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Posted by lysergic on August 2, 2006, 11:24 pm
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>Ray wrote:
>> What's the best way to get rid of a wasp nest?
>Out in the open is easy (do what others have said). We had one in the
>wall of the house. You could see them comming and going in cracks under
>the shingles.
>Long process. I calked each and every crack and eventually kept them
>in/out. The ones that were sealed in came into the house one by one and
>met their maker. No one got stung. This was last year and theydid not
>come back (yet).
>Did try the spray first but it could not reach the nest(s).
Who is their maker?
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Posted by Lawrence on August 2, 2006, 12:09 pm
Ray wrote:
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> What's the best way to get rid of a wasp nest?
If you wait till winter the wasps will be gone. You can then knock the
nest down with impunity. I do this every time they put one near the
house. It works well and avoids poisons and stings.
Lawrence
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Posted by z on August 2, 2006, 2:08 pm
Lawrence wrote:
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> Ray wrote:
> > What's the best way to get rid of a wasp nest?
> If you wait till winter the wasps will be gone. You can then knock the
> nest down with impunity. I do this every time they put one near the
> house. It works well and avoids poisons and stings.
I hang a little net bag with a few mothballs in it up where the nest
was. Keeps them from rebuilding next year.
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> Lawrence
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Posted by Nick Danger on August 2, 2006, 1:54 pm
I've done a couple - one on a low-hanging branch on a tree, another on a
roof eave, difficult to reach. For the one hanging low, I borrowed a
protective outfit from a beekeeper friend, then attacked the nest at dusk
with a plastic garbage bag. Dusk is a good time because people can see but
they can't. As I approached it, the beekeeper outfit somehow started feeling
less and less safe. It took some time for me to work up the courage but when
I fnally did, I got the bag around the nest, broke it away from the branch,
and buried it. When I was done, I stood on the front porch and had my wife
inspect me under the light. There were no wasps on me.
For the second one, I waited for a heavy nighttime rainstorm, then put on a
long overcoat, heavy gloves, hood, goggles, in an effort to cover as much of
myself as possible. (Beekeeper friend was no longer available.) Then I
blasted the nest with a hose. When the nest appeared to be in tatters, I
declared victory and went inside. None of them came after me. A few days
later, I observed that reconstruction was well underway and they were back
in business again. I waited for the next nighttime rainstorm, and blasted
the nest until there was nothing left of it.
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Posted by Phisherman on August 2, 2006, 5:03 pm
On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 13:56:46 GMT, "Ray"
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>What's the best way to get rid of a wasp nest?
Get some hornet/wasp spray, the kind that shoots 15 feet. Half hour
after sundown squirt the nest--you don't need much, just enough to wet
the nest. The next day, knock the nest down.
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>> What's the best way to get rid of a wasp nest?
>Out in the open is easy (do what others have said). We had one in the
>wall of the house. You could see them comming and going in cracks under
>the shingles.
>Long process. I calked each and every crack and eventually kept them
>in/out. The ones that were sealed in came into the house one by one and
>met their maker. No one got stung. This was last year and theydid not
>come back (yet).
>Did try the spray first but it could not reach the nest(s).