About four years ago, my wife and I bought our dream home, a log home on 30
acres in Kentucky. It has the most amazing views, but the house needed a
LOT of love. One of the problems were wasps...they had lived in the home
for years. They were mild mannered, but pretty disturbing to be having
dinner and have on land on your shoulder. Well, to make a long story much
shorter, I went to see some guys local to Atlanta, "Do-it-yourself pest
control"...(www.doyourownpestcontrol.com). They suggested, (and it worked),
a plastic bottle of "Drione" made by Bayer, and a little hand "duster". It
was about $30 or $40 for both items and you can buy it online, with free
shipping I think. I just "dusted" the hiding places and the stuff really
killed all the wasps. I would not use it around food and all that, but it
is amazingly effective.
I hope it works for you.
Rascal
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Subject: Re: DML: OT: iguana > volvo
"Jason Bleazard" <dml@bleazard.net> wrote:
: On Tue, October 25, 2005 5:47 pm, Josh Battles said:
:>
:> This has to be one of the funniest things I've ever read on the
internets, I
:> couldn't keep it to myself.
: Hysterical!
: Somewhat related, we seem to have a nest of yellow jackets living in our
: ceiling and lighting fixtures in our living room and kitchen. Anyone have
any
: suggestions how to get them out without being swarmed or poisoning
ourselves?
There is no stopping them. They are hopped up on duct tape
and can't be reasoned with. RUN AWAY!!!! :-)
A bug bomb is going to be a major hassle since I would guess
you have no particular desire to collect all of the animals and
leave the house for a day, so you'll probably want to find the
nest. I would probably just be inclined to arm myself with some
wasp spray and go to town. :-) That might not be possible though,
depending on where the actual nest is located. All of the males
will die soon and only the fertilized female will survive the
winter. (It will come out of hibernation in the spring to find a
new nest location and lay its eggs.) Anyhoo - I'm not sure if
that still applies when they are in a warm house since I have
fortunately never had to deal with them inside before, but I
suspect it will still hold true. If you can see the nest, and
you think you can soak it down pretty good, that's probably what
I would do. A yellow jacket nest only has one entrance and exit
hole, so you can generally just put a plastic bag over the nest,
break it off, then take it outside and stomp on it or put it in
a coworker's car. Keep in mind though that (unlike a bee) yellow
jackets can sting repeatedly, and you probably need to worry more
about the ones flying around outside the nest than the ones inside.
Also, the hive is at its largest and the wasps are at their most
agressive this time of year. (Just keeps getting better and better,
doesn't it?) :-) Evening is usually the best time to get 'em since
that is the time of day when they are most inactive. If you can't
find the nest, or would prefer not to go rooting around in the
ceiling with a bunch of angry yellow jackets in there, check around
for a bait style pesticide. Wal-Mart or a local department store
should have something. Basically the idea is similar to getting
rid of ants - you attract the workers to poisoned bait, and they
take it back to the nest and it kills everybody, most importantly,
the queen(s). If you want to go that route, you will want to do it
ASAP though, since the worker bees are in the process of dying off
and very soon there will be nobody to carry the poison back to the
nest. If possible, I would probably put the bait in the ceiling or
somewhere that you can be sure none of the cats will be able to get
to, for obvious reasons...
Good luck!!
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-Jon-
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