treatment for yellow jacket nests in the yard: One pint of gas, poured
down their hole at night when they are quiet, a match from a distance,
and the problem goes away.

On 20 Apr 2003 12:54:18 GMT, unya (Purchgdss) wrote:

Does this hold for wasps too? Last two years, we've had quite an
infestation of them and I'd like to know if there's something we can do now
to avoid them.


Depends on the type of wasp. I have in my front yard, a ground nesting
solitary wasp colony that are not agressive, just annoying. Mine comes from
the bare clay (they like barren slopes along the sidewalk that hasn't grown
back since they put in the dayum sidewalk). They fly along the ground, haven't
stung yet in spite of there being HUNDREDS of them, and as I understand it, as
my grass grows in will be less inclined to nest here. I don't bother them as
they don't bother me.

Now Yellow Jackets are hyper aggressive and I had a professional exterminator
come and take care of a nest that they had built in the ground in the middle of
my yard because I have children and dogs and couldn't mow my yard without
attack.


Just my 2 cents.........
Christine