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Anonymous wrote:Probably they get in the house by small outside hole and built nest inside siding or dry wall. Walk around the house and inspect.

This. The whole usually is tiny, no larger than the diameter of a wasp. Hole is much smaller than a dime.

Get wasp/hornet spray and spray that as far into the hole as possible in early morning or the evening (when wasps are likely to be in their nest). That spray is toxic on contact to bees, wasps, hornets, etc.

I recommend wearing gloves when spraying. Wash all your clothing and take a shower after spraying is completed to make sure you did not accidentally get any spray on your hody. .

This. Wait until dusk when they are less active.

We had three come in one after another last weekend and had good luck catching them with the cordless vacuum. I then put a piece of tape over the nozzle and they were dead in a day. I used expanding foam where I thought they might have come in and we haven't had a repeat there but we have this problem every spring. I'll try Bee Be Gone. Thanks for the recommendation!

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Anonymous wrote:I just encountered one in my master bathroom where there’s no window. Tried to calm my panic and got creative with the way to kill it: threw Listerine and smashed it under a rug.

I thought that wasps emit a scent when they are squashed which signals other wasps to come and attack. I hope that just an urban myth!

It's not an urban myth.

My kid has a severe vespid allergy. During tge treatment I learned all kinds of wonderful trivia about those vile creatures.

Honeybees and other polinators ard a blessing.

Yellow jackets are a curse with no redeeming value.

Sorry about your child’s allergy, truly, but yellow jackets and wasps are important parts of the ecosystem, and it never makes sense to use chemical sprays unnecessarily. If they find their way inside of a house where no one has a severe allergy, it’s usually pretty easy to cover them with a napkin and release them outside.

You can't be serious.

It's crazy, but yes these people are out there. No I do not want something actively trying to hurt me IN MY DAMN HOUSE. People like the PP live in a fairy tale world.

Anonymous wrote:Well, I now have an increased fear of both wasps and the yellow jackets that keep coming in my house. I was on the fence about it but now I think I need an exterminator to come find and kill these things!

For yellow jackets, you just need to have them professionally killed, especially if they have taken up residence in your house.

Ignore the person who says you just put a tissue over them. She does not know what she is talking about

Yellow jackets specifically are a dangerous menace. Yellow jackets and those hiant aggressive yellow faced hornets (the ones that are 2" long) are dangerous and quite aggressive, even when unprovoked. If you are getting multiple yellow jackets in your house you need to have a professional fi d the hive and kill them all.

I would not say this about regular wasps, and certainly not bees.

Yellow jackets have very little redeeming value, and so many dangerous downsides

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Anonymous wrote:I just encountered one in my master bathroom where there’s no window. Tried to calm my panic and got creative with the way to kill it: threw Listerine and smashed it under a rug.

I thought that wasps emit a scent when they are squashed which signals other wasps to come and attack. I hope that just an urban myth!

It's not an urban myth.

My kid has a severe vespid allergy. During tge treatment I learned all kinds of wonderful trivia about those vile creatures.

Honeybees and other polinators ard a blessing.

Yellow jackets are a curse with no redeeming value.

Sorry about your child’s allergy, truly, but yellow jackets and wasps are important parts of the ecosystem, and it never makes sense to use chemical sprays unnecessarily. If they find their way inside of a house where no one has a severe allergy, it’s usually pretty easy to cover them with a napkin and release them outside.

You can't be serious.

I’m having the same issue. They are either somehow getting in through a sliding glass door, or coming up through a vent that is right there. They are always in that same spot. We’ve had maybe 10 of them in the past week. And they often seem dazed or something.

I’m suiting up and getting rid of my nest tomorrow when it gets cold

op here. Dh and I did some investigating in the basement at the outside walls under insulation. We found a nest. I thought it looked like an old, broken paper wasp nest, but an image search said it's a yellow jacket nest in progress. It's about the size of a medium orange. The expert comes tomorrow, thankfully!

Anonymous wrote:Well, I now have an increased fear of both wasps and the yellow jackets that keep coming in my house. I was on the fence about it but now I think I need an exterminator to come find and kill these things!

The yellow jackets you see now are the queen yellow jackets. Kill them now before they each produce ~5000 worker yellow jackets in the summer.

Well, I now have an increased fear of both wasps and the yellow jackets that keep coming in my house. I was on the fence about it but now I think I need an exterminator to come find and kill these things!

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The types of bees

“Just a jerk” for yellow jackets. LOL. Indeed.

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The types of bees

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Anonymous wrote:I just encountered one in my master bathroom where there’s no window. Tried to calm my panic and got creative with the way to kill it: threw Listerine and smashed it under a rug.

Same here. it stung me and it hurts.

I wonder if it got in through the fan vent?

Be aware that if the creature was a yellow jacket, when they sting you they release a pheromone into your body that will mark you as a predator who needs to be found and attacked by its yellow jacket friends.

Until the pheromones work their way out of your system, you are a target to get stung again.

Even though this sounds crazy, i totally beelieve it

Anonymous wrote:What companies are people using to remove wasps? I have found three in our master bedroom and I have no idea where they are coming from. There is a crawl space where we have our electric units so that needs to be checked for a nest.

Bee Be Gone. It is a one man small business. Fill in the contact form or email, then wait to hear back. He removed an active yellowjacket hive in my siding 4 years ago in late July. I called several big pest control companies for quotes and 1. They were very expensive. 2. They required a contract and 3. They didn't appear to have knowledge of wasps. Bee be gone took care of my problem within an hour and it was worth the cost.

What companies are people using to remove wasps? I have found three in our master bedroom and I have no idea where they are coming from. There is a crawl space where we have our electric units so that needs to be checked for a nest.