snip <When I felt particularly murderous I tied a propane torch to a pole and incinerated them as they launched (most of them, anyway.) This was mud daubers, for paper wasps nests, which are actually rather beautiful constructions, I wouldn't risk the fire.>
Yes, when I was a kid we used to torch yellow jacket's nests too. But as an adult gardener, I should tell you that wasps are a beneficial part of the gardening ecology. They are avid predators and consume lots of caterpilars and pests. Killing them is like killing any snake on sight, poisonous or non-poisonous. Snakes eat lots of rodents. But if I had a hornet nest in my yard I would destroy it because they are so aggressive. I tolerate mud daubers and the wasps that build the paper nests, as long as they are up on the house eaves. Not just papain, but powdered digestive enzymes, bromelain, and pulp of Kiwi fruits have enzymes to break down proteins and therefore bee and wasp venoms. They also work on black widow spider venom and probably others but have to get to the venom before it gets into the circulatory system. Nancy -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
