To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] wasps and yellow jackets
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 17:28:23 -0400
If you just want to persuade them to go away, remember that if they have
been there for any length of time they will have eggs and larvae in the
nest. I don't think those can be moved, so for them what you want means
death. The adults will likely be hard to persuade. If you really want to
leave the adults alive, I would spray an above-ground nest moderately
with water at dusk, dispersed spray, daily for a while. Keep your
distance. If in the ground, a moderate amount of water, at dusk or
night, repeated.
However, due to the young, if it was me I would go for decisive, all-out
war, and try to kill them. There will be lots of others of their kind
left elsewhere.
Doug Woodard
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Jenny Ruth Yasi wrote:
Anyone know any low or no-toxic methods to vacate a large yellow jack type
wasp nest? Thanks!