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For paper wasps or pretty much any wasps- A teaspoon or two of dishwashing detergent in a gallon of water in a garden pump-up sprayer works as well as the high priced wasp killer. Stops them dead in their tracks. (sorry, their flight)
Same mixture with water works great for fleas on your pets. (use lemon or citrus detergent)
Tobacco works well for bee stings. (just rub it on)
Saved my best for last. When you leave the gas in your small engine, lawn mower, chain saw, weed eater etc, all winter and it won't start in the spring, try adding 1 cap full of gas treatment in the tank and spraying starting fluid in the air cleaner or carb. When the engine starts the gas treatment (STP etc) will raise the octane, keep it running and usually clean the carb out and save you about 45 bucks. If it doesn't start you probably have no spark and need to clean or replace the spark plug. This has saved me many a trip to the repair shop because of my own negligence. Easy to avoid by running all fuel out of your small engines by running all the gas out in the Fall. Easy to avoid but hard to remember.
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