I have a cheap solution that has worked really well for me. I fill one of those 2 gallon plastic pump sprayers with water and Dawn dish soap. Knocks the wasps right out of the air and watch them die on the ground. I've also sprayed their nests with this. Way less expensive than wasp spray.
Wasps and Wasp Nests
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Try the gasoline process with a match first. If not successful...move.
After golf size hail I went up on the roof with a roof guy. And had to retreat because of the hoard of wasps at my chimney. Have a gas fireplace insert in an old brick fireplace with an intake and exhaust pipe run up the old chimney. They got under the steel cap and must have a big nest in there. Turned on the fireplace to try and "cook" them. Did smell bad first 20 minutes or so. And the next day they are still there. More "cook" time and a little spraying from the top of the ladder. Will have to check again. Might have to have it inspected to make sure the nest was along the sides in the old chimney and not inside the insert pipes.
Damn things are in my bath exhaust vent, attic louvers and even started to build in the ladder rungs of the ladder I left up for a couple of day.
Damn things are in my bath exhaust vent, attic louvers and even started to build in the ladder rungs of the ladder I left up for a couple of day.
After golf size hail I went up on the roof with a roof guy. And had to retreat because of the hoard of wasps at my chimney. Have a gas fireplace insert in an old brick fireplace with an intake and exhaust pipe run up the old chimney. They got under the steel cap and must have a big nest in there. Turned on the fireplace to try and "cook" them. Did smell bad first 20 minutes or so. And the next day they are still there. More "cook" time and a little spraying from the top of the ladder. Will have to check again. Might have to have it inspected to make sure the nest was along the sides in the old chimney and not inside the insert pipes.
Damn things are in my bath exhaust vent, attic louvers and even started to build in the ladder rungs of the ladder I left up for a couple of day.
Burn your house down. No more wasps.
After golf size hail I went up on the roof with a roof guy. And had to retreat because of the hoard of wasps at my chimney. Have a gas fireplace insert in an old brick fireplace with an intake and exhaust pipe run up the old chimney. They got under the steel cap and must have a big nest in there. Turned on the fireplace to try and "cook" them. Did smell bad first 20 minutes or so. And the next day they are still there. More "cook" time and a little spraying from the top of the ladder. Will have to check again. Might have to have it inspected to make sure the nest was along the sides in the old chimney and not inside the insert pipes.
Damn things are in my bath exhaust vent, attic louvers and even started to build in the ladder rungs of the ladder I left up for a couple of day.
Might be worth hiring someone else to get stung
i mean... maybe a controlled burn where you just burn most of the house might be cheaper. the basement is probably salvageable.
I tried so many 'supposed' wasp removal sprays. And then I discovered the easiest of all: dishwashing soap and water. Loaded the 'super soaker' up with that stuff and I could hit our 30 foot high eaves. They immediately left or died. And I read they don't rebuild in the same place. After three years, they're no longer around. Of course, I had to power wash the remains of the nest (the bulk of the nest disintegrated with the super soaker). It's effective, easy and clean.
Edit: 2 tbl dish soap in 2 1/2 foot super soaker, rest with water
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Ours are in an out of the way area, so I will just wait until November then remove the nests myself, and burn them. They are definitely not a warm blooded animal.
After golf size hail I went up on the roof with a roof guy. And had to retreat because of the hoard of wasps at my chimney. Have a gas fireplace insert in an old brick fireplace with an intake and exhaust pipe run up the old chimney. They got under the steel cap and must have a big nest in there. Turned on the fireplace to try and "cook" them. Did smell bad first 20 minutes or so. And the next day they are still there. More "cook" time and a little spraying from the top of the ladder. Will have to check again. Might have to have it inspected to make sure the nest was along the sides in the old chimney and not inside the insert pipes.
Damn things are in my bath exhaust vent, attic louvers and even started to build in the ladder rungs of the ladder I left up for a couple of day.
Fire is always the answer.
We found a basketball-sized nest in a bush at the back of our yard a year ago. The exterminator sprayed it with something to paralyze/kill the wasps, knocked down and pulverized the nest, and then sprayed the whole area with something else. He said that any that were missed would come back, and the secondary treatment would continue to kill them for a few days. He also said the dead ones release pheromones that attract others (?), and it would take care of them too. No problems since then.
Hail, wasps you got several more plagues to go.After golf size hail I went up on the roof with a roof guy. And had to retreat because of the hoard of wasps at my chimney. Have a gas fireplace insert in an old brick fireplace with an intake and exhaust pipe run up the old chimney. They got under the steel cap and must have a big nest in there. Turned on the fireplace to try and "cook" them. Did smell bad first 20 minutes or so. And the next day they are still there. More "cook" time and a little spraying from the top of the ladder. Will have to check again. Might have to have it inspected to make sure the nest was along the sides in the old chimney and not inside the insert pipes.
Damn things are in my bath exhaust vent, attic louvers and even started to build in the ladder rungs of the ladder I left up for a couple of day.
My wife has stuffed a medium sized regular paper bag with those plastic bags (bigger than a softball but smaller than a volley ball) and hung it with a string in my garage. Evidently it resembles a paper wasp nest and it has kept all the other wasps away. I was amazed but it works.
I would call a professional exterminator to get rid of that right away!
I would get a beekeeper to take them. Don't kill honeybees!!
