Home Remedy for Wasp Repellent
- Sometimes folk remedies make the most effective cures. That seems to be the case when it comes to using eucalyptus to repel wasps. This mixture of eucalyptus and citronella will repel more than just wasps; it will keep pretty much any insect away from your home.
The recipe calls for four primary ingredients. You need to mix equal proportions of eucalyptus oil, citronella oil, and menthol into teak oil. You will only need to use a small amount on each tree for it to work. Then you can check the tree every two or three days to look for any forming nests. - An effective wasp repellent that includes lavender oil is one you can place directly on your skin or clothing. To make it, combine 1/4 oz. lavender oil, 1/2 oz. citronella oil, 1/8 oz. eucalyptus oil, 1/8 oz. pennyroyal oil, 1/8 oz. jojoba oil, and 1/8 ounce tea tree oil. This is the basic mixture. You can mix it up in bulk quantities.
Before dabbing this mixture on the skin, dilute it in 16 oz. of jojoba oil. Make sure you mix it well. Take the repellent with you wherever you go.
For a repellent that isn't used on the skin, combine the basic blend with 16 oz. of vodka instead. Before using this spray, shake it well. - In addition to repelling wasps, it is also possible to attract them to an area where they will be trapped and confined, far away from the area you are using. Even if a wasp were to escape the trap, it would still be attracted to the area away from the space you are occupying.
To make the wasp trap, take a 2-liter soda bottle and cut off the top portion. Use scissors or a knife to cut the top couple of inches off the soda bottle, so that you have one bottom piece and one top piece. Place a small amount of fruit or sugar water into the bottom of the bottle to serve as the attractant.
Flip the top piece upside down and place it inside the other piece, so that it serves as a funnel, or tunnel, that wasps pass through to get to the bottom section of the bottle. The two sections of the bottle should fit together securely. If you are worried about the top piece falling into the bottom, use double-sided tape to bond them to each other.
Put these around the areas where you find wasps the most. Place any wasps that you have killed inside a sealed jar because dead wasps give off pheromones that warn other wasps to stay away. Dispose of these traps every day and replace them with new ones. In addition to using 2-liter soda bottles, you can also make smaller wasp traps with 20-oz. soda bottles, using the same construction method.