Bees/Wasps how to get rid! (merged threads)

Fruittea

Hi I just got rid of one myself. It was in the shed. There's a really good product call Rentokil nest killer powder. It's simple to use and no stings.

You wait until the nest is quiet at night and then sqush the product at the entry point of the nest. It's a light powder - I put a bit all over.

Don't whatever you do use wasp killer spray it will alarm them, it took about four days for all the wasps to die. They go bit sleepy and then either die in the nest or drop off under the nest.

I cut it down today it was about 12 inches across. You can see all the wasps inside.

It was pretty easy to use and felt quite safe.

I bought the powder of the internet - it arrived in about 3 days.

Our Council charges £54 to remove so well worth the effort.
Good luck.

Fruittea

And yes they will go in the winter.

pimento

If you wait until the end of the summer, the wasps will leave of their own accord. They don't re-use a nest so you could either remove it then or just block up the holes in the eaves to stop them building another one next year.

I wouldn't be brave enough to go into our loft with just a can of wasp spray.

Mr_Ted

pimento wrote: »

If you wait until the end of the summer, the wasps will leave of their own accord. They don't re-use a nest so you could either remove it then or just block up the holes in the eaves to stop them building another one next year.

Not quite true from my experience!
I used to go fishing a lot and Wasp Grubs are a fantastic bait so I used to find a wasp nest, in a bank somewhere was easiest, blow smoke on the nest from a home made smoker, and dig it out, but leave a bit there.
The next year the Wasps had made a new nest in exactly the same place, so plenty of bait

Whatever you do, if you panic and move sharply they will attack, be calm and they wont, ask my fishing M8 who always ran and got stung, but I never and was in amongst them :rotfl:

Smoke will calm them, like it does Bee's, and i used to use smoke pellets we used to check flues with, which are available from a Plumbers Merchants, and made up a smoker from a 5 ltr plastic container with a hose attached which we put in the nest entrance.

Winter WILL be the best time though as the nest empties and the Wasp QUEENS find somewhere to hibernate.
Just clear a space around the nest and put a Bin Bag round it and pull it away and dispose of.

Like you say if they arent bothering you excessively just leave them alone and they will possibly find somewhere else next year, and just because they are a nuisance to humans, they do do some good!

http://www.wasp-removal.com/wasp-lifecycle.php

MrTyo

i dont think they go to the exact place, however 5cm to the left is fine by them! i have had a few wasps nests now, in different places but all very similar places. I believe ant killer style powder is good (i relented a paid a guy in the end). As mentioned above, at night put the powder around the entrance of the hole. The next day they fly out and into the nest and take the powder in for you, killing them. I prefer to kill them early on

Dimey

If its not in the way of anyone, why not let the little critters be.

They'll do their own thing up there and be gone by winter. They're not messy. The nest is a fascinating work of art. You can then mend the holes in your roof space where they are getting in if you don't want them in there next year.

I usually have at least one bee and/or wasp nest in my eaves each year and there's an old tree in the garden with a hole in it where they nest. I leave them to it and they are never a problem. Some days I'll sit and watch them going in and out of the tree nest while I'm reading a good book.

I also have bats in my loft. Now those fella's are messy.

Jamie_Carter

If you can see where they are going in and out of the loft space, and someone in your household is happy going up a ladder. Then wait until evening when they less active. And then put loads of wasp powder around the entry point. They will then take the powder into the nest on their wings, and will eventually kill the colony.

I use a combined ant/wasp powder. I think the make is Nippon, or something similar.

googler

You can buy dummy nests for next year, which supposedly deter them from returning to the same nest site; they won't nest in the vicinity of an established nest, they say. Hang one or two from the eaves

'Wasperator', maybe?

Biggles

Tiffany_Aching wrote: »

Obviously we are not going to go in with the wasp spray(!), I am not going to tackle them in a confined space

Very sensible. The principle of wasp nest killer powder is that you wait till dusk when they're returning to their nest, spray it in and round the entrance, and get the hell out fast. I don't rate our chances of getting out of the loft fast enough!

They will be gone by winter and, in all likelihood, you won't have any set up home there next year.

mart.vader

googler wrote: »

You can buy dummy nests for next year, which supposedly deter them from returning to the same nest site; they won't nest in the vicinity of an established nest, they say. Hang one or two from the eaves

'Wasperator', maybe?

Try "Waspinator " ?