Ive heard tea tree oil shampoo repels wasps, any truth in this?
2006-09-21 10:15:21 · 9 answers · asked by bogstandard 2 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
I expect it would, but probably only by virtue of the fact that it's not sweet - wasps are attracted to sweet scents, so avoid perfume or any fruity-flavoured bubbles.
Wasps don't tend to want to sting people anyway, it's only when you flap and bat at them that they'll panic and stick their sting about! The best way to deal with one if it's buzzing about (and I admit this only works for strong-willed people!) is to let it land on you somewhere you can see it, then keep an eye on it while it decides you're not edible (which it will) and watch it fly away.
Or (which is what I used to do) leg it in the opposite direction waving your arms about!
;)
I don't know if it works on wasps, but a very good, totally natural biting insect repellent is based on what is called Neem oil. This comes from the Neem tree and basically works by masking human body and breathing odour so that the mosquitoes can't 'see' you. Might be worth a try on wasps too, it smells nice and is, I believe, made by the homeopathic company called Nelsons.
A wasp trap (juice of beer in a narrow necked bottle) should help minimise the problem at the root too.
2006-09-21 11:03:21 · answer #1 · answered by SilverSongster 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just make sure that where ever you are, particularly in high risk wasp zones, you are with someone who is covered from head to toe in copious amounts of jam or some other wasp type delicacy. That way you'll rank pretty low on the desirability for stinging scale and may walk around safe and pain free. Or do like my Wife does anytime one of the little buggers comes within a ten foot radius, do a jaunty little jig/war dance and run away at high speeds in any other direction to the beasties flight path.
2006-09-21 10:40:54 · answer #2 · answered by Cal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont know about tee tree oil , don't like the smell myself mabybe i am a wasp. maybe if you want to sit in garden a heap of jam somewhere away from you might work. i had a wasp catcher it caught lots of them baited with cooked chicken skin, cant remember where i got it ,probably a garden center.
2006-09-21 10:33:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard you can get a big bottle with a thin neck, and fill it up with a little soda. The wasps can get in, but don't know how to get out. I would hang it so ants can't get to it. They even sell little kits that include the bottle. Good luck.
2006-09-21 10:24:49 · answer #4 · answered by You_did_what? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
neglect with regard to the honeybees.they are innocuous and oftentimes won't worry you.they don't look to be aggressive and could not sting you until eventually you are concerned them .however the wasps are very stressful bugs merely kill or seize them. there is not something you're able to do.good success. I hate wasps.
2016-12-15 11:56:27 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no idea, but wasps aren't generally attracted to people any way. If you stand quietly, wasps won't bother you.
2006-09-21 10:23:31 · answer #6 · answered by judy_r8 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A big swatter and a can of Raid. I hate wasps and they must die at all cost.
2006-09-21 10:24:24 · answer #7 · answered by helen p 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tone down your bodily smell - it seems some smells seem to attract them more - especially sickly sweet ones.
2006-09-21 10:25:53 · answer #8 · answered by Yagowra Shakaboom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Just get away fast.
2006-09-21 10:22:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋