No matter what some local opinions are, those are not wasps they are hornets and I agree you should be using an excess of caution with them. There may be a couple thousand hornets in a nest that big and they are going to be pissed.
Wasps are fairy tame and you can usually just knock a wasp nest down with a stick and get away with it. Not so much with hornets.
Do it at night, minimal to zero artificial light and soak it with long distance spray can.
Most utility sinks have a faucet that will accept a hose connection as well, though a number of houses lack that type of sink. Also, I've seen dishwashers with hose type connections too.
As to the temperature of the water being sufficient, that depends a lot on how hot your water heater is set. Some dishwashers demand that the water heater that feeds them be set at a pretty high temperature. Many others have their own built in hot water heater to get the water temperature up to where it needs to be to thoroughly clean the dishes.
most garden hoses will carry very hot water as long as the pressure is low.
like spraying water OK, using garden hose to replace a section of PEX as guaranteed mess
I can now make a recommendation. Get Raid!
I was working on the door, yesterday, and was plagued by several hornets/wasps. The biggest was an all black sucker. Looked like a small tarantula wasp, about an inch long. Freaked me out, so grabbed my can of Raid. Took the sucker out, mid-air, with a partial hit. When it landed on the ground, it was convulsing. I finished him off with a dribble shot. The stuff works just fine. ;)
nb
Did any of you hear of a professional bug guy?
Oh my, yes it costs a couple of bucks.
But they guarantee their work...save yere ass some nasty stings. But then....
More like this, the great black wasp:
nb
You have a different idea of a "couple of bucks" than I do. They charged us around $200 to get rid of some carpenter bees a couple of years ago. They were pretty bad and I paid the Franklins because I had no time to mess with it.
You're afraid of a carpenter bee? Sheesh!
wasp trap -- first time I've heard of it.
How do you make one? Water? Sugar water? Oil the walls of the jar so they can't climb out?
Thanks!
David
sounds pretty bold to me. Suppose you're nervous while doing it, and screw up, and the nest falls into the room, or something.
I think for $125 or a bit more you can buy a professional anti-bee suit. Maybe even $200.
Also consider that these Africanized bees keep moving further north. Suppose you get a nest of those sometime?
Not that I'm about to try this, but my father, out in West Texas, when there was a yellow-jacket nest up under the eves of the house, would get a long pole, wire some newspapers around the end, light 'em, and with big flame going would quickly stick it up under the next -- all the yellow-jackets would fall down to the ground, and he'd stomp them dead.
And he'd do that in the middle of the day -- no waiting til night or early morning.
David
David Combs wrote the following:
How long did it take for the fire department to get there to put out the house fire? And you said my idea was bold. Maybe so, but at least it was not stupid. BTW, the message you responded to is a month old.
You can go to the hardware store and see how they're made.
All you need is a Mason jar, quart size. Drill a small hole dead center to insert a wire, then tie a knot in the wire inside the lid. Start with a wire long enough to suspend the trap. Go to McDonald's. They have about the biggest straws around. Cut four 1.5" pieces, and drill four holes in the top of the lid that these short pieces will fit through, but just barely. You can use some hot glue, or some caulk to seal them in. Poke them about half way through. You have a $9 wasp trap. Bait it with apple juice. We stayed at our summer cabin for two months during summer one time, and I tried all kind of soda pops, and juices, and apple juice worked the best. Put in enough so it is about 1.5" deep. They go in through the straws, fly around, not finding out how to get back out the small straw opening, tire, and fall in the juice and drown. Hang it in the shade, or make a little hat for it so it doesn't get so hot that when they land on it, they take off before entering the hole. On the underside of eaves is good, or around entrances where you want to keep clear of wasps. They work pretty good.
Steve
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