Hi, Thanks Jay! I'll give them a try. BTW a friend has recommended to me
using Tansy to repel flies; put some leaves into water and simmer on low
heat - Bingo, no flies in the house.
Malcolm
At 12:16 AM 5/24/03 -0400, you wrote:
When people say "I always get bitten, I must have good blood" T
ok, I see natural repellents here on mosquitos and flies, what about wasps?
Hubby just beat a brand spanking new hive they were building (they were none
too pleased about it) down and it looks like they are attempting to rebuild.
I hate the darn things (I remember my first wasp sting at 4 yrs old a
I hate flies in the house, what in the world is Tansy?
Jim
Malcolm Stebbins wrote:
Hi, Thanks Jay! I'll give them a try. BTW a friend has recommended to
me using Tansy to repel flies; put some leaves into water and simmer on
low heat - Bingo, no flies in the house.
Malcolm
At 12:16 AM 5/24/
Tansy is a common plant, tanacetum vulgare, not to be confused with ragwort
tansy senecio jacobaea, a native western weed. Can usually be found in
nurseries that carry some herbs. Once you've got it, you've got it; grows
well under most conditions, self seeds and sometimes divides (sprouts) f
When I felt particularly murderous I tied a propane torch to a pole and
incinerated them as they launched (most of them, anyway.) This was mud
daubers, for paper wasps nests, which are actually rather beautiful
constructions, I wouldn't risk the fire. I once stumbled into a bald
hornet's nest
Thank you Malcolm, I'll go to the nursery in the morning. When you
consider where the fly has been before he lands on your food, it is more
than an aggravation!
Jim
Malcolm Stebbins wrote:
Tansy is a common plant, tanacetum vulgare, not to be confused with
ragwort tansy senecio jacobaea, a
Back in the old days before I built my house and lived in an old school
bus in the woods I used an outhouse and beetle larvae to totally eliminate
flies. It was pretty gross to look in that hole at the seething turmoil
below...so I didn't look very often.
But
It attracted every fly for miles
The old remedy for bee sting is a dab of wet tobacco.
Dousing the wasp nest with gasoline knocks em right out...The vapors do
the job instantly. Not one gets away. Any action that includes a match
and subsequent fire is up to you.
BTW A blast of butane freezes any bug in mid air. Grea
Hallo Ode,
That is a new one for me. What kind of beetles?. Reason I ask is that my
sister has a dairy farm and in summer the flies are horrific. It would be
really good to have a natural system to deal with the pests.
Ode Coyote wrote:
Back in the old days before I built my house and lived i
Hey there Coyote;
I don't smoke or chew, so I'm stuck with mud - so to speak. I hit a
yellowjacket's nest in the ground once with the cat's blade, Boy were they
pissed! Took a gallon of diesel in a plastic jug and upended it into the
hole, and ran like hell. Came back that evening to rescue
I don't know what kind because if well fed and warm, they don't turn into
beetles and once winter comes the hole is still warm until the outside is
cold enough to kill em. I never saw any beetles at all.
All I know is that the larvae were big so it must have been big beetles.
Probably those
Diesel doesn't have the effect that gasoline has...vapor wise.
I tried gassing a yellow jacket nest in my garden with a propane
tank...didn't work even with a match added.
Next, i took a length of PVC pipe and stuck it onto a garden hose and
inserted the whole thing deep into the nest. Drow
Malcolm Stebbins wrote:
> When I felt particularly murderous I tied a propane torch to a pole and
> incinerated them as they launched (most of them, anyway.) This was mud
> daubers, for paper wasps nests, which are actually rather beautiful
> constructions, I wouldn't risk the fire. I once stumb
Yes, used the technique on hornet nests a number of time. Take a bucket and
put a
small amount of gasoline in the bottom. Then attach to a pole and hold it up to
the wasp nest, with the nest in the bucket, but not touching the gas. You only
have to hold it for a minute, and when you remove it,
Look Out Marshall! You are approaching my condition. Your speller
is wobbling."papain" is the more desired spelling, I believe.
Regards, Brooks.
Marshall Dudley wrote:
Malcolm Stebbins wrote:
When I felt particularly murderous I tied a propane torch
I have heard that DC current neutralizes snake, bee, and wasp poison.
Anyone heard of this??
- Original Message -
From: "Marshall Dudley"
To:
Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 11:20 AM
Subject: Re: CS>OT Repeling mosquito's effectively/Malcolm
> Malcolm Stebbins wro
I am probably one of the few that like wasps as they eat other insects on my
christmas trees. If I just want them to move I spray their nests with water.
Sometimes I need to spray them for several days to get them to move. They
will not attact through a water spray.
Brickey
ard of this??
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Marshall Dudley"
> To:
> Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 11:20 AM
> Subject: Re: CS>OT Repeling mosquito's effectively/Malcolm
>
> > Malcolm Stebbins wrote:
> >
> > > When I felt particularly m
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Yes, when I was a kid we used to torch yellow jacket's nests too. But as
an adult gardener, I should tell you that wasps are a beneficial part of
the gardening ecology. They are avid predators and consume lots of
caterpilars and pests. Killing them is like killing any snake on sight,
pois
Yep,
We used to have a set up where my husband could zap bites from the
car battery. You have to be careful not to run the current through
your heart though, or you'll zap more than the bite!
The idea came from the zappers used in India for venomous snake
bites.
Now we just use diluted or s
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