q repelling wasps this is a cross post to rec gardens and sci med set the follow up line in the header depending on what kind of advice you give or e mail directly to me ceci lysator liu se i have a problem with wasps they seem to love me last summer i couldn t spend more than ten to fifteen minutes at a time in my garden before one or several wasps would come for me i am asking for advice on how to repel wasps this year the wasps have built their nest under a stone next to one of my tiny ponds the caretaker poor fellow will have to take care of them and that will give me a head start on them last year we couldn t find any nest even after the caretaker has gassed the nest in my tiny garden of square meter other wasps will most likely vie for the territory is there anything i can grow rub on my skin or spread on the soil that will repel the black and yellow bastards never mind if it turns my skin purple or kills off all my beloved plants i want to be able to spend time in my garden like everyone else would it help to remove the ponds and the bird bath the wasps seem to come to drink at them and i suppose that their prey will breed in them the black tits seem to be afraid of the wasps because as soon as the wasp season starts they stop coming to have their bath even when i am not trying to win back my patio from wasps they seem to love me the advice i usually get when i ask what to do about wasps is to stand still and not wave my arms i ve got some painful stings when trying to follow that advice i have also tried to use hygienic products without perfumes to no avail they still love me and come for me even when i m in the middle of a crowd so far only two things seem to work to kill it dead or to run into the house and close all doors and windows nb i don t have a problem with bees or bumble bees just wasps patronizing advice redirected to dev null ceci ceci lysator liu se the number of rational hypotheses that can explain any given phenomenon is infinite phaedrus law from rm pirsig s zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance
