Getting rid of Wasps Nests
Patrick E. King
It appears they have a nest in the attic.
I can't actually see the nest but every time I spray up some wasp killer
there are a few dead ones lying on the attic floor next morning.
I know my question is not directly gardening related but I hope the garden
experts in here will have some advice as I'm sure it must be a common
problem for them also.
TIA
Patrick
Jupiter
Best to find the nest and use one of those long distance sprays on it.
I had a monster nest in my garage up behind the up and over door. I
had to go inside, close the door, stand right at the back of the
garage and shoot at it from there. Worked a treat and I only got
stung once by a groggy wasp that got inside my shoe!
Pam Moore
<sel...@home.pek> wrote:
I also have a wasps nest in my attic.
My local council wanted Ł52 to deal with it. I only discovered it a
few weeks ago. The Council guy pointed out to me that the nest had
obviously been there all summer. He said that soon the workers would
die and that the queen will fly away and hibernate and that they never
return to the same nest.
I my loft I can see a ghostly white shape, like a paper lamp-shade. I
was told there is a spray but I would need to go up a ladder to do so.
No Way!
I am finding quite a few very dopey wasps in the house (don't know how
they get in as I am keeping windows shut on that side of the house.
What we need I think is a few cold nights. So far I've only had one
sting, on picking up a pot in the garden with a sleepy wasp on it!
Pam in Bristol
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It'll be unoccupied soon, wait until December and just remove it,
there won't be any (live) wasps in it then.
--
Chris Green
Martin Brown
> Anybody got recommendations on getting rid of wasps.
At this time of year it isn't worth the effort, unless they are becoming
a nuisance by entering your living space.
> It appears they have a nest in the attic.
Live and let live. They will go away pretty soon now.
Regards,
Martin Brown
Geoff
> It'll be unoccupied soon, wait until December and just remove it,
> there won't be any (live) wasps in it then.
>
> --
> Chris Green
It's nice to see a green reply. Leave them alone, they do a lot of useful
work in the garden. I've seen wasps taking aphids off plants and they
dispose of lots of other dead bodies.
Geoff
cineman
"Pam Moore" <NOSpam...@NOSPAMvirgin.net> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 01:50:46 +0100, "Patrick E. King"
> <sel...@home.pek> wrote:
>
>>Anybody got recommendations on getting rid of wasps.
>>It appears they have a nest in the attic.
> I also have a wasps nest in my attic.
> My local council wanted Ł52 to deal with it. I only discovered it a
> few weeks ago. The Council guy pointed out to me that the nest had
> obviously been there all summer. He said that soon the workers would
> die and that the queen will fly away and hibernate and that they never
> return to the same nest.
Hi,
They will come back to old nests, I had wasp nest in the attic, right under
the eaves, left it alone (and promptly forgot about it), as they leave nest
at end of year, that was two years ago, this year they return and added an
extension on it, cant see if they have built a conservatory as well tho. LOL
They are getting sluggish now so will leave until later in year and this
time will remove it and try and seal holes in facia board.
regards
Cineman
BAC
"Patrick E. King" <sel...@home.pek> wrote in message
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It's probably not worth doing anything about it now, because winter should
soon do the job for you. However, it might be a good idea to watch and
locate the wasp's access points to the roof space, if they're still active.
Then, towards the end of winter by which time the nest should be abandoned,
get someone to go up in the roof space, locate it and remove it. You can
then block off the access points, to reduce the risk of future
colonisations, (if they've set up shop behind some rotten timber fascia or
soffit, you should remove and replace the rotting timber) and perhaps
fumigate (very carefully!) the roof space to kill off any hibernating queen
wasps up there.
If you absolutely have to get rid of an active wasp's nest, in an awkward
location, on safety grounds, I'd recommend you call in a professional.
Patrick E. King
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killing them but I have to live with *her indoors* and she needs regular
access to the loft!
Patrick
Jaques d'Alltrades
from "Patrick E. King" <sel...@home.pek> contains these words:
I wouldn't worry about them, the nest will be finished in a few weeks.
Nearly all the new queens will have all gone and found somewhere to
hibernate, and it's probaly these you're killing with your flyspray.
The nest isn't used from one year to the next.
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Mab
IMHO getting the council to do it is the better option, better than
getting stung into the middle of next week anyway bit expensive but a
damn sight safer and they'll come back for free if it's not cleared.
--
Mab
Jaques d'Alltrades
from "Patrick E. King" <sel...@home.pek> contains these words:
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> > Patrick E. King wrote:
> >
> >> Anybody got recommendations on getting rid of wasps.
> >
> > At this time of year it isn't worth the effort, unless they are
> > becoming a
> > nuisance by entering your living space.
> >
> >> It appears they have a nest in the attic.
> >
> > Live and let live. They will go away pretty soon now.
> >
> killing them but I have to live with *her indoors* and she needs regular
> access to the loft!
> Patrick
How come you've (she's) only just noticed it then?
Jaques d'Alltrades
from "cineman" <oldw...@midlands.dontwanadoo48.com> contains these words:
> They will come back to old nests, I had wasp nest in the attic, right under
> the eaves, left it alone (and promptly forgot about it), as they
> leave nest
> at end of year, that was two years ago, this year they return and
> added an
> extension on it, cant see if they have built a conservatory as well tho. LOL
> They are getting sluggish now so will leave until later in year and this
> time will remove it and try and seal holes in facia board.
They might build next to it (and maybe re-use some of the material) but
I've never heard of them recolonising an old nest.
JB
IME its better to do it yourself but with the following proviso. Early
in the year periodically check for small wasps nests and deal with
them before they get too large. If they're not in the way leave them
where they are, generally wasps are useful (if annoying). At this time
of year unless it is causing an immediate problem I'd wait until the
nest appears to be deserted and then remove the empty nest simply
because it makes it easier to keep an eye on new nest development next
year.
Patrick E. King
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>> "Martin Brown" <|||newspam|||@nezumi.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> > Patrick E. King wrote:
>> >
>> >> Anybody got recommendations on getting rid of wasps.
>> >
>> > At this time of year it isn't worth the effort, unless they are
>> > becoming a
>> > nuisance by entering your living space.
>> >
>> >> It appears they have a nest in the attic.
>> >
>> > Live and let live. They will go away pretty soon now.
>> >
>> I'd love to live and let live. Believe me I take absolutely no pleasure
>> in
>> killing them but I have to live with *her indoors* and she needs regular
>> access to the loft!
>> Patrick
>
> How come you've (she's) only just noticed it then?
> snip
About two weeks ago she mentioned that she had seen two or three circling
the light in the loft while she was up there.
I went up...had a look... saw two or three but no sign of a nest.
(Incidentally, what does a wasp nest look like?)
Taking no chances I sprayed some insecticide and found about a dozen dead
some hours later.
It's just gone on like this ever since with smaller numbers of fatalities.
Patrick
Jaques d'Alltrades
from "Patrick E. King" <sel...@home.pek> contains these words:
> About two weeks ago she mentioned that she had seen two or three circling
> the light in the loft while she was up there.
> I went up...had a look... saw two or three but no sign of a nest.
> (Incidentally, what does a wasp nest look like?)
> Taking no chances I sprayed some insecticide and found about a dozen dead
> some hours later.
> It's just gone on like this ever since with smaller numbers of fatalities.
A bit like one of those chinese paper globe lampshades on a stalk.
It could be (not bee) that all you have there is queen wasps come in to
hibernate. I watched one disappearing into one of my polythene-lined
wooden flower troughs which I have round the flat roof of the ablutions
block -
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/temp/garden/
One year I found about a dozen queen wasps and several queen hornets
zuzzing in an old caravan I had. Carefully, I put them in one of the
outbuildings.
We had a hornet's nest somewhere fairly close this year - either that,
or an airfield I don't know about...
Pam Moore
<rusty...@foobar.zetnet.co.ok> wrote:
>
>How come you've (she's) only just noticed it then?
This discussion proves the point that wasps, for most of the year,
leave us alone and are busy helping gardeners.
It is later in the year, when there is fruit about and their habits
change, that we notice them. In my case the nest is above a bedroom
window, but I had not noticed them coming and going. In the last month
they have started blundering about and coming into the house and
generally being annoying. I'm putting up with mine and hope the queen
inds somewhere else next year.
Question.
Is it necessary to remove the old nest in the winter? Is there any
harm in leaving it there, as they do not reuse old nests?
Pam in Bristol
Jupiter
They return to the old nest and build on it. Undisturbed nests left
for years become massive.
Jaques d'Alltrades
from Pam Moore <NOSpam...@NOSPAMvirgin.net> contains these words:
> Is it necessary to remove the old nest in the winter? Is there any
> harm in leaving it there, as they do not reuse old nests?
It is a very minor fire hazard.
Jaques d'Alltrades
from Jupiter <Jup...@shotmail.com> contains these words:
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> >Is it necessary to remove the old nest in the winter? Is there any
> >harm in leaving it there, as they do not reuse old nests?
> >
> They return to the old nest and build on it. Undisturbed nests left
> for years become massive.
Not IME.
Dwayne
from outside by watching for them going in and out, or you may have to get
up into the attic and look for light coming in the hole. Eventually they
will be gone.
Dwayne
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