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Eric
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We've been having problems with wasps this spring. I've bought all kinds of products for yellowjackets and hornets and the sprays seem to work well. The wasps in our yard settle down shortly before sunset so I've been able to spray some of the nests at night. I bought a RESCUE trap but it didn't catch anything the first day. Tonight I bought a disposable Raid trap so we'll see if it catches anything tomorrow.
My fear is that there might be nests in the attic.
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Asperitas
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We got a pretty big garden and normally we do have at least one wasp's nest every year. Normally we let them be, as long as the nest is not too close to the house. I cut through one once while trimming our hedge with an electric cutter. saw the nest in the same moment as the cutter went right through it. I remember seeing all this in slow motion. the nest wasn't very big about the size of 3 frisbees stackt on top of each other. There shoudn't have been more than 1000-1200 wasps in there but to me it looked like at least 250000. I guess 1200 wsaps always look like 250000 when they are angry and you're so close that you could touch them by simply reaching out with your arm.
I was 13 and the only thing I could think of was:
"How the hell do so many of them fit in this little nest. They must have been pretty cramped in there"
Actually I didn't even move until the first 2 wasps stiched me in the neck and face. I can't remember running this fast in my life again. made it to our pond and took a liittle dive with our fishes. Made it with only one more stich in my shoulder. Only my mom got attacked as she didn't get the situation from inside the house and came running out to see why her son is jumping in her pond at high speed. Wasn't too bad though.
Did You know that wasps and specially hornets are protected animals in Germany? Actually You're not allowed to destroy a wasp's nest. Even if it's in your attic. They will send people to relocate the nest though if it's a hazard.
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DeadPeopleAllOver
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I'm having problems with carpenter Bees. I cannot get rid of these bastards. For those that don't know what carpenter Bees are, they actually eat perfectly round holes in your wood, and sometimes build deep tunnels. They can cause lots of damage.
Here's a pic of what I'm talking about:
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/6246/cimg0410ake0.jpg
This is the top of my main doorway. The one hole on the left is at least 6 inches deep, maybe even more. The problem is you can't plug the holes because there still might be Bees in there, which means that they would just continue to eat wood. There aren't many bug sprays available that kill carpenter Bees. I'm open to any ideas. I need something that I can spray/shoot inside these holes that will kill these things for good. And another problem is that these hole are overhead, meaning it's difficult to put powders/sprays in these holes due to gravity.
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Asperitas
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Actually your wrong from what I know. plugging the holes with putty or silicone is a good way to get rid of them, as they wil stay in their nest without triing to eat through the wood any further. I lived in Utah for a year and we were facing the same problem. That's how we solved it. worked alright. My hostdad also used some spray to kill them before plugging the holes. can't remember the name, but the spray head had a long extension in order to apply the spray deap into the nest. Though my hostdad claimed he's just using the spray in order to kill them faster. He said only plugging the holes will work too. Plug the holes in the evening in order to catch all the Bees inside of the nest.
After you got rid of the Bees paint over every, even tiny damages of the wood as those are the spots the Bees go for to start their tunnels. At night, take a pocket knife, go over to your neighbours house and carve out little pieces of paint at his wooden parts of the house. If the Bees come back they will always go for spots without paint.
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Asperitas
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I just checked the internet. There are tonz of products specially for carpenter Bees. Should be possible to get rid of them.
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In the summer my yard is swarmed with wasps. They enjoy making litterally dozens of nests in between the planks of our fence. I enjoy spraying them with the classic flamethrower made out of cheap cologne and a barbecue lighter 
We also get them in our closehanger outside. They make nests in the metyle tubes. Last year I was mowing the lawn and banged into it. At the time I was listening to music and had my head down looking at the grass. A second later I felt someting in my hair. When I looked up, oh jesus, I ran like hell! There were at least thirty wasps that flew out and were swarming around me. Thankfully I escaped unharmed and later that evening I spread their nests and them with some raid or something.
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