The threat of painful hornet insect bite can make you a stranger in your own garden , but eco - favorable green thumbs and outdoor enthusiast may be reluctant to use chemical - free-base repellant . They have skillful reason ; diethyl-3 - methylbenzamide – or DEET , a common insect powder found in most hemipterous insect repellents – is efficacious , but it can cause roseola , lassitude , sickness or worse , according to Naturo Doc , a instinctive health product and information website . Turn to raw remedies , tramp from border plants to simple preventative methods , to ward offpesky hornets .
Repellent Plants
Just as citronella excellently revolt mosquitoes , some plants of course repulse hornets . call for the Exterminator suggest that wormwood , or artemisia , acts as a famous gimmick - all bug and creature repellent , wasps and hornet included . Fragrant mint herbs repel hornets and wasp while Mentha piperita Ward off wasps , hornets , mosquito , flies , bees and ants . dress these pocket-sized plants as border around garden spaces or outdoor hangouts to make a no - hornet zone .
Essential Oils
Herbalist Karen McGeorge Sanders recommends a mixture of indispensable oils for a lightheaded , multipurpose insect repellant . Combine a ½-ounce of citronella oil , ¼-ounce lavender oil , 1/8 - ounce pennyroyal rock oil , 1/8 - troy ounce teatime tree oil and a 1/8 - troy ounce jojoba oil to create a inviolable repellent that ca n’t be used on skin . Spray this variety on clothing , bedding or tents or impregnate newspaper slip and hang them around any space you care to keep hornet - free . bring a few drops to candles , shampoos or liquid soaps . For a skin - favorable repellent , lend 16 ounce of jojoba oil , almond rock oil or vodka , the base of operations mixture , and budge thoroughly .
Commercial Repellent
As an option to DEET - based commercial repellents , legion company propose wasp and hornet repellents and killers that contain safe , natural ingredient . Some repellents are citrus ground and incorporate constituent such as orange peel extract , chrysanthemum flower pyrethins and potassium salts . Oil - based natural repellents contain Mentha piperita , mineral and canola rock oil and phenethyl . Though most natural sprays kill hornets on contact , they act as repellant when sprayed around areas before hornets onset , acting as a sort of liquified fence . However , they should never be used on the tegument . These aerosol spray usually repel bee , wasp and yellow jacket in summation to hornets .
Preventative Measures
Some eco - favorable , completely instinctive preventive measures help ward off hornets . Avoid brightly - colorize clothing , as hornets gravitate toward bright color . Scented products and toiletries such as perfumes , cologne water , body sprayer and heavily - scented soap and shampoos draw in the burn pests , so keep by from firm cosmetic scents to void their unwanted attention . alike , fresh intellectual nourishment such as candy , watermelon and ice ointment impart hornets to the scene .
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