<div dir="auto">Great idea! I had heard that they avoud areas with empty nests but had not thought to find a fake.<div dir="auto">Thank you!</div><div dir="auto">Ben<br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">Benjamin Dunlap<br>Washington, DC<br><a href="mailto:gabedun@gmail.com">gabedun@gmail.com</a><br><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jun 12, 2023, 8:13 AM Jan Day <<a href="mailto:jpostonday@gmail.com">jpostonday@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">While this doesn't address the immediate question about best removal techniques for the current nest, one strategy to prevent hornets from building a nest again in that spot is to put up a fake nest. Just google "fake hornets nest" and you'll see a bunch of options. <div><br></div><div>Jan</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 8:00 AM Amy C. Shields <<a href="mailto:2inwashington@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">2inwashington@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">What a beautiful nest. And out of the way, in the alley. Why do you need to kill them? </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jun 11, 2023 at 6:40 PM Benjamin Dunlap <<a href="mailto:gabedun@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">gabedun@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">This afternoon i noticed a wasp nest being actively built above our deck (see photos) i am positive on the id as a bald faced hornet<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">We are at 121 12th St NE folks using the alley as a cut through between 12th and constitution may want to beware. <br><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Anyone have a recommendation for exterminator? </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolichovespula_maculata?wprov=sfla1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolichovespula_maculata?wprov=sfla1</a></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br><br><div dir="auto">Benjamin Dunlap<br>Washington, DC<br><a href="mailto:gabedun@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">gabedun@gmail.com</a><br>314-898-8344</div></div></div></div>
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