Re: Wasps and hornets

 [f'ups to misc.consumers.house, where I should have posted
originally]

For the m.c.h folks, here's my original article:

I usually use Raid's black can, the one with the tight long-distance
spray.  It works great, when I can get a straight level shot at the
next.  But when the can is tilted even a little, instead of a long
stream I get useless short-distance fog.

My problem is that my porch railing, about waist high, is a bunch of
vertical 2x2s all capped by the actual railing, which is U-shaped so
that the 2x2s fit tightly into the underside of the U.  Of course
this is an ideal place for wasps and hornets to build their nests,
and they do.  So I can't get a straight shot at the nest. Instead I
have to bend down and spray upward about 45° at the nest, which of
course doesn't work with my Raid spray.

Is there another brand of wasp and hornet killer that works well but
allows the can to be tilted substantially while spraying?

On Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:40:26 -0500, tommy wrote:

forever if

to use

and

Thanks for the suggestion, but they're endangering me and anyone who
visits.  I've been stung once already.


--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
                                   http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...

  On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:28:30 -0400, Stan Brown wrote:


forever if

concentrate to use

and

A thought: there are household steam cleaners available, an electric
boiler with a hose with a long nozzle. They're quite portable. Maybe
they cost $100 +- $80 :-)

That might work, but it might also be dangerous - the hornets might be
able to get a few stings in before dying.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

 
Get a small soup can (sauerkraut will do) and screw it through the
bottom to the flat side of a 1x3 about four to six feet long.
Put a small amount of newspaper in the bottom and light it.  Then
add some dried moss or semi dried grass to the can.  Since there
won't be much air circulating you should get quite a bit of
smoke.  This will drive the wasps away from the nest without
provoking an all out attack.

I did this once to rid our shed of several hundred wasps.

Mike "all their nest are belong to you" Yetto
--
In theory, theory and practice are the same.
In practice they are not.

 

That's why I use a water jet.
It doesn't kill them (well, maybe a few), it drives them away and because
"flood" is a
natural occurence, it isn't flagged as a an intruder attack and put them on
defense and
cause them to seek an attacker.



--
Dave
Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk
http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp  

 

"flood" is a

defense and

In keeping with the natural disaster theme you can always shake
the nest while yelling EARTHQUAKE.

Let someone else try it first.

Mike "throw rocks and yell ASTEROID" Yetto
--
In theory, theory and practice are the same.
In practice they are not.