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[RSettee]

Do wasps sleep at night? I looked and there's no activity....at least tonight. They're getting out of hand, so i'll have to ambush them.....

[ssltech]

I think that they may be largely mono-phasic, and rest at might... but I'm no expert. Certainly they seem less active durin the cooler darkness hours.

Keith

[Jeff Roberts]

This is a rather timely topic for me as I was just stung six times.

I have throbbing and swelling hands now.

I was chain sawing some little trees when I saw SEVERAL wasps on my right hand, stinging away. As I was trying to brush them off  (tough to do while holding a running chain saw) I noticed that I was standing on the hole-in-the-ground nest,

[Barry Hufker]

This is why The Good Lord invented dynamite -- or illegal fireworks...


and flamethrowers....



and napalm...

[ssltech]

Like Terry (possibly the only area in which I can claim 'parity' with him!), my wife is extremely allergic to stings, and carries an 'Epipen' for that eventuality.

Hence I have to keep the hives under control at home.

I just noticed two large nests here at work... They're about six feet over the main entrance to the main loading bay, near my workshop back-door.

They're Toast.

[RSettee]

Update--I emptied a can of Raid wasp spray into the nest in the bricks a few days ago. Didn't appear to do much at all. Today, an exterminator got a ladder (must have been called by someone else in the apartment), and just powdered/ sprayed in there. Apparently people were getting stung in the front  of the building....i'm in the back. By the time that i'd noticed that there must have been a hive, i'm pretty sure it was pretty big....just sort of noticed it inadvertently.

They're all outside of the bricks/ hive, flying around trying to figure out what the hell is going on. Do they try forever to get back in to appease the queen and get at the larvae, or do they eventually move on?

[Barry Hufker]

The Japanese always do it right.

http://gizmodo.com/5671916/man-builds-overly+elaborate-human oid-robot-to-deal-with-his-wasp-problem

Barry

[Ryan Slowey]

compasspnt wrote on Mon, 02 August 2010 06:21

to Be sure to use the special wasp and hornet spray that can be shot at force from up to twenty feet away. Instant knockdown, little danger.

That stuff is crazy. When my mom and stepdad moved into a HUD home, my first task in the renovation process was destroying a massive hive in the ceiling of one of the "bedrooms".

That spray is incredible. Instant death. They were dropping like, errr, flies. Just pouring out of the hole in the ceiling.

Wear a mask of course. There's a bit of mist that comes directly from the spout that'll get up your nose if you're not careful.

[YZ]

Barry Hufker wrote on Wed, 27 October 2010 02:26

The Japanese always do it right.   http://gizmodo.com/5671916/man-builds-overly+elaborate-human oid-robot-to-deal-with-his-wasp-problem Barry

and the robot had to be 'female'...

which reminds me of a story about a guy who went to East Asia and made friends with a local; one day he asked why the friend's wives were walking 20 feet behind him and the reply was "to show respect for the husband".

A war broke up, the westerner left for the duration and upon returning he met the local friend again, but this time the wives were walking 20 feet ahead of him; he asked jokingly "woman's lib?" and got a serious reply "no, land mines and snipers".

[Les Ismore]

I have had several wasp nests (big ones) that I thought I would have to take drastic measures to deal with. Turns out that these ones only use a nest for one season and then move by themselves.
Problem solved!

[rphilbeck]

This commercial airs on the radio regarding another type of pest.  Hilarious.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhXl9_K_9qE

[Barry Hufker]

That's great!

Although, I'm still a fan of flamethrowers.


Barry