Hey y'all, watch this....

trout #2

trout #2

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Or, humorous ER visits in the making....

I thought this would fit in with some of the bug eradication talk going on lately....

I live on the 3rd floor of an apartment building that has a nice private deck for each unit. I haven't been very attentive to the ceiling/deck above mine, but noticed this afternoon that there are several wasp nests that have been built above me. A can of wasp spray is probably the best way to go, and I actually had one handy, but I decided to be a little creative with my extermination efforts. I was a little reluctant to spray just because it's a small area and it drips down on everything, plus I didn't want spray to come through on to my upstairs neighbor's deck because he's always very cranky. Did I mention that I was bored too?

Anyway, I decided it would be a terrific idea to paracord my SE Dodo to the end of a paint-roller extension stick and cut the wasp nests down :eek: :D .

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I got up on a step ladder, and sliced this nest neatly from the ceiling. It landed in the corner and all the wasps flew away off the deck.

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Bold from my sucess, I repositioned for an assualt and the other active nest. Unfortunately, it was right above the door and my only evac route back inside. The wasps on this one were also a lot more aggressive and numerous. Visions of anaphylaxis borne on the wings of an angrily buzzing swarm during a 3-floor free-fall and Darwin awards danced in my head as I took a few tentative pokes with my Dodo-spear. :rolleyes: Sanity overtook me and I fell back to the Plan B of wasp spray. There must have been ~20 of those things that fell to the deck after I nuked it, and ~10 more that flew off. Ultimately, my deck is now safer and I got some quality entertainment and knife use this afteroon. :D :p

I didn't get any pics of the 2nd nest attack due to my rapid tactical repositioning within the safety of the house. :p By the way, my Dodo performed very admirably in this high-speed op and didn't sustain any damage from the frenzied wasp onslaught during Nest 2 recon poking.
 
That's it, im buying a Dodo. I never realized how well it handled high speed, tactical operations.
 
Cool, next time mix 1 ounce of dish detergent, (any brand), to 1 quart water, don't shake up, just dilute and put in old detergent bottle.

Squirt bottle freely on them and stand under them if you want, they fall straight to the floor and die within 2 or 3 seconds or less, guaranteed killer for any bee or wasp every time, but I'm sure the knife blade was more fun. :D

I once killed an entire yellow jacket nest of thousands it seemed with a pump sprayer filled with soap water, just stood over the nest and sprayed into hole, they never made it out. I dug the nest out and there were several thousand dead. Soap water seems to suffocate them or something, they drop in mid air if hit. :D

Robbie Roberson ;)
 
I prefer to smack the nest wildly with a broom whilst yelling at them.

Sometimes I even punch at them like I'm boxing. Gets out some frustrations.
 
trout #2 said:
Visions of anaphylaxis borne on the wings of an angrily buzzing swarm during a 3-floor free-fall and Darwin awards danced in my head as I took a few tentative pokes with my Dodo-spear. :rolleyes:
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Great sentence! :D

It's funny, you SEEM like an intelligent guy; I guess there IS a difference between "book smarts" and "street smarts". :rolleyes: ;) :p

Personally, I would have just left them alone. :cool:

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Personally, I would have just left them alone.
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So, where's the fun in that? :yawn: :p

Get out, live a little. Stirring up wasp nests is a guaranteed cure for boredom. Unless of course your allergic to wasp venom. Anaphylactic shock looks like no fun from what I've seen. :eek:

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Visions of anaphylaxis borne on the wings of an angrily buzzing swarm during a 3-floor free-fall and Darwin awards danced in my head as I took a few tentative pokes with my Dodo-spear.

Great sentence!
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I agree, that was a great sentence. I had a good laugh from it. :D
 
Speaking of anaphylaxis - I once moved a truck that had been sitting for 4 years+ out of someone's farm. When I got it onto the trailor I heard this humming sound bearly audible over the sound of my diesel. When I bent over and took a look under the bed I saw that the entire underside was a wasps nest. I did see them flying around, but this was a farm, and they tend to be around. But this had to be a nest about 4'X5' - with perhaps 2-3,000 wasps. Needless to say, I got stung multiple times as I ran and screamed like a woman. :(

WYK
 
Robbie Roberson said:
Cool, next time mix 1 ounce of dish detergent, (any brand), to 1 quart water, don't shake up, just dilute and put in old detergent bottle.

Squirt bottle freely on them and stand under them if you want, they fall straight to the floor and die within 2 or 3 seconds or less, guaranteed killer for any bee or wasp every time, but I'm sure the knife blade was more fun. :D

I once killed an entire yellow jacket nest of thousands it seemed with a pump sprayer filled with soap water, just stood over the nest and sprayed into hole, they never made it out. I dug the nest out and there were several thousand dead. Soap water seems to suffocate them or something, they drop in mid air if hit. :D

Robbie Roberson ;)
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Hey Robbie, are you using homemade hillbilly soap or something from a store. :eek::p;)
 
This is all stuff you could buy in any store, just dish detergent.

It really works great, try it......... :D



Robbie Roberson ;)
 
Fun though the knife must have been it would have had to be the bug spray for me or possibly a home made flame thrower of some sort. I have been stung by wasps twice. The first time was when I was about 14 and a wasp flew at me on a bus and I grabbed it and squashed it (yeah pretty daft thing to do). Second time one just decided to land on me a couple of years ago and sting the crap out of my finger. Seems I am now allergic to wasp stings thanks to my teenage stupidity as my hand swelled up hugely and then spread all the way up my arm to my elbow :(

Not looking forwards to getting stung again so wasps that come near me tend to get terminated with extreme predudice using a tactical rolled up newspaper :D
 
Sunraven said:
Fun though the knife must have been it would have had to be the bug spray for me or possibly a home made flame thrower of some sort.
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You could always make the old spray paint/blowtorch flame thrower. :D:thumbup:
 
I have to admit I have tried that more than a few times in the past for various reasons ;) Also fire is a somehow satisfying way to kill wasps :)
 
socintel said:
You could always make the old spray paint/blowtorch flame thrower. :D:thumbup:
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I've done hair spray + lighter on a whole mess of tiny ants. Also isopropyl alcohol and a match. Probably less toxic than insecticide and fun to boot. :D
 
I got attacked by wasps once, over 500 stings, pretty nasty. Then another time I was mowing the lawn at my dads and ran over a hive in the ground, another few hundred stings. Last week a bee stung me in the back while driving home from class, bees and wasps hate me. At least I'm not allergic :D

I try to play nice with them, but my skin must be sweet or something.
 
It's funny, you SEEM like an intelligent guy
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Intelligence and boredom are often a dangerous pair :D I'll have to admit that spraying the second nest was a lot more efficient than deck-ninja'ing the first one, but it was nowhere near as fun. I think the next time I need to some close-quarter bug battling I'll have to use some kind of protective headwear. I was thinking about a fabric wrap of sorts that covers my head and neck, with a little opening for my eyes. It would be black, of course, so the wasps wouldn't be able to see me coming. :p

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*ninja was plucked from the ether of the internet. If this is your highly trained deanimator and I am endangering his secret identity, let know know and I'll obliterate all traces of it. ;)
 
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