any entomologists in the house?

[Very Veronica]

So i have a wasps in my attic. Pretty innocuous as they don't bug me (har har) but nevertheless i've decided it's time to clean house as it were. Thought i'd try the vacuum/gas chamber method as the entry point is fairly accessible from my deck & not along the flight path until i heard a very weird sound coming from the ceiling directly below the nest this morn. It was a very distinct purr that carried on/off for about minute. Normally all i hear are very quiet staccatoish pings. I had visions of a rodent size queenie up there having successfully summoned the workers into hoisting one of my mini vibes to her. Anyone?

 

[SGTSLEUTH]

So i have a wasps in my attic. Pretty innocuous as they don't bug me (har har) but nevertheless i've decided it's time to clean house as it were. Thought i'd try the vacuum/gas chamber method as the entry point is fairly accessible from my deck & not along the flight path until i heard a very weird sound coming from the ceiling directly below the nest this morn. It was a very distinct purr that carried on/off for about minute. Normally all i hear are very quiet staccatoish pings. I had visions of a rodent size queenie up there having successfully summoned the workers into hoisting one of my mini vibes to her. Anyone?

http://www.pestcontrolcanada.com/Vancouver pest control.htm

That should help

 

[stryker]

Just Bomb the little fuckers nest with a can or two of wasp killer
All you need is access to to where they are in the attic/roof.

Better to do it at night when they are all in the nest and getting ready for bed,,read the instructions on the killer can

I had a nest in a crawl space under my house(coming in from a very small hole around a gas pipe)the thing was the size of a medicine ball,thousands of the little bastards!!
With 2 cans,,I nailed all the little fuckers

 

[Big_Al500]

Dam W.A.S.P.'s

White anglo .... they are the worst. I had one I needed to evict once and it took me nearly 3 months.

But really, I am looking for a guys card who did one of my places last summer. A UBC guy who has developed some non toxic enviro stuff that worked in less than 24 hours. If I can find it will PM ya.

 

[Ironhead]

HHMM Wasps EHHH.

I thought of a good joke but...
You could burn your house down.
Think sexy firemen coming to your house.
Call my uncle fred who is a bee keeper in Kelowna. Might give you asome advice.
Do a Homer Simpson and get some honey and draw them outside and get someone else to nail the hole shut.
Call an exterinator.
Light up a big huge doobie and smoke them out. Wait, they may get the munchies and come after you.
Sell the house.
Come and stay with me for a few months,until they leave in the winter.

 

[H.Miller]

Normally all i hear are very quiet staccatoish pings. hoisting

Get a big flyswatter, put on some staccatoish music & as they come out to dance ---kill them one by one.

Who knows in some perverse way you may even enjoy knocking them off--at least the males anyway.

Just joking V.

 

[georgebushmoron]

There is a weed/brush that can be burned at low flame in a large bucket which produces humongous amounts of smoke. I believe it is used in buddhist rituals and new age types use it too. The weed/brush is set on fire and doused out, but with embers still alight, and then put in a large metal bucket. The air above the bucket is fanned which propagates the cinders and large amounts of smoke are produced. Wasps will evacuate, instinctive reaction to fire. When most of the wasps have left the nest, knock the nest away from its connection to the wall or ceiling and into a large metal garbage bin and slam the lid on. Take it outside and pour gasoline in, and light the fuckers afire.

 

[Brenten]

Depending on how big the nest is you can dispose of it easily. After dark on a cool evening when the wasps are less active. Place a paper grocery bag inside another and slip it over the nest. Paper is better because its thicker and the little buggers can't sting you through it. Knock the top of the nest loose and fold the top of the bag over. Take the bag outside and step on it. Keep stepping on it until no noise is heard from the bag; there will also be a fair amount of fluid soaking through. You have to destroy the nest as the wasps will be very pissed off at whoever opens the bag.

 

[Cosmo]

.....Move?

 

[LonelyGhost]

call in the pros ... for $300 they will come suited up and can
use nitrogen to freeze the nest, remove it all, cover up the
access holes and leave ...

that's what? one session?

how's work going to go when you get dozens of wasp stings???

oh yeah, much cheaper if they use pesticides but it will also kill
bees and those are dying off enough already ...

 

[LonelyGhost]

Best Idea.

Cold nitrogen harmlessly dissapates into the air;leave no toxic or fire-hazardous residues behind.

I think it's in the workers' best interests to avoid repeated exposure to toxic substance.Even if it costs a bit more.

Englebert Humperdink

not just workers ... pesticides can leave long-term harmful residues
behind, particularly inside a house where there is no mechanism for
breaking down the pesticides ...

its also found to build up in breast tissue and prostate tissue ...

 

[Very Veronica]

Called in the pro's yesterday & had a luvly young man (redhead too..mm!) deal with my pest problem. Wearing an industrial mask & weilding a giant Jules Verne like syringe, he shot the entry holes with a few puffs of FicamD (crushed chrysanthemum) which quickly attacks their little nervous systems. It's 24 hrs later & nest area is eerily quiet.

Braved the attic this morn out of curiousity but could see nothing and not interested in disturbing the fluffy mounds of pink insulation. Now i know why my normally polite electrician was cursing when he installed pot lights that i insisted be closer to the walls. Damn i'm a slave driver.

Cost was $100 & work is guaranteed..probably could've bought a can of raid & done it myself but much like this biz, so much more fun havin a hot pro lend a hand. Can hardly wait til my next pest problem!

 

[Very Veronica]

Who did you use?

http://www.pestdetective.com/

 

[seannachie]

... but much like this biz, so much more fun havin a hot pro lend a hand...

Ain't that the truth! Good on ya!

 

[dipitydoo]

http://www.thestar.com/News/article/249238

wasps and hornets are no laughing matter! poor guy, he lost his life escaping from a swarm of hornets and falling off his roof.