How to get rid of wasps in the country?

The summer cottage season is coming, and many summer residents are worried about the question: “how to get rid of wasps in the country?”

Why did the wasps interfere with the gardeners so much and how to rid our summer cottages of uninvited guests?

The content of the article:

• Wasps. Their features and secrets.
• How should one behave when meeting a wasp?
• What is a hornet’s nest and how to destroy it?
• Wasp control methods

Wasps. Their features and secrets.

Wasps are one of the most unpleasant and aggressive insects that very often bother summer residents. Their presence at the summer cottage gives a person a lot of trouble, because they not only strive to bite, but also actively spoil fruits and berries.

Adult wasps feed on the nectar of flowers, love sweet apples, raspberries, gooseberries, pears. But wasps give particular preference to grapes.

The disaster begins with the first berry that bursts. After tasting grape juice, the wasps attack whole berries, literally gnawing them. They can also eat apples, plums, apricots and other berries.

In late May – early June, scout wasps fly in search of a suitable place for a nest, and they are very fond of places where there were already wasp nests. Getting rid of wasps using conventional means is very difficult and also unsafe.

How should one behave when meeting a wasp?

Compliance with simple rules will help you avoid serious consequences from a meeting with a wasp:

• Do not make sudden movements when you see a wasp, do not fight off it with your hands. It might make her angry. Better to be calm, not to move.
• Walk barefoot on the ground with caution, do not come close to old hollows. Wasps can live in the ground and in the hollow of a tree.
• Insects love moisture, even drops of sweat beckon them. After bathing, dry your body quickly to avoid attracting wasps.
• If you are relaxing in the country, make sure that all sweets (fruits, juices, sweets) are hermetically sealed. Don’t tempt wasps who like sweet lunch.

What is a hornet’s nest and how to destroy it?

Vespiary

Favorite habitats of wasps are attics of houses, roofs of verandas and sheds. The construction of the wasp nest begins in the spring with the founding female. At the beginning of its existence, a hornet’s nest resembles a paper house, the size of a walnut. And then it grows and can reach impressive sizes.

Having found and destroyed the nest in the spring, you will get rid of the wasps for the whole summer.

In summer, nests should be destroyed at night, taking the necessary precautions (heavy gloves, thick clothing, a hat, over which a net should be put on, if any, so that wasps do not bite their face). Alarmed wasps will not spare anyone, which means that everything should be carefully hidden by clothes.

• They put a bag on the nest and then burn it on such a fire so that the wasps flying out quickly die.

You can first exterminate the wasps, and then burn the nest. To do this, take a bag, put it on a hornet’s nest, tie it carefully, make a neat hole in it and inject insect spray there. Close the hole and leave for a while to kill all insects, then remove and burn.

• You can seal the hornets nest with construction foam.
• Bring a bucket filled with water to the wasp’s nest so that the nest is submerged in the water, within 5 minutes the nest will get wet, and the wasps will die.

When using this method, you must be fully clothed, all parts of the body must be protected!

 As a distraction, you can put a cup of jam near you, then the wasps flying nearby will not bother you much.

Video “How to remove a hornet’s nest?”

Wasp control methods

At the moment, in the markets and in chemical stores, you can buy quite a lot of different effective remedies. However, among the entire assortment, a certain list should be highlighted, which will help to quickly and efficiently relieve any dacha from the attacks of wasps.

• Troapsil. This product is a powerful substance that helps to get rid of all types of flies and other insects. It contains such potent ingredients as pyrethroid, chlorpyrifos and abamectin. Troapsil is diluted in water, after which it is used to treat the place where the wasps accumulate. Before using it, be sure to read the instructions for use.
• “Dare”. The drug is odorless and allows you to easily destroy wasps and all types of pests that have chosen the summer cottage. This microencapsulated agent has a very strong effect and its positive side is the duration of action. It will work for another eight months after the treatment of the place of settlement of wasps and other insects.
• “Ghetto”. This drug has gained a lot of positive reviews from summer residents who have already used it. With the help of this tool, you should process the wasp nest and the adjacent territories. The effectiveness of the drug will be noticeable within a day. After this time, you can forget about the unpleasant neighborhood with harmful insects for a long time.
• Moskitol. Another effective tool in the fight against wasps is the Moskitol aerosol. It can be used to destroy wasps in residential, non-residential premises and on the street.

For pest control, you need to take a sprayer and use it to process the place where the wasps live. It is necessary to carry out processing at a later time, since the wasps return to their home at night. Thus, you can exterminate a large number of insects at one time. During the day, the destruction of wasps cannot be carried out, since at this time the nest is empty, and all the processing actions carried out will remain ineffective.

Folk remedies

For those who are not a fan of the use of various chemicals, there are folk methods that can help in solving the problem with wasps in the country.

1. wasp trap device

   The very first folk remedy is making a trap, which requires a plastic bottle. The neck of the bottle must be cut off at the level of the label, which is then inserted into the bottom of the bottle upside down. Further, any sour compote is poured into the cut bottle and placed next to the hornet’s nest. Insects crawl into the bottle through the inverted neck and stay there, after which they die.

2. If wasps fly into the house, then in this case, you can spray the curtains and curtains with a vinegar solution. Before doing this, you should make sure that family members are not allergic to its smell.

3. You can also apply insecticidal gel to the rind of a melon or watermelon, or leave it on the compost heap. The wasp, having tasted such a treat, dies, so you can destroy a large number of wasps. However, with this method, the hornets’ nest still remains intact!

4. A very good way to avoid wasp attacks used to be kerosene, wasps treated with kerosene died. The hornets’ nest was also treated with kerosene. But lately, the wasps, apparently, have adapted to kerosene. The method does not always work!

5. You can dilute jam with water in jars and put jars in those places of your site where you practically never go. The wasps will move to a new location, however, this method is also not suitable for everyone.

6. MAKING HOME POISON

Mix peppermint oil with water (30 drops of essence and 500 g of water) and spray with this solution. You can add liquid soap to the spray bottle to help the peppermint oil adhere better to the insects. Spray the pests with dishwashing detergent diluted with hot water. If you use a hose, you can even get rid of the wasp’s nest.

Good harvests and pleasant rest in the country! And in your free time – read our online magazine! We are happy to help you solve your problems!