[Rhodes22-list] Wasps! and donkeys

Sun Apr 20 14:03:24 EDT 2008

Ed, 

  I wish they would be gone in a week...they were entrenched all summer last year...this year they've appeared even earlier.

  After next week I'l have to be out of town for most of the week for three weeks in a row doing the SOL contract work....if I don't get rid of them now they'll be entrenched when I return.

  Proactive is unstung

  elle

Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:

There must be a lot of Democrats on this discussion. The 'Pest Strip' works
without all the stubborn fuss mentioned herein. A bunch of stubborn
donkeys... 
"Waiter, waiter! There's a wasp in my dessert. 
So that's where they go to in the winter."

There is no need to bomb or fog. In a weeks time all you will have to do
sweep up the dead crisp wasps. 

After all the discussion of the Osage Organges, I would have thought that
someone would have mentioned the one vegetable known to work. Hot Mexican
peppers. 

Ed K
Greenville, SC, USA
"It appears we have appointed our worst generals to command forces, and our
most gifted and brilliant to edit newspapers. In fact, I discovered by
reading newspapers that these editor/geniuses plainly saw all my strategic
defects from the start, yet failed to inform me until it was too late.
Accordingly, I am readily willing to yield my command to these obviously
superior intellects, and I will, in turn, do my best for the Cause by
writing editorials, after the fact." Robert E. Lee, 1863.

Hank-5 wrote:
> 
> Elle,
> 
> Here is a product that popped up on the google sponsored links that you
> might want to look at.
> 
> http://www.gardensalive.com/product.asp?pn=2614&ss=wasp
> 
> Hank
> 
> On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 12:13 PM, elle wrote:
> 
>> Yes. I think tenting & bombing is the only way to clear out what is in
>> there. It's impossible to see all the places where they can be,
>>
>> There is a residual effect from the bombs?
>>
>> elle
>>
>> Luis Guzman wrote:
>> Elle,
>>
>> I had a problem with wasps in the past. The were nested in the coamings
>> (behind the cockpit benches).
>>
>> I draped plastic over the benches to cover the opening in the bottom, and
>> then let off bombs (fogger) under each bench.
>>
>> I did it at night to make sure all the wasps were there. The following
>> morning, I removed the plastic, let air for a couple of hours, then
>> climbed
>> under and removed the nests.
>>
>> I have not had any more wasps problems since.
>>
>> Luis
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: elle
>> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 9:29:08 PM
>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Wasps!
>>
>> Last year wasps were a problem on my boat...they were
>> in the lazarette...I believe they came in through the
>> boot on the transom and nested in the housing of the
>> motor lift. Thorough spraying the laz & under the
>> seats was the only was to be aboard.
>>
>> I was stung badly twice last year after I'd thought
>> the coast was clear....now they are back; I saw
>> several inside the boat today.
>>
>> I thought I'd headed it off this year by using moth
>> balls stuffed in the boot, and moth balls & cakes
>> (some lavender scented...!) inside the boat and in the
>> cubbies in the cockpit.....there were three inside the
>> boat (again) today, and several were flying around
>> outside the boat.
>>
>> I sprayed wasp spray down into the dorade at the bow,
>> thinking that they may be attempting to build a nest,
>> but nothing was there.
>>
>> So it look as if the battle royale is on....
>>
>> The only place they could be nesting is under the
>> dock......so come early monday AM, I'll take the kayak
>> & go look....otherwise, I have no idea where they are
>> coming form.
>>
>> And the boat stinks from all the mothballs....
>>
>> ugh.
>>
>> elle
>>
>> engine started, though...!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.
>>
>> 1992 Rhodes 22 Recyc '06 "WaterMusic" (Lady in Red)
>>
>>
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