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Mint is considered a natural repellant and insecticide. But who is studying it? Well not enough since it works! Just google mint insecticide and you will find many sources of information etc. BUT is a "good" Veterinary Medical School studying Mint oil and a substitute to man made pesticides for its safety , efficacy, etc. I HIGHLY Doubt it. Why? Because it probably works, is readily available, easy to grow but not a good Money Maker. GO Figure. If money could make them rich with mint or they could Patent it then you would see it in vet clinics across the country. Why do I think this so strongly? We had two dogs and a baby in our house and yellow jackets infested the outside wall of our deck. So we almost never went out there! A professional pest control company came 2 to 3 times to spray "safe" effective long and short term deterrents. It did reduce the colony etc. but a week later it built up and grew again! Then I googled and found natural altenatives and one was mint! I went the grocery store saw on the Bottom Shelf a Mint Spray for Bugs and it worked the First time I applied it almost perfectly! Only a few came out as far as I could tell and they DID not ever Come Back even better and then I could seal the access area even. So how about Mint for your Yorkies and my small minitiature Malti-Poo. If anyone has tried Mint oil and similar solutins please stand up and let us know!