How to get rid of wasps, bees and stinging insects.
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Wasps, Bees, Yellow Jackets, Hornets
Here in Wisconsin where I live, the wasps are pretty bad. There are a lot of big homes with high roof peaks and wasps love to build nests in there. My home in particular seems to be a home for wasps more than any other insect around. We are particularly careful during August when they really seem to be active, and aggressive.
Basically, you have three options for getting rid of bees and wasps:
1) Use several cans of RAID(tm) and knock down nests at night time
2) Use live traps and release wasps in new area or use natural methods instead of chemicals
3) Hire a professional pest remover
In hiring a professional pest remover, you may be restricted as to the height of your rooftops. You may also want to consider using a "friendly" bee remover who actually tries to move the entire nest to another location rather then destroy all the bees. I am not certain that this works for wasps, but you can ask them when you call.
Here in Wisconsin, you can call The Bee Guy!
Hopefully, you will find some useful ways to deal with the wasps in your area here at this site. Stick around and don't get stung!
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Wasp Update July 21, 2008
Port Washington, WI USA
We have several kinds of wasps to deal with. We know for sure that we have a paper wasp problem, a yellow jacket problem and the giant black wasps which are pictured here on this page. These three along with your standard bumble bees and "beer" bees are a real nuisance around here. We try to keep our garbage bagged tight and the lids tight on the cans as possible, but apparently the wasps have plenty other supplies of food besides ours. We live near a small woods with lots of wild flowers which doesn't help us much either.
I'm thinking of calling The Bee Guy.
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You may need to get rid of some wasps this summer. We keep a can in the house every summer and normally use it in August when the Yellow Jackets and other stinging critters seem most aggressive.
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What's Buzzing?
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cheshiregriffin
May 22, 2012 @ 10:55 pm | delete
- So true, it can be very difficult to eliminate wasps and hornets around the house. It is nearly impossible to find all of the nests, especially when they're in treetops, underground, and can fly long distances from the nest.
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inspirationz
Apr 13, 2012 @ 11:58 am | delete
- Very useful! I've just spent a while researching treatment of wasp and bee stings so it's nice to hear about how to get rid of them all together
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Rob3
Mar 17, 2012 @ 5:53 am | delete
- Great information, but wouldn't want to get rid of bees as much as wasps and hornets.
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1000-online-games
Aug 29, 2011 @ 7:57 pm | delete
- Great site, especially since I'm in summer and needing help. Nice job.
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MamaBelle
Aug 19, 2011 @ 10:14 am | delete
- Great tips and advice!
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CherisSweetShoppe
Jul 6, 2011 @ 8:12 pm | delete
- Lots of good info on here. We're dealing with wasps chasing away my hummimgbirds.
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Pukeko
Nov 2, 2010 @ 8:11 pm | delete
- Wonderful information here, and very timely for me. We just destroyed (at night) a wasp nest growing on the underside of our deck table (our primary eating table this time of year). We were wondering why so many wasps around - glad we found it before it got too big.
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Fitzcharming Sep 15, 2010 @ 8:36 pm | delete
- I have a large number of bees living under my shed. They've been there for 3 years and won't go away. I don't want to kill them because I think they are regular honey bees. They have never stung us and we move around near them all the time. I wish they would find another home though. Your lens is squid angel blessed.
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mrsjordanjr
Oct 9, 2010 @ 9:44 pm | delete
- Thank you for the blessing. Yes, you don't want to get rid of honey bees. :)
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Obscure_Treasures Aug 16, 2010 @ 3:47 pm | delete
- I found lots of useful information, great lens, Thanks!
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mrsjordanjr
Oct 9, 2010 @ 9:45 pm | delete
- Thank you. :)
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