Getting Rid of Wasps & Hornets Without Chemicals.

I’ll admit that this is not my idea; there is already a product on the market that does all this.

It’s called the Waspinator and you can search online if you want to buy one.

I’m too cheap to pay for it.

Apparently, Wasps and Hornets (of the family Hymenoptera) are very territorial, they will not come into an area or they will leave an area if they think that there are other Wasps or Hornets there.

In this post I’m going to show you how to do this quickly and cheaply.

Here’s what you’ll need: a roll of landscape fabric (the kind you use to keep weeds down in your flower bed), an empty 1 gallon jug (milk, windshield washer fluid, vinegar, etc.), and two cable ties and maybe some string for hanging it.

The following pictures are pretty self-explanatory, but seeing as how I’m a belt and suspenders kind of guy, I’ll add captions anyway.

Unroll about 3 feet of the landscape fabric (enough to roll the jug in about two layers of fabric).

Remove the lid from the jug, I improved the "design" after these pics were taken.

Roll the jug in the landscape fabric…

Gather the fabric up at the top and bottom of the jug.

Use a cable tie to secure the fabric at the bottom, cut off the excess fabric and stuff it up into the opening of the jug. This will look eerily like an actual wasp nest opening.

Secure the fabric at the top of the jug.

For hanging, you can secure a piece of string underneath the cable tie (like the picture shows) or make a loop of the excess fabric on the top and secure the loop with the top cable tie.

These should be hung in conspicuous places where you don't want the Wasps & Hornets.

I've used these in several different houses now and while it may take a week or two if you already have Wasps or Hornets, they were very effective.

We had a nest along our back sidewalk of yellow jackets and they were gone about 2 weeks after we hung one of these about 20' away.

Photos by @theblindsquirl

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