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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

Title: Re: [NAFEX] Re: hornets and wasp

One vital ingredient to using the glass jar - put it on in early morning, like just at or before sunrise.  The yellowjackets won't be active or out of the nest, especially if it's still dark.
-Lon Rombough
>

> Lon has an exellent method. If you don't want to get so close to the
> stingers, flood them with soapy water. Use one of those fertilizer sprayers
> you can attach to your water hose, fill it with diluted liquid soap. When
> the critters dry out, the soap will have washed away some essential body
> oils that seal their bodies. They will dehydrate and die in a short time. Of
> course, you will be washing away some of the nutrients you built the compost
> heap for, so better use Lon's way if you can.
>
> Joyce