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TIL that dish soap and water can be put in a spray bottle to kill wasps and other insects from a distance without getting stung (blogs.k-state.edu)

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Like bringing a knife to a gun fight.

We had an Orkin guy come to take care of a nest in our shed, where Yellowjackets make their way through the wood flooring and set up shop inside of a folding lawn chair.

He dropped his arsenal on them, and then managed to get stung several times while wearing full protective gear.

No goddamn way I'm going to do the same with a bottle of diluted Dawn! LOL

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

Yeah, I've done the soap thing a couple of times on smaller issues. The second there is any real worry, I'm bringing in the aerosol foam that I can soak the nest with from 20 feet away