How Do I Get Rid of Wasps and Bees

Believe it or not, regular scented Bounce dryer sheets work like a charm. Hopefully, you are not allergic to them. I put them around our pool on the fence. May look a bit silly but who cares. I went with my grand daughter on a field trip to pick apples in late September a few years ago. While on the bus, the teacher passed around dryer sheets for everyone to use. NOT ONE child, teacher or adult had gotten stung. There were over 20 children and the bees were plenty while we were picking apples! I have tried using other brands of dryer sheets, they don't seem to work as well. S. D.

I highly recommend Sheri from ABG (All Bugs Gone) She has saved our house from several different pests in the last year or two. She came for mice and also found several wasp nests and took care of them for no charge. She also guarantees her work and will come back if needed (was not necessary for me) for no charge.

Hi. Insects don't like Borax because it's too basic. I have not tried it on bees and wasps, but it worked extremely well with fruit flies. You can put a bunch of it in a spray bottle with water and spray it, or just sprinkle it as is, or wipe areas down with borax mixed with water. It's safe around children and animals, and cheap. The insects just go away. It works for flees too. If you've never used it, you can find a box of it in the laundry section of your grocery store.

I just heard from a door-to-door exterminator salesmen earlier this year that you generally see wasps where you see spiders. They apparently eat each other. In his sales pitch he was saying that getting rid of the spiders would prevent the wasps from coming around too. But then how do you get rid of the spiders?!? :-)

S.,

I too am allergic to bees and I dred the buzzing creatures ruining my playtime outside with my daughter. I found that Bounce Dryer sheets help keep them away. Stick an unused sheet in your pocket and it works like a "bug spray" does for mosquitos. As far as getting rid of the little buggers, they may even be living in the soil so you may want a professional to spray your yard and around your home. I've found paper wasp nests in the eves of our home and at the top of our chimney. I've decided they have gotten smarter and now are making their nests where we can't get to them without professionals! Best of luck!

There is traps that you can buy at the store that you put root beer in. the warps fly is and can't get out and die. Or you can make one your self. See this website...
http://www.eartheasy.com/live_natwasp_control.htm
http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf74366323.tip.html
http://www.nextag.com/wasp-trap/search-html

I used root beer in the one a bought at the store. They say it draws more wasps/yellow jackets and I believe it did.

Good Luck,
S.

www.skymall.com has these glass beehive things with a substance in the bottom that catches them. You could get a few of these for your backyard?
Good luck!

Have you seen the 2 litre pop bottle trick? We had a nest in the eves or overhang of our roof right over our back patio door. Use this door all the time. So you take like a two litre of mountain dew or 7up and drink it down to the bottom of the sticker. Pour the remainder in a glass and save it while you cut the bottle in half and invert the top into the bottom so the bottle opening is down inside the bottom. Pour the remaining liquid that you saved back in the bottle make sure the bottle top is not in the liquid and set it where you need to. They are attracted by the surgar in the pop, go in and can't get out. We wiped out the whole colony that way and filled our 2 litre bottles. There were more bees than pop by the time the bottle was full.
I actually took a picture of a one litre bottle that we did it with as an expirement. It really works we had two going at the same time and about 3 days no more problem.
C. M

This is idea is more for when you have parties to keep wasps at bay. Take either a 2 lt. or 16 oz plastic bottle cut the top off by 1/4 then invert the top into the bottom of the bottle. Add a small amount of ROOT BEER (WORKS THE BEST). The wasps are attracted to the smell of the root beer go into the bottle and can't figure how to get out.

J.

I highly recommend dryer sheets too. After talking to an exterminator, he told me he could look all day on my property for the bees, they might be at the neighbor's house 4 feet away. My niece had her graduation party last Sept. and put dryer sheets in every flower arrangement and not a bee or wasp in sight.