Re: [RE-wrenches] Wasps

Thanks for the input everyone. She's pretty set on getting rid of them. I'll recommend hosing them down with water at night. I think she's going to want to go chemical, though. I'd love to hear anyone's experience with sprays damaging the backsheet or not. Thanks, Dana Dana Brandt Ecotech Energy

Re: [RE-wrenches] Wasps

I have had good success with soapy water - mix dish detergent with water and spray it on, won't hurt your modules. On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 4:32 PM, Dana Brandt wrote: > Thanks for the input everyone. She's pretty set on getting rid of them. > I'll recommend hosing them down with water at night.

[RE-wrenches] ] Wasps

If you can slip a container over the nest, I put a ½” of gasoline in the bottom of the container and go up at night and slip the container with gas over the nest and holding it tight to the panel or soffit, slip it to the side and hold it for a minute or so. The gas asphyxiates the stinging monste

Re: [RE-wrenches] Wasps

Chris is absolutely right, dish detergent really does work. And Dawn is about the best brand to use. Roy Butler NABCEP Certified Small Wind Installer® NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer® NYSERDA eligible PV & wind installer Four Winds Renewable Energy, LLC 8

Re: [RE-wrenches] ] Wasps

Ladder - roof - gasoline - electricity - stinging insects - what could possibly go wrong? On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 5:03 PM, Dana wrote: > If you can slip a container over the nest, I put a ½” of gasoline in the > bottom of the container and go up at night and slip the container with gas > over th

Re: [RE-wrenches] Wasps

I'd be weary of using Dawn detergent on PV modules because it has petroleum distillates in it. That's why it's so effective at stripping oil off of bird feathers after an oil spill. Safer brand insecticidal soap will kill wasps, and it's non-toxic and petroleum-free. I deal with wasps nesting

Re: [RE-wrenches] Wasps

I don't know if smoke stuns wasps like it does bees. That could be a humane way to distract them while you get the nest off the module so maybe they will go somewhere else. Jim From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Dana

Re: [RE-wrenches] Wasps

Jim, Sorry, but that's really bad advice. Smoke doesn't stun bees. It makes them think there is a fire and they begin to gorge themselves with honey in preparation for fleeing. While they are doing that, they mostly ignore you. Might work that way with wasps, but I don't know that for sure and I