Controlling Wasps and Hornets Around Your Home

Last month, I discovered a ​paper wasp nest under my porch roof. Thinking I’d go “eco-friendly,” I sprayed it with ​soapy water at midnight. BIG mistake—they retaliated by dive-bombing my dog. Then I bought a ​$40 decoy nest (supposed to scare them off), but the hornets just built NEXT to it. Finally caved and called an exterminator who used ​pyrethroid foam . Now I’m paranoid every buzzing sound is an avenging swarm. ​What’s YOUR win-or-fail strategy?

Tried ​peppermint oil spray, they built a nest IN my diffuser. Now my garage smells like a candy cane massacre.

Store-bought trap caught 50 wasps… then my toddler brought it to ‘show and tell.

Wasps kill my honeybees! I use ​meat bait traps, works but smells like a zombie apocalypse.

@CaveDweller666 Murdering living beings? Disgusting. Use ​essential oil barriers!

Sprayed a nest at 3 AM… in my boxers. Got stung WHERE THE SUN DON’T SHINE.

Smoke + garbage bag method! Cover nest, tie bag, freeze it. No chemicals!

@MousePatrol Or just leave the bag and let winter sort it out.

Mistook a ​mud dauber nest for a hornet hive. Now I’ve murdered harmless bugs.

Let the nest stay, they ate my aphids! But my mailman refuses to deliver now.

Soda bottle trap with jam + vinegar. Caught 200 wasps! But now my yard’s a buzzing landfill.