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mammasboys · **Posted: 18-07-2010 , 08:26 PM** #11

The wasps will all die over the winter except for the queen, I believe. You could wait until then, then squirt a little ant dust into the opening of the hive and any queen that smells the hive when roused in the spring will walk in the dust and ingest it while she grooms. Then, you are only killing one.
But be aware that in the future, other wasps will smell the old nest and will try to re-inhabit the space. So you will have to remove the entire structure. Alternatively a good blast of the ant dust should remain dry in the crevice until the spring and kill off any new potential residents or the scouts at least.

	Posted: 18-07-2010 , 08:26 PM #11
mammasboys Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 114	Wasps The wasps will all die over the winter except for the queen, I believe. You could wait until then, then squirt a little ant dust into the opening of the hive and any queen that smells the hive when roused in the spring will walk in the dust and ingest it while she grooms. Then, you are only killing one. But be aware that in the future, other wasps will smell the old nest and will try to re-inhabit the space. So you will have to remove the entire structure. Alternatively a good blast of the ant dust should remain dry in the crevice until the spring and kill off any new potential residents or the scouts at least.