Many of you may have read that Mom and I occasionally use the deck for basting quilts. What you don't know is that we have had wasps nesting under the deck for years, and I'm allergic to them. So Mom and I have had to time our quilt basting times carefully--cool days in very early spring or late fall. We won't have to anymore.
The deck is so low that we couldn't climb under it to spray wasp killer or do anything else to the nests. This year I started seeing wasps at the deck as soon as it warmed up enough for them to fly. Someone told me that flea collars would drive off bees and wasps. I didn't really believe it, but thought I'd try it anyway. I bought two flea collars and slid them between the boards near the places the wasps would frequently walk through the cracks, with the clasp still topside so the collar dangles below. Since the clasp for each collar is still on top just spanning the crack in the floor boards, I can pull it up and dispose of it at the end of the season. Most importantly----------We don't have wasps under the deck anymore!
I don't put flea collars on my pets anymore because there are better and safer products to use on them, but I have a new reason to buy the collars. Hopefully I won't need to buy any next year, but I know it works, at least on wasps. Debra in VA See my quilts at