I have a foam car wash cannon, pretty useless for washing cars turns out, but for wasps its the best. Just mix some soap, water and any killer, I use Bifen IT.
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I’ve had a nest as big as a Sunflower!!! Scary!!!! I opted for the dish soap and hot water pot! I left a wicker basket outside and it seemed like the perfect penthouse for them! I’ve been scared to fight them, but mustered up the strength tonight and went for it as the sun was setting! No flying wasps, seemed like everyone was home. Boiled a large pot of hot water and soap, poured it over the basket and that did it! I found some generic degreaser i had laying around the house, sprayed that on two of them, but as it was getting darker I couldnt quite see what was happening. I turned the basket over and no movement, so i shoved it into a huge black plastic bag and tied it up! Success!! Thank you!
@Veronica - That's awesome, great job! Glad you got the best of them and not getting stung is even better. Happy it worked out for you and thanks for watching!
They breath through their carapace so the surface tension of the soapy water strangles them. They don't even try to fight. Anything foam will work. Works on roaches too.
When I was a teenager I knew this older farmer. He'd see a wasps nest that size, walk right up to it grab with his bare hands and squish it, then clap his hands to make sure he killed them all. He said he'd only been stung a couple of times. To me, your method seems a bit better. Thanks for posting this.
They are less active at night for sure. It also would have been better if I hadn’t stirred them up before giving them a bath. Glad you liked the video and thanks for watching
I learned this from an old man when I was a teenager. Any soap mixed with water in a squirt bottle will take out any number of bees in short order. Sundown is good. Making a plan is good too. Don't get yourself trapped in an enclosed space with a bunch of pissed off bees. Very fulfilling to see 300 yellow jackets on the floor.
@@richardtolbert2745 Usually early morning is the best, they're all still there and sometimes it cools off outside to the point where they can hardly even move. 40 degree mornings they won't even beable to fight back if you miss a couple.
@@jessicapineda117 I wait several hours or so after dark. Later the better. And the last nest was in the ground, but not a single wasp made it out. Apparently died in their sleep haha.
Dawn and a garden hose finally eliminated my vole population in my citrus orchard. Everything else failed, flooding, poison, traps. I don't know if it killed them off or what, but never had another now in 20 years.
I think voles typically eat vegetation like grass, roots or seeds. Perhaps the fragrance or taste of the soap encouraged them to move out and establish elsewhere. Just a guess. Thanks for watching
I just tried this using my foam cannon on my pressure washer wand. I'll check in an hour to see if they are gone, but the ones that were there did seem to wiggle around a lot when they hit the deck. I had paper wasps hidden inside a seated bench that converts to a table. I couldn't hit them directly because of the angle, but I saturated the nest the best I could from top and bottom. I did not use a full container of Dawn. I put just enough in there to cover perhaps an inch at the bottom of the bottle, the foam cannon did the rest. For the most part, I don't have a problem with them after so many years of dealing with them, but they sure love these two bench tables that sit in the sun for about 6 hours a day. Even running the pressure washer and using fuel to run that, the price was a lot lower than one can of Wasp/Hornet spray at Walmart. Thanks for this tip. I had seen it before, I just had to hunt it down again in the UA-cam search.
@Richard - I have a batch of wasps growing in a wall that prevents hitting them directly as well. A foam canon would help the soap stay on their opening a good while longer. I may try a cannon with car wash soap that foams better than I think the dawn may. Of course I’ll probably have to knock on the wall to run them out into the foam. Thanks for the idea!
@@LivingCommonSense I would add a little bit of Dawn in there because Car Soap doesn't do damage to your car's finish, but Dawn will strip it of wax. It may be that secret ingredient in Dawn that makes it stick to them. Maybe not, but I wouldn't risk it. I will say there were a few foraging away from the nest that came back to find it annihilated, so I put some Dawn and Water in a spray bottle and got closer than I would have if the nest were still active, and got 'em right in the face. It has been 3 hours since I first sprayed it, but the ones in the nest are no longer moving. I figured I would just pressure wash the siding as long as I had it out for this job. So 3 hours later and I think they are all but gone.
@Richard - Mixing soaps sounds like the way to go. Car soap foams and holds in place for a minute so the dawn can do it’s job. I’ll see how that works. From one wasp warrior to another, thanks for the tip!
I've been using a spray bottle of Simple Green cleaner for years - it knocks them out of the air. Even a nest in the soffit of the house - went out at night and hit it with a good strong stream of SG and never saw another wasp there. Just tonight I went for some aggressive yellowjackets in the retaining wall that have driven me out of the yard and garden. We'll see in the morning if I was able to get enough spray into a tiny crack between blocks, or not.
My first wasp sting, 2 summers ago, nearly killed me. Second wasp sting 2 months ago was not as bad, mostly because I used my Epi-Pen. Now I am going to spray this solution all over the tractor. I was working on the tractor when I was stung 2 months ago. Don't understand why the red wasps hang around the tractor, but they have to go.
They also build inside the engine shrouds on a lawn mower. They seem to like machinery of any sort. I remove them every time I see them. Good luck with your wasps!
That would be awesome if it’s where you can have a hose. I mix a couple cups that’s open to about a gallon or two of water and put it in one of those pump Up garden sprayers and I keep a squirt bottle of it on the front and back deck, it works on pretty much all kinds of wasps but not bees. It works just as good as anything you can buy in a spray can and you get 100 times as much as you get in a $3-4 can.
Right on all accounts. The garden hose sprayer probably has more range but the pump sprayer would have been fine on a small nest like this one. Great tips BTW!
Ryobi makes a sprayer that is battery operated. I use it to power wash my gate that is too far from the house for a hose to reach. Other tool makers probably have similar sprayers.
anything soapy will work as it basically suffocates them. I used a can of scrubbing bubbles once and it killed better then any can of raid I've ever used.
Been using this for years.Did you know you can treat your whole house with it and bees will not put a nest on any treated areas.Carpenter bees won't bore in it either.My house has log siding on it and I live in the woods and have no problems with any bees or wood boring insects.
That's good information to know.. I have a wasp and carpenter bee problem.. the bees are so bad they kinda bounce off our windows all day. I bought a carpenter bee trap, and caught 26 carpenter bees the first weekend.. only one or two a week now. I've noticed wasps around my house at every window and door jam, trying to make nests.. I believe I've seen a few bald faced hornets too. I live in a brand new sectional.. "double wide" how would I go about treating my home that has vinyl siding? Would this method stain or discolor my siding? Or leave a noticable residue?
@@notimportant3914 Look up those videos where you use a tub with water and dish soap, with a board and rotten meat over it, just above the water. Gets more wasps than any trap ever and you can make it out of stuff you have at home.
WD-40 Works well too, and I'm not talking about spraying it with a lighter to make a torch, just point and shoot. Use the little red nozzle to get distance. I know dawn is cheaper, but in a pinch with a can if WD-40 on hand, they will drop like flies! Ask me how I know 😉
I found this awesome idea out a few years back. Dawn has so many applications. Go ahead and spray it on your lawn, (it actually makes water penetrate better) Greasy hands? I haven't found a better hand cleaner, and cheaper taboot. Good stuff.
Dawn, Epsom salt, white vinegar, baking soda, lemon, and green Listerine will just about cover any need we could have. From pesticides, weed killers, to cleaning and disinfecting, to cutting grease, and so on.... obviously the major brands don't work on the intended purposes... the bees just proved that. I did a test on round up vs white vinegar, dawn, and Epsom salt and the homemade one not only killed further areas, it also stay gone much longer....
The soap is a neurotoxin that desolves the soft tissues between the hard parts and sticks to the wings and their breathing parts. So the faster they move the faster they die. If you wait till evening they will all be at the nest at the same time. The dawn works for most insects. It doesn't take much. Your sprayer has real good spread and length. I'm going to get me one.
I noticed if they are stationary on the nest, they do seem to kick a little longer than when flying. Hit them with the soap in mid-flight, they hit the ground and they are done right then. I've seen the sprayers and northern tool and amazon. Thanks for watching!
@@Anarchy-Is-LibertyNeurotoxin the dissolves the soft tissue sounds pretty awesome though. I'm gonna go with that instead of the dull drowning. Seriously though that's how common misconceptions get started.
You want the truth?...You are incorrect. The soap is a surfactant, when mixed in water and sprayed onto an insect like a wasp it drowns them because the surface tension of the water has been broken by the soap so now the water can penetrate their exoskeleton and drown them. The soap is not a neurotoxin to them.
I go out at night when they are all in the nest. I'm armed with a stick, a can of spray oil, automobile starting fluid, some matches and a large metal coffee can. I spray the nest with oil. When they come out of the nest I spray more oil on them. The oil is heavy to them and gets on their wings so they can't fly. Then I take the stick and knock the nest into the coffee can. I then spray the nest, now in the can, with the starting fluid, light a match and drop the lit match into the can and quickly step back. When the fire starts it incinerates the nest and all the bees inside the nest and they burn to death. It's almost like hitting them with a flame thrower.
Very Effective.... put some clear packaging tape over the two slot openings at the end of your toolbox to keep them from getting in the box and building another nest.
We got the mud daubers here in Texas, so I found the dawn trick out by chance. I had discovered that knocking down and cleaning their mud nests from the soffets with dawn and a pressure washer was a one step way to get rid of them.
@@kriegjaegerWell if they would choose holes & things other than my electrical outlets, compressor, light sockets, yard power tools, lawnmower, he’ll just about anything that will mess up due to being blocked & clogged I wouldn’t mind them developing a colony but they chose war! I try to leave or make habitats for all beneficial bugs from catalpa worms, ladybugs, dragonflies, to crickets & worms but these dirtdobbers are determined to damage everything worth a nice penny that I own. Is there a habitat one could make that they would majority of the time pick over my equipment? Or what is the best way to deter them. I have a large open 3 bay barn with a loft & then a smaller enclosed but not sealed 2 long bay barn & they always find their way in thru the gaps. I don’t want to seal the gaps as they are for natural ventilation.
Try that on the ants too. When I was living in Bolivia I found a trick of using dish soap to stop ants from crossing that barrier nice big bead bead bead of soap around the ant hill and now they’re trapped. Your spray bond wand may work just as well.
Fire ants???...got my attention. I got mounds of them things. I tried the nice way using Diatomaceous Earth powder and doesn't looked like it works so soap it is. Thanks.
@@mandiegarrett1706 Hi Mandie, I purchased the cheap dish soap from the dollar store and poured a bottle down into each ant mound. At first, the ants seemed to just move their mounds over a foot or two and then rebuild, but after about two months they completely disappeared.
N AR, my shop inside and out, red wasps, very aggressive. I will bait them with 1 tsp boric acid in fruit juice, soda can, twig, but Dawn...knock them out of my sky. Any spray container.
@@LivingCommonSense Hard to say in meter when you say waspsps. Attack in the cool of the night, that's when it's right. Obliterate, confiscate, they end up in a trash can. Uuh!
I have yellow jackets that have made their nest under my siding. I've spent alot of money on kill sprays and homemade traps but this looks like it will work even better. Thank you.
I had these red wasps in the soffit of the house and I spent a fortune on wasp spray. An exterminator told me about the dawn soap and I killed them by the dozens with this. I should have waited until dark and maybe a little cooler temps so they would have been less active. Be careful and thank for watching!
I have one of those old timing fire extinguishers that you just put water in and then pressurize it with air. What I always do is use piping hot water along with soap it don't matter if it's dishwashing soap or clothes so whatever I just put a lot of soap in it. I don't know if it's the Heat or the soap or both but it knocked some dead instantly. But what I always do is right when it's getting dark is when I spray them they can't see you and they're all back at the nest
i have killed over 400 wasps , black red, yellow etc. Two comments on this, first you only need a eight cup of dawn per gallon, once they are saturated, you dont have to keep spraying them, takes about one or two minutes for them to die either way. Also, most ANY liquid soap works, i have used laundry detergent, murphys, etc,
Yes, I’ve used other soap as well. Just need something to prevent them from breathing. My sprayer does not really have a way to precisely measure the soap but I have noticed it being effective when diluted. Thanks for watching!
I used a shop vac, because it was on my deck on a sheet of cloth. I haven't opened up the shop vac yet but I assumed they are dead, but it allowed me to get into a tight space, they kept coming back even though there comrades were disappearing one at a time. Nice video thanks.
This is a bit late but I wouldn't count on those wasps inside the shop vac being dead. I'd tape up the hose inlet and let the vacuum bake in the sun a couple of days to be certain...or at least wait until nightfall to open it up. Thanks for watching!
A few weeks after this, I forgot, left the lid up and it rained several inches inside. Everything in a plastic container was floating but everything else in there was a total lost. It was clean after I cleaned everything out.
I heard that wasps love sugary drinks and that you use borox acid mixed with that to take them all out wherever they nest* very cheaply(maybe less than $5, but definitely less than $10)... *Even if it's hidden and you cannot get to it directly. Often this is the case. We have them currently in a way that you cannot access them directly and we have 1 or more sitting at the entrance to where the nest is to guard it until after dark(after dark, they go in). The strangest thing about these mahogany wasps(we call them red wasps) is they are not nearly as aggressive as yellow jackets are. They are aggressive and will sting(they'd be intolerable if they were nesting in a livable part of your house), but we've lived next to them for some time and being vigilantly careful means that you don't get stung. But, it would be great to not deal with them at all and I think I will try the sugary drink plus borox mix for this deep nest. I also know that getting certain sticky fluids in their wings means they cannot fly and makes them easy to kjII(esp. if you find one lit on a surface within your spray's target range)...
This is where I keep all the pesticides locked up and yes I’ve considered the irony of spraying soap in a metal box full of bug poison to get rid of...insects.🤦♂️
I noticed that also.. should tell us all we're wasting money on non effective commercial products because household supplies actually work! The insects just laugh at commercial products.... lol. Green Listerine, or generic brands actually kill ants, not just cause them to move. Dawn and water kills bees, 1/4 cup Dawn, 2 cups of Epsom salt, and a gallon of white vinegar works WAY better than round-up for weeds, and home remedies don't kill us! Maybe the pesticide, big pharma, and vaccine industry have been after us the entire time after all! Hmmmm?
@@luv2BaNana Lysol Direct kitchen cleaner will kill an ant in less than 10 seconds. Best thing is it's a disinfectant so you can clean the counter top off at the same time. :)
If you have a cool evening they have a very hard time running or flying off. I used a jet nozzle just to knock them down and step on them. Your method is much neater and less looking for wasps to step on.
I have stepped on them when it was early morning in the 40s and the wasps were fairly docile. Problem is that it stays warm in east Texas pretty much from April to October which is about when the wasps show up. Thanks for the comment and for watching!
@@LivingCommonSense Im in sw Louisiana here, and I used to get a nest the size of a basketball every year. Making the area inhospitable helps. The best time i ever had was spraying that nest as the temps finally dropped coming into fall one night. Huge splat when it hit the concrete. Lol. Then lots of stepping on wasps.
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There's an older gentleman down the road that does the same thing but he borrows this sprayer if he's got some high up in a corner or eve. Thanks for watching!
I read online wasp brief through sphericals that called when you use the darn soap on them it clogs them and that's when they suffocate and die That's a good method to get rid of wasps too.
I didn't know it suffocated them at first but knowing it does, I'm astonished at how quickly it knocks them out especially if I can spray them while they're flying. They hit the ground and they're done.
Great idea for outdoor surfaces. Wasps are going in and out of an opening between brick wall and flashing under the rain gutter. If I spray soap in there, it will ruin the insulation or water will go in the interior of the walls.
I had a similar situation. I had an opening where the soffit met the brick. I think they had a huge nest in the soffit and sprayed several cans of wasp spray but never could get enough killed to get close enough to seal it up. Got the soap gun out and stood their spraying them of and on for around 30 minutes until I could get close enough to seal it. I don't think it got to the insulation but I have spray foam. I'd been more concerned if it had been fiberglass
Thanks for the quick reply. My mistake, it’s Soffit (not flashing). I will definitely use soap instead of harmful chemicals. It’s a delicate situation, there’s a Birds Nest 5 feet away in the corner. It keeps bringing worms feeding the little ones. I don’t want to scare them either.
You are one brave dude, you don't even use gloves when you pick up the nest! I'm going to buy one of those car washers and spray dawn soap around my porch and window frames where mud dauber wasps are driving me crazy.
I’ve got a ton of mud daubers around my place too. I think the soap should kill them just as well but I don’t think this sprayer has enough force to dislodge the mud nests. It should soften them up enough to make scraping them off a bit easier. Thanks for watching!
@MML - An exterminator told me I could spray dish soap on the wasps with a spray bottle and it would kill them. I scaled up the operation with the spray wand. The dawn dish soap is less expensive than pesticides and doesn’t leave any pesticide residue. Also, if the pesticide is oil based, it would not mix with the water but the soap mixes with the water very well. Thanks for watching!
@@LivingCommonSense thanks boss, i am thinking of getting a wand hooked up to my 600psi power washer with attached plastic bottle w/ur soap idea, at the end attached, how far you think that can shoot? i need to get to 20 feet undr my roof shingles their nesting, am i wasting my time? thanks
@MML - Depending on if your pressure washer will accept standard nozzles, you may can get/use the “narrow” stream nozzle to get more height. The wider nozzles will cover more area but the 0 degree nozzle stream should disperse enough to get them at 20’. Just be careful not to damage the house and don’t use it near power lines or you might light yourself up.😳
Someplaces one cannot spray water to remove the nests. I think we all need a repertoire of things we can use, spray, insecticide, vacuum.... whatever it takes.
Absolutely! Choose the right tool for job. Brake cleaner may be appropriate on say an engine shroud but may harm plastics like lawn furniture whereas soapy water is a perfect fit in that application. I wouldn't want insecticide sprayed in either of those applications. Thanks for the post!
An exterminator told me about the soap and water approach when I had a huge nest built inside the eave on my house near the front door. I was using wasp spray at about $5 per can and the wasps just kept swarming. I figured the wand could deliver high pressure, long range, wide dispersal with practically unlimited volume and no toxins. I killed 50-60 over a couple of days by hitting the opening in the eave and bathing them as they came out to wage war. I was finally able to close up the opening in the eave. Never saw the nest though. This was the first and only nest I've come across since. Apparently word has gotten out amongst the wasp community, I've had no nests since I recorded this video. Thanks for watching!
SLOW-MO &TAKING NO PRISONERS😂 I'M DEAD. and the ants did that with my fallen nests too, i guess they said "thank you for dinner- we'll handle clean up!"
This was highly entertaining! Thank you. Unfortunately, I am not brave enough to do this. And wasp sprays these days no longer work. Case in point: Ortho Home Defense Hornet & Wasp Killer. I bought this hopefully, to take care of a paper wasp nest that was in a window in a dangerous spot. Sadly, I have to report this Ortho stuff is utter garbage. It was definitely paper wasps and not yellow jackets, hornets, carpenter bees, or honey bees. I was able to clearly view the nest from inside my home. Due to the position of the nest, I was able to seal the opening entirely with foam and then go inside to observe the wasps from a safe vantage point. While I was outside spraying, two wasps immediately crawled through the foam, and a third wasp was circling the area. I then went inside. There, I was greeted by the sound of angry wasps who were very much alive, all of them, buzzing between the window and the panel where I had trapped them with the foam. They were not able to enter my home (I would not have sprayed if they had been able to). But even 12 hours later, after most of them had apparently left when the foam dissolved, there was one still alive, twitching. The rest of them apparently flew away. There were no dead wasps on the window sill. The next day, I went out and there was a live one in my yard still twitching. I did not see any other signs of dead wasps. Before the EPA was able to cripple products to the point where they didn’t work, at least wasp spray could instantly kill wasps. Instead of putting people in danger of being stung repeatedly by wasps, as they can sting multiple times. I would have called Ortho and complained about it, but Ortho does not have a phone number listed.
I would like to add that I am an experienced user of old-fashioned wasp spray, back when it worked. I would wait until dusk and hit them. Unfortunately, this this is no longer a reliable method, since wasp spray products are no longer designed to instantly kill. Upon reading the label, it doesn’t actually state “instant kill“ anywhere. It only states “entrapping foam stops wasps instantly.“ Not quite the same as instant kill, especially when they escape the foam! They were so mad, so angry, that I was terrified. I can’t imagine me trying to tackle them with water and soap. It may work, but they may have stung me first and I wasn’t going to find out. They were too many of them!
I've been stung a few times myself and its no fun at all. I'm always on the lookout for good wasp killer. An exterminator buddy told me about the dish soap and water trick. Others here in the comments have suggested hitting them with brake-kleen at night when they aren't as active. I can say it is effective and I did a video on it as well. It's best to always use caution around these wasps. Thanks for watching!
I use a teaspoon of dawn and a few drops of peppermint oil, mixed into a spray bottle of warm water and it kills flies and those black crickets, I assumed the peppermint oil did the work, the soap was to help distribute the oil in the water as plain water and oil dont mix, peppermnt also does a number on insects
I believe it works because it suffocates them. They breath through tiny holes in their skin. The soapy water clogs those holes. It's like us trying to breath with a plastic bag covering our nose and mouth, but for them its a liquid bag. There isn't anything in the soap in large enough quantity to be harmful chemically speaking. Wasp spray is a chemical kill.
Wasps can't see in the infrared spectrum but us humans can. That's why it's best to go after them in the evening or early morning. Can also use flashlight with red color filter for after dark.
I did not know that about their limited vision. I hadn't really thought about it. I heard that I should wait until dark when they are all on the nest but not about the red filter. Thanks for the tip!
@@LivingCommonSense Try it sometime. The soap is effective but not necessary. Fire ant beds cease to exist with a pot full slowly poured on. Been doing it for years.
I'll try it on the ants. I wish I could know if it killed the queen or if she moved the ant bed a few feet away. Its hard to tell when they're everywhere. Strangely this Summer hasn't been too bad.
Wait until night time when all the bees are in the nest and throw a half a gallon of hot water mixed with a little dish soap on the nest. They will be dead before they hit the ground.
That would definitely take care of any nest anywhere near arm's reach. I wouldn't want to be high up on a ladder with a pot of hot water, though the video could be hilarious!
“”Hear one buzzing” “Oop Gotta get out of the ant bed too.” “Damn... I need to get an exterminator” “Damn someone needs to come out here and mow” Things I find myself saying saying each time spring/summer rolls around in Texas
Mix sugar & borax together for the ants.. borax in any amount is deadly to insects. The ants will take the sugary borax back to the nest & feed the queen & larvae which kills the entire colony.
Here in the West,🤠 I have used 409-type cleaner, straight, no water (even Amway Zoom) in spray trigger bottle with adjustable nozzle set to jet, good for at least 20 feet with deadly accuracy (good enough to shoot flying wasps - they drop to ground immediately, dead! The foam foils their wings and then suffocates/kills them on their way down.)😵
I would not have thought about it but that makes sense. It's basically a cleaning soap solution so no reason it wouldn't work. Some of that stuff has bleach or ammonia and neither of which are the wasps going to appreciate much. Thanks for the tip!
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I understand your point and wasps are a food source for badgers and dragonflies. That is why I don't get rid of all of them, only the ones that nest near human and pet activities. They are free to build in the forest where there is no chance of us crossing paths.
@@LivingCommonSense And miss out on the free acupuncture? I had an awesome dozen needles 2 days ago lol. Well, where I am they don't attack unless they feel threatened; it was MY fault. *Keep the peace, and so do they.*
All that's well and good but they are also predatory, venomous and aggressive. If you happen to be unlucky enough to have an allergy, they can also be life threatening. "Not in my backyard."
wasps are intelligent, ecologically useful, their nests can be moved and they will move with it. if they are not being a nuisance like having a nest where you right pass by, just leave them be, study them, and appreciate nature. i do have them in my greenhouses, and have moved the nests when they are small with just one wasp. i use superglue and put them in a protected weatherproof area (too exposed to wind and wasp will abandon her nest) in my garage where raccoons can't get them. catch the one wasp in a jar then move the nest. put the jar with wasp over the moved nest until she gets back on it, might take 30 seconds or so, then discreetly remove the jar and you are done. other times i have moved the shelf they are on, move slowly, and put it in an area you've prepared in advance to accept the shelf. the whole nest with ~10 wasps will move together without flying off it. (you might feel more comfortable wearing a coat and gloves). then there are ones i just leave and they get used to me working just a few feet from them. if you do disturb them they will defend the nest, otherwise they just fly past going about their biz. i don't understand what possesses people to be afraid of things that are not frightening. big ''tough men'' cluck like chickens these days while waving guns.
@bobs - The storage box they nested in is where I keep all the herbicides and pesticides locked away. There is no way I can work in the box without disturbing them. Even opening the lid put the on the war path. FWIW, I don't go out in the woods in search of their nests so I can put them down. I only go after those nests that are likely to come into contact with humans or pets. All that being said, I can respect your views without insulting you.
@@LivingCommonSense i wasn't speaking about you. these homeowners i encounter can't stand the idea of a wasp nest and want them removed. fear controls their lives. ok i removed my last sentence, hope that helps, 😄
For killing a nest, I prefer the spray - it kills them and poisons the nest too. BUT.... I like that setup for hunting them on the fly. In the early spring I try to kill every wasp I see, as I assume they are mostly queens.
If you spray the nest with some 50 percent pool bleach 50 percent water mixturd, it takes them out quick. Professional pressure washer here and i run in to nests all the time.
I'd imagine that could work well. Those pool chemicals are getting expensive but if you've already got it mixed and on the job, the real cost would be pennies.
I first heard about these vicious, short-tempered, little buggers back about 10-11 years ago, on a TV show called Billy The Exterminator. Billy and his brother, Randy, used to have to kill nests of these things, plus nests of Hornets, Yellow Jackets, and Wasps of different kinds, and they also exterminated pests of different kinds too, such a Nutria, Gators, Snakes, and all kinds of what Crocodile Dundee used to call "Crawling nasties". Rick, though, had to be extremely careful not to get stung by any Wasps, Hornets, or Yellow Jackets, as he is allergic to their Sting(s). They were a Reality-Based Show from Louisiana. Just curious-Have you ever heard of them? Anyway-That's my "Two Cents" on things. Have a great evening!
I've never seen anything kill red wasps faster than break cleaner. They literally freeze up dead mid flight and drop like a rock to never move again. Break cleaner also has a pretty good pressure stream.
Agree but it depends on what the nest is attached to. I would not spray water around a porch light or similar. The WD 40 could provide a little more control up close.
These wasps build in pretty much anything humans use from lawn furniture to lawn mowers. Soap is a great alternative to spraying insect neurotoxins on the equipment we handle all the time. Thanks for watching!
@sherrykendrick1765 nope.... as a roofer for 20 years, I have placed my hands in nests on the edge of roofs on many occasions and have never been stung. Why? Paper wasps do not have stingers. Any wasp that builds a nest like an upside down umbrella is a paper wasp.
We had a yellow jacket nest hidden in a pocket of our deck. 10' piece of tubing. 1/8 cup of 7 dust. Air nozzle with rubber cone. Spray it in the area, it covers everything. All dead the next day.
@Maclean - Thanks for the laugh! - I've been stung plenty but not since I discovered the soapy water technique. Killed a tiny nest with engine starting fluid yesterday. It turns out these wasps are not all that durable! They have mostly offensive weaponry.
@@LivingCommonSense Hey, I’m a firm believer in Dawn, and Dawn Powerwash now (stainless steel fridge cleaner). But we f you’ve got a nest under the wave of the house you can kill them at night. Get a stadium cup that’s bigger than the nest and fill it with water and bleach, water and vinegar, or - water and Dawn, I’m sure. When they’re sleeping and warming that nest, step up on your step stool or r a sturdy chair, put the cup over the nest and snug it against the ceiling and slide the cup to dislodge the nest. When it falls in the cup they’re all dead, and no ants to deal with. Yeah, get some diatomaceous earth for those ants. (From Amazon, it’ll get to your door in two days.) Nontoxic to us, just to the pests.
@No - I've seen videos like you describe and it worked well. Yep, bad as wasps are, red fire ants are the scourge of the Earth! Thanks for the comment.
@joe - It’s a Bon Aire Wash-N-Rinse Spray Gun, Model# WNR5D from Northern Tool. northerntool.com I occasionally see it available on amazon but often out of stock there.
most insects have oils on their bodies that they use to help with respiration and other body functions. The dish soap just washes the oils off and no more vital functions.
A $10-15 pump-up sprayer with an adjustable nozzle from a big box store is better and cheaper. Mix a few ounces of dish soap to a gallon of water. Job done. This works good on fire ant mounds too!
I can get onboard with cheaper but better I'm not sure. It's more portable but I don't think that makes up for the volume, pressure and distance given that come with the water hose. The pump-up sprayer wins on portability and readiness since the soap and water can sit mixed, waiting to be deployed against these insidious creatures.
@@sherrykendrick1765 I don't know. I used it on a rooftop A/C unit I had to repair out in a remote location when that was the only thing found at the only gas station around.
That's a great idea for wiping out the nests you can see. But what about the ones hidden in old trees, dead stumps, and burrowed in the ground? A very good way to kill those is to get the 'worker' wasps, hornets, meat bees, etc. to carry poisoned food back to the larvae and queen who then die in the nest, thus wiping out that colony. Our way was to poison some cheap tuna fish, place it in small wire cages (to keep birds and other good creatures safe) and hang them around. Only takes a few days for success, and if they DO return - just repeat the process.
This was more of an impromptu solution for this specific scenario...wasps built in a accessible box full of stuff that could stand to get a little wet. No doubt there are multiple times the soap/water treatment wouldn't be appropriate. I'd try the tuna method a ways from the house as imagine that tuna, while effective, would get pretty ripe in this Texas heat!
I spray Diesel Fuel as a rule, but I only used it on things I don't mind Staining. The Dawn is much better on painted surfaces you do not want to Stain. Those wasps of that type, their bodies have a paper like consistency, and it absorbs Oil type of liquids instantly. Their wings get oily and they cannot fly. Fire Ants is a big deal where I live. They are a real pest.
The fire ants a bigger deal around here than the wasps. The wasps sting is no fun but the ants are insidious. Dozens crawl on their victim and coordinate their stinging attack all at once. There is no punishment that is too heinous for a bed of invasive fire ants.
@@LivingCommonSense Yeah, Buddy, the fire ants are aggressive and they love our 60 Hertz Electric Power. Something about that attracts them. In the South the Fire Ants are tough. Good Video!! BB
Works good . If you wait til dark and go out with a flash light , they will all be right there on the nest or very close by. I just found a big nest of yellow jackets that I'm gonna take out tonight. Shine the light on them and spray them down. I've never had one fly away at night. I usually use that wasp spray that shoots 20 foot . If I had one of those wands I'd use the dawn tonight but I do have a new can of wasp spray and they won't know what hit 'em ! 8 )
Yes I use dish soap in a spray bottle and it works well. If you want something for inside a house to knock one down, that is non staining I use starting fluid (ether). It will knock them down instantly without leaving a stain or being wet.
I keep a trigger spray bottle on my golf cart with Dawn and water….works well..if they are out of reach up around my gutters, I use my hose attached to bottle with Dawn….👍👍👍
I have a foam car wash cannon, pretty useless for washing cars turns out, but for wasps its the best. Just mix some soap, water and any killer, I use Bifen IT.
I bet they don't stand a chance with that mixture.
don't need poison
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I’ve had a nest as big as a Sunflower!!! Scary!!!! I opted for the dish soap and hot water pot! I left a wicker basket outside and it seemed like the perfect penthouse for them! I’ve been scared to fight them, but mustered up the strength tonight and went for it as the sun was setting! No flying wasps, seemed like everyone was home. Boiled a large pot of hot water and soap, poured it over the basket and that did it! I found some generic degreaser i had laying around the house, sprayed that on two of them, but as it was getting darker I couldnt quite see what was happening. I turned the basket over and no movement, so i shoved it into a huge black plastic bag and tied it up! Success!! Thank you!
@Veronica - That's awesome, great job! Glad you got the best of them and not getting stung is even better. Happy it worked out for you and thanks for watching!
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They breath through their carapace so the surface tension of the soapy water strangles them. They don't even try to fight. Anything foam will work. Works on roaches too.
Fleas too... probably most anything that creeps, crawls and buzzes about!
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Soapy water even works on termites!
When I was a teenager I knew this older farmer. He'd see a wasps nest that size, walk right up to it grab with his bare hands and squish it, then clap his hands to make sure he killed them all.
He said he'd only been stung a couple of times. To me, your method seems a bit better.
Thanks for posting this.
Yes, it seems that people used to be a lot tougher back in the day. Thanks for watching!
I tried that once with a bald faced hornet nest and ended up in the ICU
I now use ranged napalm
Been doing this for 20 years , but I wait until night when everyone is home in bed asleep , but you are fun to watch joe bob
They are less active at night for sure. It also would have been better if I hadn’t stirred them up before giving them a bath. Glad you liked the video and thanks for watching
I learned this from an old man when I was a teenager. Any soap mixed with water in a squirt bottle will take out any number of bees in short order. Sundown is good. Making a plan is good too. Don't get yourself trapped in an enclosed space with a bunch of pissed off bees. Very fulfilling to see 300 yellow jackets on the floor.
@@richardtolbert2745 Usually early morning is the best, they're all still there and sometimes it cools off outside to the point where they can hardly even move. 40 degree mornings they won't even beable to fight back if you miss a couple.
As previously stated, wait until sunset, they will all be on the nest and you get them all with one spray.
You're right and I would try it but the wasps just won't come back 🤷♂️. Thanks for the tip!
grab the nest with a garbage bag after dark..and call it a day
What time would that be
@@jessicapineda117 I wait several hours or so after dark. Later the better. And the last nest was in the ground, but not a single wasp made it out. Apparently died in their sleep haha.
Dawn and a garden hose finally eliminated my vole population in my citrus orchard. Everything else failed, flooding, poison, traps. I don't know if it killed them off or what, but never had another now in 20 years.
I think voles typically eat vegetation like grass, roots or seeds. Perhaps the fragrance or taste of the soap encouraged them to move out and establish elsewhere. Just a guess. Thanks for watching
I just tried this using my foam cannon on my pressure washer wand. I'll check in an hour to see if they are gone, but the ones that were there did seem to wiggle around a lot when they hit the deck. I had paper wasps hidden inside a seated bench that converts to a table. I couldn't hit them directly because of the angle, but I saturated the nest the best I could from top and bottom. I did not use a full container of Dawn. I put just enough in there to cover perhaps an inch at the bottom of the bottle, the foam cannon did the rest. For the most part, I don't have a problem with them after so many years of dealing with them, but they sure love these two bench tables that sit in the sun for about 6 hours a day. Even running the pressure washer and using fuel to run that, the price was a lot lower than one can of Wasp/Hornet spray at Walmart. Thanks for this tip. I had seen it before, I just had to hunt it down again in the UA-cam search.
@Richard - I have a batch of wasps growing in a wall that prevents hitting them directly as well. A foam canon would help the soap stay on their opening a good while longer. I may try a cannon with car wash soap that foams better than I think the dawn may. Of course I’ll probably have to knock on the wall to run them out into the foam. Thanks for the idea!
@@LivingCommonSense I would add a little bit of Dawn in there because Car Soap doesn't do damage to your car's finish, but Dawn will strip it of wax. It may be that secret ingredient in Dawn that makes it stick to them. Maybe not, but I wouldn't risk it. I will say there were a few foraging away from the nest that came back to find it annihilated, so I put some Dawn and Water in a spray bottle and got closer than I would have if the nest were still active, and got 'em right in the face. It has been 3 hours since I first sprayed it, but the ones in the nest are no longer moving. I figured I would just pressure wash the siding as long as I had it out for this job. So 3 hours later and I think they are all but gone.
@Richard - Mixing soaps sounds like the way to go. Car soap foams and holds in place for a minute so the dawn can do it’s job. I’ll see how that works. From one wasp warrior to another, thanks for the tip!
Been doing this for years, only in a spray bottle. Works great
No reason a spray bottle won't work at night when they're not too active. Consider the wand as a large scale wasp extermination tool😆
I've been using a spray bottle of Simple Green cleaner for years - it knocks them out of the air. Even a nest in the soffit of the house - went out at night and hit it with a good strong stream of SG and never saw another wasp there. Just tonight I went for some aggressive yellowjackets in the retaining wall that have driven me out of the yard and garden. We'll see in the morning if I was able to get enough spray into a tiny crack between blocks, or not.
I've used brake cleaner, kerosene, carb cleaner, gas, and WD40. (not all at once).
They all seemed to provide instant satisfaction.
Yes, since uploading this, I've come to realize that almost anything besides pure water will put them down for the count
Brake cleaner is the best - No residue! The brake cleaner evaporates leaving nothing behind.
And the entire nest, about a foot by 5" square, is in one corner of a deck box.
My first wasp sting, 2 summers ago, nearly killed me. Second wasp sting 2 months ago was not as bad, mostly because I used my Epi-Pen. Now I am going to spray this solution all over the tractor. I was working on the tractor when I was stung 2 months ago. Don't understand why the red wasps hang around the tractor, but they have to go.
They also build inside the engine shrouds on a lawn mower. They seem to like machinery of any sort. I remove them every time I see them. Good luck with your wasps!
@@LivingCommonSense yeah they make nests in the machinery at work too. I use a propane bug fogger and sealant foam to deal with the problem.
I read that they like strong smells, diesel fuel and pool chlorine.
That would be awesome if it’s where you can have a hose. I mix a couple cups that’s open to about a gallon or two of water and put it in one of those pump Up garden sprayers and I keep a squirt bottle of it on the front and back deck, it works on pretty much all kinds of wasps but not bees. It works just as good as anything you can buy in a spray can and you get 100 times as much as you get in a $3-4 can.
Right on all accounts. The garden hose sprayer probably has more range but the pump sprayer would have been fine on a small nest like this one. Great tips BTW!
Ryobi makes a sprayer that is battery operated. I use it to power wash my gate that is too far from the house for a hose to reach. Other tool makers probably have similar sprayers.
It works on all bees, I do bee removal, it works on all insects and arachnids I've used it on. It helps hide the scent of the hive too
anything soapy will work as it basically suffocates them. I used a can of scrubbing bubbles once and it killed better then any can of raid I've ever used.
For sure. I've been unimpressed with most wasp sprays for years.
Been using this for years.Did you know you can treat your whole house with it and bees will not put a nest on any treated areas.Carpenter bees won't bore in it either.My house has log siding on it and I live in the woods and have no problems with any bees or wood boring insects.
I did not know that. Bee aren't a problem for me but I'll wash down the house and see if it helps keep the spiders at bay. Thanks for the tip!
That's good information to know..
I have a wasp and carpenter bee problem.. the bees are so bad they kinda bounce off our windows all day. I bought a carpenter bee trap, and caught 26 carpenter bees the first weekend.. only one or two a week now.
I've noticed wasps around my house at every window and door jam, trying to make nests.. I believe I've seen a few bald faced hornets too.
I live in a brand new sectional.. "double wide" how would I go about treating my home that has vinyl siding? Would this method stain or discolor my siding? Or leave a noticable residue?
@@notimportant3914 Look up those videos where you use a tub with water and dish soap, with a board and rotten meat over it, just above the water. Gets more wasps than any trap ever and you can make it out of stuff you have at home.
@@kyfarm I've seen those videos... They used chicken in the ones I watched..
I'll have to try it, I guess
@@notimportant3914 the aggressive carpenter bees that buzz at you are males and they have no stingers. The females have stingers but are very docile.
WD-40 Works well too, and I'm not talking about spraying it with a lighter to make a torch, just point and shoot. Use the little red nozzle to get distance. I know dawn is cheaper, but in a pinch with a can if WD-40 on hand, they will drop like flies! Ask me how I know 😉
WD-40 works but I'm hearing brake clean works even better. Will be trying both if the wasps ever come back!
Just used a whole can of wd40 on 2 nests, one the size of an apple and one a grapefruit. Can confirm. They fell down and died within seconds
PB Blaster spray kills wasps almost instantly
My wasps are hidden under a pre-fab cement stairwell so there is no way to spray their nest. Canadian wasps are smarter than your USA cousins.
I've been using dish soap/water in a spray bottle for about 8 yrs now to kill bugs....Dawn seems to work better than the other dish soaps.
I've also noticed the non-name brand soaps are not as effective as Dawn liquid soap.
I found this awesome idea out a few years back. Dawn has so many applications. Go ahead and spray it on your lawn, (it actually makes water penetrate better) Greasy hands? I haven't found a better hand cleaner, and cheaper taboot. Good stuff.
I've used it on greasy tires and wheels with pretty good results. Thanks for the tips!
It actually is what some vets and dog kennel places use for bathing dogs because it kills fleas as well.
Dawn, Epsom salt, white vinegar, baking soda, lemon, and green Listerine will just about cover any need we could have. From pesticides, weed killers, to cleaning and disinfecting, to cutting grease, and so on.... obviously the major brands don't work on the intended purposes... the bees just proved that. I did a test on round up vs white vinegar, dawn, and Epsom salt and the homemade one not only killed further areas, it also stay gone much longer....
@@luv2BaNana don't forget diamataceous earth, clove oil, peppermint oil, cinnamon
Comet cleanser works on hands too. I'm sure it's less healthy but works when there's no lava soap handy..😂😂😂
The soap is a neurotoxin that desolves the soft tissues between the hard parts and sticks to the wings and their breathing parts. So the faster they move the faster they die. If you wait till evening they will all be at the nest at the same time. The dawn works for most insects. It doesn't take much. Your sprayer has real good spread and length. I'm going to get me one.
I noticed if they are stationary on the nest, they do seem to kick a little longer than when flying. Hit them with the soap in mid-flight, they hit the ground and they are done right then. I've seen the sprayers and northern tool and amazon. Thanks for watching!
Nope. The soap helps the water seep into their exoskeletons, and drowns them!
@@Anarchy-Is-LibertyNeurotoxin the dissolves the soft tissue sounds pretty awesome though. I'm gonna go with that instead of the dull drowning. Seriously though that's how common misconceptions get started.
You want the truth?...You are incorrect. The soap is a surfactant, when mixed in water and sprayed onto an insect like a wasp it drowns them because the surface tension of the water has been broken by the soap so now the water can penetrate their exoskeleton and drown them. The soap is not a neurotoxin to them.
I always was told they breathe through their exoskeleton, and that the soap clogs the tiny holes they breathe through and suffocates them.
I go out at night when they are all in the nest. I'm armed with a stick, a can of spray oil, automobile starting fluid, some matches and a large metal coffee can. I spray the nest with oil. When they come out of the nest I spray more oil on them. The oil is heavy to them and gets on their wings so they can't fly. Then I take the stick and knock the nest into the coffee can. I then spray the nest, now in the can, with the starting fluid, light a match and drop the lit match into the can and quickly step back. When the fire starts it incinerates the nest and all the bees inside the nest and they burn to death. It's almost like hitting them with a flame thrower.
That’s kind of like using a bazooka on a roach but I guess when you’ve got to be sure then break out the fire 🔥
Dude is like "Bravo Six, Going Dark"
We have done this at work with ground wasps. I’d pour gasoline in the hole, cover it up with a board, and light it up with a cigarette or something.
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take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.
Hope you meant wasps not bees.
Very Effective.... put some clear packaging tape over the two slot openings at the end of your toolbox to keep them from getting in the box and building another nest.
TBH, I thought leaving it open would invite another batch of wasps in for bath time but none have returned. Word must have gotten out
We got the mud daubers here in Texas, so I found the dawn trick out by chance. I had discovered that knocking down and cleaning their mud nests from the soffets with dawn and a pressure washer was a one step way to get rid of them.
That's cool. That mud the daubers puts on is really tough to get off the house, both outside and in the garage. Thanks for watching!
After the dawn soap I like to use 10d on them
@30pvfd - They won't come back from that for sure
If they're in a spot you can live with you aught to leave Mud daubers, they're typically not aggressive and they hunt spiders.
@@kriegjaegerWell if they would choose holes & things other than my electrical outlets, compressor, light sockets, yard power tools, lawnmower, he’ll just about anything that will mess up due to being blocked & clogged I wouldn’t mind them developing a colony but they chose war! I try to leave or make habitats for all beneficial bugs from catalpa worms, ladybugs, dragonflies, to crickets & worms but these dirtdobbers are determined to damage everything worth a nice penny that I own. Is there a habitat one could make that they would majority of the time pick over my equipment? Or what is the best way to deter them. I have a large open 3 bay barn with a loft & then a smaller enclosed but not sealed 2 long bay barn & they always find their way in thru the gaps. I don’t want to seal the gaps as they are for natural ventilation.
First time watching one of your videos, I can tell you're a shooter as you didn't waste ammo. 👍
For sure!. The magazine only holds so much. LOL. Thanks for watching!
Try that on the ants too. When I was living in Bolivia I found a trick of using dish soap to stop ants from crossing that barrier nice big bead bead bead of soap around the ant hill and now they’re trapped. Your spray bond wand may work just as well.
We are eat up with ants here so I'll see how the soap works on the ant beds. Thanks for the tip!
Thanks for sharing this method. I will use it for sure. I have used the dish soap to eradicate fire ants, but I've never used it on wasps.
I'm glad you like the video. Best of luck with your wasp eradication
Fire ants???...got my attention. I got mounds of them things. I tried the nice way using Diatomaceous Earth powder and doesn't looked like it works so soap it is. Thanks.
@@mandiegarrett1706 Hi Mandie, I purchased the cheap dish soap from the dollar store and poured a bottle down into each ant mound. At first, the ants seemed to just move their mounds over a foot or two and then rebuild, but after about two months they completely disappeared.
@@pteddie6965 Awesome...will do that. Thanks.
Thanks this helped. Cleaning deck and was dodging wasps left and right couldn’t be more pleased seeing this.
You're welcome! They seem to like building around us all the time
N AR, my shop inside and out, red wasps, very aggressive. I will bait them with 1 tsp boric acid in fruit juice, soda can, twig, but Dawn...knock them out of my sky. Any spray container.
Hit them high, hit them hard, no red wasps in my yard!
@@LivingCommonSense Hard to say in meter when you say waspsps.
Attack in the cool of the night, that's when it's right. Obliterate, confiscate, they end up in a trash can. Uuh!
I have yellow jackets that have made their nest under my siding. I've spent alot of money on kill sprays and homemade traps but this looks like it will work even better. Thank you.
I had these red wasps in the soffit of the house and I spent a fortune on wasp spray. An exterminator told me about the dawn soap and I killed them by the dozens with this. I should have waited until dark and maybe a little cooler temps so they would have been less active. Be careful and thank for watching!
I have one of those old timing fire extinguishers that you just put water in and then pressurize it with air. What I always do is use piping hot water along with soap it don't matter if it's dishwashing soap or clothes so whatever I just put a lot of soap in it. I don't know if it's the Heat or the soap or both but it knocked some dead instantly. But what I always do is right when it's getting dark is when I spray them they can't see you and they're all back at the nest
I'm sure they don't like scalding hot water but the mix of both likely accelerates their demise. Cool idea on the fire extinguisher!
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It’s the heat. Anything above 130 degrees will kill any insect immediately
I just used this!! After dusk. No stings- and nothing flying after soaking for several minutes. ❤❤ thank you!!
You are welcome. I’m glad you were able to get rid of the pests and thank you for sharing
@@LivingCommonSense me too.
Oh, I used a car wash gun
I've given up trying to get rid of the wasps, now we just live together full time. I wish I could at least get them to pay rent...
Word has gotten out around my place. The wasps have moved on, I rarely see more than one at a time anymore
Wasps eat tons of aphids and other garden pests and they pollinate fruit and squash
Thanks for sharing. I don't have a garden or fruit trees. I do have wasps from time to time. I wouldn't mess with them it they would leave me alone.
i have killed over 400 wasps , black red, yellow etc. Two comments on this, first you only need a eight cup of dawn per gallon, once they are saturated, you dont have to keep spraying them, takes about one or two minutes for them to die either way. Also, most ANY liquid soap works, i have used laundry detergent, murphys, etc,
Yes, I’ve used other soap as well. Just need something to prevent them from breathing. My sprayer does not really have a way to precisely measure the soap but I have noticed it being effective when diluted. Thanks for watching!
I used a shop vac, because it was on my deck on a sheet of cloth. I haven't opened up the shop vac yet but I assumed they are dead, but it allowed me to get into a tight space, they kept coming back even though there comrades were disappearing one at a time. Nice video thanks.
This is a bit late but I wouldn't count on those wasps inside the shop vac being dead. I'd tape up the hose inlet and let the vacuum bake in the sun a couple of days to be certain...or at least wait until nightfall to open it up. Thanks for watching!
Something so satisfying about watching this. Maybe because I’ve been stung before several times.
I’ve also been stung plenty myself so I like to spread the word about dish soap as often as possible. Thanks for watching!
You might as well put more in the pressure washer gun and wash the whole toolbox out you'll be all set.
A few weeks after this, I forgot, left the lid up and it rained several inches inside. Everything in a plastic container was floating but everything else in there was a total lost. It was clean after I cleaned everything out.
I heard that wasps love sugary drinks and that you use borox acid mixed with that to take them all out wherever they nest* very cheaply(maybe less than $5, but definitely less than $10)...
*Even if it's hidden and you cannot get to it directly. Often this is the case. We have them currently in a way that you cannot access them directly and we have 1 or more sitting at the entrance to where the nest is to guard it until after dark(after dark, they go in). The strangest thing about these mahogany wasps(we call them red wasps) is they are not nearly as aggressive as yellow jackets are.
They are aggressive and will sting(they'd be intolerable if they were nesting in a livable part of your house), but we've lived next to them for some time and being vigilantly careful means that you don't get stung. But, it would be great to not deal with them at all and I think I will try the sugary drink plus borox mix for this deep nest. I also know that getting certain sticky fluids in their wings means they cannot fly and makes them easy to kjII(esp. if you find one lit on a surface within your spray's target range)...
Sounds like you have a workable plan to take care of those pests
I noticed that the nest was right next to a large bottle of "Home Defense Bug Killer". Cheeky bastards! Good hunting!
This is where I keep all the pesticides locked up and yes I’ve considered the irony of spraying soap in a metal box full of bug poison to get rid of...insects.🤦♂️
I noticed that also.. should tell us all we're wasting money on non effective commercial products because household supplies actually work! The insects just laugh at commercial products.... lol. Green Listerine, or generic brands actually kill ants, not just cause them to move. Dawn and water kills bees, 1/4 cup Dawn, 2 cups of Epsom salt, and a gallon of white vinegar works WAY better than round-up for weeds, and home remedies don't kill us! Maybe the pesticide, big pharma, and vaccine industry have been after us the entire time after all! Hmmmm?
@@luv2BaNana Lysol Direct kitchen cleaner will kill an ant in less than 10 seconds. Best thing is it's a disinfectant so you can clean the counter top off at the same time. :)
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If you have a cool evening they have a very hard time running or flying off. I used a jet nozzle just to knock them down and step on them. Your method is much neater and less looking for wasps to step on.
I have stepped on them when it was early morning in the 40s and the wasps were fairly docile. Problem is that it stays warm in east Texas pretty much from April to October which is about when the wasps show up. Thanks for the comment and for watching!
@@LivingCommonSense Im in sw Louisiana here, and I used to get a nest the size of a basketball every year. Making the area inhospitable helps. The best time i ever had was spraying that nest as the temps finally dropped coming into fall one night. Huge splat when it hit the concrete. Lol. Then lots of stepping on wasps.
Next time grab a camera and post it. Insect killing is something we can't get enough of!
You should spray them at night when they're all home for dinner but it might be a little harder to make a UA-cam video in the dark
I'll look at spraying at night. Lighting should not be too much problem.
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a generous helping of dawn soap in a spray bottle is great too. Thats what I use on all insects
There's an older gentleman down the road that does the same thing but he borrows this sprayer if he's got some high up in a corner or eve. Thanks for watching!
Dawn, saves the Wildlife, kills Wasps, Washes your car to a lustrous shine, and oh yeah ...can wash dishes too !!
Washing your car with Dawn is one of the worst things you can do.
@@bobbyg7552 - Yep, strips the wax right off your car!!!
I read online wasp brief through sphericals that called when you use the darn soap on them it clogs them and that's when they suffocate and die That's a good method to get rid of wasps too.
I didn't know it suffocated them at first but knowing it does, I'm astonished at how quickly it knocks them out especially if I can spray them while they're flying. They hit the ground and they're done.
I wish I saw this before I used my flame thrower.
I’m all about using the best tool for the job
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Yeah. The flamethrower does have it's drawbacks.
Great idea for outdoor surfaces. Wasps are going in and out of an opening between brick wall and flashing under the rain gutter. If I spray soap in there, it will ruin the insulation or water will go in the interior of the walls.
I had a similar situation. I had an opening where the soffit met the brick. I think they had a huge nest in the soffit and sprayed several cans of wasp spray but never could get enough killed to get close enough to seal it up. Got the soap gun out and stood their spraying them of and on for around 30 minutes until I could get close enough to seal it. I don't think it got to the insulation but I have spray foam. I'd been more concerned if it had been fiberglass
Thanks for the quick reply. My mistake, it’s Soffit (not flashing). I will definitely use soap instead of harmful chemicals.
It’s a delicate situation, there’s a Birds Nest 5 feet away in the corner. It keeps bringing worms feeding the little ones. I don’t want to scare them either.
I use a Daisy 880 pump pellet rifle. 5 pumps and 1/16th tsp table salt. It's a salt-shotgun that kills wasps and it's 100% fun.
Imma have to try this! Awesome tip!
You are one brave dude, you don't even use gloves when you pick up the nest! I'm going to buy one of those car washers and spray dawn soap around my porch and window frames where mud dauber wasps are driving me crazy.
I’ve got a ton of mud daubers around my place too. I think the soap should kill them just as well but I don’t think this sprayer has enough force to dislodge the mud nests. It should soften them up enough to make scraping them off a bit easier. Thanks for watching!
I ran out of hornet spray and started using break cleaner...they didn't like either haha.
I tried the break cleaner as well. Works great! They can build out in the woods if they don't like soap or break cleaner!😂
What I’ve used before was simple green in a garden sprayer, thy drop like a rock.
That would work great on a small nest like this one. Thanks for watching
wasps turned into bubble bees in seconds
Been popped by them a few times...no regrets today!
great job! i liked it, y did you use dawn soap and not a pesticide at homedepot?
@MML - An exterminator told me I could spray dish soap on the wasps with a spray bottle and it would kill them. I scaled up the operation with the spray wand. The dawn dish soap is less expensive than pesticides and doesn’t leave any pesticide residue. Also, if the pesticide is oil based, it would not mix with the water but the soap mixes with the water very well. Thanks for watching!
@@LivingCommonSense thanks boss, i am thinking of getting a wand hooked up to my 600psi power washer with attached plastic bottle w/ur soap idea, at the end attached, how far you think that can shoot? i need to get to 20 feet undr my roof shingles their nesting, am i wasting my time? thanks
@MML - Depending on if your pressure washer will accept standard nozzles, you may can get/use the “narrow” stream nozzle to get more height. The wider nozzles will cover more area but the 0 degree nozzle stream should disperse enough to get them at 20’. Just be careful not to damage the house and don’t use it near power lines or you might light yourself up.😳
I’ve tried chemical spray. Didn’t kill then. Tried pouring tons of mulch, the boy right through it. Gonna try this tonight. Thanks!!
It works for sure...be careful
Someplaces one cannot spray water to remove the nests. I think we all need a repertoire of things we can use, spray, insecticide, vacuum.... whatever it takes.
Absolutely! Choose the right tool for job. Brake cleaner may be appropriate on say an engine shroud but may harm plastics like lawn furniture whereas soapy water is a perfect fit in that application. I wouldn't want insecticide sprayed in either of those applications. Thanks for the post!
I like the innovation but that looked a lot more time consuming that grabbing my can of wasp spray and shooting; 20 minutes vs 20 seconds.
An exterminator told me about the soap and water approach when I had a huge nest built inside the eave on my house near the front door. I was using wasp spray at about $5 per can and the wasps just kept swarming. I figured the wand could deliver high pressure, long range, wide dispersal with practically unlimited volume and no toxins. I killed 50-60 over a couple of days by hitting the opening in the eave and bathing them as they came out to wage war. I was finally able to close up the opening in the eave. Never saw the nest though. This was the first and only nest I've come across since. Apparently word has gotten out amongst the wasp community, I've had no nests since I recorded this video. Thanks for watching!
The wand tactic will outlast the wasps cans and is much cheaper. The wand also shoots farther and has a wider wingspan
SLOW-MO &TAKING NO PRISONERS😂 I'M DEAD. and the ants did that with my fallen nests too, i guess they said "thank you for dinner- we'll handle clean up!"
😂- Best comment of the day!
This was highly entertaining! Thank you. Unfortunately, I am not brave enough to do this. And wasp sprays these days no longer work. Case in point: Ortho Home Defense Hornet & Wasp Killer. I bought this hopefully, to take care of a paper wasp nest that was in a window in a dangerous spot. Sadly, I have to report this Ortho stuff is utter garbage. It was definitely paper wasps and not yellow jackets, hornets, carpenter bees, or honey bees.
I was able to clearly view the nest from inside my home. Due to the position of the nest, I was able to seal the opening entirely with foam and then go inside to observe the wasps from a safe vantage point. While I was outside spraying, two wasps immediately crawled through the foam, and a third wasp was circling the area. I then went inside. There, I was greeted by the sound of angry wasps who were very much alive, all of them, buzzing between the window and the panel where I had trapped them with the foam. They were not able to enter my home (I would not have sprayed if they had been able to). But even 12 hours later, after most of them had apparently left when the foam dissolved, there was one still alive, twitching. The rest of them apparently flew away. There were no dead wasps on the window sill. The next day, I went out and there was a live one in my yard still twitching. I did not see any other signs of dead wasps. Before the EPA was able to cripple products to the point where they didn’t work, at least wasp spray could instantly kill wasps. Instead of putting people in danger of being stung repeatedly by wasps, as they can sting multiple times. I would have called Ortho and complained about it, but Ortho does not have a phone number listed.
I would like to add that I am an experienced user of old-fashioned wasp spray, back when it worked. I would wait until dusk and hit them. Unfortunately, this this is no longer a reliable method, since wasp spray products are no longer designed to instantly kill. Upon reading the label, it doesn’t actually state “instant kill“ anywhere. It only states “entrapping foam stops wasps instantly.“ Not quite the same as instant kill, especially when they escape the foam! They were so mad, so angry, that I was terrified. I can’t imagine me trying to tackle them with water and soap. It may work, but they may have stung me first and I wasn’t going to find out. They were too many of them!
I've been stung a few times myself and its no fun at all. I'm always on the lookout for good wasp killer. An exterminator buddy told me about the dish soap and water trick. Others here in the comments have suggested hitting them with brake-kleen at night when they aren't as active. I can say it is effective and I did a video on it as well. It's best to always use caution around these wasps. Thanks for watching!
that $hit with the epa really p!$$e$ me off, they dont give a damned about people getting all stung up!
I'm so glad I saw this. I almost called an exterminator. I need to grow a pair. Thanks for the encouragement sir!
No problem! Stay safe and be sure to have a path of egress so you can get away from them if things go bad🤞
Always have your escape route planned because these little mothers can turn pretty fast at you if they avoid the spray.
Sounds like you may speak from experience?
I use a teaspoon of dawn and a few drops of peppermint oil, mixed into a spray bottle of warm water and it kills flies and those black crickets, I assumed the peppermint oil did the work, the soap was to help distribute the oil in the water as plain water and oil dont mix, peppermnt also does a number on insects
Several have commented on the effects of peppermint oil on insects and its something I'd like to try sometime.
TBH, i've never bought wasp spray. I kill them with break cleaner. It's super effective and practically kills them instantly.
I’ve bought a lot of it. Then an exterminator put me on dish soap and water and I’ve never looked back
That’s what I use too!
I use starting fluid.
I highly doubt you use break cleaner lol, there's no such thing . . .
I believe it works because it suffocates them. They breath through tiny holes in their skin. The soapy water clogs those holes. It's like us trying to breath with a plastic bag covering our nose and mouth, but for them its a liquid bag. There isn't anything in the soap in large enough quantity to be harmful chemically speaking. Wasp spray is a chemical kill.
Wasps can't see in the infrared spectrum but us humans can. That's why it's best to go after them in the evening or early morning. Can also use flashlight with red color filter for after dark.
I did not know that about their limited vision. I hadn't really thought about it. I heard that I should wait until dark when they are all on the nest but not about the red filter. Thanks for the tip!
Love the slow mo! hilarious and i need to get the car wash wand too! Great idea.
I've blasted more wasps with this wand than I can keep count. Thanks for watching!
I made up some Dawn, 30% vinegar, and water in a pint spray bottle and it works just as well and fast. I may try it with just the Dawn next time.
Let us know how it goes
I’m picking up what this good ole boy is putting down. Thanks!
Glad you found it useful!
A coffee cup full of boiling water from the microwave is more than sufficient.
Maybe but each follow up shot would take about 2 minutes to reload.
@@LivingCommonSense For a wasp nest it's game over with a direct hit. A pot full will give you the same results with fire ant beds. Game over
@@LivingCommonSense Try it sometime. The soap is effective but not necessary. Fire ant beds cease to exist with a pot full slowly poured on. Been doing it for years.
I'll try it on the ants. I wish I could know if it killed the queen or if she moved the ant bed a few feet away. Its hard to tell when they're everywhere. Strangely this Summer hasn't been too bad.
@@LivingCommonSense I'm pretty sure it kills the queen if poured on slowly. I keep them In check.
Wait until night time when all the bees are in the nest and throw a half a gallon of hot water mixed with a little dish soap on the nest. They will be dead before they hit the ground.
That would definitely take care of any nest anywhere near arm's reach. I wouldn't want to be high up on a ladder with a pot of hot water, though the video could be hilarious!
Not when they are up 10 to 15 ft. up.
Anyone else see the complete humor in the nest being built basically on top of an insecticide jug?
Yeah, the whole box is used to store insecticides and herbicides, and yet neither is what did them in. They chose the place for their home...poorly
“”Hear one buzzing”
“Oop Gotta get out of the ant bed too.”
“Damn... I need to get an exterminator”
“Damn someone needs to come out here and mow”
Things I find myself saying saying each time spring/summer rolls around in Texas
Yep and I won't live anywhere other than Texas!
Mix sugar & borax together for the ants.. borax in any amount is deadly to insects. The ants will take the sugary borax back to the nest & feed the queen & larvae which kills the entire colony.
Not gonna mow when there's wasp out there
@@user-qq1xg6qn7i spray them with the dish soap water
If you don’t have any wasp spray available a good substitute is spray engine degreaser foam in a can it coats their wings and drops them immediately
Great tip! Also Brake-Kleen with chlorine with put them down real quick too.
Perfect wasp killer and alot safer to use around the house. Works every time.
Soap is a lot less expensive than wasp killer too
Here in the West,🤠 I have used 409-type cleaner, straight, no water (even Amway Zoom) in spray trigger bottle with adjustable nozzle set to jet, good for at least 20 feet with deadly accuracy (good enough to shoot flying wasps - they drop to ground immediately, dead! The foam foils their wings and then suffocates/kills them on their way down.)😵
I would not have thought about it but that makes sense. It's basically a cleaning soap solution so no reason it wouldn't work. Some of that stuff has bleach or ammonia and neither of which are the wasps going to appreciate much. Thanks for the tip!
Wasps have several benefits
They are pollinators, like bees, and are particularly important for figs.
They help keep pest insect populations under control by preying on other insects.
They are non-toxic agents of pest control in agricultural systems and your own garden.
They are important research subjects in fields as diverse as biomimicry, ethology, and chemical ecology.
Their venom shows promise in creating new medicines.
They are suitable for many things that include pollination, insect control, and pest control as a nutrition source for many animals.
I understand your point and wasps are a food source for badgers and dragonflies. That is why I don't get rid of all of them, only the ones that nest near human and pet activities. They are free to build in the forest where there is no chance of us crossing paths.
@LivingCommonSense well said they may be good for something. Better know what's good for them! I ain't stung yet, it's still early though!
@@LivingCommonSense And miss out on the free acupuncture? I had an awesome dozen needles 2 days ago lol.
Well, where I am they don't attack unless they feel threatened; it was MY fault. *Keep the peace, and so do they.*
All that's well and good but they are also predatory, venomous and aggressive. If you happen to be unlucky enough to have an allergy, they can also be life threatening.
"Not in my backyard."
wasps are intelligent, ecologically useful, their nests can be moved and they will move with it. if they are not being a nuisance like having a nest where you right pass by, just leave them be, study them, and appreciate nature. i do have them in my greenhouses, and have moved the nests when they are small with just one wasp. i use superglue and put them in a protected weatherproof area (too exposed to wind and wasp will abandon her nest) in my garage where raccoons can't get them. catch the one wasp in a jar then move the nest. put the jar with wasp over the moved nest until she gets back on it, might take 30 seconds or so, then discreetly remove the jar and you are done. other times i have moved the shelf they are on, move slowly, and put it in an area you've prepared in advance to accept the shelf. the whole nest with ~10 wasps will move together without flying off it. (you might feel more comfortable wearing a coat and gloves). then there are ones i just leave and they get used to me working just a few feet from them. if you do disturb them they will defend the nest, otherwise they just fly past going about their biz. i don't understand what possesses people to be afraid of things that are not frightening. big ''tough men'' cluck like chickens these days while waving guns.
@bobs - The storage box they nested in is where I keep all the herbicides and pesticides locked away. There is no way I can work in the box without disturbing them. Even opening the lid put the on the war path. FWIW, I don't go out in the woods in search of their nests so I can put them down. I only go after those nests that are likely to come into contact with humans or pets. All that being said, I can respect your views without insulting you.
@@LivingCommonSense i wasn't speaking about you. these homeowners i encounter can't stand the idea of a wasp nest and want them removed. fear controls their lives. ok i removed my last sentence, hope that helps, 😄
For killing a nest, I prefer the spray - it kills them and poisons the nest too. BUT.... I like that setup for hunting them on the fly. In the early spring I try to kill every wasp I see, as I assume they are mostly queens.
It’s great for knocking them out of the air and they don’t get up. I say use the best tool for the job. Thanks for watching
If you spray the nest with some 50 percent pool bleach 50 percent water mixturd, it takes them out quick. Professional pressure washer here and i run in to nests all the time.
I'd imagine that could work well. Those pool chemicals are getting expensive but if you've already got it mixed and on the job, the real cost would be pennies.
Can't help to bust out laughing with the slow mo shot. 🤣
My favorite part!
Slow mo is off da chain!! I’m laughing too!
Great backup idea. Don’t wanna mess with angry wasps
Don't mess with them and don't give them a chance to pop you!
THANK YOU for sharing! I have never heard of "red wasps"! Great Job! :)
These wasps are everywhere in Texas. Glad you liked the video. Thanks for watching!
I first heard about these vicious, short-tempered, little buggers back about 10-11 years ago, on a TV show called Billy The Exterminator. Billy and his brother, Randy, used to have to kill nests of these things, plus nests of Hornets, Yellow Jackets, and Wasps of different kinds, and they also exterminated pests of different kinds too, such a Nutria, Gators, Snakes, and all kinds of what Crocodile Dundee used to call "Crawling nasties". Rick, though, had to be extremely careful not to get stung by any Wasps, Hornets, or Yellow Jackets, as he is allergic to their Sting(s). They were a Reality-Based Show from Louisiana. Just curious-Have you ever heard of them? Anyway-That's my "Two Cents" on things. Have a great evening!
You would have if you lived in Georgia they everywhere
I saw some clips of it on UA-cam a long time ago. Seems like it was on a cable channel too.
@@LivingCommonSense you can find them anywhere really , they will make a nest anywhere .
I've never seen anything kill red wasps faster than break cleaner. They literally freeze up dead mid flight and drop like a rock to never move again. Break cleaner also has a pretty good pressure stream.
I've used Brake Kleen and it is very effective as well as long as it doesn't damage the finish of whatever catches the over spray.
A few shots of WD 40 does the same thing.
Agree but it depends on what the nest is attached to. I would not spray water around a porch light or similar. The WD 40 could provide a little more control up close.
WD = wasp death?
@@richardclowes7428 Nice!
My man here- made an afternoon of fun out of this- great work
Thanks for watching!
I believe this species is called "Paper Wasp" they actually, are not that aggressive, towards humans.
These wasps build in pretty much anything humans use from lawn furniture to lawn mowers. Soap is a great alternative to spraying insect neurotoxins on the equipment we handle all the time. Thanks for watching!
But they still sting.
@@sherrykendrick1765 They still have the ability, yes, if you piss them off you might get stung.
Seem pretty aggressive to me where we are.
@sherrykendrick1765 nope.... as a roofer for 20 years, I have placed my hands in nests on the edge of roofs on many occasions and have never been stung. Why? Paper wasps do not have stingers. Any wasp that builds a nest like an upside down umbrella is a paper wasp.
We had a yellow jacket nest hidden in a pocket of our deck.
10' piece of tubing.
1/8 cup of 7 dust.
Air nozzle with rubber cone.
Spray it in the area, it covers everything.
All dead the next day.
I'm good with whatever works and 7 dust been getting it done for years
When I heard dawn soap, I thought... this guy is about to get stung by a bunch of freshly cleaned and showered wasps.
@Maclean - Thanks for the laugh! - I've been stung plenty but not since I discovered the soapy water technique. Killed a tiny nest with engine starting fluid yesterday. It turns out these wasps are not all that durable! They have mostly offensive weaponry.
@@LivingCommonSense
Hey, I’m a firm believer in Dawn, and Dawn Powerwash now (stainless steel fridge cleaner). But we f you’ve got a nest under the wave of the house you can kill them at night. Get a stadium cup that’s bigger than the nest and fill it with water and bleach, water and vinegar, or - water and Dawn, I’m sure. When they’re sleeping and warming that nest, step up on your step stool or r a sturdy chair, put the cup over the nest and snug it against the ceiling and slide the cup to dislodge the nest. When it falls in the cup they’re all dead, and no ants to deal with. Yeah, get some diatomaceous earth for those ants. (From Amazon, it’ll get to your door in two days.) Nontoxic to us, just to the pests.
@No - I've seen videos like you describe and it worked well. Yep, bad as wasps are, red fire ants are the scourge of the Earth! Thanks for the comment.
What's the tool and where do we get it?
@joe - It’s a Bon Aire Wash-N-Rinse Spray Gun, Model# WNR5D from Northern Tool. northerntool.com
I occasionally see it available on amazon but often out of stock there.
@@LivingCommonSense
Thank you for the kind response.
Watch this y’all ---- owwww, yikes, ooooooow, owwww, woe, woe, owwwwww, f$%$^$^
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@@LivingCommonSense Glad you showed your video, honestly it helped me. Most importantly, you have a sense of humor!
@JO - I appreciate a good laugh and thanks for watching.
You really are Brave man , & your good for a laugh with it . Pat your self on the back for a job well done .
This one was a lot of fun. Thanks for watching!
Kills that fast, makes you wonder what your washing dishes with!
Come to think of it, they do brag about how it kills germs and viruses.
most insects have oils on their bodies that they use to help with respiration and other body functions. The dish soap just washes the oils off and no more vital functions.
The cleanest yard on the block!
Cleaner the some. I have the best of intentions to get it cleaned up.
🤣🤣noootttttt
Dawn soap: gentle on baby duckies and..." spray it on the wasp til they stop movin"
A $10-15 pump-up sprayer with an adjustable nozzle from a big box store is better and cheaper. Mix a few ounces of dish soap to a gallon of water. Job done. This works good on fire ant mounds too!
I can get onboard with cheaper but better I'm not sure. It's more portable but I don't think that makes up for the volume, pressure and distance given that come with the water hose. The pump-up sprayer wins on portability and readiness since the soap and water can sit mixed, waiting to be deployed against these insidious creatures.
Pledge works great
I have a small nest growing now. I’ll give pledge a shot. Thanks for the tip and thanks for watching!
Gunk engine degreaser kills them instantly, it has a long and strong spray and it rinses off with water.
Looks like it is also inexpensive. Just be sure to rinse it off quickly if spraying near stained wood or plastics. Thanks for the tip!
What does it do to plants? Not worried about grass.
@@sherrykendrick1765 I don't know. I used it on a rooftop A/C unit I had to repair out in a remote location when that was the only thing found at the only gas station around.
WD-40 works like a charm...trust me!.....instant death!
I’ll give it a try if they ever come back again
PB Blaster too.
I’ll stick to wasp spray can. Does quick excellent job. No hooking up hoses and and turning toolbox into a bubble bath
That's a good option when its a small nest like this one
That's a great idea for wiping out the nests you can see. But what about the ones hidden in old trees, dead stumps, and burrowed in the ground? A very good way to kill those is to get the 'worker' wasps, hornets, meat bees, etc. to carry poisoned food back to the larvae and queen who then die in the nest, thus wiping out that colony. Our way was to poison some cheap tuna fish, place it in small wire cages (to keep birds and other good creatures safe) and hang them around. Only takes a few days for success, and if they DO return - just repeat the process.
This was more of an impromptu solution for this specific scenario...wasps built in a accessible box full of stuff that could stand to get a little wet. No doubt there are multiple times the soap/water treatment wouldn't be appropriate. I'd try the tuna method a ways from the house as imagine that tuna, while effective, would get pretty ripe in this Texas heat!
Or just buy tempo 1 percent dust off of Amazon and dead in 30 mins 🤷♂️
One bottle last the average person several years if kept in a cool dry place.
I spray Diesel Fuel as a rule, but I only used it on things I don't mind Staining. The Dawn is much better on painted surfaces you do not want to Stain. Those wasps of that type, their bodies have a paper like consistency, and it absorbs Oil type of liquids instantly. Their wings get oily and they cannot fly. Fire Ants is a big deal where I live. They are a real pest.
The fire ants a bigger deal around here than the wasps. The wasps sting is no fun but the ants are insidious. Dozens crawl on their victim and coordinate their stinging attack all at once. There is no punishment that is too heinous for a bed of invasive fire ants.
@@LivingCommonSense Yeah, Buddy, the fire ants are aggressive and they love our 60 Hertz Electric Power. Something about that attracts them. In the South the Fire Ants are tough. Good Video!! BB
For sure. Thanks for watching!
Works good . If you wait til dark and go out with a flash light , they will all be right there on the nest or very close by. I just found a big nest of yellow jackets that I'm gonna take out tonight. Shine the light on them and spray them down. I've never had one fly away at night. I usually use that wasp spray that shoots 20 foot . If I had one of those wands I'd use the dawn tonight but I do have a new can of wasp spray and they won't know what hit 'em ! 8 )
I hit them with brake cleaner at night in this one: ua-cam.com/video/OhdC3ZQ2hkE/v-deo.html
Very effective. Good luck with your wasp nest!
Yes I use dish soap in a spray bottle and it works well. If you want something for inside a house to knock one down, that is non staining I use starting fluid (ether). It will knock them down instantly without leaving a stain or being wet.
That’s cool. Thanks for the tip!
I keep a trigger spray bottle on my golf cart with Dawn and water….works well..if they are out of reach up around my gutters, I use my hose attached to bottle with Dawn….👍👍👍
Yep, I was skeptical the first time I tried dawn soap on wasps but then I was amazed. Good stuff!
Weve used a kids super soaker spray gun and any soap will do. Good job!
Yeah that would work...probably just as well.