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I tend to use a shop vacuum to get rid of undesirable wasp nests. Fill the tank with a few litres of water so the victims have something to drown in, point the
by hagbard_c 1y ago
I tend to use a shop vacuum to get rid of undesirable wasp nests. Fill the tank with a few litres of water so the victims have something to drown in, point the tube at the nest entry or whatever entry the wasps use and switch it on for an hour or so. As soon as there is some disturbance most of the resident wasps will exit the nest to defend it so you'll get the resident population in only a few minutes. Keep the vacuum in place for a while to catch those which were out and about. Once you've got (most of) the workers the nest will die out if left alone. If you can reach it you can knock it down and drown or burn it, if it is in a wall somewhere that is not an option.
Don't forget to put water in the tank or you'll be met by a cloud of angry wasps when you open it.
- jagged-chisel 1y agoIf you forget the water at first, you can always vacuum it in later
- foobarian 1y agoI just waited a week.
- squeedles 1y agoI do this as well, but put in about an inch of water with a few drops of dish soap. Instant wasp kryptonite. I have a few extension tubes so I can just lean it up against the house and watch as they are sucked in coming in or out. It is absolutely hypnotizing. It won't kill an entire nest late in the season, but will knock down their numbers so that they aren't as prevalent.
- tmerc 1y agoYou _can_ kill the nest this late in the season with a vacuum. I just did it 2-3 weeks ago; got the queen and all. It took several weeks of vacuum of intermittent vacuuming but you can. I've done this twice using the same method.