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[Nataliesgramma]

My brother had a nest in his fireplace chimney....he called an exterminator  when he couldn't get rid of them after a few days...

[hckynutjohn]

Not sure if wasps are like bees. One day in our townhome, we moved in 2000, I killed bee in my basement. Then I saw another than another. We had a "cat door"opening in our basement door, so I immediately plugged it up.

By then I could a whole swarm of them. I called a private exterminator because the BIG companies said 2 days. We would have to leave the house and take our many cats with us.

When he first came in he sprayed the swarms that had formed by then. Told me he had to find and kill the Queen bee or there would be more of them. I guess he knew which one was the Queen and killed her.

He came upstairs and said it was ok to come to the basement. The floor was covered with what looked like thousands of dead bees. He then told me had traced where they had gotten into the basement.

The hose that ran off the outside AC unit and to our furnace, had a hole the size of a big pin head. He put some type of putty, looked like clay to me, that hardened, thus blocking the hole.

It would have been a nightmare had my sister not known this man.  She was in real estate and worked with a contractor that built new homes. I was pleasantly shocked when he charged only $100. It was late night summer and he was there over 2 hours.

That's my bee story and I hope we never see one again.

hckynut(john)

[sissel]

We live in a warm climate & every year the same thing with wasps. They seem to keep going to the same place every year. If you catch it in the beginning with spray or knocking down the newly formed nest. I see them flying by & watch to see them going in the corner OK get the spray out. Keep it under control in the beginning then they will leave.

[RedTop]

I am in southern West Virginia, and we are currently in the deep freeze of winter with arctic temperatures.   Two weeks ago we were killing HUGE flies in the house.  My guess as to where they came from?   I think the eggs were laid in my Christmas cactus that is on the front porch from June to October.   The cactus winters in the basement, which is heated during the coldest parts of our winter.   I think the heat hatched the eggs, and some of the flies found their way upstairs.   Many dead flies are in the window seals in the basement.