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The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Wiping Your Wasp Woes Away

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Epic Gardening

Home & Garden, Education, Leisure, How To

4.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2018

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Have wasps decided that the eaves of your house look like a fantastic place to move in? I know I’ve had troubles with them here in California well into the fall, although they’re at their most active in the summer. Eventually, you sigh and start shopping for the best wasp trap. But do you really need a trap, and if so, what kind do you want? Are lures necessary, and if so which ones? Are those internet stories about dryer sheets and paper bags real, and if so, does it actually work? Should you buy a commercial-made trap or make one? I’m going to walk you step by step through deciding if this is something you should be investing in, teach you all about how they function, and answer questions about home methods. When you’re done reading, you’ll be ready to deal with them no matter what! Learn More: Best Wasp Trap: Wiping Your Wasp Woes Away Keep Growing, Kevin Support Epic Gardening Support Epic Gardening on Patreon Follow Epic Gardening YouTube Instagram Pinterest Facebook Facebook Group Buy the Epic Soil Starter Organic Fertilizer! How do you super-charge your soil with good, inexpensive organic matter? That was the question I sought to answer when I designed this custom-mixed fertilizer with my friends over at Garden Maker Naturals. It's designed to take your ordinary raised bed garden soil and give it enough organic matter to kick-start your growing season. Order Your Epic Soil Starter Here   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, what's going on everyone? Welcome back to the show. Today we're going to be talking about

0:05.8

Wasps and specifically we're talking about wasps.

0:09.8

So if your garden or your home has been infested by wasps, I know, you know, I've had some

0:16.0

troubles here with them in California well into the fall. I grew up here in California, so wasps

0:21.2

have been just a part of my life. I remember my brother and I would run around

0:26.1

our cul-de-sac growing up trying to bait each other into corners where we knew wasps were so that one of us would get stung and it was the most

0:34.0

ridiculous game ever but you know you live and you learn because I think we both

0:38.4

took our took our licks there he actually was allergic though I was not allergic. It just was annoying to me, but to him, he ever got baited into the wasp trap. He wasn't crazy allergic, but he would definitely swell up and then he would be really sad. So we stop that game.

0:54.0

Needless to say, let's go back to the episode.

0:56.7

We're talking about wasp traps today.

0:59.0

How do you get rid of them?

1:00.1

Do you need them?

1:00.8

What are the best ones, right?

1:02.3

So if you're only seeing a few wasps and they don't really

1:05.5

seem to be preparing to move in build themselves nests you don't really need to worry about it wasps or pollinators

1:11.1

they're happy to go from flower to flower and assist your

1:14.2

local bee population. So I'm not trying to say destroy all wasps. This is part of

1:19.1

the natural ecosystem, right? However, while a few are great, too many can become a bit burdensome.

1:25.8

So while most species of wasps don't typically bother humans, they can become defensive

1:31.7

especially if they start to build their home.

1:33.8

So if they build their home in an area where you do a lot of work,

1:37.4

then yeah, it might be time to consider removing them.

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