My next-door-neighbor to one side just executed the most astonishing wasp remediation I've ever seen.

Had a wasp nest about half again as big as a football about ten feet up in a tree next to our patio.

He rigged a wire snare to a long pole, a line running down, got the opening of a garbage bag around the loop of the snare, stuck the thing up in our tree, got it around the top of the nest, yanked the snare closed, and pulled the whole thing down.

Then ran like hell with pole, bag, nest and all

Wish I'd thought to video it. It was definitely YouTube-worthy

The only one who got stung was me, once, on my shoulder, standing there looking at where the nest had been, several minutes after the nest was taken down. (The bastard - *SWAT* - is dead.)

The wasps in that bag are not happy. Bag's buzzing like a saw and you can see 'em bouncing off the sides.

What next? Gasoline, explosives, or just put it out at the curb for the garbage guy??

I've taken care of a number of wasp nests in the past and would never think of doing that. No way, no how. I always use a long spraying wasp killer and use it at night. No drama that way.

Jim

He used to do forestry work in the wilds of Canada. He says that's the way they took out wasp nests all the time.

He needs to market that system and sell it to Lori Greenuer on Shark Tank.

The Nest Arrest,

Only $39.99
But wait there's more

I usually hang a brown paper bag near them or a bee hive. To them it looks like a hornet nest, and they all leave. Guess hornets are not good neighbors.

was he planning on saving the nest?

That is why you NEED one of these.

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He used to do forestry work in the wilds of Canada. He says that's the way they took out wasp nests all the time.

^^^^^^
That matches up with the Canadians I know. There were a bunch down here when we had professional hockey. It fits with their thinking.

Is there any BLM or Antifa marches happening in the next few days?

Took out a nest of paperwasps on a hangar door the other night. That long range spray is the bomb.

Ahh wasps. My 9 year was stung for the first time last weekend. Kid didn't even swell up. How lucky is that?

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Originally posted by Sig2340:
Is there any BLM or Antifa marches happening in the next few days?

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Originally posted by Green Highlander:
That is why you NEED one of these.

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Hmmmm how to justify $650.00 for a wasp killer!! When we have no wasp.

I found this hornet's nest on my back porch Friday when I was investigating why there was a full hummingbird feeder.

It's now dead as a hookers dreams.

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Originally posted by Jimbo54:
I've taken care of a number of wasp nests in the past and would never think of doing that. No way, no how. I always use a long spraying wasp killer and use it at night. No drama that way.

Jim

This! Have done the same.

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Originally posted by Sig2340:
Is there any BLM or Antifa marches happening in the next few days?