what is the best natural way to keep wasps away from your home? they keep trying to build there mud nests on frtporch

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KMS Woodworks on Mar 22, 2012
I have a number of clients who use the yellow jack "traps". Blasting the nests with a power washer every couple of days also keeps them from making progress and they often "move on" to better or less hostile locations

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Walter Reeves on Mar 22, 2012
KMS's suggestion to wash away the nests works best.

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Jennifer Baldwin on Apr 22, 2014
There is an native trick that works great for repelling yellow jackets. Get a small paper lunch bag and fill it with a crumpled piece of paper so it keeps it's shape. Tie a string to it and hang it from a corner of your house or tree where you want to work. Wasps are territorial and visual in nature, they mistake the paper bag for another nest and will stay away.

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Redcatcec on Feb 27, 2024

Keep knocking them down and wash them away.

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Johnavallance82 on Feb 28, 2024

Get a Brown paper bag and blow it up like a balloon. Tie the top and fix it upside down to hang like a wasp nest. that will fool them and they won't build.

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