WD40 works well.

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> > > On to wasp removal: When I was little, I remember my grandfather knocking down a wasps nest and dowsing it in turpentine. I don't remember the exact details, but I remember that was the only one of his homemade remedies that worked! I'll have to ask him the specifics next time I see him.
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> > > Tess
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> > And what happened between knocking down the nest
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> > dowsing it in turpentine? That's the part that worries me.
> > Howard
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> About wasp removal...
> I read the Stephen King book The Shining. There was a passage about how Jack's father got rid of the pests buy starting a small fire below the nest. The smoke wafted up and "made the wasps drunk" if you will, and unable to fly. After which he knocked the nest, wasps included, over into the fire and they all burned and died. *sob*
> Just wondering if this actually works before I attempt such a feat.