Wasps and wasp spray

[Doublete]

@penny1960 yea I do...

 

[HenOnAJuneBug]

btw, badminton rackets make excellent swatters for wasps. Not good for swatting them on a surface, but great for swatting them in the air.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I have epi pens three spread between vehicles my back pocket due to wasps

 

[aart]

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First is paper wasp, second is mud dauber(also a wasp).
Just smash them (end of a 2x4 works well) as soon as you see them.
Do it at night if you're nervous.

I've read about a small brown bag stuffed with something to look like a hornet nest will keep other nest builders away. No guarantees, or scientific proof, but worth trying.

 

[Doublete]

I’m not allergic thankfully

 

[Kris5902]

I have only once had a problem with the paper wasps... normally I just leave their nests alone, and the ones here aren’t usually aggressive at all. My one problem was when I was pulling some lumber out of a resaw pile by my Father in laws mill for a fence, there was a decent sized nest under one of the boards and I took 5 stings as I was fleeing the area, three on my arms and two on my face. Even if you aren’t allergic, it sucks! Now yellow jackets are another story... those I eliminate with prejudice! Way too aggressive IMO.

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

Bees can see much better at night than a person can.

 

[NewBoots]

Bees can see much better at night than a person can.

Are you talking about bees, wasps, or hornets

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

All I was getting to was that inside a bee hive the honeybees get along just fine in the pitch black and don't sleep. Hornets are known to fly in the dark. Although wasps seem to sleep they are sensitive to light, so trying to spray a nest after shining your flashlight on it will alert them. The best time to remove all nests is in the winter when the wasps and hornets are dead, I understand they want them gone I was just warning them of the danger.

 

[Fishkeeper]

I wouldn't kill the mud daubers. Those are the ones that make the mud tunnels, and they aren't aggressive, nor do they defend their nests. Leave 'em alone, they eat caterpillars and pollinate things. If you must remove them, you don't need a poison. Just get a chisel, hammer, or whatnot, and knock the nest off.
For the paper wasps, all you gotta do is wait until all the adults are gone off the fresh nest, pull it down, and throw it away. Those small nests only have a few adults at a time, and you can just wait for those adults to be busy elsewhere. And even them, unless they're in a high-traffic area, I'm inclined to leave alone. Paper wasps aren't too aggressive.