The Original Waspinator Wasp Repellent

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• From Donna at 6/26/10 1:20 PM
  • Does the Waspinator work for yellow jackets? I've read that they make their nests in or on the ground and since the waspinator hangs would it still be effective for yellow jackets?
    
    I'd appreciate an answer soon, since I'd like to purchase one if it will work. The yellow jackets are driving away my hummingbirds and I can't hang feeders.
    
    Thank you!
    Donna
  • Yes, the Waspinator will repel yellow jackets as well as wasps. Yellow jackets are very sensitive to territorial claims, and they will avoid being in the proximity of the Waspinator.
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• From Sue at 6/28/10 7:41 PM
  • I have Bumble Bees, Honey Bees and Hummingbirds. Will this in any way scare them away or just the wasps that are drinking nectar from the hummer feeders and scaring my hummers away. I like the bumble bees but I hate the yellow jackets that are on the feeders constantly.
  • The Waspinator will repel the wasps at your hummingbird feeder, but will have no impact on the hummingbirds.
    
    Bumble bees may be deterred by the Waspinator but, if so, they will simply move to a greater distance.
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• From Tom at 7/5/10 4:13 AM
  • I have a slightly raised outdoor deck that's 12' x 20' & have seen 4 nests under construction within 6 ' of each other under the deck. Will this work as the avoidance of competing nests haven't stopped the development of the other nests?
  • There are some wasp species which build very different nests and behave very differently, such as the Paper Wasp. The Waspinator will not be as effective on these wasps.
    
    Even so, The Waspinator will still act as a repellent for some of these wasps because it also resembles a hornets nest, and as hornets are predators to these species, the wasps think it's a hornets nest and stay away for that reason.
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• From Sue at 7/8/10 6:11 PM
  • I have a well built wasp/hornet nest that looks something like your Waspinator - about the size of a cantaloupe up by a gutter near the roof. Almost directly under that I have a yellow jacket nest between 2 railroad ties. Both are in areas by the driveway and where I and my dogs frequently walk past. Of not there, I would leave them alone. I hate to kill anything, but I tried Hot Shot Wasp/Hornet killer on the yellow jacket nest - twice. There is still some activity and now activity under my deck so I think there is a nest there. I haven't worked up the nerve to spray the big nest on the house, but the entrance is much more visible. Would any of your products eliminate all of the inhabitants of all nests? I also hate to use anything toxic because I have lots of other critters that I do not want to harm. Thanks.
  • It is unlikely the Waspinator will cause the two existing nests to be abandoned.
    We have successfully removed two large wasp nests from under the eaves of our house by working at night under a red light (headlamp). For each nest, we placed a large brown bag over the nest and pulled it down, quickly closing the top. The nests were relocated and released.
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