Wasp Problem

[lSHaDoW-FoXl]

Around last summer - spring my home had a wasp problem. Instead of bothering to do anything about it though my step - father's idea of fixing the problem was essentially just waiting until the problem went away. Well, it did, when winter came. So yeah, I had to put up with fucking wasps in my bedroom for around 3 - 4 months. Besides that, my room also feels a lot more hotter. So, for that time I basically had to worry about wasps and heat for that joyful time of my life. My mother was pretty much waiting on step - father because he said he'd do something about it. And he did, he called about it . . . DURING THE FUCKING WINTER WHEN IT WASN'T A PROBLEM ANYMORE.

And in response the landlord basically said 'derp derp, we didn't have a problem in fifteen years'

Right now I saw my first wasp in my room and naturally I'm a bit nervous over the whole ordeal. I know it's just one wasp, but really, how do I know that I'm not going to have two the day after and nine a week later? (That's what happened to me last year)


When winter came I had even greater troubles sleeping than usual because I couldn't help but feel that their might have been wasps crawling on me. I bring up that I saw a wasp in my room and he says that it's just one wasp, not a colony. So, am I freaking out or just one wasp or is there is someone legitimately being incompetent? I'd handle this my self, but I don't really know the landlords number or what to do, or even if I should do anything about it.

I my self am just under the impression that they're coming back and that my step - father is being incompetent. Due to the wasps from last year I never even opened my bedroom fucking window so I don't see how that wasp could have conveniently flew in my room out of all the places. Especially since according to that logic 'that it flew in my room' that addresses the question of why they never flew in my mothers room even once.

 

[dyre]

Couldn't you get some wasp spray or wasp deterrent?

Regarding your landlord's number, finding it surely can't be that difficult.

 

[lSHaDoW-FoXl]

Couldn't you get some wasp spray or wasp deterrent?

Regarding your landlord's number, finding it surely can't be that difficult.

Wasp spray/deterrent never really helped.

 

[dyre]

Couldn't you get some wasp spray or wasp deterrent?

Regarding your landlord's number, finding it surely can't be that difficult.

Wasp spray/deterrent never really helped.

Hmm, maybe just pester your dad every day until he does something about it? Offer to change rooms with him?

Maybe he only got around to doing something about it during the winter because it wasn't high on his priority list, because the wasps weren't in his room and you weren't bothering him enough!

 

[Goofguy]

And I came to this thread looking to participate in making disparaging comments about white Anglo-Saxon Protestants... darn.

OP, I see you are from NB. Winter there would make short work of the wasps. With summer coming soon, you'll most likely see this issue come up again especially when nothing was done about it before. Have you managed to figure out possible nesting locations? I wouldn't recommend digging around and agitating a nest full of wasps but if you can hone it on where they are coming from, it would go a long way towards convincing the skeptics that they're not just coming in from the outside.

Worse comes to worse, maybe you can move out...?

 

[Shock and Awe]

Well I think I speak for the rest of the internet when I say,

 

[ohnoitsabear]

I think it's safe to say that, at this point, your only option is to take a flamethrower to your room. It's the only way to make sure that they're gone.

Okay, what I would seriously do if you can't convince anybody to remove the wasps is to get one of those mosquito net thingys that they put around beds in Africa. It won't get rid of the problem, but at least you'll be able to sleep without worrying about if wasps are crawling on you. Plus, it will let your dad know that you are completely serious about the wasp thing, and he might be more likely to do something.

Edit: Damnit, ninjad on the flamethrower idea.

 

[Watcheroftrends]

You need to be more assertive about the issue - raise hell about it.

If you've never been stun, complain that you might be allergic and that it could be life threatening to allow them to continue inhabiting your space. (or just say that you are)

They're obviously getting into your room from somewhere. Get some hard set foam and fill cracks and holes in your room until the place is totally sealed. Beyond that, you could literally just watch one fly around until it leaves through the way it came in. That way you'll know where they are entering.

Past that, try to see if there isn't a nearby nest somewhere on the property. It should be the landlord's responsibility to deal with that if there is one. If you're ok spending money, a professional could determine whether or not there is a reason to suspect a nest has been made within the building's infastructure.

 

[manaman]

I am going to assume you are talking about yellow jackets. As well, you really shouldn't worry about most other wasps.

With yellow jackets only the queen typically survives winters. So if you start seeing them now is the time to hit the colony with some wasp killer spray. Through the colony might be in the walls (not very likely), it is far more likely to be somewhere mostly exposed. They typically start with small colonies, but with a steady food source they can quickly expand to 10,000+ worker colonies. Now would be the time to spray them, when the colony is still at a manageable size.

 

[Terminate421]

Here, buy this and it will solve all of your problems:

 

[Raven's Nest]

Acquire your step fathers credit card and use it to pay for a professional bug squad.... When caught and confronted, claim insanity.. Simples!

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

Are these wasps, or hornets? Because wasps make small nests that are quite easy to deal with, not to mention they're relatively non-aggressive. I took out a nest in my back yard two weeks ago, after having literally brushed past it several times without realizing that I was up in the personal space of a nest of wasps. I didn't even get stung once, and I used some of the wasp spray that was mentioned a couple of posts up.

Hornets on the other hand... well, let's just say the last time I had a close encounter with those, they chased me dozens of yards for the crime of walking by their nest, and only stopped because I managed to get inside the house -- and even then I had to jump in the shower and wash the last few of them out of my hair and clothes. Killing the nest involved slowly poisoning it with a jury rigged system built out of a garden hose, a piece of PVC pipe, and an inline fertilizer dispenser for a garden hose (they didn't really see the water bearing PVC pipe that we sent in their direction from 20 feet away as a threat), which took almost the entire summer. When we finally finished off the nest, we discovered it was the size of a basketball.

Point being, wasps should not be as big of a problem as you're describing, but if it's hornets it's worse than you're letting on.

Edit: By the way, the nest was underground. Yellowjackets are mentioned above. Those are just a type of hornet, and actually the variety that I was dealing with.

 

[rotund0]

Is it possible that the reason your room was hotter during the winter is because your walls are infested with thousands of wasps? Do you hear a low humming (thrumming) sound when all your appliances are turned off? Does your room have a weird smell? (Not as bad as a snake den, but still high up in the nose stanky). Just some food for thought...

 

[Gottesstrafe]

And I came to this thread looking to participate in making disparaging comments about white Anglo-Saxon Protestants... darn.

Damn someone beat me to the joke.

Also, what type of wasps are you dealing with OP? Yellow jackets, hornets, paper wasps?

 

[Lunatic High]

FIRE if you're able to set the nest on fire the other wasps will try to fly back inside to save the queen. (THEY WILL I'VE PERSONALLY SEEN IT)something to do with pheramones or something I'm sure it was hilarious, but it all depends on the location of the nest, you don't wanna burn your apartment complex or whatever down so if they are actually inside the walls then you are going to HAVE to call an exterminator. Legally speaking its your landlords responsiblity to ensure that the domocile is safe and free from danger to any and all tenants, and that sounds to me like something they should have to cover the costs for but I'm not sure where your from but look into it anyways. I don't think wasps actually migrate once they set up shop so they may only just keep multiplying. Godspeed.

Or you could just gas the little fuckers with some sort of raid or something.

 

[loc978]

Living in the country, I hunt the damn things with an electric pressure washer and seal up their nests with cement. If hunting down the nest isn't an option, defense pretty much boils down to having a quick countermeasure close at hand. I got really good with a flyswatter when I was a kid for just that reason.

Spoiler: Now I can use most anything as a flyswatter.

Now I can use most anything as a flyswatter.

I jest, of course. That was a reflexive swat at a bumblebee when I was cleaning that sword. Hitting it at all, much less decapitating it was just dumb luck... but I was still duly impressed with myself... and the blade.

 

[Nouw]

Nuke 'em from orbit, it's the only the way to be sure.

 

[Freechoice]

Living in the country, I hunt the damn things with an electric pressure washer and seal up their nests with cement. If hunting down the nest isn't an option, defense pretty much boils down to having a quick countermeasure close at hand. I got really good with a flyswatter when I was a kid for just that reason.

Spoiler: Now I can use most anything as a flyswatter.

Now I can use most anything as a flyswatter.

I jest, of course. That was a reflexive swat at a bumblebee when I was cleaning that sword. Hitting it at all, much less decapitating it was just dumb luck... but I was still duly impressed with myself... and the blade.

Did you spear the head on a toothpick in front of where you thought the hive was? Show those motherfuckers they won't be tolerated?

Nothing says "obey me" like a bloody head on a fence post!

 

[Phasmal]

During the summer last year my boyfriends parents house was covered in bees!

Turns out they had nested inside the chimney which we thought was blocked up but apparently wasn't. Is there a place wasps could be nesting in/near your house?

 

[Goofguy]

During the summer last year my boyfriends parents house was covered in bees!

Turns out they had nested inside the chimney which we thought was blocked up but apparently wasn't. Is there a place wasps could be nesting in/near your house?

Inside the chimney? Was the most obvious solution employed to get rid of them?