Best way to remove wasp nests, and keep them away

[spierceisu]

For the second year in a row I have multiple wasp nests in the high peaks of my roof eaves. Last year I did my best to get rid of them by using a telescoping power washing wand. This is the only way I feel comfortable getting to them since they are probably 25-30 feet in the air and I am terrified of ladders. This year the nests have come back and are larger than ever. I was able to spray 2 of them so far with Wasp spray but I still see some wasps in the nest after a few days. One i sprayed again. It there a better way to get rid of these nests, and better yet, a way to keep them from coming back again and again?

 

[cycloner29]

Carb cleaner works great for me or use ether. No flame needed just the spray!

The best time to get them is at night as they are all on the nest.

 

[Isualum13]

Over the weekend I noticed multiple small nests on the soffits of my home. Bought a few cans of wasp spray and hit them all and only noticed a couple wasps flying around sunday evening. If the nests are inactive this evening I will knock them down and destroy them if still active I will spray again as needed.

I don't know much about preventing them but seems the beat bet is too not provide them with a food source.

I bought a single can of a foaming spray from the hardware store. That seemed to work best but ran out fairly quickly. Had to get additional spray from the Dollar General as the hardware store had closed, which while effective, didnt seem as effective.

 

[Sigmapolis]

I would use nuclear weapons launched from a satellite in orbit.

 

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

Obilgatory

 

[BCClone]

Two options

1). Set the house unfire and burn them out.

2) Give the young neighbor kid 5-10 bucks to climb a ladder and whack it with a bat several times.

 

[JeanValette]

With wasps returning year after year to the same general area, this suggests ample food resources as others have said. The paper wasps shouldn't reuse old nests, though.

Control what you can control (remove any dead-fall fruit, open compost piles, etc.) Know that if these are paper wasps they are also feeding on insects/nectar in the general area as well, which you probably cannot eliminate.

 

[BoxsterCy]

I would totally let wasps live at my place if I could train them to sting squirrels. Oooh, and deer! Swam stinging the deer would be awesome.

 

[CloneGuy8]

Depending on the type of wasp, some are territorial. I haven't tried this, but I've heard if you blow up a small brown paper bag and put it up, it can keep some wasps away as they will mistake it for another wasp nest.

 

[Farnsworth]

No flame needed just the spray!

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hmm. how does one kill it with fire without a flame?