How to preserve yellow jacket nest?

[Rufous]

I found a couple yellow jacket nests today and would like to keep them in my trophy room as a nice display feature. I am wondering if I should spray them with some type of shellac? One of them got snagged a bit during the extraction and needs repair so spraying on a glue or shellac, then laying down the torn part might do the trick. Never messed with this before so some advice would be appreciated. Thanks, Rufous

[boneaddict]

I leave mine natural.  Just make sure they are dead before you haul them off. 

[muzbuster]

I would think that you wouldn't have to do anything to them but I have never messed with one so   

[boneaddict]

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,7577.msg1097164.html#msg1097164

[Becky]

Lightly with aerosol hairspray is what I've always known.

[scout/sniper]

I have a giant Bald Faced Hornet nest on my house that I want to preserve.
How do I kill the hornets without ending up like rtspring?

[jackmaster]

i have done a few, i kill them first of course if your not gonna do that i want to watch, i hang in a dry place and after its dry all the way i spray with scotch gaurd, it hardens and protects the paper yet it looks 100% natural, i even took a few of the bald face hornets and stuck them to the outside and scotch gurded over them, they are still there to this day

[Smossy]

I have a giant Bald Faced Hornet nest on my house that I want to preserve.
How do I kill the hornets without ending up like rtspring?

Wait until winter, Smoke it up and see if there's any activity, Cover the nest with hairspray. Good to go.

[jackmaster]

I have a giant Bald Faced Hornet nest on my house that I want to preserve.
How do I kill the hornets without ending up like rtspring?

wait a few weeks they will be dead on their own knock them down and smashem up  otherwise spray them at night while they are sleepy and cold 

[scout/sniper]

Awesome! Thanks

[Elkstuffer]

Wait till it cools down at night or first thing in the am. Cover with a garbage bag and lay it carefully in the freezer for a couple weeks. This will kill the bees. Then don't spray it with anything. Moisture, among other things, is what ruins these.

[rtspring]

I would blow them up with C4 then dynamite, then gas powered flame thrower with jelly flame balls , then hand grenades with exploding projectiles! Then sink it in the ocean to a depth of 50, 000 fathoms!!

Damn them things!!!

[scout/sniper]

I would blow them up with C4 then dynamite, then gas powered flame thrower with jelly flame balls , then hand grenades with exploding projectiles! Then sink it in the ocean to a depth of 50, 000 fathoms!!

Damn them things!!!

and I would not blame you 

[CAMPMEAT]

I had a huge one in my man cave and it stank like urine, it was horrible.

[rtspring]

Funny thing is we got our butts handed to us! But i will laugh about that attack for years to come. Priceless...