3 Pack Wasp Nest Decoy - Eco Friendly Hanging Wasp Repellent

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For ages, its ability to last as a wasp repellent is not reliant on chemicals or anything that needs replenishing, it is totally a visual wasp deterrent. The wasps enter the jar through the holes but are unable to escape and then drown in the watery jam. Wasps will attack you if they feel threatened and it can be unsafe to try removing the nest yourself. When a foraging wasp sees another wasps nest it will rapidly leave the area for fear of being attacked by the nest’s defenders. Waspinator has just been selected as one of the “50 Best Things to Take Camping” by The Independent newspaper.

Fake wasp nests are not heavy, so they can be easily hung with just a couple of pieces of string or wire. Wasps have a painful and potentially dangerous sting, and their venom is different from that of bees. If you have a live wasps nest in your roof space or very near to where you want to spend time outdoors, unfortunately, there are only two practical choices – one is to put up with them, the other is to kill the wasps. Trees, shrubs, a wood-pile, a house, a hole in the ground, a picnic table, a clothesline: you name it, they’ll try it.It’s best left in situ though, this way once wasps know and remember it is there they won’t come to the area at all. There is mounting anecdotal evidence that wasps just don’t really care if there’s another nest nearby or even an old nest from last year that hasn’t fallen down yet. As predators and pollinators, social wasps protect gardens and farm crops by mitigating pests (greenflies, caterpillars, etc. Although not officially studied in the scientific literature yet, wasps have been shown to make nests in close proximity and even build nests on top of old ones.

Since worker wasps are looking for food, it’s best to limit their food sources in the areas you hang out.Waspinator won the Silver Award at the 2008 DIY and Garden Show at Earl’s Court and at the prestigious Business Garden Show in Holland and has won various similar awards in Northern America. Most people try to avoid using insecticides because they can be toxic to wildlife including bees, butterflies and other pollinating insects. Finished in titanium with brass fixings, this tool features six different functions including secateurs, a root remover, knife, saw, bottle opener and an easy weeding utensil.

Like bees, some wasp species are 'social', meaning they form large nests headed by a queen and consist mainly of sterile female workers. For me, evidence that it can happen far outweighs the claim that the decoys do anything but add a fake nest to your house. If a wasp is disrupting your alfresco dinner, take the food inside calmly and wait until it has gone. Prevention is always better than cure, so taking these simple steps will ensure you have a wasp-free zone this summer.Having said all this, we have had lots of cases reported to us where Waspinator has worked even though there is a real wasp nest nearby – nature is a funny thing. If you have been stung by a wasp or hornet, you should avoid using tweezers as this may squeeze more venom into your skin. I think the trick is to put them up just before the queens come out of hibernation and take them down in autumn.