Do wasp decoy nests work?
sd14052
14 years ago
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14 years agoKimmsr
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Wasp nest in my greenhouse
Comments (9)Wasps have been dispatched, sorry wasps. DH did it this morning by just knocking the nest into a cardboard box and bringing the box outside. The wasps were sleepy and they barely stirred, DH reported. (DH was also sleepy as he did it immediately upon getting out of bed, before coffee! Heroic!) Gosh, I would hope to never have to resort to Raid inside the GH that supplies so much of our food. Luckily it did not come to that. Now I will keep a closer eye on new nests so that we can catch them early and avoid chemicals. Thanks again for the advice! I can go back to cleaning the GH now that the wasps are gone......See MoreWasp nest, leave or spray?
Comments (8)I would leave it alone. White faced hornets aren't all that common, and they are very interesting to watch. They can catch flies in flight. They are probably protecting your flowers from insects as well--in fact, your lovely garden could be what drew them there--an appreciative audience for all your work! Just don't go too near the nest or alarm them. If you have to go anywhere near the nest move very slowly and wear a protective hat in a dull color. Don't wear perfume or other fragrances near them. If you move carefully and slowly you can sit quietly about 10 feet from a nest and watch the goings on. Don't make any sound and move slowly when you leave as well. Also, they do pollinate to some extent. With the bee shortage, nature needs all the help it can get....See MoreWasp nest - getting bigger every day...
Comments (13)Several years ago when we lived in Baltimore, we had yellow jackets invade our roof space. It was a 3 story townhouse so getting up to that level from the outside took a seriously tall ladder. We had a hard time finding a pest company to spray and it took them a couple tries before they successfully got rid of them. They estimated there were thousands and thousands of them up there. It got so bad that I could constantly hear them making that crunching, munching noise - crinkle up a regular piece of printer paper and you'll know exactly what it sounded like. Now imagine trying to sleep with that going on! I was terrified that they would come through the ceiling and I would suddenly be surrounded by swarms of the little things. It was not fun....See MoreHow to deal with wasp nest?
Comments (20)Twice in past houses I've lived in, I've found a yellowjacket nest entry hole beneath the bottommost board of the siding. One was right next to the back door of the house and if closed the door too hard they would come out to defend the nest. I tried one store brand of wasp/hornet killer on them, but it didn't seem to have any effect. The force of the spray would knock them to the ground, but they would shake off, and fly away, seemingly unharmed. I tried a stronger name-brand wasp/hornet spray, that killed the wasps on contact, but those in the nest stopped using the poisined entrance, and found another way out of the nest directly into the basement. Another time I had a yellowjacket nest (which is probably what pennysworth son found) in the ground in our yard 3 feet from the corner of where we would set up the volleyball net. (Bump. Set. Sting. :-) Based on a suggestion from a friend, I ran an extension cord out into the yard and set the shop-vac there, with its snout right next to the hive entrance, sucking up the wasps as they left or came back, for several hours. The next morning when I crept out to check on the nest, I discovered that something had come by in the night, dug open the entrance to the nest, and pulled out and munched on the remaining larva filled nest pieces, leaving a hole 6 inches across and about 2 feet deep....See More
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