[Market-farming] Yellow Jackets
sunnfarm at netscape.com
sunnfarm at netscape.com
Thu Jul 9 15:10:23 EDT 2009
Yellow jackets love wooden peach baskets. Leave them stacked outdoors all summer and they will enter one basket, completely fill the perimeter with a nest then move up the next basket through the bottom drain hole and so on through the stack. Another problem we have is the European red wasp, they are invasive and very unpleasant. They love nesting in irrigation pipes and inside the little doors that cover your cars gas cap...Bob.
--- organic87 at frontiernet.net wrote:
From: Road's End Farm <organic87 at frontiernet.net>
To: Market Farming <market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Yellow Jackets
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 14:40:34 -0400
On Jul 9, 2009, at 9:21 AM, Roots Farm & Karen Sutherland wrote:
> My house in S. Hadley, MA has (judging by traffic) at least 2 large
> yellow jacket nests concealed and protected under a metal
> roof with only their access places visible. I know yellow jackets are
> helpful predators but the positions of these nests make getting in and
> out of house and using deck dangerous -- especially come August/Sept.
> Does anyone have any recommendations for a least toxic way or pest
> control folks in western MA that would use a least toxic means to
> clear them out of the areas?
Can you wash them out of there with a strong stream from a garden hose?
Or would the water get in and damage the house?
They don't seem to recognize this technique as an attack; and are in
any case unable to fly well when soaking wet. You may have to do it
several times before they give up; plus which, of course, some areas
aren't suitable for being repeatedly drenched.
After you get the nest knocked loose, a little WD40 sprayed on the
attachment area does seem to discourage them from reattaching.
-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly
Fresh-market organic produce, small scale
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