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I need to get rid of them at my village house. Im not allergic to wasp stings, i was stung many times, waged wars with them here in the house attic in the city. Used chemicals and exterminated them. Never got stung by a hornet, i think its far more serious than a bee or a wasp, even without allergies. Horseflies are annoying and they also bite, and it hurts, but they are much faster and agile. The badminton racket doesnt cut it anymore, i cant just go around flailing the wasps and hornets like a moron all day, but if i dont, i would have 5 or 6 of them in a single room. The attic is clear of them, so are the sheds and the smokehouse. I cant find any nests in the forests either. The bottle trap is ok, but it doesnt solve the problem, it just gives me the spiteful pleasure watching it fill. I need natural, long therm solutions to make wasps and hornets stay away from my house, but i cant poison everything because the chemicals that kill hornets also damage my well being. I dont want to just not give a fuck, the bastards fly into the bedroom at night when i need windows left open to create a draft, it gets hot up there. I found a way to minimize the mosquitoes, i found out they lay eggs in sitting water around the house, in barrels, bowls, puddles that dont evaporate and water sources that just make certain ground wet. I wont the mosquito war so far. Now i need to take the hornets and wasps down
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In about 2 years time, i will expand the property Theres a small vineyard, a water source, some forest but not enough to cut logs every year. Im planning to plant hazelnut trees and buy a machine that takes the shell off. I can put a fence around the forested part and get 2 or 3 pigs in there. Also i have farming land for vegetables, 6 wild apple trees and a chicken hoop without chicken, for now. I can create a heaven on earth there, i started saving and by this rate i will exceed the expectations in 5 years, maybe even buy myself a shitty but reliable 4x4. I cant have hornets and wasps destroy my life there. They really agitate me, like when someone is slurping the soup, or chewing with their mouth open. On top of all that, hornets are fucking dangerous
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>>1211271 I keep them around so they can kill insects that eat my crops.
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>>1211281 >the cringe when looking at that pic Anonymous
>>1211271 This. While it is not shown in the picture, the bait (like a sausage or piece of meat) should be half submerged under 3 inches (7.62 cm) of water. The wasps and flies can get it but they cannot get out. They eventually fall in the water and die. After a few days, it should be full of dead flies and wasps. It does not attract bees.
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>>1211423 Just cut some Xes in the side of the bottle and push in the points. Easier to make than the funnel method and works better.
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>>1211451 I've had better luck with the funnel method personally.
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>>1211281 I understand they have a reason to exist on the planet, but how to keep them away from the house?
I dont mind them away from the hose
>>1211423 >>1211451 tried it, still have at least 6 of them at the balcony, hanging of the roof beam, more on the porch and some around the shed.
They fill up but dont keep more from coming
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>>1211281 When i was a kid, i thought the mud dauber was a boy wasp and wasps were girl wasps.
Mud daubers are way more space aware, when they get into the window blinds, they know how to get out, wasps dont.
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I live in a rural town, it's all woods and farmland. The tallest hill in town has been a farm since around 1690. It's behind my parents' woods. They own several acres of forest (with the neighbors all owning several acres as well) and this large hilltop field abuts the back of all of our land, with a stone wall separating it from the forest. I think it's about 25 acres cleared. The farm itself is long gone but a farmer still owns the land and comes and hays it once or twice a year.
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>>1211966 Does that actually work?
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>>1211271 Honestly I wonder if just hanging or nailing something to the house that had a chemical they hated the smell of would drive them off?
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>>1211271 Put dish soap and water in a pressurized spray bottle and soak any wasp nest and stragglers after suiting up with long sleeves, gloves, pants, boots, and face protection.
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Chemical warfare OP. Saddam Hussein level chemical warfare. Will cost ya some as the sprays deplete quickly so that they can have long range. Make sure to get specific cans of spray and not some "general purpose" spray because the specific one will drop em in 1 sec as they attack you.
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>>1211966 Seems to be at the cottage
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>>1214632 >>1212003 This is how brain dead this job has made me
Yes it seems to be working at the cottage. They like the build under the roof overhang, so we hang at least a couple around the building.
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>>1213676 That's a pretty solid answer for such an open-ended query. I'm sure there is at least one chemical in the constellation of chemicals that makes them flee without killing them.
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>>1214616 I tried the Raid long range spray for nests.
Wasps drop dead instantly, but i dont know if i could spray it on the areas i dont want wasps and hornets visiting later, i dont know how long it lasts.
Poor bees will suffer as well
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>>1211271 The fuck am I looking at?
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>>1214682 Does citronella chase away bees and wasps?
I know it's good for skeeters, maybe try growing it around your yard if it does?
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>>1215693 wooden carving and wasp or hornet nest around and in it
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>>1211966 >>1214634 Not OP ot the other anon you were talking to, but wouldn't that attract wasps looking for a home?
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>>1216123 Not him but I think it may. All the nest around my house kept popping up until we just left the small dead ones alone. They don't like to move into occupied spaces.
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>>1211271 >windows left open Have you considered some kind of mesh screen to cover the opening that would allow air in but keep the insects out?
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>>1216120 Varnish will stop this. They make the paper for their nests by chewing up bare untreated wood, you need some kind of barrier or coating to stop them building on it.