Wasp Problem

[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?

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

I'm pretty sure they got some people round to gas them and then blocked it up. I'm glad they didnt just block it though, the bottom of the chimney was in our room and even though it was blocked at the bottom we could hear the bees swarming around in there.

I'm `pretty sure` because I was doing the sane thing and hiding the entire time. I've not been stung by a bee and I'd like to keep it that way.

 

[Goofguy]

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Awwww. I guess it's a good idea to get the professionals to do it their way. Jumping at the chance to start a fire and smoke those bees out would probably have gone sideways pretty fast.

 

[Richardplex]

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.

So that's why bumble bees are endangered, people are attacking them with swords! It all makes sense now!

 

[iAmNothing]

We had a huge wasp nest inside the wooden beams above our front door last year, they'd attack anyone who tried to go through the door but we couldn't get to them inside the beams

In the end my dad got some fast drying putty and smeared it all over the wooden beam, I guess the wasps inside couldn't get out so they died pretty quick and the ones outside buzzed about for a little bit but then moved on, haven't had a problem since!

 

[Sexy Devil]

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!

Joffrey Baratheon (or do I call him Lannister?) tried that. Sanza tried to push him off a platform. I WOULDN'T TRY THAT, OP, THIS ADVICE IS TERRIBLE!

 

[Jonluw]

Kill them. Kill them all. In creative ways if you feel like it. I used to run them through sewing machines and stick needles into them before reintroducing them to the rest of the hive. I also flushed the bastards in the toilet.

By far the most effective method is bug spray though.
Screw that fucking pansy-ass Raid bullshit.
Industrial grade insect killer. That's where it's at. I used to have a white spray can with a picture of a cockroach on it. It was practically empty the last time I used it, but it only took the tiniest spray to eliminate the nest.
Seriously. It was one quick spray "psh" straight at the nest, and in seconds the ground was covered in wasps writhing in their death throes.

Fucking shitty insects.

Spoiler: The spray might've been this kind

 

[Hazy992]

Scorched-Earth policy. Turn your entire property to glass, it's the only way to be sure

 

[Heinrich843]

Brake cleaner. No really. It kills the shit out of any flying insect.

 

[malestrithe]

Couple of things, all of which requires you to find the colony.

1. Wasp and Hornet Killer. Get one with atleast a 27 foot spray and that foams. Early morning or at night, when most of the colony is at its slowest, spray it. Use the entire can regardless because there is only enough inside for one application. After done, immediately leave the area. Next morning, dispose of hive, as most are dead at that point.

2. Soap and water. The chemicals inside the soap dries out the wasps and hornets. This will take 2 weeks to effectively kill the hive.

 

[malestrithe]

Brake cleaner. No really. It kills the shit out of any flying insect.

Brake cleaner kills the shit out of any insect.

 

[Z of the Na'vi]

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...

That's ok, I didn't need to sleep anyway.

OT: Go with the Raid plan. I keep a can of that stuff in my basement bedroom at all times for any and all bugs that dare enter my man-cave.

 

[Heronblade]

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.

I can tell you from experience that a $3-4 can of raid intended for wasps will kill any of them it touches, effectively disabled within moments, dead shortly after. Hit any individual wasps with it, and spray any nests you find. I can't guarantee that more won't come, but it can and will eliminate their immediate presence.

 

[JaceArveduin]

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.

Get a small bowl, put it somewhere high up and out of sight, and fill it with anti-freeze. My grandpa did it down here and it seemed to work *shrug*

 

[Andy of Comix Inc]

This doesn't concern you whatsoever, but ever since beating The Pain in MGSHD I've heard and seen nothing but stories about wasps. First there's <link=http://www.keyc.tv/story/18573724/swarm-of-bees-traps-family-in-car>this story about a colony of bees entrapping people in their car, then there's your thing, and... well... I'm not a paranoid person, but I'm just slightly scared that perhaps stinging buzzing creatures are after me and my loved ones and I have the strangest feeling I should barricade myself in my room with a flamethrower and rock back and forth in trepidation and fear, whispering to myself, "kill the bees. Kill the bees. Kill the bees."

Yep.

 

[SciMal]

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.

Call an exterminator, that's the easy solution.

If they're coming into your room from outside, then there are holes in your wall that are letting them through. Maybe some degraded caulk that you could refill, or siding that has been chewed through. That's your landlord's responsibility.

Just nag your step-father to get it sprayed by a professional, unless you can clearly see the nest, then you might be able to spray some RAID yourself.

 

[Guffe]

oh, phew.
I thought you were going to mock these guys.

I hope you fix the problem.
Full body armor and throw out the whole nest... Or go for the Queem, althou that might anger them...

 

[Pinkamena]

Good lord, fucking wasps. That's the only animal that transform me into a flailing little girl by the mere sound it makes. Sorry, but yo're fucked. I don't even want to think about your wasp problem.

 

[templar1138a]

See a wasp, kill it. Spray, a fly swatter, a book, your shoe, whatever it takes, kill the bastard.

 

[Kpt._Rob]

You need to get really good at catching wasps and just passively aggressively leave jars of wasps everywhere until he takes the hint.

 

[CAPTCHA]

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