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For us, hornets and spiders fall into the same category. This is because these bugs, while they can look somewhat creepy and intimidating, are actually beneficial. Both hornets and spiders devour flies, mosquitoes and other pesky insects. The white faced hornet, for example, loves to eat caterpillars and tomato worms, so it is a great natural defender for your vegetable garden.
But here’s the thing with hornets: while we know they’re beneficial, we don’t necessarily want them hanging around while we are trying to entertain on the patio or in the backyard. They do have stingers, and getting stung by a hornet is no laughing matter. We don’t want to kill the hornets – we just want to repel them away from our outdoor entertaining area and to another part of the yard. Here are some methods of doing just that.
Natural Ways to Repel Hornets
Spray down the nest. If you have a hornet nest in a high traffic area of your outdoor space, such as in the eaves of your front porch or in the corner of your deck, try forcing the hornets to relocate. Wait until evening, just before dark, when most of the hornets will be outside of the nest gathering food. Then, standing a safe distance away, spray the nest with a form blast of water from your hose. The hornets will not be killed, but it will knock down their nest and force them to build one in a different spot, hopefully further away from your entertaining space.
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