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Dick

06-01-2004 12:51:11




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We are Being Invaded By Wasp & yellow Jackets This summer & Last Summer. Does Anyone Know Of A Home made Spray To Mix up, instead Of Buying The Aerosol Cans? They are Expensive & Dont go Very far. Thanks in Advance




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KX

06-03-2004 09:56:45




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 Re: Yellow jackets Wasp in reply to Dick, 06-01-2004 12:51:11  
I use straight diesel, coal oil, kero or gasoline, whatever I have at the time in a sprayer, they all kill them instantly. No need to buy any pyrethrin or anything else. works 100 percent good.



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John K

06-02-2004 07:34:52




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 Re: Yellow jackets Wasp in reply to Dick, 06-01-2004 12:51:11  
I use a wasp or fly traps, works better than spray. For wasps I put a piece of raw meat into the jar with some water, the blood seems to attract them. Also beer is a good attactant. Put in about 2 inches liquid for the critters to drown when they get tired of flying. The decaying incects will attract more insects, self feeding. Depending on how many wasps you have and where they are located, you will have to empty it about once a week. I believe that beer or Melow yellow work well for flies. Here in Alberta the traps run around $3.00 per trap, I used 2 to get rid of a wasp problem about 4 years ago. Good luck

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Buzzman72

06-02-2004 05:51:50




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 Re: Yellow jackets Wasp in reply to Dick, 06-01-2004 12:51:11  
In MY neck of the woods, yellow jackets build their nests in the ground, for the most part...which makes them a danger for children and pets. Upon occasion, I HAVE seen them build a nest in a pile of leaves sitting on concrete.

For the nests in the ground, I usually pour about a pint of gasoline--very quickly, I might add, as this tends to pi$$ these little boogers off to no end--down one of the holes where they enter/exit the nest. Then, after moving the gas can a good distance [not LESS than 10 feet...20-30 feet is better] away, I usually follow that with a match...and you'd be surprised how many other entrance/exit holes you'll discover! But the nests are made of a paperlike material, and, when the gas burns itself out, the nest will usually be destroyed.

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Sid

06-01-2004 20:18:53




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 Re: Yellow jackets Wasp in reply to Dick, 06-01-2004 12:51:11  
Soapy water in a spray bottle.



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Rod MI

06-01-2004 13:01:30




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 Re: Yellow jackets Wasp in reply to Dick, 06-01-2004 12:51:11  
If you wont to make a fire or strip your paint. I've had good luck with carb cleaner and starting flood.



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Dave_Id

06-01-2004 18:14:00




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 Re: Re: Yellow jackets Wasp in reply to Rod MI, 06-01-2004 13:01:30  
One important thing to do in the fall is to collect all the nests that contain the new larvae for next year and burn them. By the end of the summer, I had 20-30 hanging from eaves, under the roofs of sheds and barns. Spray the nests with gas or Bee spray, and the following year you won't have many at all.



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thurlow

06-01-2004 19:26:34




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 Re: Re: Re: Yellow jackets Wasp in reply to Dave_Id, 06-01-2004 18:14:00  
Actually, I don't think the larvae survive the winter; check out the life cycle in the following link..... ...



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Nolan

06-03-2004 05:28:51




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Yellow jackets Wasp in reply to thurlow, 06-01-2004 19:26:34  
That's right, only the queen survives. Which makes spring real important for controlling them. She's busy building the nest all by herself. She's preocupied, alone, and not aggressive. So at least once a week go out and check the eaves of your buildings and kill her if you find a nest starting (she'll usually be sitting on top of it, looking at you). It's not to late to do it now, but you're coming very close to having the first brood hatching.

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jonathan

06-01-2004 16:17:55




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 Re: Re: Yellow jackets Wasp in reply to Rod MI, 06-01-2004 13:01:30  
Malathion liquid, mixed with water and sprayed with a plastic hand pump sprayer will work well. It should be available at garden centres and is reasonably inexpensive.



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