Posted: 4/21/2006 12:36:22 PM EDT
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Its that time of year...walk the perimeter of the house and get on the roof and check under eves for those pesky wasps...had a few in the house already, so I know its a matter of time before I go to war with the wasp spray 
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| Damn, I must be getting sensitive in my old age. A bumble bee was in the kitchen banging his head against the windo trying to get out. I opened the window and went through great lengths to try to shoo his ass out without hurting him. I actually felt sorry for the dumb bastard! Now if it had been a wasp ot YJ he would be killed on sight! |
In that part of the country (Spanaway), I used to find their nests outside under the roof overhangs, in the corners of the roof rafters, on the South side of the buildings. easier for them to keep the nest cool. Early morning is the best time (along with CO2) <<<cool idea when they are cold and not active. Knock em' down with a broom and stomp them to dust. |
I don't think I would like the idea of stomping on the nest even after giving them some CO2. Here is a sure way to take them out. Fire & Ice baby! Freeze their sorry ass with CO2, knock the nest down with a broom, pour gasoline on the nest and stand back and watch the Bar-B-Q! 
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Not to rain on your parade but gasoline is explosive...  Diesel good 
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WD-40 works good too. The little straw thingy that comes with it makes it easy to get at the buggers when they've built their hive someplace you can't get to with a broom, like inside the door panel of a vehicle you might be working on. We don't have much problem with hornets but yellow jackets are a plague around out house in the summer. |
Put a couple of tablespoons of dish soap in a spray bottle, add water, and spray them down. The dish soap stops them from being able to keep water out of their "lungs" (Hey, I'm no entomologist, I don't know how it works), and they drown. If you get enough soap on the house doing this, you'll have a good excuse to clean your home's exterior so you can paint this summer. 
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