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2006-08-18 06:22:44 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
Buy two to three cans of hornet and wasp spray from your local hardware store. Get up between the hours of 3 to 6 am when the wasp are asleep. Grab a flashlight and wear long sleeved clothing and long pants. I wore a hoodie the first time I sprayed wasps to make myself feel safer, but really unnecessary. I would also wear safety goggles to prevent the spray from getting into your eyes. Although the spray has a distance of 20+ ft it tends to leave a trail along its path.
Use a ladder to get as close as you can to the nest, then spray.
A wasp nest is pretty contained, so there are a limited number of openings. Cover the openings with the spray which will turn into foam. Keep spraying until you see no more movement from the wasps. Many of them will drop down onto the ground. The sprays are very effective and the wasps don't tend to move a lot at night and in the early morning.
Knock down the nest with a stick and bag it up to be thrown away. I wouldn't touch the nest with my bare hands. Just knock it into the bag with your stick. Since yours are so high up try using a hose the next day to get it down.
2006-08-18 12:47:33 · answer #1 · answered by SunnyPoohbear 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would definitely call an exterminator for several reasons. First, you have to value your personal safety. Working up that high, close to an active nest, puts you at risk. If something goes wrong, and they get stirred up, you've got to get down safely and get away. Secondly, you want to make sure that you get them all. There may be other nesting activity in the house that needs to be addressed. Also, there is the safety of others, especially family, to consider. If you stir those bad boys up, without completing the extermination, they'll be mad at everybody, not just you. Since the nests are attached to the house, they may have a way to get inside. That would be a bad thing.
2006-08-22 03:03:08 · answer #2 · answered by Leo L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wasp, Yellow Jackets, or Hornets? If it's just wasps do nothing they are not agressive. If other and they are not bothering you then do nothing. If they are a threat for some reason you can try over the counter hornet killer, call an exterminator, or wait for the life cycle of this nest to end and they will be gone.
2006-08-18 07:07:43 · answer #3 · answered by Carp 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go to your local hardware/home supply store. They should sell bee/hornet/wasp sprays that shoot high-powered jets of spray for some distance. Get one of those and fire away.
2006-08-18 06:30:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
seriously... call an exterminator! it's like $150 and some places tack on a "stinging fee".
if it was easy to DIY and didn't cause potential harm... i'd have your answer :-) i just got rid of a two nests last month.
2006-08-18 06:30:28 · answer #5 · answered by charwants2know 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
find a wasp spray that will reachs 25 ft then run like hell!!
2006-08-18 06:29:57 · answer #6 · answered by livewire 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wasp spray at night
2006-08-18 08:24:38 · answer #7 · answered by bill j 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call an exterminator or smoke them out. Better use an exterminator. Good luck.
2006-08-18 06:29:46 · answer #8 · answered by Peace2All 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I set up my hose to where it would spray for bout 15 min on it. make sure its a long hose though! LOL
2006-08-18 06:29:36 · answer #9 · answered by Karrien Sim Peters 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
shot gun or a big stick with a lighter on the end.
2006-08-20 10:56:56 · answer #10 · answered by ph62198 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋