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TIL that dish soap and water can be put in a spray bottle to kill wasps and other insects from a distance without getting stung (blogs.k-state.edu)
submitted 2 years ago by [B] to c/til@lemmy.ca
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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Lol, not while I'm holding the bottle.

But seriously, where are the drones made specifically to spray stuff on wasp nests? I wouldn't feel the need to use the foaming, bad stuff that hurts the bees if I could try a robot applying something like this. Or at least if it sprayed foam, it could be in significantly smaller amounts, much closer the the nest of trouble.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Get a newspaper, roll/scrunch up a bit, light it on fire and hold it beneath the nest. Then when they try to fly out their wings immediately singe and they drop to the ground. Then you can step on them with boots. I don't know yellow jackets but that's what I use in Australia for paper wasps (which are very aggressive).

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I can appreciate that approach. But the biggest problems I have are when they nest in the railing of my little wooden deck. Every year it's the same fight. So I'm a little leery of using fire.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    If it's just passing the fire over the nest it shouldn't catch the wood on fire, but it could damage the paint. You don't need the heat under the nest for long though, just long enough to burn the wings of the adult wasps

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