Wasp nests

[Lush]

I see a school in Bexhill has been closed today because of a wasp nest.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-11451660

I have a wasp nest in the loft. To be honest, apart from filling up the bathroom light fittings with dead wasp bodies, it's not been a problem.

Is there any point paying someone to deal with it?

 

[rool]

I have heard ant powder around the entrance to the nest works.

 

[nail-Z]

On a recent trip to Turkey we managed to disturb a nest of these bad boys during an excursion.

The guide at the back of the group was set upon, and despite not speaking much English managed to scream the words... "these bees - they make me crazy" as he threw his T-Shirt to the ground and ran around waving his arms furiously.

If I had a video camera it would have been the easiest £250 I would ever have made.

 

[Eastleigh Seagull]

an old chap three doors away from us ran over a nest with his lawnmower two years ago - the wasps got so annoyed they attacked him and he died - i would get rid of the nest

 

[Pavilionaire]

I've had a nest in the loft to deal with in each of the last 2 summers.

I go up there looking like the man from the Milk Tray ad covered head to foot in black, armed with a torch and a massive can of killer foam.

The blast of spray last about 10 seconds but you're always worried some of the wasps will kick off on your face.

 

[galebs]

ooooooooooo i walked past that school earlier on my way back from the hospital. I must report that i didnt see any wasps or kids for that matter and your also be glad too know i made it past safely .

 

[beorhthelm]

I have heard ant powder around the entrance to the nest works.

lighter + deodorant or other flamable aerosol around the entrance does well too.

 

[strings]

lighter + deodorant or other flamable aerosol around the entrance does well too.

Should solve the problem.

 

[Uncle C]

I once had a wasp nest in the far corner of my loft.

I wanted to spray it but I didn't want to risk being trapped by angry wasps.

So, I put the aerosol can in the freezer for a couple of hours. When the propellant was nicely cold, I punctured the can with a nail and hurled it like a grenade into the far reaches of the loft.

Job done.

 

[Kumquat]

an old chap three doors away from us ran over a nest with his lawnmower two years ago - the wasps got so annoyed they attacked him and he died - i would get rid of the nest

Jesus, you've lived all that time and to die like that.....that's sad. I think generally they are not angry, but scared, least that's what I've been told. I have of course no evidence for this.

 

[southwickseagull]

Wasps. What is the point of them. Bloody striped bastards.

 

[Kumquat]

My dad used to call wasps Jaspers. Anyone else heard them called that and know why?

 

[Winker]

Wasps are very useful creatures to have around the garden as they eat a lot of pests and help with the pollination. If they are not causing you a problem then leave them alone.
They will all die in winter except the queen who flies off in spring to find another nest site.
Paying someone to kill them at this time of year is like throwing money away.
Long live the wasp!

 

[Lush]

Wasps are very useful creatures to have around the garden as they eat a lot of pests and help with the pollination. If they are not causing you a problem then leave them alone.
They will all die in winter except the queen who flies off in spring to find another nest site.
Paying someone to kill them at this time of year is like throwing money away.
Long live the wasp!

Thank you! That's what I was thinking.

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

Wasps are very useful creatures to have around the garden as they eat a lot of pests and help with the pollination.

i'd honestly rather have a plantless, pollenless, wildlife free, desolate, concrete garden than tons of wasps flying around.

in fact i'd do almost anything to stop me doing my wasp dance every summer.....

 

[Gwylan]

Wasps. What is the point of them. Bloody striped bastards.

You're thinking of Southampton

 

[Normal Rob]

i'd honestly rather have a plantless, pollenless, wildlife free, desolate, concrete garden than tons of wasps flying around.

in fact i'd do almost anything to stop me doing my wasp dance every summer.....

agreed - all wasps should be banished to hell. Alongside the cats.

 

[Horses Arse]

I had a wasps nest in the garden; there were grass cuttings covering an old fence post hole and they'd dug though the cuttings to form a nest.

The bastards stung me twice and stung my one year old too / agressive little sods they were. After some research I put a glass bowl over the nest hole one night and they all died after many days of banging their head on the glass to get out. Apparently they will just form another hole to get out if you block the nest with something opaque but just keep trying if the light can shine through.

Bees are daft!

And Brentford are shit!

...and I get confused between bees and wasps sometimes but am pretty sure these were wasps

 

[happypig]

I see a school in Bexhill has been closed today because of a wasp nest.

Nasty poisonous little things, very annoying. So are wasps.

 

[Nibble]

I got stung by a wasp a few weeks ago, it fell out of my girlfriends hat as I was carrying it, I didn't realise what the tickling sensation was on my underarm, brushed it and got stung. It didn't hurt anywhere near as much as I remembered from my youth. No swelling, just a little thorn shaped sting which I pulled out no prob.

However would not want a thousand of the angry fuckers going at me, and you never know you may be allergic. Get rid.