Is it useful to scrape off the hornet's nest?

1. It is an effective way to drive away wasps by scraping off the hive and applying safflower oil in this way. Generally speaking, wasps are sensitive to changes in their nests. Once they find their nests destroyed or moved, they are likely to give up their original nests and choose other places to build their nests. Therefore, in most cases, the wasp will not fly back to occupy the original nest.

2. Dropping a nearly complete hive will attract other wasps to explore to some extent. Hornets are very social. They communicate and guide each other through pheromones. If other wasps find this hive, they may regard it as a suitable nesting site and start to repair and expand it. Whether the larvae in the hive will continue to develop into wasps depends mainly on the survival state of the larvae and the influence of the external environment.

Generally speaking, it is unlikely that the wasp will come back to occupy the original nest after scraping the hive, but it is still necessary to pay attention to whether other wasps are attracted around. In addition, timely treatment of beehives is also an important measure to avoid further development. Here is a picture of a wasp: