How to get rid of Wasps?

You can try setting up wasps traps by rescue all through.

Thank you. I also read putting up small paper bags might deter them from making new homes....?

The idea of paper bags is to make something that looks like a wasp nest in order to deter other wasps from building new homes. They should not make new nests in an area where one already exists. You can check out this DIY fake-nest project. It's a great idea! http://www.hometalk.com/diy/outdoor/pest-repeller/diy-fake-wasp-nest-20471458

There are commercial traps available which attract bees, wasps, and flies, etc. These traps allow the insect to enter, but they are unable to exit, and thus they die in the container.

On 2 different occasions I noticed wasps returning to a hole in the side of

an almost vertical side of ground...a favourite kind of place for a wasp home...not a nest that one can see built under a roof or similar.

Well, I hate these wasps... especially the German wasps which are VERY territorial and attack you ...well for the fun and hell of it. So I adopt their

sense of fun. I set up the end of a vacuum hose close to the opening of their "home". Make sure you have enough cable from electrical socket.

Placing hose opening and vacuum cleaner near opening.

This should be set up near dusk before Wasps return for the night.

Once SAFELY inside the house. Switch on. The vibration & noise will

annoy the wasps who will rush out to attack the offending enemy and

be "devoured" by the suction. You may get the satisfaction of hearing your

vacuum cleaner buzz with delight. Several puffs of fly / insect spray into

open hose while it's running will end their misery more quickly if you

are a wasp lover. However, having been stuck by them for no good at all

I derive much satisfaction knowing that I have helped reduce the explosion

of the wasp population....here in New Zealand.

Wasps consume nectar that birds feed on...thus reducing the lovely dawn chorus. They also kill sheep that may stumble upon their territory and kids in schools near areas known to have large was populations have to remain in confined play areas.

Remember, unlike a bee that DIES after stinging you ONCE, wasps can continue punishing you until it is ACTUALLY killed .

They are also responsible for damaging NZ's economy by killing entire

colonies of Bees...once they find the hives.......quite apart from being responsible for death of young or old, unable to run away fast enough from a swarm of these killers. Accidents have happened on the roads when

a wasp or 2 has flown into a car with it's window down and stung the

driver or passenger and distracted the driver.

Feel sorry for those sheep stung to death in sheer agony by wasps and unable to protect themselves from these venomous insects..

So, there's No need to be a bleeding heart to preserve a damned wasp.

There's only ONE use for them...on your immediate property. They are

better than any guard dog. 1000 wasps better than ONE fierec dog !

Allen Goh, NZ

Had wasp nest where carport ceiling and wall meet. Sprayed with the long distant wasp spray in a can (Lowes, very reasonable) and they all disappeared. Was told to leave the nest which was saturated with spray and guess it worked, haven't seen any more in a couple of years!