[RE-wrenches] Wasps

[Bob-O Schultze]

Jim,
Sorry, but that's really bad advice. Smoke doesn't stun bees. It makes them think there is a fire and they begin to gorge themselves with honey in preparation for fleeing. While they are doing that, they mostly ignore you. Might work that way with wasps, but I don't know that for sure and I'm betting you don't either. Most wasps don't collect nectar to evaporate into honey, they eat meat in the form of other insects. Ya might just piss them off.
Bob-O

On May 6, 2013, at 8:04 PM, Solarguy wrote:

I don’t know if smoke stuns wasps like it does bees. That could be a humane way to distract them while you get the nest off the module so maybe they will go somewhere else.
Jim
 
From: re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Dana Brandt
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2013 3:32 PM
To: RE-wrenches
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Wasps
 
Thanks for the input everyone. She's pretty set on getting rid of them. I'll recommend hosing them down with water at night. I think she's going to want to go chemical, though. I'd love to hear anyone's experience with sprays damaging the backsheet or not.

Thanks,

Dana

Dana Brandt
Ecotech Energy Systems, LLC
www.ecotechenergy.com
dana at ecotechenergy.com
360.318.7646
 

On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Dana Brandt <dana at ecotechenergy.com> wrote:
Hi Wrenches,

I have a client who has developed quite a problem with wasps behind her array. Does anyone have experience getting rid of them? I'm afraid of the possibility of sprays damaging the backsheet. Is that a legitimate concern? 

Thanks,

Dana

Dana Brandt
Ecotech Energy Systems, LLC
www.ecotechenergy.com
dana at ecotechenergy.com
360.318.7646
 
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