Customer Reviews for Tempo 1% Dust Insecticide

Used puffer to apply. First night shot 3 puffs under air conditioner pad and left residue outside of it as well. Next day and for a week after.. no yellow jacket activity. 2nd week the yellow jackets returned so I reapplied Tempo again but tried to get a thicker stream. 4 puffs this time and then covered the opening with #57 limestone. 5 days later no yellowjackets yet. My guess is all underneath the pad are dead and now they have no entry or escape therefore most likely a success.

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I just wanted to let you all know how well the Tempo Dust got rid of the hornet and yellow jacket problem in my soffits. I had tried so many things to get rid of them – OTC jet sprays, Delta Dust, foggers, and even paint thinner! The problem was I did not know exactly where the nest was in my soffit. I just puffed Tempo Dust around all the crevices to my soffits where they were getting in last night and now there is no insect activity this morning! Thanks again for your products and prompt delivery.

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74 of 79 people found this review helpful

I also had yellow jackets up in my soffits. The local Pro service wanted $140 to get rid of them. I found this awesome website and ordered the Tempo 1% dust and the $14.95 bellow hand duster. I dressed up like a space alien for protection and gave them a few good shots of dust late last evening. I was a little worried at first because it did not kill them instantly on contact like a jet spray. They were swarming around the opening (and me) pretty well even after I dusted them. But today after work I looked and they are all gone! Plenty of dead ones on the ground and none flying around anywhere. I saved around $100, I now own the hand duster, and I have plenty of the Tempo dust left over. Glad I found this place!

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177 of 186 people found this review helpful

We had bees building a nest under our siding. Went out one evening, dusted in the cracks, and we haven't seen a bee since. Last year, an exterminator charged us $140 to do what I just did for $40 (including duster), and I have plenty of dust leftover for any new hives. Excellent product!

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4 of 6 people found this review helpful

I have found this to be the best dust for carpenter bee holes and hornet's nests.

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2 of 4 people found this review helpful

Easy to use. Just fill duster and squeeze. I have been dealing w/ carpenter bees for a while. Tried sprays. If you got a direct hit it would kill them. Almost impossible while they are in flight. Sprayed in and around holes. If bee is going in or coming out and got a taste, it worked. However, after 10 minutes or so it drys up and is useless. Tempo dust IS the answer. I dusted holes; about 150 of 'em, in the morning. By early afternoon started to see some DEAD bees. Dusted again two days later in evening. After a couple of days and no bees, plugged holes w/ 3/8" plugs in the morning. I am now grilling out and enjoying back porch again.  Nothing but good say about it.

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26 of 30 people found this review helpful

I had two wasp nests with entry holes at each end of my front porch. After a week of using liquid spray and killing about 40-50 wasp I knew I needed something else because there seemed to be more wasp than before. I decided to try Tempo 1% Dust even though I had my doubts it would work. Boy was I wrong. So early one morning about sunup I loaded my Bellow Hand Duster and applied about 5 good pumps into each entry hole and a couple on the outside. To my amazement not a single wasp flew out. Later that day the wasps were flying around as usual but the next day they were gone!...Like Magic! And I still have plenty of product left if necessary for future use. Can’t beat that and it’s so easy to use even a “Caveman” could do it.

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20 of 24 people found this review helpful

I used this to get rid of a massive yellow jacket nest behind some masonry at my lake house. There were thousands of them. A few puffs of this after nightfall and no sign of bees in the morning.

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5 of 7 people found this review helpful

If you have found the nest, this is the product to use. Within minutes of use, the ants were crawling (stumbling) from the nest and dying. I noticed immediately that ants which were once exploring areas in the house were no longer present. Product is very strong, one may want to use a respirator and goggles.

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22 of 26 people found this review helpful

This will be the second time I have purchased this product and it has worked great. I have a summer home and use the dust in the beginning of spring and it lasts a whole year without a reapplication. This product has been proven on various bee species and also kills ants.

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8 of 10 people found this review helpful

Nice product. Worked instantly on the bee nest. Thought that I needed a lot of dusting to do the job, but not so. As advised it seems that all I needed were a few good puffs from the duster and the job was done. Never saw another live bee. Finally a product that works with professional results. Good stuff.

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8 of 12 people found this review helpful

I had 5 nests and used this Tempo 1% dust 1 treatment on each nest and never saw anymore yellow jackets after a few days from all 5 nest. Just dust them when it is cool in the evening and your done. I will use this again.

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18 of 21 people found this review helpful

Wasps had nested between the exterior stucco and an interior wall (crawled in through a tiny crack in a window frame). The first thing I tried was the messy foam stuff which did absolutely no good. Tempo 1% stopped all activity with only one application. I then caulked the area and all has been peaceful since. Thanks for a great product I would gladly recommend.

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19 of 21 people found this review helpful

This worked in one application/one day! There was not one bee to be found after we used this.

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2 of 4 people found this review helpful

I had (key word is HAD) a yellowjacket problem under the aluminum siding of my house. I could see where they were entering, but couldn't get to the nest, so I drilled a hole through the siding into the space just under the window and tried using a straw to inject liquid and foam insecticides. It proved ineffective, so I mixed up a batch of seven (the hardware store assured me it would kill the bees), stuck my sprayer wand into the hole and drenched it with about a half gallon of the mix. I'm sure I must have killed a few of them (perhaps they drowned), but I was unimpressed and still had a bee problem. Then I found this website and what they said made sense to me. I bought Tempo 1% dust and a duster and went after the wasps. I dusted the openings and dusted in the hole I had drilled in the siding. It took a day or two for the yellowjackets to track the dust back into their nest, but it did an excellent job of eradication! There was a marked reduction in wasp activity within 24 hours and a complete kill in 48. Best product I have ever used. Make sure to use a breathing mask and gloves as the dust is so fine you will undoubtably breath in some of it and it's a bit rough on the lungs. I had a 10 minute coughing fit after using it, but I'll be smarter next time. After all it really is harder on the bees than on me! LOL! I only used a few ounces of the dust so there is alot left over for future needs. Thanks guys, I appreciate you site and products.

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98 of 100 people found this review helpful

I saw this product online with these great reviews. I had to try it as it was my last hope. I had a huge yellow jacket problem. At first I tried to let them coexist. I then tried to control them by eliminating the nests as I spotted them with OTC sprays. I hung a OTC trap in an effort to control them. This year, they got especially aggressive and stung myself and my father in law. Their stings were very very painful. I now know why they are called the devil's insect. The final straw was them building a nest under my shed. This was a nest I could not physically get too. I knew it was getting bigger and bigger as more and more activity continued around an opening. In a matter of weeks I would see constant swarming yellow jackets going under the shed floor through a crack. I tried dousing with spray and spraying into the crack. This just made a few die and get the rest extremely angry. I tried sealing it with bricks and preventing entry. They still found a way through the tiniest of cracks and actually moved gravel. They were VERY motivated. I ordered the dust and crossed my fingers. After the first dusting I wasn't sure if it did anything. I waited 2 days and still saw activity. On the 3rd day, I waited until nightfall and planned my second dusting. I pulled back a brick to examine the hole and sure enough there were probably about 50+ dead yellow jackets all on the ground. They were still getting in but dying on the way in/out. I applied more dust. This time getting all of the perimeter of the shed. Next day, no yellow jacket activity. They got the hint. I even spotted a dead yellow jacket about 25-30 feet away from the opening! The devil's insect terrorized me for a good 3 months and kept me from even going into my shed. Thank you so much it is such a relief to finally be able to enjoy my own yard. Use Tips for Yellow Jackets: Apply at nightfall. I can't stress this enough. You are less likely to be stung at this time. Activity is way less. Still be VERY careful. Even at night, one of the worker friends didn't appreciate the forceful dusting and popped his lovely head out to say hello and chase me. Buy a duster. Only way to make it work. I used the cheapest bulb duster I could find here. It dispersed it pretty dang far. A little goes a long way and I probably went overkill a bit with 2 dustings. I wanted to be sure though as I can't see the nest and wanted to cover the perimeter for permanent treatment. Even then I didn't even use much compared to what they send you. Don't count on it killing on contact like the spray. Remember this is a permanent fix. Not just a "spray them they are dead." The sprays are good for visible nests. Spray and knockdown. If you are dusting and they come out to say hello, you should make a hasty exit and try back another time. Service here was great. If I ever need anymore, I will always by from domyownpestcontrol.com!

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155 of 160 people found this review helpful

My mother had a very annoying problem with boxelder bugs and the commercially available products that we tried had no effect on these pests. I did some research on the internet and found that the Tempo 1% Dust formulation was quite specific to getting rid of the boxelder bugs. I ordered the product and had it shipped to mom. One day after she applied the product the bugs were gone. This was a huge relief to her as she is getting up in years and these types of annoyances really bother her. Based upon her experience with the Tempo 1% Dust, I would highly recommend this product. Also, Do My Own Pest Control did a superb job of delivering the product promptly and following up to make sure the shipment was received and effective. Thank you for a job well done!!

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1 of 3 people found this review helpful

I had two underground yellow jacket nests in my back yard that I couldn't get with regular sprays. I put a few puffs in each and the next day there were noticeably fewer yellow jackets coming in and out. I put a few more puffs in each just to be on the safe side and the next day there was no activity at all. I then loaned it to my mother who had a hard-to-reach nest under her deck - she had similar success.

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4 of 6 people found this review helpful

I had a wasp nest in the soffit of my house. They were going through a 3/8 inch hole. I purchased the Tempo 1% Dust and the $14.95 Bellows Duster. At night I gave 2 squirts in the hole and the next day the wasps were gone. I almost paid someone to do the job. I'm glad I didn't. It was way too easy to do it myself for a lot less.

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9 of 11 people found this review helpful

I recently bought some of this dust to try and combat a bee and stink bug issue. This stuff works great on those stink bugs and the bees. I put the dust around my windows on the inside of my house where I saw the stink bugs traveling and with in 15 minutes I saw them beginning to twitch and die. In one overnight period I went from 25-50 stink bugs found down to 2, the rest were dead. I would recommend this product to anyone with a stink bug problem, it is also just as effective on bees and wasps.

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0 of 1 people found this review helpful

I had cellophane bees nesting under my front porch. During daylight hours, there were usually about 50-100 bees swarming my rockers and front door. Although they are not aggressive bees, they still presented a problem for my family, friends and pets. We couldn't see where most of the nest entries were, which made it a more challenging process. We used a hand bellows to dust the areas where they were going under the porch. The packaging states that it will kill the bees in 24-48 hours. It actually took a week (I used it several times), but those bees are gone!  I also lightly dusted in several Carpenter Bee holes and it killed them immediately! Finding this product was like winning the lottery for me! I highly recommend it!

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We had a severe infestation of carpenter bees. The bees had burrowed out holes under the gutters and were hard to reach for treatment, but two applications wiped out 95 percent of them. The third eradicated them completely.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Had some yellow jackets under the vinyl siding on my house, they were getting in via a small hole for the telephone cable - I could hear them making noise in the walls. I pumped some of this dust into the entrance using the $14 duster - ONE application. The next day (and for several weeks) I have seen and heard zero activity.

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I had a yellow jacket nest and a black wasp nest in crevices of my stone front porch. I applied a dust advertised to kill same five evenings over a two week period with no favorable results. Within 24 hours of applying the Tempo 1% dust, all pests were eliminated. A great product that really works!

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Believe the reviews when they say it kills everything. Buy the dust and the cheaper bulb duster will be just fine. It took more than 72 hours for the yellow jackets to die but they are all gone. My shed location allows me to drive up in my car and run out and puff a few blows of Tempo and run back to the car. After sufficiently blowing enough dust they were mostly dead by morning and didn't see anymore after 4 days. I tried gasoline and muriatic/hydrochloric acid. The Tempo dust is the stuff you want. My nest was underneath my shed ramp so it wasn't in the ground which actually made it more difficult to find and treat. Once I got the nerve up to flip the ramp and run like the devil I waited a while and came back and dusted the area. Thanks Tempo dust and DoMyOwnPestControl.com! I can go outside again!

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Every year I end up with several yellow jacket nests in our lawn due to lots of mole activity leaving tunnels. In the past I had soem success with piuring hot soupy water down the holes into the nests at night, but many times the water just goes down the mole tunnel away from the nest, leaving the yellow jackets to come out and attack. I had no luck with this method this year, so I tried sprinkling Tempo dust (using the $13 bellows applicator) in and around the holes to each nest, and there were no signs of yellow jackets just 24 hours later in all cases, and no more stings while mowing! It is a lot safer applying the dust at night and I let the yellow jackets do the work of bring the Tempo dust into the nest (no matter where it is underground). There is plenty Tempo dust left, all ready for next year.

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I had a yellow jacket nest inside the siding of my house near the entrance to my kitchen off the deck. I tried the sprays you get a home depot but none worked. I ALMOST paid a guy $300 to "spray" the nest entrance. Then I thought about it and realized all I needed was the right equipment/materials a little balls. The tempo dust absolutely eliminated the yellow jacket issue within a couple days of the first treatment. I gave it a second round 3 days later for good measure. I have not seen a single yellow jacket since.

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2 of 3 people found this review helpful

Worked as advertised and killed all ants on contact and has lasted for weeks afterwards. Ants no longer using this trail. Would recommend getting a little spray applicator to help get the dust into those harder to reach areas

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From my experience it seems that wasps and hornets have learned to nest in places that are inaccessible to the hardware store liquid jet sprays. "Dusting" the nests worked great, because after repeated liquid shots directly into the entrance, it just did not get to them. After I puffed the nest it immediately took down most and after a few days, the remainder likely tracked the dust in. NO MORE WASPS buzzing me while I tried to paint! You should highly recommend a "duster" to be purchased with the product. I had an old one, and it was no good. And the product is not as effective unless one can blow it way in there.

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I had a big wasp (yellow jackets) nest behind the brick wall of my house. They found a space between two bricks and built a nest between brick wall and inner plywood wall. There was heavy traffic trough this nest entrance, every single second one or two wasps left and another couple arrived. Whatever I used from HomeDepot whether it was a foam-spray or instant-wasp-killing spray - nothing worked, I think because their nest was deep inside and inaccessible. At the beginning I put just one teaspoon of the “Tempo 1% Dust” into little “Bulb Duster” (that I bought along with Tempo Dust) and at night I made three quick puffs into the space between bricks. Next morning wasps were flying like nothing happened. So, next night I filled third of the bulb duster (couple of full table spoons) with Tempo Dust and puffed whole content of the duster into the space between bricks. Next morning just couple of wasps were flying by the entrance of the nest, but couldn't enter it. Starting from the next day now wasps any more, they all gone.

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