How to get rid of wasps! Please!

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Trap a wasp in a jar, invert it with the lid removed, and the wasp will fly out the opening at the bottom.

Trap a bee in a jar, invert it with the lid removed, and the bee will not find its way out.


*Wonders how many other 'experiments' Pecker subjected insects to as a child.*

You've now displayed 4 of the 5 traits most commonly associated with serial killers, Pecker. We're watching you.
 

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Not to go off-topic, but does anyone have an update on the mysterious bee disappearance?

Infoshop News - Honey Bee Disappearance No Laughing Matter

Here's a story on Colony Collapse Disorder by Steve Stoler of Dallas ABC station WFAA-TV:

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WFAA.com: Mysterious bee disease reaches Grayson County
03:08 PM CDT on Friday, June 8, 2007 | By STEVE STOLER / WFAA-TV

A mysterious and highly-destructive condition is wiping out the nation's honeybees.

Colony collapse disorder has already destroyed a quarter of US honeybees, raising serious concerns for the agriculture industry.

The poorly-understood epidemic has appeared in 24 states, including Texas.

Eric Simms, a Grayson County beekeeper, knew something was wrong when he opened one of his hives and found only a few adult bees.

"I hadn't seen the bees disappear like that before and neither had my wife," he said.

It had all the signs of colony collapse disorder. Since discovering that first empty box, he's lost half of all his hives but when Simms asks why, he can't seem to pin down one good explanation.

"[I thought of everything] ranging from cell phones, all the way to new diseases, that might have been brought in from some far away land that hasn't been studied or understood."

"Is it something that we're doing to our environment that is harming the bees?" said Shirley Acevedo, a Collin County beekeeper.

"People have speculated - maybe it's radiation, maybe it's cell phone towers," said another beekeeper, Alan Eynon.

Acevedo's hives are healthy but she, like beekeepers across the country, are worried.

"Our concern is at any time, we might find the same problem."

Each bee hive is made up of a series of eight frames. A healthy frame should have thousands of bees doing their job, building a honeycomb. When you look at a frame from a hive that has colony collapse disorder, you can see, most of the bees have left.

Keeping our honeybee population intact really matters.

"The food crops, many of them are dependent on it. Fruits and vegetables rely on honey bee pollination," Simms said.

Honeybees fertilize $15 billion in food crops, including apples, peaches, cucumbers, almonds and 80 other different types of produce. Experts predict as bee colonies continue to die off, the cost is likely to be passed on to consumers.

"We could all be a little more hungry. That could be a problem," Simms said.

One beekeeper, when asked about the seriousness of the colony collapse problem, quoted Albert Einstein: "If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, then man would only have four years of life left." According to Einstein, no more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals and no more man.
 

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I suspect the people who are afraid of them , and the wasps, have been killing them with insecticide.:rolleyes:
Well, considering that all the plants that we eat (with the exception of root vegetables and grains) (there's probably an exception or two, but not many) depend, absolutely, upon honeybees, that's not a truly brilliant strategy.
 

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I ONLY go outside when I ABSOLUTELY have to. Is there anything out there that I can buy that will help me control the wasp population around my house (by control I mean bring down to zero and kill them all). What is the best quickest killing spray killer you have ever used. Is there some kind of home remedy or special product I could buy to help me control these unwelcome guests?

Sorry to hear you're living in such fear.

RAID Flying Insect Killer drops'em dead and you can hit an exposed nest from about 20 feet away. Still, you must actually approach the nest to use it effectively. Its best done after dark.

In my decades of experience dealing with western Yellowjackets I've found that they are only aggressive when they perceive:

1) Their home nest is under attack (such as nearby footsteps or anything that causes the nest to tremble or be jostled). If this happens...get ready to RUN THE OTHER WAY!

2) Their own personal safety is under threat....such as an assailant trying to trap them, squash them or smack them.

If you can avoid both those circumstances the chances of getting stung are small, in my experience.

Hope this helps.