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wasp control
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07-09-2020, 10:04 AM
For the past 4 or 5 years I have had wasps in my wood shed. My SD told us to use paper lunch bags and put crumpled up paper in them that makes the wasps thin it's a hornets nest and they stay away.
I'm glad to report that it's working great. Jim
Jim
07-09-2020, 11:13 AM
If your shed is relatively well-sealed you can use a wasp bomb. I have not used these on wasps but I have used them on roaches. As long as there are no edible items or items that you will eat off of, it would be worth a try. Make sure you use enough bombs for the cubic footage of space in the shed. It may require more than one.
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07-09-2020, 11:22 AM
I have wasps every year in my greenhouse. In the past I've used the insect smoke bombs and that did clear them out, but I'd rather keep them away altogether. I guess you hang this bag from the ceiling in a conspicuous place?
I started with absolutely nothing. Now, thanks to years of hard work, careful planning, and perseverance, I find I still have most of it left.
07-09-2020, 08:53 PM
Mothballs.
Wasps/hornets/yellow jackets were an annual hassle in my detached workshop situated next to our woods. Read on a gardening site... or maybe our county extension’s web site about mothballs. A couple of boxes late winter/early spring. Throw them in the rafters, in the space above the soffit, behind my stationary tools, in deep cabinets... Keeps just about all the insects out all season.
07-10-2020, 09:15 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-10-2020, 09:17 AM by Halfathumb.)
(07-09-2020, 11:22 AM)fredhargis Wrote: I have wasps every year in my greenhouse. In the past I've used the insect smoke bombs and that did clear them out, but I'd rather keep them away altogether. I guess you hang this bag from the ceiling in a conspicuous place? Fred I put the bags over the doors because that's where they would build their nests, and you won't have to worry about any effects of any poinois items used in the GH. Jim
Jim
07-11-2020, 10:00 AM
(07-09-2020, 11:22 AM)fredhargis Wrote: I have wasps every year in my greenhouse. In the past I've used the insect smoke bombs and that did clear them out, but I'd rather keep them away altogether. I guess you hang this bag from the ceiling in a conspicuous place? I would like to hear if the bags & paper work to chase the wasps out or does it just prevent them from making their cozy little homes where you don't want them. Jim
Jim
07-11-2020, 06:48 PM
We use the plastic soda, homemade traps. Cut, invert, tape. fill with sugared down coffee and plane on emptying traps daily for a while.
We found the idea on Ytube.
Steve
Mo. I miss the days of using my dinghy with a girlfriend too. Zack Butler-4/18/24 The Revos apparently are designed to clamp railroad ties and pull together horrifically prepared joints WaterlooMark 02/9/2020
07-12-2020, 05:50 AM
(07-11-2020, 06:48 PM)Stwood_ Wrote: We use the plastic soda, homemade traps. Cut, invert, tape. fill with sugared down coffee and plane on emptying traps daily for a while. I'm not following...the coffee attracts the critters (and then they drown?)?
I started with absolutely nothing. Now, thanks to years of hard work, careful planning, and perseverance, I find I still have most of it left.
07-12-2020, 06:13 PM
(07-12-2020, 05:50 AM)fredhargis Wrote: I'm not following...the coffee attracts the critters (and then they drown?)? Yes
Steve
Mo. I miss the days of using my dinghy with a girlfriend too. Zack Butler-4/18/24 The Revos apparently are designed to clamp railroad ties and pull together horrifically prepared joints WaterlooMark 02/9/2020 |
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