Is the Dr. Seuss treatment along the same lines as Crape Murder?

Yep, I mean the chop-till-it-looks-like-a-tree-drawn-by-Dr. Suess prune.

This has been an awful year for wasps and yellow jackets. ive been stung multiple times. I hate using poison but don't care when it comes to them near the house and people. I found them in every thing! And yes,low branches and bushes seem to be happy spots for them,,,,until you desturb them OWCH!
I am thinking of those bag wasp traps I believe Tractor Supply sells them.

Yeah, there do seem to be more of all sorts of wasps/daubers/etc around this year. Interestingly, the People's Pharmacy column in today's paper mentioned that some people say that putting large ziplock bags full of water around the area keeps them away. Can't see why that would work, but I guess it wouldn't hurt anything, either, except to make the neighbors look at me funny.

Oh man oh man...are the wasps bad this year!!!

I've killed one giant nest (30-ft spray from Specracide...) and a couple of small 'start ups'.

The house nextdoor has some wasps building into the a/c drainage pipe that runs to the roof line. I don't know the neighbor so don't know if they would care of not. That nest must enormous behind the wall by now, but you can't see it due to the metal surround.

I'm tempted to just spray w/my hornet spray, but what if they try to escape inside the house?

Doing a site-wide search (located @ the bottom of this forum page) would result in lotsa posts & tips about this, I think - it's been a topic of discussion many times in the past.....

I've used Permethrin, it acts as a repellent too. They don't come back for a long time.

john

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Hi, carolb_w_fl. Actually, I did search and found a lot of posts about what a nuisance wasps are, and how to kill established nests, but nothing about my question, which is whether there is a way to discourage them from starting nests in the first place.

Thanks, beachscape. I'll try the citrus and garlic-pepper sprays. That's a very useful site.