How do you get rid of wasps?

[KEV1N]

My backyard is swarming with them! There's 1 visible nest under the awning. They don't sting us, but it certainly looks like an air raid back there.

 

[ElFenix]

smoke

 

[Spoooon]

You can invest in some badminton rackets and go to town back there. When my brother and I were kids we used to swat them after stirring up their nest.

My dad keeps up with the backyard. If he notices a nest, he knocks it down before they get too big. Otherwise, he gives my brother a can of Raid and tells him to take care of it.

 

[stormbv]

Get some Raid and spray their asses from long range! Then knock the nest down.

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: stormbv
Get some Raid and spray their asses from long range! Then knock the nest down.

yeah, get a can of that bee spray, it goes like 10-12 feet
soak the nest with the WHOLE can

and then run like hell

good luck, you'll need it

 

[BennyD]

light fuel?

match?

 

[vegetation]

Kill 'em when it's early evening or before sunrise. You don't want to deal with aggressive wasps during the middle of the day.

 

If the nest is near concrete, knock it down, pour some gasoline on it, and light it. However, it helps to have a full beekeepers' suit if you're going to do that.

Otherwise, just get some Raid and spray from long range.

 

[KEV1N]

Alright, thanks for the help. I googled too. I guess the colony will go dormant after Fall, so maybe I'll just take the nest down then. If they start stirring things up, I will try that long distance projectile spray

 

[Azraele]

We have a nest of yellowjackets in a chair that got left on the front porch. Hosing with with Raid won't work because the nest is deep inside the chair.

Any ideas?

 

[Tal]

Diazonon (sp?) there is some good anti-pest chemicals that are in granules..... Pour the stuff on and around the nest, wait till the beast calm down and then water the chemicals/nest. The stuff I got releases the diazonon when it gets wet. That seems to kill anything.

 

[Challenger]

Originally posted by: Azraele
We have a nest of yellowjackets in a chair that got left on the front porch. Hosing with with Raid won't work because the nest is deep inside the chair.

Any ideas?

CO2 fire extinguisher sprayed down the enterance hole will freeze them. Then take the chair somewher safe douse it with gas and burn it

 

[dud]

Companies hat sell insecticide make a spray that can reach out and touch a nest from 12 feet or more. Get that if you can. The spray comes out in a very thin stream that allows you to hit the nest from afar.

On another note you could always move.

 

[crt1530]

I've never tried it, but the fire way sounds like the most fun to me.

 

[UltraQuiet]

How do you get rid of wasps?

Tell them there are 'colored' people moving into the neighborhood.

 

[DigDug]

How do you get rid of wasps?

Tell 'em some colored people are moving into the neighborhood.

 

[UltraQuiet]

Originally posted by: BlipBlop

How do you get rid of wasps?

Tell 'em some colored people are moving into the neighborhood.

Copy cat!!!

 

[Tal]

Originally posted by: Ultra Quiet

Originally posted by: BlipBlop

How do you get rid of wasps?

Tell 'em some colored people are moving into the neighborhood.

Copy cat!!!

Dork!

 

[WTT0001]

Grab a can of foaming bee/wasp spray, stand back 10 or so feet, spray it down and get away. Repeat a couple times then get rid of the nest.

 

[Bleep]

How cruel killing these poor creatures that only have one little stinger to protect themself. :evil: Someone will probably turn you into PETA for this crime against nature.

Bleep

 

[OrganizedChaos]

shoot it

 

[amdskip]

Brake cleaner + lighter = one big freakin torch

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: Ultra Quiet

How do you get rid of wasps?

Tell them there are 'colored' people moving into the neighborhood.

HAHA I was going to say the same thing.