Extermination

[Dante]

Damn it, why is it that every time I make a joke about communism people think I'm obsessed or something? >:(

It wasn't the revolution... It was the idea that you actually keep little red armbands just in case this would ever happen... Do you have ant-sized ones too?

[Edric O]

There's no need. Many ants are already red. ;D

And Ordos45, I have no idea what you're talking about. 8)

[SurlyPIG]

That hive is rather far from the earth, Ace. I need some long range equipment.

Well, get the stuff that shoots 2-3m and stand on a chair or a ladder or the table or something.. At 2 meters range, you won't have to worry about getting stung. Trust me, I held the can six inches from the hive in my backyard and sprayed away, though it was considerably smaller than the one you're describing.

[Duncan_ghola]

by now did you hit it with a watermelon or did they just move away?

[Navaros]

I have a little problem. I need to destroy a wasp hive, which emerged on a window to garden. Direct attack with a stick may be dangerous, though it is full of thousands aggressive beings. The hive has grown to size of cca 1 liter between upper corner of the window (wooden rame, so using of flaming devices is impossible) and the roof. I prefer using some WMD, maybe chemical, but I don't know what is most suitable for such operation.

Thanks for any advice...

don't be an idiot

there are professionals designed to take care of such things. call one of them, and let them do the job for you. stop being a cheapskate. when you need a professional, call one. in this case, you need a professional. your solution is simple. pick up the phone.

btw, if you ever been stung by a wasp before, you'll know it *reallllllllly* freakin' hurts. as a kid, my mom handed me a towel that was recently on the clothesline in the backyard, and it had a wasp in it that stung me before i even saw it. it is *wayyyyy* worse than a bee sting.

if you try to take them out on your own, you deserve to get owned by those wasps. that's fitting justice for trying to be a heroic cheapskate

[Duncan_ghola]

if the phone doesnt work try a paintball gun

[ordos45]

Oh come on Nav, one wasp bite stings, but it doesn't hurt that much...however one bite per wasp in the hive and...ouch. Kill the Hive yet?

[Edric O]

Actually, the amount of pain you feel from a certain insect sting is different for each person.

Take me for example: When I was a kid, I used to sometimes catch wasps for fun, with my bare hands. I hardly felt any sting. Bee stings, on the other hand, were always painful.

[Dante]

Oooh, that's creepy. :O

Nice pun with the red ants though.

And this thread has been up for a while, have you taken any action yet?

[Caid Ivik]

Professional hive exterminators? Well, maybe there is no one such brave in Slovakia, but I haven't heard about such profession... Golden Pages catalologue didn't as well.

[Duncan_ghola]

the longer you wait the worse it gets

[SurlyPIG]

Dude, seriously just get the longest range insect killer you can find, wear the thickest clothing you have anD spray the bastards! You'll probably have to spray them more than once if the hive is really big.

Don't listen to Nav, if he can't stand having pizza the wrong way of course he won't be able to stand a wasp sting. They're nothing. RAID is the easy way. I get them in my backyard almost on an annual basis. A couple of times they have been right up against the house and to avoid potential damage to the paint, I put on a pair of gardening gloves, while wearing nothing but a T-shirt and shorts, and picked up the bloody nest and threw it into a garbage bag! Unless you're one of those people who shrieks and faints at the sight of a spider, a sting is nothing. You heard Edric, he caught them with his bare hands! And he's a Communist! Don't tell me you're going to be shown up by a Communist are you? ;D (just some extra motivation for ya ;) no offense to Edric or Communists intended)

Duncan is right. The long you wait, the worse it gets. So get out there with a can of RAID and kill the buggers before the hive gets even bigger! Wasps are REALLY stupid and actually quite slow to react. I guarantee you if you have enough range and you get out of the way withing a few seconds there's no way you'll get stung.

[Duncan_ghola]

yes! about time someone mentioned my name in a positive way..

[Navaros]

don't listen to ACE

he is the guy who says it's ok to sit in a car in his garage with the door shut and engine running. that alone is enough to prove to you that ACE is a suicidal maniac who has no regard for his own or anyone else's safety

ill try to find the exact thread where he said that

edit: see reply #20 for proof of the idiocy of ACElethal when it comes to matters of life/death/personal injury - http://www.dune2k.com/forum/?board=34;action=display;threadid=10313;start=msg168662#msg168662

Wasp stings hurt like Hell. they are a million times worse than a bee sting. i know because i've been stung by both. anyone who says different is just plain Ignorant.

[Caid Ivik]

Well, Nav, when you'll be stung by a hornet, or that big fly which we call "ovad", usually attacking cattle, then you won't say that wasp is the worst. But of course, fight with a hive is painful thing as well. I'll try that spray for fruit trees with some itching stuff, maybe it would be enough for them...

[Dante]

Edric did say that it depends on who you are as to what is or is not painful... I've been stung by a wasp (twice behind the ear, almost instantaneously) and it was painful. But not excrutiating.

Move house! That way we don't have to live with this neverending debate and the li'l stingers will live longer...

[Duncan_ghola]

do wasps bite? i could swear that a wasp bit me once between my middle and index finger it left 2 little holes but i dont think that was the sting was it?

[SurlyPIG]

Nav, in your own words, you're a dumbass:

I am officially a dumbass!

Make sure the spray you use is especially for insects. If it's a fruit tree spray it probably won't be enough, and might just end up setting them off. Most sprays have poisons that effect insect neural senses so that the bugs become disoriented when they're sprayed. If you go in without a potent enough insecticide, they'll be able to locate you and sting you, if you aren't wearing thick enough clothing. But whatever you do, the longer you wait, the worse it gets. Whatever you do, might as well be soon.

Wasps can bite or sting, and depending on your blood type and skin sensitivitiy the stinging chemicals can cause a reaction of potential intensity, usually associated with redness and, obviously, stinging. Bites have no such effects, and like you said, leave the tooth marks.

[Dante]

I didn't know they could bite... well, not us anyway. Well, you learn something new every day...

I don't think they have teeth though...

[Duncan_ghola]

well i got stung by a wasp today, i was working in my backyard grabbing a pile of twigs the size of a car and shoving them into disposal bags when i felt something like a piercing needle, i thought it was just a sharp twig untill i saw the wasp, i merely shook my fist and laughed as it flew away a few minutes later you'd see me inside the bathtub fully clothed yelling out in agony... that didnt happen but it did sting it reminds me of a fire ant sting, but typing without having the tip of my index finger have contact helps take my mind off this annoying pulsating pain.

[Anathema]

"When I was a kid, I used to sometimes catch wasps for fun"

Freak :O

Btw, this thread reminds me of an incident a few years ago. Me and a couple of friends encountered a bee nest (or wasp nest, don't remember) stuck underneath a bench. Then suddenly one of us kicked it off the bench into the grass and then ran away hard. We ran away too and I was the only guy who go stung because I was tieing my shoe laces when everybody ran away >:(

[lowzeewee]

Paint your ass red and get some people to surround you holding swats and when you are ready,shout out "Oh yoo hoo bee boys,come kiss my arse!" and when they come out to "kiss" your arse,get those swatters onto them,but your arse will be "kissed" red,pain and swollen at the end of the day,but you should sacrifice yourself,for the glory of the scourge!

[Duncan_ghola]

well thats the gay method of exterminating a wasp hide

[lowzeewee]

LOL.A lesbo method? ;D

All you need is a phone[not to smash the beehive]a telephone cord,an electricity cable,a voice box,a throat,a mouth,teeth and just call the damn exterminators down!

Edit:I remove the word "and" which was between the close bracket and "a telephone cord". :P

Edit 2:I added a tongue-sticked-out smiley at the end of the above sentence.

[Cybopache]

How about to get a tube of expanding foam !

Sneak up in the night(remember to protect ure self),spray a little dot in opening of the hive,foam expand,wasps locked in prison,pull a plastic bag or similar over the hive and put it on the camp fire.

Cybo