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Re: Ridding Bird Houses of Wasps

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Rick Sussman

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Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:35:15 EDT

 
In a message dated 4/12/2008 5:04:32 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
 writes:

This  year several are home to wasps.  Is it safe to attempt
to clean them  during the day when the wasps are out?  How?  She does not
want  to use any chemicals.   Thanks for any suggestions.  Please  reply
offline unless you think others could use the information.   Bonnie Coe AU
Park, DC 



My $00.02 is to open the box, get a scraper of some sort (a kitchen spatula  
comes to mind) scrape the wasp nest off and run like hell!

I've done this in the past with bluebird boxes. The running is the only  
tricky part. Make sure your path is clear in the intended direction  beforehand!
 
Rick Sussman



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