Comments on: The Buzz on Bees and Wasps

By: Jaime McLeod

Jaime McLeod — Thu, 10 May 2012 13:38:15 +0000

Sorry Sue,
I don’t know of any deterrents, other than vigilance. I had some wasps trying to build a nest on my porch last year, and I kept obliterating it with the garden hose when it was still very small. They gave up and moved on.

By: Sue

Sue — Wed, 09 May 2012 18:20:56 +0000

Is there any way to “prevent” the wasps from making a nest on your home? I live on the upper level in a condo and I can not reach the eaves where they make their nests and I get wasps swarming around my balcony all summer! I also get some sort of flying pest that builds their “nest” out of some sort of mud or clay that turns hard as rock in my furnace air intake fan. I have had to replace the part once already since continues cleaning bends the blades and it rattles the whole building. I was told I couldn’t put a screen over the tube opening…..

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 09 May 2012 14:06:26 +0000

For wasps all you need is a sprayer with dawn dish washing soap and water mixed and just spray away, they die almost instantly when hit with that simple solution.

By: Farrah

Farrah — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 00:40:19 +0000

Dragonflies are absolutely not included in this group. You didn’t mention any ways to get rid of yellow jacket nests- the only ones that really worry me. We don’t use any chemicals on our property, but have successfully killed off two yellow jacket nests over the years by simply following them back to the nest and then putting a clear glass dome over it at night once they’re all inside. In the morning when they come out, they’ll just buzz around and around. It has to be clear glass though, or they will simply dig a new exit. As long as they can see out, they don’t. It takes about a week for them to all die off, maybe longer if in deep shade.

By: Joy Alvey

Joy Alvey — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 22:07:35 +0000

feed the wasps a little meat they are hungry watch them saw small bites and fly away

By: Wasp Control

Wasp Control — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 09:25:27 +0000

I found a wasp nest in my shed last summer and I was worried that they can cause danger to my children and me so I called a local pest control company and lucky they came out the same day and removed all of the wasps. It’s very dangerous to try to remove a wasp nest yourself and this can anger the wasps and they can then harm people.

By: dennis kloepping

dennis kloepping — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:06:15 +0000

The dragonflyies are eating small insects. The small insects are having their last swarm and the dragonflies are there to feast. They are a beneficial insect and eats alot of mosquitoes.

By: Maybelle

Maybelle — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:34:49 +0000

Would dragonflies be included in these “crazy bees” group? There were hundreds of them in my backyard yesterday and I’ve never seen them like that before.