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Olafhenny · 05-07-2016, 10:46 PM

...possibly mortal to some, who are strongly allergic.

• Helpful with pollination, although nowhere as efficient as bees or bumblebees,
because they do not sport a ‘fur’ to which the pollen easily sticks
• A nuisance at any picnic or outdoor dining
• A danger to those who are allergic. For the rest of us they are just a painful
sting.

My wife is one of those, who have to be rushed to a hospital after a sting. Thus the
disdainful duty falls on me to get rid of them. I have just done that again a few
minutes ago.

If you are, or somebody in your family, is also allergic, here is how that is done
most efficiently:
Wasps always spend the night in their nests. The best time to get rid of them is
while it is still daylight, but after sunset. Just give the nest a short squirt of Raid
and seconds later you will see them oozing out and dropping on the ground or
crawling along the wall. They are not dangerous at that point, therefore there is no
need for a speedy retreat.

Meanwhile at your picnic or outdoor dinner, for goodness sake, be nice to them,
do not flail at them! That is unfortunately something, which most people, who
are afraid of them, cannot quit doing. It angers them and invites them to sting,
the flailer or anybody nearby.

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