Help with Wasps

[Double_Decked_Out]

Hey guys, it is finally warm here so we are gonna be able to work on our bus more, but it also awoke tons of wasps. I have anaphylactic allergies to bees/wasps. Any ideas how to clear them out? I was thinking of making a flame thrower, but my wife thinks it won't work and/or would be bad for the interior of the bus. Any suggestions?

 

[ewo1]

Hey guys, it is finally warm here so we are gonna be able to work on our bus more, but it also awoke tons of wasps. I have anaphylactic allergies to bees/wasps. Any ideas how to clear them out? I was thinking of making a flame thrower, but my wife thinks it won't work and/or would be bad for the interior of the bus. Any suggestions?

I had bees set up shop under my bus and I used a good pump sprayer with very soapy water.
Bees cannot fly when their wings are covered in soapy water and you can get alot of them at once with a really good pump sprayer. The soap will dry on their wings and they will die.

We also smoked them out first so that they would be confused as where to fly to!

 

[DeMac]

They are night-blind. Eradication can be safely achieved in the dark of night.

 

[La Camioneta]

Brake cleaner

 

[rossvtaylor]

Brake cleaner

...and a Bic lighter.

Seriously, though, we battle them here too and I've had good luck with these:

https://www.amazon.com/RESCUE-Non-Toxic-Reusable-Hornets-Yellowjackets/dp/B001H1GRPI/

I believe they have them at Home Depot, too.

 

[Double_Decked_Out]

Thanks for all the suggestions. I thought fire would be cool, but my wife likes the trap and soapy water better haha.

 

[musigenesis]

I've had wasps (or wasp-like things, not sure exactly what they are) burrow into my XPS foam board. It was while it was stored in my shed, but I am kind of concerned that it might happen to the foam board installed in my bus.

 

[cadillackid]

the RED can of Brakleen is what I always use to kill em.. doesnt leave a residue and knocks them outta there air just like that oily wasp and hornet spray does..

 

[mmoore6856]

i just get my welding glove and grab them but im not allergic to them either. i have used a shop vac to rid a lot but make sure it sits a few days before you open it or be a good runner

 

[DeMac]

Batman

i just get my welding glove and grab them but im not allergic to them either. i have used a shop vac to rid a lot but make sure it sits a few days before you open it or be a good runner

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Yes, mmoore6856, I've used this method, too.

Diurnal creatures, such as eagles butterflies turkey & chickens...
...don't see well at night. Easy to capture, won't try to fly.

No matter which method you choose, do you bidding when they are defenselessly blind. Our night-vision is superior to wasps'. They won't fly, just drop to the ground.
(Farm Tip: Ant mounds do not sleep, clean up crew.)

We used to remove the nests, after killing them, yet they always rebuilt in the same places. However, for the past decade, we've been leaving the dead nests in place. They don't rebuild next to a massacred nest. The poisoned nests seem to work as scarecrows to later generations. Idk why.

 

[Bon Voyage]

i just get my welding glove and grab them but im not allergic to them either. i have used a shop vac to rid a lot but make sure it sits a few days before you open it or be a good runner

Shop vac with soapy water in the bottom is less of a concern to open. Though I’d still leave it a few days. But having an allergy to them I’d have somebody else spray it with poison spray.

 

[Stinky-ClassB]

Wasps and bees won't generally bother you if you don't bother them. If live and let live won't work in your situation I would use a simple rattle can pesticide. They make them specifically for nests. The chemicals are not residual. That means they are quite safe. Wait an hour or whatever the can recommends, sweep them up and go back to work.

 

[kidharris]

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Yes, mmoore6856, I've used this method, too.

Diurnal creatures, such as ��eagles ��butterflies ��turkey & ��chickens...
...don't see well at night. Easy to capture, won't try to fly.

No matter which method you choose, do you bidding when they are defenselessly blind. Our night-vision is superior to wasps'. They won't fly, just drop to the ground.
(Farm Tip: �� Ant mounds do not sleep, clean up crew.)

We used to remove the nests, after killing them, yet they always rebuilt in the same places. However, for the past decade, we've been leaving the dead nests in place. They don't rebuild next to a massacred nest. The poisoned nests seem to work as scarecrows to later generations. Idk why.

Probably the stink of the poison left behind.


Gasoline, transmission fluid (stains wood), or any other thin hydrocarbons, put in a spray bottle, spray the nest, run a few steps, turn and "shoot" the survivors out of the air. Make sure you are wearing shoes because there will be dead/dying ones on the ground. Knock down the old nest, sweep up the dead, and watch out for returning wasps that were away during the massacre.