Posted: 7/15/2004 7:48:53 PM EDT
| Damned wasps are bilding a nest on the house and it is time for them to DIE now how do i kill them? so far i have thought about : fire water 10 M80's on a stick fire 12ga and nerve gas |
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Yep. Just get some wasp spray (I like the kind that foams on contact, and sticks to the nest), and spray em either early morning or late evening, when they're all there. Just point and spray the shit out of them. On the other hand, if you take a coffee can full of gasoline, and splash it all over their nest, it'll kill them almost instantly. Of course, there's the fire problem afterward 
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I'm assuming you have yellowjackets of some kind (yellow paper wasps, baldfaced hornets, etc) Spray LATE AT NIGHT, after they're all in... Do not shine any lights at the nest, or you will get swarmed... Spray one night, come back and spray the next (if the wasps are out when the sun goes down, they find a place to set down, and then fly back to the nest the next day)... Then take it down... |
2nd that! I hit two nests yesterday with gun scrubber (same stuff for a whole lot more) to see what would happen and the damn wasps were dead before they hit the ground. Literaly!  Better than any bug spray I ever used.
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You guys are going WAY to far! All you need is soapy water. Thats right. Down in Texas we get killer bees and what do they use? Dawn dishwashing soap and water in a presure washer. Something in the soap fucks them up bad and they drop DEAD in less than one second. My father in law said I was full of shit, so I bet him $20 and threw a cup of water mixed with some Dawn and BOOM. Dead wasps and $20 for me. Try it. And it beats the shit out of burning your house down or cleaning up break fluid. (That stuff works too, but this way is MUCH easier to clean up.) Post an "after action" report when you have despatched the little terrorists.
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But a Bic and WD is so much more fun.LOL That is good to know though, thanks for the tip. 
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Bumbles are solitary... If more than one came out of the hole, they were wasps... |
No they aren't. Edit: www.ext.vt.edu/departments/entomology/factsheets/bumblebe.html |
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Be very careful! I heard about a guy and his friend who were on horseback when they came across a huge nest in the woods. After using a 12 guage on it, they realized the mistake when the wasps came at them like the straight line a swarm makes in a cartoon. The horses died and they almost did, guess the horses took the heaviest part of the attack. I agree with the soapy water. Choose wisely . . .
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That's a BIG negative. This is not a wasp:  One time when I was a kid, I accidentally put a shovel into a bumblebee nest. When you are chased by multiple insect bogies for more than 200ft while running at full speed, it leaves an impression. |
Soap suffocates them. No air, no life. J |
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How far are they from ground level?? They won't mess with U if you'd just leave them alone. They eat webworms that kill your trees. Bumblebees and honey bees are some of the most docile and fascinating insects I've ever seen. They sell artificial hives full of bees to greenhouses, to be used to pollinate the plants inside. |
Edited to say OOPS!
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You, sir, are smoking crack. Honey bees, yes. Bumblebees, NO! |
Also, neither are carnivorous. Everyone is such an authority on bees/wasps/hornets--guys, Google is your friend. 
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Yeah, like somebody named "thebeekeeper1" would know what he's talking about...sheesh.
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