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Peter Louis
04-11-2012, 06:00 PM
How to address wasp nest? Thanks

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Rick Cantrell
04-11-2012, 06:03 PM
Peter
I think that is a wasp nest not bees.

Anyhow, just get out, oh, and report it.

Peter Louis
04-11-2012, 06:08 PM
Thanks, Is the white a new one? The other big brown hive seemed dry & empty. Correct?

Peter Louis
04-11-2012, 06:09 PM
Also, any hazard to the structure?

Rick Cantrell
04-11-2012, 06:16 PM
New or old? I don't know.
Hazard (Damage) to the structure? None I know of.
Hazard to the occupants? Likely

Peter Louis
04-11-2012, 06:26 PM
How about a bottle of Wasp killer?

Rick Cantrell
04-11-2012, 06:33 PM
How about a bottle of Wasp killer?

My guess is that you have never seen angry hornets
(I don't know if they are hornets or not, don't want to find out)

Jack Feldmann
04-11-2012, 06:42 PM
For a hive that big, you will need much more than a couple cans of wasp spray. I had one about the size of a soccer ball in a shrub in my yard. A professional pest guy came out and sprayed for almost 45 minutes. A couple days later I cut it out of the shrub and set in on a patio table. Hundreds os wasps/hornets crawled out and died in the next few days.

Peter Louis
04-11-2012, 06:46 PM
no, I am lucky. When I was there, nothing bothered me. Otherwise, I might get swollen. Once a time just opened the hatch, I got sting on my finger. That was terrible but I think cannot be avoided.

Rod Butler
04-11-2012, 06:53 PM
If it is alive a single can of wasp spray will take care of it. It will take a week or so but the wasps will die out and/or get mad and move away.

John Kogel
04-11-2012, 09:24 PM
A cup of gasoline will kill them dead. You don't light it, just splash it on the nest and run.

No, those are not bees nests, they are wasp nests. They build a new nest every year.

Dom D'Agostino
04-12-2012, 07:25 AM
A cup of gasoline will kill them dead. You don't light it, just splash it on the nest and run..

:eek:

I would never tell someone to splash gasoline on anything, let alone inside an attic.

Peter Louis
04-12-2012, 07:49 AM
I suggest clients to ask strata or pros to cope.

John Kogel
04-12-2012, 08:41 AM
I would never tell someone to splash gasoline on anything, let alone inside an attic.I'm not telling anyone to do anything. Read it agin. :D

John Kogel
04-12-2012, 08:43 AM
I would never tell someone to splash gasoline on anything, let alone inside an attic.I'm not telling anyone to do anything.

Dom D'Agostino
04-12-2012, 01:47 PM
I'm not telling anyone to do anything.

I heard you the first time....;)