Not only do I have thoughts of DH's grandfather running through my head (see previous post), I also have buzzing...but not in my head. It's in my walls. And my bedroom. In fact, they like to land on my pillow. Our bedroom walls are infested with yellowjackets (or hornets...can't tell the little b*stards apart). I decided to leave the room tonight after I killed the 5th one, and after I could hear the buzzing in the walls which really FREAKED me out. All I can picture is that poor women down in Texas who had a major infestation of bees in her house and had to literally take chunks of the house apart to get them out (in the news a few weeks ago). Far as we can tell, they got into the walls through a hole drilled for a cable wire that we no longer use - basically a direct line from the outside in. We covered up the inside, thinking we would be all set, but they continued to go into the hole and worm their way through the walls (without our knowledge and certainly not our permission!). They then started to enter our room through a crack where the wall meets the floor (old house), which DH taped up. Then all was fine for about 2 weeks...until they started to show up in our room again. It's very hard to tell where they are coming in this time - it's taken me three days, but I think I finally know where. There used to be an electric heater on one wall that was removed. The hole is covered, but there must be a gap. I am seeing a lot of dead yellowjackets under this, so I think that must be where they are entering my room. Unfortunately, this in on a separate wall than where they were previously coming in, which means they have turned the corner and are now in two walls.
DH read up on them and they were SUPPOSED to be dormant at night, but apparently our crew does not seem to know this. Tomorrow, I call the exterminator and pray that he does not have to disassemble the house. I have no problem with stinging creatures - really - when they stay outside where the belong. When they invade my territory - specifically, my bedroom - it's war, baby. All out war.
I'm sleeping on the couch tonight, if I ever get to sleep.
sleepless night
September 25th, 2007 at 04:28 am
September 25th, 2007 at 05:32 pm 1190741528
I seem to have to battle Yellow jackets every year here in Ohio myself. The cheap cans of wasp spray from Wal Mart (or wherever you shop) work pretty well. I just watch where the wasps are entering and leaving from outside and I spray the heck out of that general area. And I spray as much as I can right into the hole or crevice they are coming through.
Sometimes they swarm around me. I take care of those ones with a fly swatter. I'm not allergic or afraid of them so they don't bother me much even when they swarm around. I feel a little sorry for them actually.
Spraying like that and continuing until you don't see them anymore has worked for me. Hope that helps a little.
September 25th, 2007 at 07:04 pm 1190747080
September 26th, 2007 at 03:32 am 1190777542