When leaving the house, take the time to look up and check the doorway of the back door, front door and side doors. I did, and was horrified to discover a wasp's nest.
By Holly from Dallas, TX
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How the heck did wasps get into my room? The window to be exact, my room window, doesn't have any holes or none that I can see and i never leave my room door open. I don't want to kill it because if you kill it, it will leave a chemical behind telling the others that it is in danger and they will come instantly.
By Victoria .T from San Martin, CA
Quick - go to home depot, Lowes or Menards and ask for help. Or, maybe they are building a nest inside the walls and you need an exterminator. Act quickly.
Grab the hair spray and spray it it cannot send a message at this point it will stiffen and drop to the floor and cannot bite you that will give you time to track thier entrance.I am allergic to thier venom and this works great
Carpenter bees do not like citrus, you can spray the areas they
Are working on with citrus spray from the dollar store, also
Wd40 works to spray inside the exciting holes, they back out
Wasps are making hives on everything in my yard. How can I get rid of them? They're really a nuisance!
Hardiness Zone: 6a
By Sheri Carlisle from Provo, UT
Locate their hives, and then wait till after dark when the wasps are all inside the hives, and then spray each hive thoroughly with a good wasp and hornet spray. If you use a good wasp and hornet spray, they will all start to die immediately and you don't have to worry about them flying out of the hives and attacking you.
Caution:
For daytime and individual hornets, I learned that when you squish wasps/hornets, they release a pheromone (scent) that calls for others to come to their defense. Yikes. Put out a deep jar with honey in the bottom. The leftover wasps/hornets will catch in the bottom.
Spraying insecticide at night in their nests is a good idea.
I just "terminated" a 6 inch diameter nest under construction beneath my eave. I waited till midnight then using my expanding hose with a spray bottle nozzle device connected to it, filled it with clorox and hit the nest with a heavy jet of water & bleach! In a few minutes the paper ball was blown away but the comb core took a bit more effort to break it's "anchor" off the ceiling before it fell to my deluge.
A nest of wasps or hornets has taken up residence under the wooden terracing/steps in my yard. I've sprayed the area as much as I could with commercial products, at night when they are in the nest, but since it is under the wood I can't get them all. Any suggestions?
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About the wasps, what I use is dawn dish soap with water in a sprayer. It
works great. I just killed 15 the other day.
Joyce
The Dawn detergent sounds like a great idea but could someone be a little more forthcoming? What are the mixing ratios?
I also use Dawn and water. In a standard size spray bottle I add 2 tablespoons of Dawn dish soap, and fill with water. My current problem though is its drying out leaves on my hastas. If anyone has any tips Id love them! I cant figure out why the wasps are so particularly attracted to this one hasta. There doesnt appear to be a nest that they are all coming in and out of, but I suppose I cant really know for sure.
How do I deter wasps from drinking pool water?
By Rick
I don't know how you can specificially keep wasps away from a pool, but there are little plastic "wasp catchers" that you can hang around your patio or close by the pool to attract and catch wasps. They have holes in them and you add fruit or juice to the bottom of the container. They go in the holes and aren't smart enough :) to figure out how to get back out. They usually drown in the juice.
How do I kill the wasps that are ruining my hostas, year after year? The only relief I have found is Sevin dust, which then takes away from their looks.
By JC
Is there any way to repel wasps and ticks? I live on the east coast and it tis the season.
By Kathleen S
