What to best do about wasps nesting in outside wall?

Mojisola

Mistral001 wrote: »

I found a deserted wasps' nest in my roof space a few years ago. It just looked like a cardboard American football with nothing much inside.

Wasp nests are things of beauty - and all created by each year's colony.

Wasps are also very good for the garden - they spend all summer collecting insects and caterpillars to feed their larvae. It's only in late summer/autumn that they go for sweet stuff.

Mistral001

Mojisola wrote: »

Wasp nests are things of beauty - and all created by each year's colony.
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Looks like the wasps where I live are no Leonardo Da Vinci's. The inside looked interesting from a biological point of view, but as for the outside it would not inspire any poets or artists to get out their pens or paintbrushes.

king132

I found a wasps nest last year inside my chimney getting in through the flashing. I chucked a few of those smoke pellets that you test the chimney flue with and that got rid of them without killing them. Cost a few quid from Toolstation.

EssexExile

We always have a wasp nest or two around the house, it's not a problem.

J_B

Mojisola wrote: »

Wasps are also very good for the garden

But not the people trying to relax in there.

Mojisola

J_B wrote: »

But not the people trying to relax in there.

Wasps are rarely a nuisance during the summer unless you're sitting in their flight path out of the nest or flap around a lot when you see one in the garden - they're more interested in finding food for the young in the nest than bothering humans.

J_B

Mojisola wrote: »

Wasps are rarely a nuisance during the summer unless you're sitting in their flight path out of the nest or flap around a lot when you see one in the garden - they're more interested in finding food for the young in the nest than bothering humans.

Maybe we'll just have to agree to disagree there!

southcoastrgi

Are you sure they are wasps ?
Are they causing you a problem ?