Well I have them in droves. I killed a few at first thinking they'd get the idea not to come back. I hold them under water for 90 seconds and flip them out dead. In the last 3 days, I've killed more than 200!!!! I can't even enjoy my pool for fear of getting stung. Read online about spearmint, thyme, eucalyptus (sp?). Too late to plant anything, it would die anyway without waterering everyday and I doubt pool water would be acceptable. I now spend an hour a day just trying to keep my landscaping alive so next year I guess I'll plant some and see what happens, another 15 mins watering with the hose is no big deal if I can use my pool afterwards.

With nothing else on hand, I rubbed the top edge of my AG pool with Vicks Liquid/Oil (like you put in vaporizers). It worked for an hour then I had to wet it down. Of course its now IN the pool also but very diluted. I don't care if it ruins my liner as I plan to go bigger/better next year (this is 3rd yr for this one). Today I sprayed it mixed with water just around the outside edge of the pool, didn't do anything. I also tried furniture polish made with orange oil just on the metal parts, nothing.

I have no trouble with wasps as I hung my own homemade "waspinator" on the edge of the garage. It looks like a nest and they are territorial so they left early in the Spring and haven't returned.

My neighbor is a quarter mile away, bigger AG pool with newly added deck this year. He has not had any bees using his pool as a watering hole so why mine? Alternative source didn't help either. I am way out in the country and the river is not even 1/2 mile away. I have no idea where the nest/hive might be as we are surrounded by trees.

Any suggestions?

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