Fairly sure we have a nest under the roof eave fascia.
Not many coming into the house than goodness.
As it's getting late in the wasp season can we get away with ignoring it?
Or will they come back in greater numbers next year meaning we should pay up and get it treated now?
Thank you!
I've dealt with big nests in hedges using petrol and a match but that obviously isn't an option for you, insecticide is the safest method.
I'd leave it to the experts though, you really don't want to be trying to run away from a load of p**sed off wasps at the top of a ladder.
Better deal with it now as it won't get better all by itself.
Only the queen overwinters. The rest all get kicked out to die. If they're not bothering you leave it until winter and then just hit it with a stick. It'll disintegrate.
I have heard that wasps never use the same nest twice. We had one in our bin shed, we left it and they never came back to it. I certainly wouldn't tackle a nest myself.
Either pay up as it's not so much or. ....let them leave and find the little Queens nest and destroy that - look it up on the Web it's a little ping pong ball on a stem
It all depends how scared you are. Get some spray and spray the nest. My Mum in her 90's did this and eradicated the nest. When I queried it she told me not to be such a wimp and get rid of them.
I have just got rid of one under the roof tiles using wasp nest destroyer in powder form, went up the ladder and puffed a fair bit around the area they were going in and out, couple of hours later wasps gone, I did this quite a lot when I was doing external decoration and it always worked.
Wasps do much good.
I'd leave the byke if it's out of the way but if wasps bother you, use a DIY trap where you sit outside.
When I did have to remove one (it was hanging down into a doorway), I put on my bee keeping suit - overall, netted hood & thick gloves - and used a spray. Did this in the evening when they were more likely to be at home and - more important - the bees weren't out flying.
The wasp nest killer I have is a foam which unfortunately doesn't seem to penetrate very far into the nest but does block the entrance. A couple of years ago I discovered wasps going into a hole in the outside brickwork, I suppose into the cavity which was insulated anyway. I waited until just before dark then sprayed ordinary fly and wasp killer directly into the hole quickly followed by the foam nest killer which blocked the entrance...then ran!
I watched it the next day and there was no activity so I then filled the hole.
At the moment we are getting quite a few wasps coming into the house but I can't find any sign of a nest. There are quite a few on my laurel hedge and I gather laurel has a lot of sugar in it's new leaves and stems which the wasps will be feeding on...not a lot I can do about that.
Apart from coming into the house, wasps have been stripping wood off my shed and gate as they use this to make their nests and there are white streaks in the wood stain making the shed and gate look awful.
I can't see any benefit of wasps at all, they are insect enemy No1 in my book closely followed by all biting stinging destructive insects.
Unfortunately if the OP's nest is under the eaves and not visible there is not much can be done. It is possible the nest is in the attic but probably best to leave well alone. Winter isn't far off now and all of them will die off. I don't think they use the same nest twice and in fact you can buy imitation nests to hang in vulnerable places and wasps keep well away believing them to be already occupied.
Thanks Sir Bob and everyone else!
I think that we'll leave well alone unless they start invading the house more.
It would mean trying to squirt powder uphill which wouldn't be easy.
Our little grandson gets freaked by wasps because he's had a couple of stings, not at our house, but if it had been, the nest would be gone!!
Squirt the powder at the entrance to the nest. It kills the little bleeders and they carry the poison into the nest. Shake the container and hold it upside down while it's over the nest then squeeze as you upturn it. You should get enough out of the nozzle in a few squirts.
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Topic: Wasp nest advice?
