Wasps

I used to have them real bad around the house.  Now in the spring first sign of them I kill them or through gas on them before they have time to multiply.   I have cut down on the the numbers significantly.

We've seen a bunch of them this year too. According to my father in law, if you hold your breath they can't sting you because your skin isn't breathing. He claims he used to do this when he would hit a yellow jackets or wasps or hornets nest when he was doing a lot of grading. Claims when he saw them come up he would hold his breath and put the dozer in reverse and start knocking them off of him. Don't know how true it is. Never tried it

I walked around the house last week and killed three nests up under the overhangs. Last time I got stung my hand swelled up for three days. Went to doctor and told him I have never been allergic to them before.   He said "You are now".🙄

Wasps seem to be greater supply this year.. I kill them every week... Use to you did it a couple times a year........... and we got plenty of SPIDERS also.. Daily chore to clean cobwebs and spray the ones you see.......... Not so may flys, nats, or others.

I went and got a back treatment from our Dr. I ask him if they'd had much trouble with them this year. He said people have had a lot of trouble with them.

Next time you get stung go get a cotton ball or some toilet paper and put some bleach on the sting. It'll stop hurting and won't swell. Or mine don't anyway. I don't know that it'll do much for those that are allergic but it really helps me

lots of yellow jackets on the hill this year

Seems like more here this year too. We bought our house in 2006. Have always had a few show up around the porch every year. Spray em and smash em whenever I see them and has not been any worse than that until this year. I've had the WD and WD45 here since 2015 and not an issue with them either until this year. Noticed wasps around the toolbox and air intake on the WD one day. Sure enough they had a nest built inside the toolbox and inside the air intake cap. Took care of them and their nests then figured I'd better check the same on the WD45. They were in that toolbox too but not the air intake. Thought I was done with them for awhile. Just a couple days later I was getting the WD45 ready for a local tractor show. My preparations included hooking up my utility trailer to the WD45 so that I could haul 2 of my L&G tractors to the show too. As I was doing so, I had placed 1 hand on 1 of the WD45's lift arm latches and immediately got stung on my thumb. Retreated to the house to treat the sting. When I went back out, there was still a couple wasps hovering around the lift arm. Sprayed them and when they hit the ground, they got the blow torch. Waited a few minutes and after not seeing any more, I opened the lift arm latch to discover a nest inside that but no more wasps. Hit that with the torch too. That was a couple weeks ago. Just the other day while walking the dogs, I noticed a couple more flying around the 190XT which has only been here for a month now. I have yet to investigate and eradicate this latest sighting.

chaskaduo wrote: Is it the orange color or what that attracts to these tractors?

Have carpenter bees here, aggressive, look similar to bumble bees but bore into exposed wood to make a nest, absolute brutal on cedar decks.

we always called them BORE BEES.... for drilling holes.

Pest control is a nightmare. Once we called a special service to get rid of parasites. It seems like all the chemicals should have worn off in 2 days, but half a year later we still smell this terrible smell.

spray them with hair spray...it weights their wings down and they can't fly...and if they do fly before you hit them....ad a bic lighter to the spray...that always gits them!