Wasp Nest Removal

[aontroim]

Found a wasp nest yesterday outside in the eaves of the garage - it's not massive at the minute (about size of a grapefruit) but theres plenty of wasps about it.  Anyone dealt with removing one of these before themselves or will local councils take care of this type of problem?

[rrhf]

burn the bastards with petrol and flame.

[An Fear Rua]

There is supposed to be a shortage of Wasps this year( and an increase in Hornets) so if your environmentally minded, get it disposed of professionally , others would call it relocation....

[aontroim]

burn the bastards with petrol and flame.

unfortunately the garage would go up in smoke with them - i don't have that big of a problem with them yet!

[J70]

Wait until the early morning after a cold night, when they're all a bit torpid, toss the nest into a few plastic bags, dump them out in the woods, and run like f**k! And make sure you wear long sleeves, trousers, hat, gloves etc!

[Fiodoir Ard Mhacha]

I was watching The Swarm yesterday - give Michael Caine a ring and yer man Widmark is still alive - they'll soon get rid of them wee stingers

[Evil Genius]

Are the wasps actually doing any harm? I only ask, because where I used to live, we had a wasps' nest in the roofspace, which over the years became absolutely massive.
However, I left them alone, since the only impact was when some wasps occasionally flew (dropped?) though a crack in the ceiling into our bathroom, from where it was simple for them to find their way out through the extractor fan, or when a window was left open.

All God's Creatures and the like... 

[Hardy]

It's not very practical advice, but be careful - be very, very careful! If you piss them off, they will attack you in their hundreds. I saw the results once when a lad I knew ended up in hospital for a week, with a face like a pumpkin and hands like pounds of sausages.

In case you dind't hear me - be careful!

[Evil Genius]

It's not very practical advice, but be careful - be very, very careful! If you piss them off, they will attack you in their hundreds. I saw the results once when a lad I knew ended up in hospital for a week, with a face like a pumpkin and hands like pounds of sausages.

In case you dind't hear me - be careful!

Quite true, Hardy, but I would repeat my own advice which is if you don't piss them off, and can avoid them, they'll not do you any harm, either.

And remember, they're only active for a few weeks of the year, the rest of the time they're in hibernation.

[maddog]

Found a wasp nest yesterday outside in the eaves of the garage - it's not massive at the minute (about size of a grapefruit) but theres plenty of wasps about it.  Anyone dealt with removing one of these before themselves or will local councils take care of this type of problem?

I had one a couple of years ago. It was in the vent brick in my toilet. Now when you were sitting down taking a number 2, the hum of the wasps about 2 feet above your head with your kegs round your ankles was disturbing to say the least. Got some guy out of the yellow pages, £40. He just connected these rods together to make a length of about 20 feet, stood in the garden and sprayed some shit into the vent brick. Wasps gone next day.

[J70]

It's not very practical advice, but be careful - be very, very careful! If you piss them off, they will attack you in their hundreds. I saw the results once when a lad I knew ended up in hospital for a week, with a face like a pumpkin and hands like pounds of sausages.

In case you dind't hear me - be careful!

Quite true, Hardy, but I would repeat my own advice which is if you don't piss them off, and can avoid them, they'll not do you any harm, either.

And remember, they're only active for a few weeks of the year, the rest of the time they're in hibernation.

Actually, the only wasps that hibernate are the queens. Wasp colonies last only one season in temperate latitudes like Ireland. All the workers die off in the autumn. Honeybee colonies, on the other hand, last through the winter: that's why they gather nectar and store honey. However, wasps and bees will be fairly inactive during colder weather, hence that is the time to take any action against them.

[J70]

Found a wasp nest yesterday outside in the eaves of the garage - it's not massive at the minute (about size of a grapefruit) but theres plenty of wasps about it.  Anyone dealt with removing one of these before themselves or will local councils take care of this type of problem?

I had one a couple of years ago. It was in the vent brick in my toilet. Now when you were sitting down taking a number 2, the hum of the wasps about 2 feet above your head with your kegs round your ankles was disturbing to say the least. Got some guy out of the yellow pages, £40. He just connected these rods together to make a length of about 20 feet, stood in the garden and sprayed some shit into the vent brick. Wasps gone next day.

Paying the boy 40 pounds to do it safely is probably the way to go all right!

[Hardy]

Quite true, Hardy, but I would repeat my own advice which is if you don't piss them off, and can avoid them, they'll not do you any harm, either.

I usually tend to live and let live, but I make an exception for wasps. I don't like slugs either, but I can understand their evolutionary significance and their value in the food chain. But what are wasps for?

[Gnevin]

I have some stuff at home the use to kill insects on aircraft, i used it on the wasps under the shed and the insects in the ground 10 foot away came up and died . Mighty powerful stuff

[maddog]

Quite true, Hardy, but I would repeat my own advice which is if you don't piss them off, and can avoid them, they'll not do you any harm, either.

I usually tend to live and let live, but I make an exception for wasps. I don't like slugs either, but I can understand their evolutionary significance and their value in the food chain. But what are wasps for?

Wasps are just nasty bastards. Bees i've no problem with but wasps freak me out. What really "grinds my gears" is in summer my mother puts an empty jam jar 3/4 full of water and with a lick of jam round the top to lure in and drown the wasps. But where does she put it? In the feckin kitchen window.