tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215926314312539949.post6895410372804888755..comments2023-11-28T16:35:05.948-08:00Comments on Post-it Notes from Hades: Will o' the waspPersephonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15560178981320189795noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215926314312539949.post-6007218703772872332010-08-17T19:48:07.961-07:002010-08-17T19:48:07.961-07:00Hum. You have my sympathy. We've had fairly su...Hum. You have my sympathy. We've had fairly substantial nests in the outside wall of our first flat and in the wall separating our present garden from the street. We've just dealt with a smallish one in a ventilator on the back wall of our holiday flat in Ballater. Hilary was able to reach through the window far enough to inject toxic gunk into the nest entrance, and I then took up station and sniped with a can of raid at the cloud of puzzled wasps returning to find their home transformed into a mass grave. (It's an upstairs flat so a hose wasn't really an option.) <br /><br />I have always shared your opinion of the beasts.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04181616393829854686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215926314312539949.post-41693154184839250642010-08-17T17:52:15.223-07:002010-08-17T17:52:15.223-07:00Ann O D, I hung up the fake wasp's nests over ...Ann O D, I hung up the <a href="http://reviews.canadiantire.ca/9045/0593500P/reviews.htm" rel="nofollow">fake wasp's nests</a> over a month ago and had thought they were working. The trouble is, I think, they don't look like paper wasps' nests (the picture on my blog post); they look like yellow jacket wasps' nests. I have two more; I could try hanging them out with the two that are already there. I can see the critters buzzing around out there looking for their nest today. Will wait until dark to check that they haven't started another one, the buggers.Persephonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15560178981320189795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215926314312539949.post-56706237368793084542010-08-17T17:39:49.452-07:002010-08-17T17:39:49.452-07:001. re a solution: I am sure I read a blogger who ...1. re a solution: I am sure I read a blogger who posted a pic of a fake wasp nest one buys at the hardware, and when you hang it, other wasps think the 'territory' is occupied and move on. just put Waspinator into searchbox.<br /><br />2. we call them European Wasps here in Australia. a bit racist.<br /><br />3. housesitting a farm once and I left the truck window down overnight and wasps built a nest on the dashboard - it was not big enough to be occupied the next morning when I saw it, and was really hard to get off.<br /><br />4. wasses v bears ... um, I'd rather bear attack thanks.<br /><br />be safe.Ann ODynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159263330547329077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215926314312539949.post-73610919795152886432010-08-17T15:46:47.249-07:002010-08-17T15:46:47.249-07:00What I'm really glad of, Joe, is that I discov...What I'm <b>really</b> glad of, Joe, is that I discovered this before Sunday, when some friends are coming over for dinner! They're "sit outside" sort of people...Persephonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15560178981320189795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215926314312539949.post-74955994692292741412010-08-17T11:00:49.189-07:002010-08-17T11:00:49.189-07:00Glad you didn't sit in the chair.Glad you didn't sit in the chair.JoeinVegashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05613274657685121948noreply@blogger.com