CRC Brakleen,red can.kills and/or maims them immediately less expensive than flexseal too.about $4.99 per can.

 

Why do you want to kill wasps???

https://www.thoughtco.com/what-good-are-wasps-1968081

You can lessen their population in the winter by taking down some nests...

NO STINGS.

 

This is what I did, for the type of wasps that build a structure similar to a bee hive. Knock it down with a bat in the winter, smash it open and I believe most will die from the cold exposure.

For the wasps that go underground like ants, I dig it up with a shovel to try to expose the core of the nest, than flood it with water(just regular water). Doesn't kill all of them but it seems to have done enough damage that the hive doesn't recover. Of Course you can get stung with this method, I wore 2 layers of jeans and a leather jacket with a motorcycle helmet on.

I saw a neighbor using a shop vac and literally just sat there sucking them in as they left the next. This again won't kill all but I think it just weakens them so much it is hard to recover.

 

If you singe a paper wasp nest with an open flame and leave intact, they will not rebuild near that spot.

 

Im going to try that in the near future.

 

dishwashing liquid mixed with water in a one gallon garden sprayer. use a medium sized spray and they just fall to the ground dead.

Cost..... pennies per gallon

 

This. I swear it works as quickly as wasp spray, and the beauty of this is you can USE IT IN THE HOUSE AND AROUND PETS IF NECESSARY.

 

Some of us are allergic to wasp stings. I have a dent in the side of my arm just above the wrist where I was stung by a red wasp a couple years ago. Arm swelled to twice it's size, the sting area turned purple, developed a hole the size of a dime, then scabbed up horribly. It left a permanent dent in my arm.

I won't tolerate them anywhere near my home or outbuildings. I can't financially afford to risk multiple stings and possible hospital stays.

Raid is the best spray, better than Hot Shot or other brands. It sprays a long way and knocks them down instantly and they die within a minute.

 

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If I wasn't worried about my buildings this would be my preference.

 

Spectracide, green can, works great. Long reaching spray & kills em even in flight.

 

The spray bombs for fleas/roaches/spiders touched off in a feed room,barn,workshop or deer stand works great.

I try to leave them be ifn I can work around them. They eat flies, spiders and other such. I have killed my fair share but tend to not do that these days ifn I aint forced to.

 

I let all the predatory bugs live that I can. The ones that I dislike the most are the ground nesting yellow jackets that catch you unaware when you are mowing or doing other work in the field. The regular wasps are not usually agressive and I rarely get stung unless I sit or lay on one. Hornets are a little more iffy. Just getting into their territory might set them off but some nests are more tolerant than others.

 

I have always wondered what purpose those flying buggers served. I googled it. I do agree with others here, if the nest isnt in your way, actively threatening anyone, then maybe reconsider.

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/galveston/beneficials/beneficial-01_paper_wasp.htm

Adult wasps typically prey on a wide variety of caterpillars including corn earworms, armyworms, loopers, and hornworms.

I would rather have a few wasps then those mentioned above in my garden.

 

If it is a wasp nest is in an area I do not have to be I leave it alone. Spray it and the critters build elsewhere that you do not see and then you get stung. I only destroy it when I have to work in that area.
Yellow jacket ground nests are a more serious problem. I have ways of killing them, but I would like to hear what the others here do about them.

 

For yellow jackets in the ground I always wait till the cool hours of the morning (3-4am when the guard bees are cool & not so fast to respond) then fill a coke bottle with gasoline. Remove the cap & stick the bottle neck in the hole plugging it. Wait for the gas to drain. Habe a gas soaked cloth around a long stick. Use the lit stick to knock the bottle over & light the gas. Stand back & watch them lil b***ards fly out of the hole on fire.

 

Just plain Gasoline works great, it kills them on contact and is cheap! I've used it on Yellowjackets, Red wasps, hornets and Bees killed all of them.

 

This year has been rather strange,no wasps,yellow jackets,hornets or bumblebees.

Honeybees and carpenter bees are all we have seen so far!

To dispose of live yellowjacket nests we spray permethrin in the shop vac and set the nozzle by the hole and let it run for an hour.

 

Open a can of tuna. Dump about half the liquid out. Then pour a liberal amount of melathyon in it and set it up high. Wasps and yellow jackets will flock to it and quickly die

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Well burning it dosnt work.

 

I vacuumed four yellow jacket nests this weekend,when the nest was pretty much empty we sprayed with permethrin,done.

We don't mess with the larger yellow and black paper wasps,they are not aggressive at all.

 

Best time to kill them is at night! They will all be home after a hard day of flying around and such and are usually very docile. I usually strike around 1 am. Been using this technique for many years and it works very well. I just use over the counter wasp spray. They will drop like flies when you hit them.

 

Here in Texas I prefer #8 shot 12 gauge over the 5.56. Plus it's cheaper!!!!

Hahahahaha!!!!!!

Some really good tricks I read in the thread.

Like most, it leave them be pretty much.

Those Red Hornets can be some mean bastards though! (One got "Honeybun" on the head last year for no apparent reason other than being a ****!)
Their species is killed on site at the cabin.
The others we just leave alone.
I ran my shredder over a Yellow Jacket nest (That's the big black ones with the yellow vest right?) I was covered by a swarm of them and not one of them stung me! people don't believe it, but it's true!
I hate to hurt any of them but the other poster is right. The Red Hornets at the corner of the cabin are just ass holes!!!! (Killed on site!)

thanks for the information.

Semore

 

Down in Louisiana we call those"bumblebees". Certain species don't have stingers.

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I've rarely found a need to kill red (paper) wasps- usually only where I need to work within a foot or less of their nests. I've only been stung once- where I touched a nest I couldn't see. But I'm usually more careful.

Yellow jackets OTOH I could live without

 

Some nest are hotter/more aggressive than others! The aggressive ones get dealt with by whatever means I have at hand and feel like!

Water hose works well for lots of them even though yellow jackets get fire more times than not.

My favorite it to shoot a 12 gauge into a ground nest to open it up enough for the skunks to get in there and clean them out!

SD