Spray your yard with diluted dish washing liquid to get rid of bugs.  They’ll go running to the neighbor’s yard.

Supposedly, a fabric softener sheet will chase ants away when you lay a sheet near them. It also repels mice. Spread sheets around foundation areas of the house.

To remove a tick, use a cotton ball to dab liquid soap on the tick.  Swab it for a while with the soap soaked cotton.  After about 15 or 20 seconds, the tick will come out on its own, stuck to the cotton ball.  The soap smothers it and it …

Some mail carriers actually carry a sheet of Bounce fabric softener in their uniform pockets to keep yellow-jackets away.  So, when you are working outside, at soccer games, golfing, etc., you might just want to carry a sheet with you.  Put it in your pocket, or tie it on your …

If you don’t have regular bug spray around, Try Formula 409 (the household cleaner).  Spray the Formula 409 on bees, wasps, etc., and they will drop to the ground instantly.  If they don’t die, at least it makes it easier to swat them without fear of retaliation.

Ants, ants, ants everywhere …. Well, they are said to never cross a chalk line. So get your chalk out and draw a line on the floor or wherever ants tend to march. See for yourself.