We've had increasing problems over the past 3 years with yellow jackets/wasps. This year the number swarming was just gruesome! (20 or more at a time). We tried all the traps and fake nests and stuff they're not supposed to like (like smell of spearmint herbs) but nothing seemed to help.
I read about using 20 mule borax on the forums. (There are good threads here on balancing the water chemistry etc). By the next day instead of 20+ yellow jackets/wasps there were less than 5 around our pool. 48 hours later they were totally gone and I haven't seen them for a full week.
I know you can sometimes follow them towards their nest but the nest can be over a 1/4 mile away and so we were never able to find it. The borax solution has been nothing short of amazing!
Hope this helps someone else.
I read about using 20 mule borax on the forums. (There are good threads here on balancing the water chemistry etc). By the next day instead of 20+ yellow jackets/wasps there were less than 5 around our pool. 48 hours later they were totally gone and I haven't seen them for a full week.
I know you can sometimes follow them towards their nest but the nest can be over a 1/4 mile away and so we were never able to find it. The borax solution has been nothing short of amazing!
Hope this helps someone else.