[lbo-talk] Don't go away for the weekend and leave your window open

[Bhaskar Sunkara]

Okay, here's the resolution.  I bought the highest power spray that I 
could find, one with a nozzle.  I opened the bottom window sprayed 
upward a bit, then lost my nerve and quickly closed the window.  The 
wasps sprung to activity, perhaps they were stunned a little though, but 
I was feeling a bit emasculated because when I "lost my nerve and 
quickly closed the window" I let out a squeal of sorts.  A high pitched 
yelp.  And I had company.  So, I opened the top part of the window a 
little and just sprayed point blank at the nest from like 3 inches away 
for a long time.  Somehow I didn't get stung (I wasn't even wearing 
gloves) and there hasn't been in activity there for a few hours.  It was 
basically a combination of the Madman Theory and Shock and Awe.  
Tomorrow night I'll see about round 2 and removal.


> On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 8:45 PM, Dwayne Monroe <dwayne.monroe at gmail.com 
> <mailto:dwayne.monroe at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     Since the nest is still in the building stage (though, from the pic,
>     rapidly nearing completion!) a professional might opt to gear up in a
>     bee outfit or Tyvek suit and use a powerful shop vac with insecticide
>     dust in the containment vessel.  The advantage is removal with a
>     minimum amount of poison spread about your living space.
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