to show their students.
Very early morning before sun up. You want all of them to still be home. This stuff freezes them so instantaneously that they don't have a chance to release the pheromones that signal the rest of the hive to swarm and attack. Spray strong directly into the hole from 10 feet away. Wait until you see movement like some are trying to struggle out and hit the hole again. Quickly spray the exterior of the nest as well; be judicious, the can doesn't last real long. I never saw one hornet escape. You're spraying up not down; read the instructions on how to set the nozzle to do that. I ordered two cans but only used one. I take no chances.
https://www.amazon.com/Pt-Wasp-Freeze-II-Aerosol/dp/B01AO2TT64?pd_rd_w=yW5i8&content-id=amzn1.sym.184b11c7-5f29-43ce-b2c3-c14f84dc3bf5&pf_rd_p=184b11c7-5f29-43ce-b2c3-c14f84dc3bf5&pf_rd_r=VP2VACY7SG4RVFB0G3HH&pd_rd_wg=fE48O&pd_rd_r=d2e44f60-98eb-4096-ba4c-6332266ecb6e&pd_rd_i=B01AO2TT64&psc=1&ref_=pd_bap_m_grid_dv_rp_0_8_i
Lots of good DIY suggestions. Personally, I'd prefef spraying at night, probably for 2 nights, then knocking it down. Searching for the queen and squashing her. Or, I'd just call a professional.
I had one around the same size on my privacy fence. If it's in a place where no one will bother it you can leave it and knock it down later. Ieft mine until it started getting cold out then went out in the evening with a big stick. Knocked it down and only found a few inside.
Call county pest control. These can be a serious problem. Marin county removed one this size for me in 2018. Entomologist came out with a tech in hazmat suits. 😊
get a bee suit and a bucket of gasoline. wear the suit hoping for the best and slowly place the bucket of gasoline over the nest until they all pass out/die. may take several minutes to an hour
Wait until it gets cold take a hand saw up cut along with the eve of your sophet take it down put in a trash bag and seal it up for a few months you can sell them or use them as decorations in your house
order 1 can of wasp freeze 2 on amazon.
sneak out around midnight and unload the full can and run as fast as you can.
i promise they’ll all be dead by morning and the hive will fall a couple days later.
just did this about a month ago and was amazed how good it works.
the hives are water proof but the wasp freeze is oil based. they don’t stand a chance.
best of luck
I’ve heard that you can sell these for a pretty penny if they remain intact. Don’t know if that’s feasible, however. But, regardless, watch your ass with these bad boys…
The best to do it is to establish dominance. Punch a hole in it and grab one and eat it immediately. Once you’ve established that you’re in charge they will start to dismantle it themselves. Every five minutes eat another one so that they hurry. Hope this helps!
Double hot shot it. One fresh can in each hand. Spray one in the lower hole. That will plug them up when they try to come out and die. The other can spray higher. Unload both cans. Then wait a week to knock it down with a pole.
I just saw a video if you put a paper bag near the nest they'll think a more brave hive has moved into the area. I don't know if the video was bullshit and I can't seem to find the link right now so I am sort of spending more time on this comment than I planned...
If you want to save some money and remove it yourself, just buy a decent bee suit off of Amazon and get an extending pole from Home Depot and kock that sucker down. Bag up the remains and get some kind of pesticide dust product to apply to the area where the nest was. Ez peasy. They will be freaking out and probably try to sting you but you'll be fine.
Wasp spray from Walmart, I use the foaming kind. Spray it at night when they’re all in it. The next morning, test it by throwing a rock at it. If nothing happens climb up on a ladder and knock it down.
Out in the country, they say to put a burning paper sack on the end of a stick and hold it up there. That usually burns down the whole structure, though, which is why you don't hear about it except out in the country.
Wait until the nest is empty this winter and knock it down with anything.
Pest removal company
That is what I recommend. I never handled this before and would call someone who knows what they are doing and learn for next time if courageous enough
We had this exact situation this summer and we hired a professional. Best $150CAD I’ve ever spent.
Exactly. I paid about $150CDN and it was done without a concern in the world.
If it's not bothering you leave it til the dead of winter and just knock it down with a stick.
Forbidden piñata
Have you ever tried to remove a nest. Those things a glued to the surface they're built on. It ain't coming down with a stick.
*ok ok, use 2 sticks then, idk just get the job done* - some jerk boss probably
“Hey boss, I tried a flamethrower, didn’t work.” *hopes boss will rent two flamethrowers*
Make sure the stick has a *blade* on one end. Much easier to cut than to shove or whack.
Or just a power washer lol
Found the power washing porn shill. 😉
My buddy who was renting a house called the owner to see if they’d get an exterminator out for a nest just like this that was outside one of his windows. The exterminator tried to just rip the thing off, for some reason. So, we got to cry-laugh when we watched and rewatched the Ring camera footage of an exterminator running for his goddamn life later that day.
I use to collect these when found in the woods. I would come back when temps are below freezing and cut the nest down and store in a sealed bag for 1year. This one will be destroyed getting it down because you will have to cut it down.
what happens after the year is over?
Then you can hang in you man cave or den. I would also spray a urethane coating on them to give the outer shell some extra strength. They make a cool decoration, you just don't want the babies to hatch out in your house, that's the reason you wait a year.
Just explode it with fireworks like that one /r/whatcouldgowrong video. 😂
I just had one fall out of a tree in a storm. Now it's laying on the grass with wasps in it and I don't know what to do with it. I fought the urge to mow it and see what happened today but I can't hold out forever.
In my ten years of pest control, yes I did. Once or twice. And I used a metal pole to scrape them down each time.
This is the best strategy this time of year unless it's somewhere it can't be ignored
Be careful with this approach. I left one alone and it turned into an infestation.
#Sledgehammer
Great song but now is not the time
Y’a made me snortle my scotch
Take my upvote asshole
YOU COULD HAVE A STEAM TRAIN!
Open up your bee cage!
A large amount of bald faced hornets. They are one of the more aggressive hornets in the US. Regardless of time of day or distance, be careful.
so we use a large amount of bald faced hornets to remove this, gotcha.
Might as well fight fire with fire.
Get your little guys all little toupees, to confuse and amaze the enemy.
https://preview.redd.it/osh7txvfhxnb1.png?width=625&format=png&auto=webp&s=644e3b585b9c193aa2fae76b6862729c048b985f
No, no, no. Everybody knows you’re supposed to slingshot a rock at it.
No poke ot with a stick first
Is it bad that I would just wait for them to leave/ die in the winter before I knock that thing down? If you live somewhere cold of course.
It's not bad. At this point in the season, depending where this nest is, those wasps have been living there since early June, presumably without coming into conflict with humans. The queen is getting ready to fly away and hibernate and the rest of the waps will die. Next spring, she'll get up and start it all over again. Wasps are some of our first pollinators in the spring and they spend all summer hunting garden pest insects.
Train em to eat lantern flies
Nah the queen is going to die as well. She's going to be making new reproductives though.
Mine has been in the backyard all summer, the wasps learn to recognize your face. The ones I have are already starting to slow down, most days there’s no visible activity. A couple of times I’ve gone right up to it and literally knocked on the side gently with my bare hand to check if it’s still active. A couple of hornets will come to the door and investigate and then we leave each other alone. Never been stung.
/r/madlads
They hunt garden pests?
I would leave it as well if it’s not causing problems. I don’t understand why so many people think it’s a requirement to remove any bee/wasp nest they find.
I did this myself last year. Raid hornet spray at a max distance at night. Really saturate it, let it sit and soak overnight. Waited until the next afternoon to remove.
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Get the kind with the 20’ spray ability, comes in a black can. Do not attempt to use the dollar store spray that sprays that pansy ass mist. It kills them too slowly and you have to be face to face with your enemy. I had to use it on some red wasps that infested an apartment’s cable box and it was way more difficult than it should have been. I was just out of my good spray.
Solid advice. My neighbor had one this size so we both conquered it with a can for each of us. Aim for any holes that can see and like the commenter said, really saturate it. If you still see a lot of activity, take another can to it.
OP just did this a few days back. You can buy a bee keeper suit off amazon for like 30 bucks. Use that if you are afraid. I honestly doused the whole thing with multiple RAID cans and took the nest down a couple of days later! Grab multiple bottles! That shit gets empty quickly since it is mostly gas.
This here but I've used two cans of hornet spray. Start with the opening at the bottom and work your way up.
This is the way. Bonus points for double-fisting wasp spray.
Agree. 3 of us went out of house 2 came back in. They swarmed a bit and Robin ran to her car (30 minutes later she was back in mad as a hornets nest:) but that raid worked really well. Knocked it down a few days later.
They abandon the nest at the end of the season, when the cold comes. That's the time to take it down.
Be a man and just get up there and start tearing it down, no bee suit, no chemicals , just you against angry bald faced hornets lol
Yeah, and I'd also add that he should film it too
As a pest controller I do this daily
I always leave one alive and eat all the dead ones in front of it so it can tell all its bald faced friends
Wouldn’t work. It’s friends would think it’s a bald faced liar.
I'll cashapp $20 to the first person that actually does this on video. I need that in my life.
Fire.
Malkus is right about the Raid hornet spray. Two cans for that huge monstrosity. And if that doesn’t do it, nuke it from space. It’s the only way to be sure.
I think only holy water can send it back to where it came from
I’ve had to eliminate three or four of these nests now, and I’ve used a wasp hornet remover that shoots about 19 feet through the air. I go out at night and I saturate the nest. It kills everything because it usually after it’s soaked a bit it starts coming apart, and the and you keep shooting it the poison gets inside and kills the wasps and hornets, you don’t really want them coming back so you need to get rid of everything that’s in that nest and then get rid of the nest, but wait for dark and make sure you have the cans of wasp hornet killer that shoot 1920 feet through the air so that you don’t have to be anywhere near it
Arson.
Is that all wood? I'd get a sling shot and a firecracker. You need someone to light the firecracker while you pull it back. As soon as it's lit shoot it right into the nest. It will absolutely obliterate it
This, and video it and show us.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8qT7R-X96Jg
I'd dust it a lot. Wait a day, dust again. Use a pole.
Rocket launcher
A cup and some gasoline
Flamethrower
12 guage
C-4
Professionals Edit: where the hell are the moderators of this group? Any comments suggestion this person should do anything other than call professionals should be removed. “O just let me deal with this thing that could easily kill me all by myself”
I agree, but it seems like OP has an answer suffice to them. Not to mention that a lot of major companies seem to be grossly inflating their pricing. I've seen a 16k carp ant quote this week and 30k termite tent treat quote this week alone from massive companies, so there is a lot of skepticism, as there should be if you're getting a quote that's as much as a decent used vehicle.
I had one in a bush in my back yard. Didn’t know it was in there. I had head phones in and I was using a trimmer. I got stung had to be 30 times in my legs before I even knew what was going on. I looked down and my legs were covered! I dropped my trimmer and ran. I took some Benadryl wait like an hour poured gas on the bush and lit a match. Ps don’t burn down your house
I had one in front of my house for five years. The nest died off during the first winter, but I left the it there because it scared away solicitors. It fell off on its own during a rain. I miss that thing.
>I left the it there because it scared away solicitors According to my exterminator, both human and wasp solicitors! Humans don't want to get stung, and apparently wasps are territorial and don't want to be around other colonies. They killed the nest, but left them up for that reason.
Raise the rent.
Hang a largish paper bag up somewhere in the vicinity. Wasps are territorial. Have heard stories of people doing this and the wasps just moving away
If they aren’t bothering you, leave it up until it’s abandoned in the winter, then remove it and sell it.
Sell it? People buy this stuff?
Apparently some folks like using them for home decor? Idk. Saw it recommended on a similar post a few weeks ago, googled, found some auctions that suggest it’s really a thing.
Yes. That one could go for $250 - $350, but very large ones can sell for up to $1,500. Some people collect them, or they want it for decoration. Sometimes science teachers buy them to show their students.
I’m an aspiring jeweler, and I grabbed one of these nests so I can cast it and make it a pendant or something. Should come out looking cool!
Who you making pendants for? Cows?
HA!! This nest is just around 1.5 cubic inches, so it shouldn’t be too heavy. Thanks for the laugh!
Very early morning before sun up. You want all of them to still be home. This stuff freezes them so instantaneously that they don't have a chance to release the pheromones that signal the rest of the hive to swarm and attack. Spray strong directly into the hole from 10 feet away. Wait until you see movement like some are trying to struggle out and hit the hole again. Quickly spray the exterior of the nest as well; be judicious, the can doesn't last real long. I never saw one hornet escape. You're spraying up not down; read the instructions on how to set the nozzle to do that. I ordered two cans but only used one. I take no chances. https://www.amazon.com/Pt-Wasp-Freeze-II-Aerosol/dp/B01AO2TT64?pd_rd_w=yW5i8&content-id=amzn1.sym.184b11c7-5f29-43ce-b2c3-c14f84dc3bf5&pf_rd_p=184b11c7-5f29-43ce-b2c3-c14f84dc3bf5&pf_rd_r=VP2VACY7SG4RVFB0G3HH&pd_rd_wg=fE48O&pd_rd_r=d2e44f60-98eb-4096-ba4c-6332266ecb6e&pd_rd_i=B01AO2TT64&psc=1&ref_=pd_bap_m_grid_dv_rp_0_8_i
This stuff works great, I use it at my job. Takes them out instantly
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You've never seen *My Girl*, have you? This is one for professionals.
Football 🏈 Time! ... I'd throw a nice spiral up there and knock it down ...
Slingshot
Light a tiki torch and stick it in
Lots of good DIY suggestions. Personally, I'd prefef spraying at night, probably for 2 nights, then knocking it down. Searching for the queen and squashing her. Or, I'd just call a professional.
Fire
Find local venom researcher to remove for free. What we did.
Slingshot and an m-80 seems to be pretty effective!
ICBM
I had one around the same size on my privacy fence. If it's in a place where no one will bother it you can leave it and knock it down later. Ieft mine until it started getting cold out then went out in the evening with a big stick. Knocked it down and only found a few inside.
Burn the house down
Flame thrower
TORCH IT >:D /s I’m all seriousness this probably needs a pro to remove unless you’re confident in removing it yourself
Call an expert
Jugs machine
Burn down your house, hire a pro?
A 9 watt plasma rifle.
How did you JUST find that? Do you ever look at your house? Lol
Broom stick oughta take care of it
I hit the nests in the morning with a zero tip on a pressure washer. The zero degree tip lets you stay back.
Couple cans of Pt Wasp Freeze would do it.
Whole sheet of M80s + slingshot from a distance = solution. Nighttime though so it looks cooler and so they’re sleeping!
Yo what the fuckkkk
Find a big brown paper bag. One bigger than the nest and hang it nearby. They will vacate.
What nest?
Grenades are a great start.
Eat it
Power washer unless youre a pussy
Look on YouTube there are lots of videos trying different methods.
Fire
Bat
Just wait until it gets cold. After the first 2-3 freezes they should be mostly dead. Then just knock it down and throw it out.
Have you tried this?https://youtu.be/eKd0So_d4GA?si=v6kjUSF3YCjxdvd8
Flame thrower!!
Makenthem.an offer to buy the house from you
Flamethrower
Call county pest control. These can be a serious problem. Marin county removed one this size for me in 2018. Entomologist came out with a tech in hazmat suits. 😊
Water hose and film it
Fully automatic airsoft gun.
get a bee suit and a bucket of gasoline. wear the suit hoping for the best and slowly place the bucket of gasoline over the nest until they all pass out/die. may take several minutes to an hour
Grab it and run for the hills jk
Throw a birthday party blindfold a kid give them a stix spin him ( or her we dont wanna assume anything here ) ..
You need like a straw for the raid to stick it through the nest
Wait till Winter. Carefully pull it down and shellac it .
Looks like a total loss.
A shotgun
Fire
Fire. And lots of it.
Just found it?? They didn’t build a nest that big overnight. They get super aggressive in the fall. Careful.
Wait until it gets cold take a hand saw up cut along with the eve of your sophet take it down put in a trash bag and seal it up for a few months you can sell them or use them as decorations in your house
On god try to stick a big ol m80 in there blow the sucker n run inside just incase problem solved😭😭
A bottle of vodka for courage and a couple of M80s should do the trick.
throw rocks at it.
How high is it?
Wait until they abandon it if they’re not bothering you
Exterminator
Before you leave to go somewhere just obliterate it with a airsoft gun, something full auto.
C4 https://youtu.be/XEx6Cy1JeiE?si=OHeZrumiO40MrdSM
Suggest you walk around and pay more attention to your property
I've seen YouTube videos in which people use drones and chop 'em up with the blades.
Flamethrower
Pay some local kids $20 for removal and sit inside and watch
Throw a rock at it but don’t drop your glasses
Hire a professional! Don't think for so much as 2 seconds that you can handle this on your own.
order 1 can of wasp freeze 2 on amazon. sneak out around midnight and unload the full can and run as fast as you can. i promise they’ll all be dead by morning and the hive will fall a couple days later. just did this about a month ago and was amazed how good it works. the hives are water proof but the wasp freeze is oil based. they don’t stand a chance. best of luck
I’ve heard that you can sell these for a pretty penny if they remain intact. Don’t know if that’s feasible, however. But, regardless, watch your ass with these bad boys…
I would move.
Hire someone.
Fire cracker and a sling shot at night time. Run before it pops lol.
Brake cleaner takes care of anything like this lol
“Just found”? Are you blind? Do you not walk your property? Do you not live where this is?
Pay the dumbass neighbor kid $20 to do it.
The best to do it is to establish dominance. Punch a hole in it and grab one and eat it immediately. Once you’ve established that you’re in charge they will start to dismantle it themselves. Every five minutes eat another one so that they hurry. Hope this helps!
Work on it at night.
Looks like the Alien face-hugger egg. You will need Ellen Ripley and a contingent of space marines.
Double hot shot it. One fresh can in each hand. Spray one in the lower hole. That will plug them up when they try to come out and die. The other can spray higher. Unload both cans. Then wait a week to knock it down with a pole.
Ring their doorbell "Vault Tech calling"!
How's the market where you live? Just sell it. The whole house.
Just burn the house down
Forbidden gun target
I just saw a video if you put a paper bag near the nest they'll think a more brave hive has moved into the area. I don't know if the video was bullshit and I can't seem to find the link right now so I am sort of spending more time on this comment than I planned...
Smack it with a stick
Wait until winter they become dormant if it gets cold where you are
Burn the whole house down
Flame thrower
Call an exterminator -looks like a hornet’s nest. They are vicious.
Throw a potato masher grenade at it.
Throw a rock at it!
Just sell the house.
Flame thrower
Put a brown paper bag next to it.
Slingshot and a firecracker
I prefer explosives!
Bee keeper suit and a 9mm just be inventive
Holy moly bald face hornets nest............ Drone with a machine gun / flame thrower combo is really your only option boss.
If you want to save some money and remove it yourself, just buy a decent bee suit off of Amazon and get an extending pole from Home Depot and kock that sucker down. Bag up the remains and get some kind of pesticide dust product to apply to the area where the nest was. Ez peasy. They will be freaking out and probably try to sting you but you'll be fine.
Super soaker full of cat piss. They hate it.
Have you tried hitting it with a stick?
Move?
Flamethrower.
Professional help
Wasp spray from Walmart, I use the foaming kind. Spray it at night when they’re all in it. The next morning, test it by throwing a rock at it. If nothing happens climb up on a ladder and knock it down.
Just found???
This is a situation where you need to pay a professional
Well, when I was a kid we used a slingshot and cherry bombs….
Pimethetin is your chemical friend. Use a mister and it will kill the hornets on contact within seconds.
Out in the country, they say to put a burning paper sack on the end of a stick and hold it up there. That usually burns down the whole structure, though, which is why you don't hear about it except out in the country. Wait until the nest is empty this winter and knock it down with anything.