Article: Dispatch wasps only if they pose hazard to passersby

Q. I have some wasps under the vinyl soffit near the entrance to my house. Are they a hazard, and will their nests block the ventilation? B.S., Arlington

A. The wasps may indeed be a hazard, but generally, they will not bother you if you don't bother them. The nest is unlikely to be big enough to significally block the soffit ventilation. If they stay near the nest and don't dive-bomb you when you go in and out, let them be. They are really beneficial, eating many bad bugs, and probably some good ones, too, but it can't be helped. They will die off and abandon the nest in the fall, and will not reoccupy it.

If they do become a hazard, then you can dispatch them with a hornet and wasp bomb, ...

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