How to deal with hornets

Neighborhood hornets and os next to a person has a very mixed character. Natural predators can not only destroy harmful insects, helping gardening enthusiasts to fight them, but also pose a serious threat to human health. After all, the consequences stinging insect bite redness and swelling of the damaged area of ​​the skin can become, as well as serious complications in the video swelling of the bronchi, suffocation, heart palpitations and numerous hemorrhages. The lack of timely medical assistance to the victim with the development of anaphylactic shock can even lead to death. Especially dangerous are insect bites for children and people with allergies. Therefore, it will be useful to know how to get rid of hornets.

Do I need to destroy

Before getting rid of hornets nests, you need to weigh the pros and cons. Not everyone knows that representatives of only one family can destroy up to five hundred harmful insects, which pose a serious threat to garden crops. The thing is that these hymenopterans use caterpillars, bedbugs, butterflies and other pests as food. Predator insects attack humans only in exceptional cases, feeling threatened.

On a note!

However, you don’t have to choose if representatives of this species wound up in the attic under the roof, in the wall of the house or in the apiary. In this case, the insects dangerous and are able to attack the inhabitants of the house, and the bees will not be too good. A swarm of adults is able to quickly destroy bee hives in an apiary. Therefore, in such situations, the fight against hornets is simply necessary.

How to get a hornet out of an apartment

Most often, the attention of hymenoptera is attracted by the aroma of ripe fruits, vegetables or various delicacies in the house. Having flown into the human abode, the insect can no longer find the return exit. And in order to drive him out of the room, it is not necessary to run with the newspaper in his hand. You should not try to kill the hornet by making sharp movements with your hands. This behavior of the offender will be regarded as an attack, and then the attack of the insect can not be avoided.

If there is only one accidentally flown individual in the house, then it is enough to arm yourself with an ordinary glass jar. They neatly cover the “intruder”, using the lid, close the container. Open a trap only on the street. Similarly, you can use a matchbox or work gloves made of thick fabric.

If hymenoptera in the house is a regular phenomenon, then it is necessary to find the nests where the population of fearsome insects lives. Usually they prefer quiet places: attics or sheds. Hymenoptera housing can also be located on a tree next to the house or under a canopy. If the nest is in an accessible place, then you can get rid of hornets at home in the following ways.

Chemicals

Hornets can be etched with insecticides.It is enough to put a plastic bag on the nest, after spraying its internal surface with a toxic substance. Hornets are especially afraid of Dichlorvos, Tetrix, Get, Karbofos, Raptor or Sinuzan. No less effective drugs for agricultural pests such as Sail or Aktara.

Using poison for hornets, you need to arm yourself with tape and stick the edges of the bag to the ceiling surface. If the pests settled in the wall, they can be removed from the wall in a similar way, using any insecticide designed to destroy bugs and cockroaches.

If the nest of pests is located on a tree, then the polyethylene trap must be fixed on the branch so that the toxic composition does not disappear.

Folk remedies

However, it is still better to use folk remedies for hornets than pesticides:

• Effectively repels red peppers from the house. It is enough to hang it next to the nest to drive away from the site of insects.
• Boric acid is another effective remedy for hornets and wasps. 1 tbsp. l funds are mixed with 3 crushed fly agaric, after which the composition is filled with water (200 g) and boiled for 3 minutes. As bait in the resulting mixture add 1 tbsp. l honey. Such a peculiar poison for wasps and hornets is poured into small containers, which are placed in places of accumulation of pests.
• Alcohol-based peppermint lotion is another powerful insect repellent. Hornets will not build a nest if you plant mint, lemon balm or geranium on the site.
• Water trap. A bucket filled with water is brought to the nest so that all its inhabitants get wet and soon die. To achieve maximum effect, a bucket of water is propped up with a stepladder or wooden plank.
• You can deal with hornets in an apiary in the manner described above, however, when using boiling water. A large amount of boiling water is poured over the nest from all sides, which is usually quite enough to obtain the desired result.
• Polyurethane foam. To destroy the hornet in the attic, or rather all of its “lair”, it is important to fill all the exits in the nest with foam. Such a procedure should be carried out at night, when all the inhabitants are in a cocoon. And it is preferable to do this together, simultaneously filling all the holes. Insects without access to light and oxygen will soon die, after which the nest can be removed from the ceiling and disposed of.
• Carbon dioxide is no less effective on insects. The nest is carefully treated with foam from a fire extinguisher, as a result of which its inhabitants quickly die. A beehive without signs of life is brought down and disposed of.
• Petrol. Another of the most effective ways to deal with hornets in a summer cottage is to spray the nests with gasoline or another flammable product. Then the shelter of insects is set on fire. However, this method is unacceptable if the nest is located indoors or is located at high altitude.

Traps

Especially popular among summer residents is the method of removing hornets through traps. They are made from a regular plastic bottle. The upper part of the container is cut off and placed with the neck down in the lower half. As a decoy, beer, kvass or jam is poured onto the bottom of such a design. Insects that crawl into the smell of goodies will no longer be able to get out of the trap.

On a note!

You can get rid of this method only from a small number of insects. If on the site there is a whole family headed by the queen-uterus, then this method is not acceptable.

Ultrasound

One of the latest insect control products is the ultrasonic repeller for wasps and hornets. Impact on individuals occurs through ultrasound, not audible to the human ear.But for wasps and hornets, these fluctuations are very noticeable, which forces insects to go in search of more favorable conditions.

How to get rid of hornets under the roof of a house

You can get rid of uninvited neighbors who have settled under the roof of the house if you try to remove the hive even in the cold season. During the winter, all individuals living in the hives die with the exception of the queen and her brood, which so far do not pose a threat to humans. It is enough to clean the nest from the surface and pack it in polyethylene and dispose of it.

Plates

The repellent plates designed to combat mosquitoes and flies will help to remove from the hornet's roof. They are cut into small strips and placed in a metal container, then set on fire. When insecticidal elements smolder, smoke will be released that adversely affects individuals living in the nest. To achieve maximum effect, the destruction of hornets in this way should be carried out daily for several days.

Important!

You can kill a hornet's nest using any of the above methods. However, in order to avoid getting a bite, a prerequisite for such a procedure is the presence of a mosquito net, gloves and tight clothing.

Smoke bombs

If insects have chosen a place for shelter under the floor and it is not possible to get to the nest, it is possible to poison the hornets of the house with a smoke bomb. An example of this is the smoke bomb from wasps and hornets. Quiet evening. In the process of its action, a toxic substance (permethrin) is released into the air, which adversely affects insects. However, after burning in the air for a long period, a strong pyrotechnic smell is in the air, and therefore, before using the product, it is necessary to remove bedding and things in dense packages.

To hornets do not return

Knowing how to get rid of hornets in the country, many people are wondering why insects appeared in the same place again. Situations when "unwanted neighbors" return again arise quite often in view of the fact that this site was favorable enough for insects to live. To avoid such consequences, it is necessary in some way to change the terrain: cut off a branch or open a layer of paint on the surface of the wall on which the hive was located. If the hornets have built their nest in some cavity, then it’s enough to close the hole that they have chosen.