On Thu, 6 Sep 2018 16:07:02 -0700 (PDT), Andy
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On Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 5:58:20 PM UTC-5, Dan Espen wrote:
Andy writes:
On Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 10:38:03 AM UTC-5, Dan Espen wrote:
Andy writes:
On Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 8:30:18 AM UTC-5, Dan Espen wrote:
Andy writes:
I am trying to stop red jackets from habituating my gas grill.
Then stop buying red jackets and putting them there. Perhaps you mean
"yellow jackets"?
I don't want to use poisons.
I have sprayed them with a soap solution, but they keep coming back
and building nests.
You have a pile of jackets on your grill and they are building nests?
The soap was to clean the jackets? If there are actually bees in your
grill were you trying to clean them?
Anything I can put in there that they won't like being around?
Turn on the grill. Even if you have a pile of red jackets on the grill
they'll burn up. If they are actually wasps or some other kind of bee,
they don't like flames and one fully heated grill will do them in.
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Dan Espen
Not yellow jackets. Red jackets is the common usage in my area even if it isn't the scientific name.
Look up home made wasp spray to see what soap solution means.
Your ideas are rather silly.
You think turning on the grill is silly?
I did a Google search for red jackets.
Saw lots of jackets, no bees.
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Dan Espen
I was referring to your other comments.
Still a mystery as to what your red jackets really are.
Are they red?
As to turning on the grill....
Lets examine that method.
I would have to get close enuf the turn it on.
Red wasps would view that as a threat and fly to sting.
You've already been advised to do this in evening when
the bees have all returned to the nest and aren't active.
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Dan Espen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polistes_carolina#Stings
Those guys are not particularly aggressive. usually you can knock the
nest down with a broom. Just be sure you find the "guard" and engage
him first. Maintain eye contact without any aggressive moves and the
rest will go back to work. Then you can whack the nest. I have knocked
them down with my hand. You have about 5 seconds to get 5 or 6 feet
away. They are not likely to chase you.
OTOH if these are the hornets (build an enclosed paper mache nest)
they will chase you into a pond and wait for you to come up for air.
As mentioned before, the only way to stop them is to plug up the
holes. Usually that is the slot for the rotisserie in a grille hood.