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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0021_01CB3EBE.D78D2150 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi All, When I lived in New Brunswick we had a significant problem with wasps = (yellow jackets) that was caused by having a kid in the neighborhood who = was extremely allergic to bee stings. Apparently, one sting could have = killed him if he did not receive medical attention immediately following = the sting. The significance of the hazard to this child required him to = carry an epi-pen at all times and everyone in the neighborhood, the = school, the school bus driver, etc. also were issued a pen for him in = case he did not have his with him when he got stung. Having wasp nests = around the neighborhood was thus not an option. What we all did was to = watch for the nests to appear in the spring and before they grew to more = than say 4" in diameter we "shot" them with the garden hose to dissolve = the nest before it got really established. The damage to the wasps was = minimal, the hazard to the sprayer (me) was also minimal as I think the = wasps thought the damage was caused by a sudden downpour! They would = sometimes come back to reestablish the nest but another "downpour" would = usually discourage them permanently for that year. After a couple of = years of doing this, they did not return, at least to my house and = shrubs. I did not have any problem doing this with small nests but I'm = not sure if I would tackle a large colony nest this way. We always = tried to get them when they first established their nests. Paul Murray Dartmouth ------=_NextPart_000_0021_01CB3EBE.D78D2150 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.7600.16625"></HEAD> <BODY style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 10px; PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-TOP: = 15px"=20 id=3DMailContainerBody leftMargin=3D0 topMargin=3D0 = CanvasTabStop=3D"true"=20 name=3D"Compose message area"> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Hi All,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>When I lived in New Brunswick we had a = significant problem=20 with wasps (yellow jackets) that was caused by having a kid in the = neighborhood=20 who was extremely allergic to bee stings. Apparently, one sting = could have=20 killed him if he did not receive medical attention immediately following = the=20 sting. The significance of the hazard to this child required him = to carry=20 an epi-pen at all times and everyone in the neighborhood, the school, = the school=20 bus driver, etc. also were issued a pen for him in case he did not = have his=20 with him when he got stung. Having wasp nests around the=20 neighborhood was thus not an option. What we all did = was to=20 watch for the nests to appear in the spring and before they grew to more = than=20 say 4" in diameter we "shot" them with the garden hose to dissolve the = nest=20 before it got really established. The damage to the wasps was = minimal, the=20 hazard to the sprayer (me) was also minimal as I think the wasps thought = the=20 damage was caused by a sudden downpour! They would sometimes come = back to=20 reestablish the nest but another "downpour" would usually discourage = them=20 permanently for that year. After a couple of years of doing this, = they did=20 not return, at least to my house and shrubs. I did not have any = problem=20 doing this with small nests but I'm not sure if I would tackle a = large=20 colony nest this way. We always tried to get them when they first=20 established their nests.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Paul Murray</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Dartmouth</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0021_01CB3EBE.D78D2150--
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