BERIGAN Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 No, don't mean Protestants(Insert your own joke if you feel the need though) Them buzzin' things! We have been quite warm the last week, and they are everywhere! by the Garage, one was in a car the other day. So....anyone know of some swell natural way to dissuade them from hanging around? Or a nice harsh chemical if there is no farmers almanac way to send them packing. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgraham333 Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 This site may help. The bag of water trick which works on flies might also work on wasps - I see mixed info on this on the web. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave James Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 You probably have a nest someplace. Wasps tend to build them in shaded areas, under eaves, around the ceiling in the corners of garages. Sometimes they find a hole in a truss or and outside support beam and burrow into those to set up shop. Unless you can figure out where the nest is and how to destroy it, you're going to continue to have trouble. Also, and I'm sure you already know this, these are not very happy little campers to begin with. Point being, you don't want to piss them off. I'd be doubly concerned if you have kids. If this continues, I'd suggest getting an exterminator. You just have to remember that they know what they're doing and you don't. Up over and out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 The thing with wasps is if you don't bother them, they won't bother you. Of course, if they build their nests right in a high-traffic area, that ain't good. We used to douse the buggers' nests with kerosine and light 'em up! When I was a kid, I also concocted a mixture that would stop them in mid-flight. Seriously, it would kill them in mid-air... just one spray. I don't remember what was in it and frankly it probably was not very safe around humans either (ah, the things we kids do when the parents aren't looking!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 You can find this stuff at your local do-it-yourself pest control store or probably most hardware stores. It shoots the crap about 15 ft in a nice stream. My suggestion though is to call a professional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BERIGAN Posted March 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 Thanks for the suggestions! Something should work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 If you stand outside and watch them for a little while, you can usually spot where the nest is. Once you find it, there are a few methods I've used. *Note* - Always wait until night to mess with bees nests 1. Get spray can like the one mentioned in the thread above, spray...then run like hell. 2. If nest is hanging somewhere within reach, you knock the nest off the house onto the ground...then run like hell. Wait 30 minutes or so, when coast is clear enough throw a window screen over the nest lying on the ground..pour on gasoline/kerosene and roast...and run like hell just in case. 3. This is my favorite method...GET SOMEONE ELSE TO DO IT FOR ME WHILE I WATCH FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE! My family was always dirt poor, couldn't afford exterminators...so we had to "improvise". WVI: West Virginia Ingenuity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 (edited) I find philacteries work well - Edited March 14, 2006 by AllenLowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 RAID Wasp & Hornet Killer. Works every time. I even leave the nests hanging as warnings to other wasps. Seems to do the trick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 RAID Wasp & Hornet Killer. Works every time. I even leave the nests hanging as warnings to other wasps. Seems to do the trick! Wasps don't inhabit old nests. They always build new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Noj Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Sure glad the tarantula hawks are solitary and don't build nests! Pepsis Wasps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 RAID Wasp & Hornet Killer. Works every time. I even leave the nests hanging as warnings to other wasps. Seems to do the trick! Wasps don't inhabit old nests. They always build new. I know; but I figure if they see an old nest, and the smell of the hornet killer is still there, maybe they'll figure they oughta build elsewhere. Hardly scientific, I know; but it does the trick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Sure glad the tarantula hawks are solitary and don't build nests! Pepsis Wasps. Man, that gives me the heebeegeebees. <shudder> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim R Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 RAID Wasp & Hornet Killer. Works every time. I even leave the nests hanging as warnings to other wasps. Seems to do the trick! Wasps don't inhabit old nests. They always build new. I know; but I figure if they see an old nest, and the smell of the hornet killer is still there, maybe they'll figure they oughta build elsewhere. Hardly scientific, I know; but it does the trick! What we (me & Al, at least) really need is some anti-bird spray for the garage! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 (edited) RAID Wasp & Hornet Killer. Works every time. I even leave the nests hanging as warnings to other wasps. Seems to do the trick! Wasps don't inhabit old nests. They always build new. I know; but I figure if they see an old nest, and the smell of the hornet killer is still there, maybe they'll figure they oughta build elsewhere. Hardly scientific, I know; but it does the trick! What we (me & Al, at least) really need is some anti-bird spray for the garage! Oh man, you know it!!! Had another one in the garage this weekend; my heart has FINALLY stopped hyperventilating! Edited March 14, 2006 by Big Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris olivarez Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 Wasps aren't nearly as belligerent as the bees they refer to as "meat bees". I'm generally not bothered by them but when I'm at the radio station I have to get a newspaper or magazine and go after them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quincy Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 As it's in the garage I'm guessing you have either paper wasps or mud daubers. The wasps are "wasp waisted" right? Paper wasps have nests that hang from the ceiling. As said earlier, either knock 'em down at night or use a spray at night. Run like hell after either. Mud daubers are interesting critters in that they will paralyze spiders with their sting and drop them down the mud tube nest (look on the garage walls for the nest tubes) as fresh food for their young when they hatch. If they killed their prey with the sting the corpse would rot. Instead the victim stays fresh & alive and is eaten alive. If only they'd evolve to invent little refrigerators! Yellow jackets or meat bees will go for the bottle trap shown earlier. Coke works greats for these sorts of traps. Everything likes Coke, and Coke kills everything. Yellow jackets usually nest in the ground though so I'm guessing they probably aren't your problem. There are also hornets and wood drilling stinging creatures. If you see a neatly drilled hole in a board that the flying stinging insect enters & exits, this is most definitely a spray and run like hell situation. I've had cases where the hornet kamikazied just a few inches from my feet out of it's drilled home. Be careful with fire, especially in your garage! I'd avoid that option if I were you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron S Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 I find philacteries work well - Allen, this is a VERY inside joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 it does seem to have gone past everybody - maybe I should have said tfillin - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Ptah Posted August 7, 2006 Report Share Posted August 7, 2006 RAID Wasp & Hornet Killer. Works every time. I even leave the nests hanging as warnings to other wasps. Seems to do the trick! Yes, this Raid stuff, in the black can, works great. It shoots out a big stream of poison for a really long distance, so you can stand far away from the nest, like halfway inside your front door, and hit the nest with a big wallop of poison. Then you can duck inside fast if a bunch of angry wasps come out. The next day I knock down the nest with a long stick and smash it all up into powder on the ground. I haven't been stung yet. Once a woodpecker came right up to one of the nests and snatched it away in its beak and flew away with the entire nest. But that was too good to be true more than once. We have a lot of woodpeckers around but it never happened again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted August 7, 2006 Report Share Posted August 7, 2006 If all else fails, there's always the nuclear option... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Ptah Posted August 7, 2006 Report Share Posted August 7, 2006 If all else fails, there's always the nuclear option... The black can of Raid feels like a nuclear option as you are holding it and neutralizing your target. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted August 7, 2006 Report Share Posted August 7, 2006 spray glue, they only last a couple of seconds after treatment. Maybe longer, but they don't show it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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