How To Use Peppermint Oil for Wasps
Yellow jackets and hornets are the most common types of wasps and they don’t like the smell of any type of mint. Here’s How To Use Peppermint Oil For Wasps.
The sense of smell is amazing in wasps – they have adapted amazing features to detect the fragrance of plants. Peppermint oil helps to get a rid of wasps and is a powerful spray for repelling wasps. Oil extracted from peppermint has a natural ability to work as a pesticide. It is widely used in organic gardens. If someone plants peppermint in their garden, they can prevent wasps from making their nests in the garden.
It is a very easy way to keep mint plants inside and outside of your home. Wasps hate the smell of peppermint oil. Yellow jackets are the kind of wasps that don’t like and bear the strong smell. Mint oil is usually used to drop in the hidden nests which force the yellow jackets to run outside. Sometimes it may not kill yellow jackets at once, but it helps to damage their movement and growth. You should also spray the places of wasps’ nests because they can make their home again in the same places. So, you have to check these places from time to time.
How to Make Wasp Repellent with Peppermint Oil
In 2013, the journal of pest management science published their report about the amazing results of peppermint. To prevent and avoid the entry of wasps inside the home, use the followingsimple tricks.
Put some drops of oil on a cotton pad or piece of cloth and place these pieces at the entrance door, car porches, and in pots of plants and every possible corner or crack where they can build their nests.
Another way to make peppermint repellent is to simply add 4 cups of water and 30 drops of peppermint oil. Mix it well and here you go. You have a spray that works like a powerful and amazing repellent spray. This spray can also get the wasps from their nest and kill them instantly.
How Does Peppermint Affect Wasps?
- Its strong smell forces the wasps to leave their nests.
- It is necessary to know the exact places of wasp’s nests to get quick results.
- If you want to get better results then make sure to spray the oil with a short passage of time.
- Continuous application of spray can make your home wasps free.
- It is also a must to wash your hands carefully after using the spray.
- Don’t touch your sensitive areas like eyes, tongue while using peppermint spray.
Why is Peppermint Oil Safer than Chemicals?
Chemical sprays can leave harmful chemical particles that are dangerous to human health. Chemical pesticides are very toxic – they can cause allergies, headache, skin rashes and itching, cough, infections and can be deadly for asthma patients. Peppermint oil is a natural remedy that humans also used in their foods. Therefore, it also has no harmful effects on human health.
