In article ,
"Alan Holmes" writes:
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| What I mean is that she is trying to kill ALL of the wasps, not just
| the queen and potential queens.
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| Which is what the petrol would do, I was not suggesting pouring a gallon of
| the stuff into the nest, a eggcup full is more than enough.

Yes, but I wasn't joking about an explosion. The risk is small, but
there is a chance that the petrol will filter into the nest, evaporate
and form an explosive mixture with air. A fluid/air explosive with
only an eggcup-full of petrol is getting on for the smallest military
size ....


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.