How Do You Keep Yellow Jacket Wasps Away?
• Spray them with soap and water. Old fashioned soap and water is the first natural repellent to use. Spray the soapy mixture on the wasp and their nest. The soap will stick to their wings and weigh them down. Eventually they will suffocate. Other ways to use soap is to line your doors and windows with it to keep the wasps away. If they have built a nest in the ground pour soapy water into the whole. The entire colony should die. Repeat as needed. • Put out sliced cucumbers. One of the more unusual wasp repellents is cucumber. This vegetable has an acid property that wasps don’t like. Cut up a few slices and leave around your picnic or BBQ area. They stay away and you can enjoy your outdoor activities without fear of getting stung. Hang up a crumpled brown paper bag. Wasps are territorial so they will not make a nest where one already exist. To give the illusion of a wasp nest crumple up a small brown grocery bag, attach a string, and hang near your doors. They cannot tell if it’s trul
