3 Pack Wasp Nest Decoy - Eco Friendly Hanging Wasp Repellent

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3 Pack Wasp Nest Decoy - Eco Friendly Hanging Wasp Repellent

3 Pack Wasp Nest Decoy - Eco Friendly Hanging Wasp Repellent

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If you’re worried about wasps close to your home, you may have considered the fake wasp nests available today. Unfortunately, the fake wasps nests are just not as effective as they are supposed to be. Though they might help deter a few types of wasps, those who have tried them say the wasps were not deterred at all and created a nest right next to or even inside the fake wasp nest. Since you already bought it, you might as well hang it up somewhere, perhaps as a decoration. Or a conversation piece. Or put a light inside and use it as the Chinese lantern it resembles. The best thing to do is to monitor your property regularly. You can usually take care of small nests by yourself without the need for a pest control. However, if you feel uncomfortable or the nest has gotten pretty big, you’ll want to call professional pest control agents to take care of the wasp nest safely. Wasps are beautiful animals but can definitely pose a threat especially to children and people who are allergic. TL;DR Although wasp nests and bee hives have some similarities, there are some differences. You need to know what you are dealing with because bees are a protected species and tempering with their hives is against the law.

Hornets are a specific type of wasp and the largest kind of eusocial (extensive social system) wasp. Hornets are beneficial to our ecosystem, as they control spiders and insect pests and pollinate flowers. These fake nests are designed to mimic paper wasp nests. However, this gets complicated because what we call “paper wasps” and what science calls “paper wasps” is a kind of a linguistic mess. Or the place that has all the right criteria and there’s a neighboring nest next door – oh well. There’s room enough for two.

How wasp nests are made

The European hornet is building a paper-like construction that has a shield. This shield is an envelope that protects the nest from sunlight. Those hornets prefer dark places for their nests, but if they can’t find one, they can deal with the problem by creating an envelope surrounding the nest. Inside this envelope is the actual paper-like comb. You’ll see lots of testimonials online from people are thrilled with their wasp deterrent. They really believe the artificial nests keep wasps away. But that was year1 and maybe year2. Chances are they won’t be so thrilled as years go by. Because paper wasps seem as oblivious to artificial wasp nests as they are to real ones. You see, paper wasps frequently set up their new home right near an old nest, sometimes even on the same tree branch. And why not, given that it’s empty? (Again, each colony starts anew each spring, but old, empty nests often remain visible for a year or so.) Why they would they find an artificial nest more threatening than a real one? New queen awakens from her overwintering beauty sleep in spring and finds a new place to make a nest.

Many people think fake wasp nests work because of their belief that wasps are territorial. Some wasps are territorial, but that doesn’t mean they see a nest and leave the area. Wasps generally leave their nests at the end of the year, so they will investigate a nest before deciding there are other wasps nearby and they should find a different home. When they investigate the fake wasp nest and find there are not wasps in the nest, they may not leave the area. Keep Outside the Home Clean – Keep trash cans covered and remove any food or drink that’s outside the home. Wasps can be attracted by the smells from foods or drinks, so minimizing what’s outside can help keep wasps away. The good news is that wasps don’t return to a nest so once the wasps have died off in the autumn, you won’t get troubled from the same place again. Take a look around. Have you noticed particular places wasps tend to hang out in your yard? You’ll want to identify places where wasps are likely to build a nest and areas you don’t want them to visit, like your patio or swing set. It’s important to note artificial nests will not get rid of an already active nest. Be sure to hang your fake wasp nest where you don’t want them to visit. Benefits of Wasps The idea is the following: you put them up in early spring, before there are any wasps in the sector, hanging them from a branch, a roof overhang or any other structure. When a queen wasp, the one that starts a new colony, sees the repellent, she thinks the territory is already occupied by a rival colony and so goes somewhere else to set up her new home. A different model of artificial wasp nest. Photo: www.shelmerdine.com

Since worker wasps are looking for food, it’s best to limit their food sources in the areas you hang out. Here are some additional tips to keep them away: They want to be warm, dry, and protected. Normally they’d hang out in tree hollows or under large leaves, or under large tree branches, but people’s yards often provide ample habitat. Roofing, gutters, old sheds, big trees, all provide for these new queens. Once it starts getting warm, you can find worker wasps out and about collecting other insects, an important source of protein for the colony’s young. If you see fresh stripes on wooden surfaces, that is a clear sign of wasp activity. Perhaps you’ve noticed thin white lines on the tool shed or wooden fence. Those lines are formed while wasps are collecting the wood fibre for building their nest. By striping a line of fibre they reveal the hidden surface of the wood, that is not weathered by the sun, and you can see it with a naked eye.



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