Comments on: September, transmogrification and killer karma

By: zoom!

zoom! — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:43:16 +0000

Thanks for all the tips! Stay tuned – the massacre is scheduled to take place tonight. If all goes according to plan, it will be exceptionally well documented.

(And for those who suggested I let them be – you are kindred spirits. I would love to let them be, but alas, they are located inches away from my next-door neighbour’s parking space.)

Sam – thanks for the link to the crocheted wasp nest. How bizarre.

AndrewZRX – I’ve wracked my brain and I just don’t get that “Soviet Russia wasp adhesive *you*” thing. Please elaborate!

Don Mills Diva – spoken like a true blogger! LOL.

Grace – I hope not to find out how fast I can run.

Linda Anne and others – I love the idea that I can build fake wasp nests and spare myself all this melodrama next year.

By: grace

grace — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:20:23 +0000

I accidently tried to murder a nest of wasps once. They had built their abode inside my composter and were not amused when I shoved a sharp stick into the middle to aerate. I never knew I could run so fast . . .

By: Abby

Abby — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:57:25 +0000

Are we talking about wasps or hornets? Or are hornets known as wasps in CA?

By: Linda Anne

Linda Anne — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:33:51 +0000

Hi – I would wait until fall to remove the nest (and use it in an art project). Then go to Home Hardware or any other hardware store and purchase a “waspinator”. They are replicas of wasp’s nests made out of paper. They sort of look like paper lanterns. They work fairly well to keep new wasps at bay as they are territorial and will not make a real nest in the same vicinity as an existing one. I saw one up in Gananoque that was being used in a horse and pony shelter to keep the wasps away from the animals. According to the owners, it worked well.

Cheers

By: Carmen

Carmen — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:30:27 +0000

I’m with XUP….I too would prefer to be poisoned than stuck and struggling. You’re sure you can’t just let them be????

By: Megan

Megan — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:22:56 +0000

I know it seems cruel but if you need them gone wait till its dark, pull the nest off wherever it is and put in a paper bag. Light the bag on fire. It’s really effective and quick. I had to do this a lot as a kid because my father is really allergic to all stinging insects.

By: XUP

XUP — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:31:39 +0000

I think the glue thing sounds horrible. If I were a wasp (and I’ve been called waspish on occasion), I’d rather be poisoned than stuck to glue where I’ll try to escape and rip off my legs or slowly die an agonizing, slow, slow death full of pain and suffering. Also, I think someone like you needs to move to a different neighbourhood where people aren’t forever trying to tell you how to maintain your home and yard. Because really, waiting until winter at this point seems like the most humane way to deal with the wasps if they’re not actually swarming everyone.

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:29:12 +0000

I’m not sure about eliminating wasps that are already there, but once this hive is taken care of, you should look into crocheting a fake one to keep others away. Apparently, you can put up a fake hive and new wasps won’t set up camp because they are too territorial. http://www.hankeringforyarn.com/crocheted-wasp-nest

By: Don Mills Diva

Don Mills Diva — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:01:01 +0000

However you decide to dispose of that wasp’s nest just take lots of pictures ‘kay?

By: AndrewZrx

AndrewZrx — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:53:54 +0000

In Soviet Russia, wasp adhesive *you*.

I’m just sayin’. Something to think about.