Paper Wasps And LPG Pigs

[BucketBack]

I found a small nest of paper wasps, maybe about 60 of them just relaxing waiting for the sun to come up.

So I went for some brake cleaner, open up the cover, and out they came for me. I haven't run so fast in a long long time.

I never check the propane level in the heat of the day just for this reason, they were still semi dormant from the cool night temps.

I just went back out, and only about 5 were in the nest, so there are some paper wasps out on the prowl.

I spayed a can of brake clean into the 2 nests and ran back inside.

They look like they're are as mad as hornets.

[Mad Trapper]

Nighttime. Spray entrance with permethrin, all dead next day.

[BucketBack]

They dead now, nests are removed, now I can call FerretGas for a fill up. I have 47% in tank

[LivoniaDan]

WD40 or 556 work almost instantly too.
Leaves a residue so they don't return.
and .... YEP.... the ones on the outskirts get MAD

Brake Cleaner has a strong propellent stream for longer distances.

[Mad Trapper]

WD40 or 556 work almost instantly too.
Leaves a residue so they don't return.
and .... YEP.... the ones on the outskirts get MAD

Brake Cleaner has a strong propellent stream for longer distances.

You can mix up as much as you need., quart makes 5-gal Put it in a pump sprayer. Ground nests saturate a clump of grass above the hole. Works on all insects, fleas, roaches, flies................

Use on clothes for ticks too, let it dry before wearing

[Kusa]

I almost got killed checking my mail. Turns out that the wasps made a nest in the paper box section. I phucked them up.

[Prepared One]

I really, really hate wasps and hornets. I spray constantly for them and kill them on sight. I see no reason for them to be on the planet.

[Mad Trapper]

I worked some summers as a painter doing exterior work. Trying to get to the bottom of a long extension ladder ASAP without falling is a useful skill.

Lots of times you couldn't see the nests as they found a gap or crack and were under the boards. I broke my wrist one time when I missed a ladder rung almost at the bottom, and broke my fall with my arm. Another time they started to stream out of a gap and I slobbered as much paint as I could into the gap sealing them inside. What really pissed the little SOBs off was when you went up to scrape and they thought you were trying to break into their nest. I always tried to scout for any visible nests and look for things flying in and out of the gaps.

I also spray any nests I find on the property, only ones I have mercy on are honey and bumble bees. It helps to have a good pump sprayer so you don't need to get close and/or spray at night when they are a little stupored and all inside the nests.

Working fields with tractors you'd also run into nests. I've seen big paper wasp nests in overgrown fields I was mowing, or stirred up some angry ones in ground nests. The ground nests usually didn't get swarming until your next pass around the field, so you had to be on the lookout for those. Same thing happens when you you go over a ground nest mowing the lawn.

[Dwight55]

.......Working fields with tractors you'd also run into nests. I've seen big paper wasp nests in overgrown fields I was mowing, or stirred up some angry ones in ground nests. The ground nests usually didn't get swarming until your next pass around the field, so you had to be on the lookout for those. Same thing happens when you you go over a ground nest mowing the lawn.

A friend of mine assured me that a John Deere "B" in road gear with the field mower turned off . . . still will not outrun yellow jackets if they want to catch you and sting you right between the shoulder blades.

May God bless,
Dwight

[MountainGirl]

Please be careful.