Getting rid of wasps.
 

We were getting double glazing fitted to the house and unfortunately the poor blokes discovered that there's a wasp's nest under the landing window.
Very inconveniently situated - the back door is set out from the house slightly and they have nested under the tiles that form it's little roof bit.

Got to get rid of the beggers before the window folks come back to finish the job.

I had some 'expanding foam' wasp killer that I sprayed into the gaps between the tiles last night - which did leave a satisfying trail of bodies on the tiles this morning :twisted: but there's still a few nipping in and out.

Short of reapeating this a few times, any ideas?

Re: Getting rid of wasps.
 

Smoke & Fire!

Re: Getting rid of wasps.
 

Take off and nuke the site from orbit.

Its the only way to be sure......

Re: Getting rid of wasps.
 

OK - any ideas that don't involve me burning the house down or having to call the spare drop ship down from the Sulako...

... I'm saving that for a special occasion. ;)

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Or put them on a conveyor belt, etc etc :p

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Rum & sand....:cool:

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OK, get down to B&Q and get an aerosol can of wasp nest killer. Works well.

Spray plenty of normal wasp/fly spray in the general area first to kill off any airborne ones before you attack the nest itself.

Then cover the nest with a bin bag and rip it out spraying enough killer to kill an army.

Wrap up well whilst attacking the thing.

We had one under a bedroom floor/over porch. You do have to get at the nest. Spraying the area is not sufficient

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Registered bee keeper.

If it's a sizable nest/colony, they'll usually take them away for free.

I called one when we had a "wasps nest" in a bush in the front garden near the gate (kids other than ours play right next to it, so I wanted them gone).

He got there, took one look then laughed "That's no nest, it's moving!" Turns out they weren't building a nest there, they were just resting, keeping the Queen warm, a few days later they left quicker than they arrived.

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Send every little blighter an eviction notice, then threaten them with a court order. :rolleyes:

Failing all that contact your local Environmental Health Department.

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Get the Council to do it

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got to agree with mogs. call the local council they should sort it very quick as swaming wasps are very dangerous. get a pro in to do the job

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Lol we all know that doesn't work under UK law ;)

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Mogs is spot on. Council came and sorted out a wasps nest under our floor quick and for free IIRC.

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Council sorted mine, but there may have been a fee that was sent to the landlord

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our council charged us £46 to kill em, basically they sprayed a very fine dust into the hole they were emerging from and every time they went in or out it disturbed the dust which was in fact a blood poison which was pretty quick too.

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Face them in single combat, like a man.

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Think K may have a problem there:D

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Theres no fun if you cant burn them.. can of aerosol and a lighter usualy.. may not kill them all, but its fun doing!

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Oooh, thanks Mogs - I'll call em on Monday.

I'll just have to get my insect killing fix by boiling another ant nest to death. :twisted:

Re: Getting rid of wasps.
 

The simplest solution is sometimes the best:

Have you thought about moving house?

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K this is so easy and cheap to do with limited sting risk as valleyboy says :

1. get one of these -

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/175/4...a70304552f.jpg

After which combine it with number 2 - one of these

http://www.conceptimes.com/image%5Cl...%5Cwsf-206.jpg


Combined together should give you efectively one of these


http://www.pipersprecisionproducts.c...%20thrower.JPG







JOB DONE ! ! ! AND CHEAPER :rolleyes:

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The job is best tackled on a hot sunny day. Don your most fetching bikini and be sure to smear lots of sun tan lotion,(Hawaiin Tropical coconut is good) place ladder as near to nest as possible and run up holding the shortest stick you can find.

Simply pass a relaxing afternoon by continuosly prodding said nest. HTH.;)

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like a man, I said. This is an equal opportunities forum, we have women on here who can do stupid stuff nearly as well as any man.

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Here, print this out.
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t.../no_wasps2.gif

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I've managed to kill off two nests uner my floorboards by cutting up a couple of the Vapona things and sticking the bits into the airbricks.

It should work if you can stick one of them under the tiles.

Good Luck

Re: Getting rid of wasps.
 

No, that's for pubic lice.

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Ladder, burlap sack, full leathers, gloves, lid, scarf.

Ascend ladder, rip nest off wall and drop in burlap sack.

Walk down the road to the house of someone you REALLY don't like.

Post through letterbox.

A problem shared is half as bad :)