I have pole barn with a triange box shaped drip edge that is on top of the top layer of block,then sheet metal contiues to the roof overhange. The hornets go up into the groove in the block into the hollow triange shape and bulid nest all the way around my building. Its very hard to use a spraycan to get up the small opening in the triangle shape,I end up with more spray on me.The wand with my pump sprayer seems that it would work great,but I can't find what to make for a mix,that keeps them from attacking me,but kills and maybe helps stop rebuilding the nest.My pump sprayer is 1 gallon and the sealscan handle chemicals.
2007-08-29 14:44:41 · 8 answers · asked by fluf 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
Clorox (undiluted), WD 40 or Windex.
Seriously. (Kills scorpions too.)
2007-08-29 14:52:58 · answer #1 · answered by Nothin' Special 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
For 2 bucks you can get a spray can that will squirt a stream 20 feet into a nest. It is filled with a chemical that will drop flying wasps down to the ground and kill every wasp and egg in the nest. Why improvise when this way is guaranteed to get results?
2007-08-29 15:05:15 · answer #2 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You want to look for an insecticide that has Cypermethrin in it to knock them out quick. Go to the garden part of the supercenter and read labels on bottled stuff and there should be something there. Put it in your sprayer and wait until early evening when they are quiet and in the nest. Wear long sleeves and a hat and you should be fine. If you wait until dusk, they are less likely to find you.
Forget the Clorox, etc--that just makes them wet and cranky.
2007-08-29 17:15:24 · answer #3 · answered by kckt98 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Homemade? Raid's hornet spray will kill the hornets and the nest for a while ($4.00). If you are concerned about the environment, then I would go with the Clorox or Windex but I dunno how effective they are and besides, Clorox is really not that great around plants and the Ammonia in the windex maybe harmful too.
2007-08-29 15:11:57 · answer #4 · answered by danbibbins@sbcglobal.net 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
gasoline is flamable, don't use that you'll burn the place down!!!
go to a paint store or hardware store and get some hornet be gone spray cans for under 5 dollars each...they shoot 20 feet and kill them dead...i use them all the time when i have to .
2007-08-29 15:03:05 · answer #5 · answered by captsnuf 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I tried rose dust and it worked great, not intended for them but they track it in and that's that. you can dust the area outside the nest, after dusk, the next day there gone!
Read carefully before using.
2007-08-29 15:06:18 · answer #6 · answered by waynecarsen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can't get close enough & enough spray volume on the critters before they nail you.
use a hose end sprayer with either cheap laundry soap ( works best & cheap), or dishwashing liquid, set on any thing above 2 oz, it will knock them down keep spraying, & drown them, & give you volume, & distance, great for fire ants too
2007-08-29 16:08:48 · answer #7 · answered by Bonno 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hang a bag of moth balls close the the nest as possible they don't like it and won't stay around very long
2007-08-29 17:22:17 · answer #8 · answered by Debbie J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only thing I've ever heard of killing hornets is gasoline. And I've also been told you should only attempt it at night when they are not active.
2007-08-29 14:52:40 · answer #9 · answered by nervous wreck 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋