Wasp nest - aibu?

They are being ridiculous. Report to environmental health.

Bonkers.

I presume your DS isn’t aware of the wasps nest?

Us cyclists run a similar gambit. I've been stung by many wasps and bees, mostly when they go down my top as I'm leaning forwards. One time on my neck, and one time in my groin. Luckily I don't react badly to either type of sting, my brother swells up like the marshmallow man if it's a bee.

There is something similar in wasps, they are drawn to sweat and carbon dioxide. Also if you have been eating something sweet or have sweet perfume or laundry softener on you. But there are equally things that they hate and will avoid, such as tea tree, peppermint, geranium and citronella.

I was a window cleaner for 25 years, I got stung by wasps every year , I've had my hand swelling up when grabbed a cloth with a wasp on it, been chased after accidently disturbing a nest in a bush, the worst way being stung above my eye whilst up a ladder, my eye closed immediately, the only wasp I like is a dead wasp

The thing is, you can't make them get rid of it and I would be the same as them, I won't kill things unless absolutely necessary and I would be very reluctant to destroy a whole nest just because my neighbour wanted me to.
You are going to have to mitigate against it and use deterrents.

I remember watching a program on TV about midges.

There were some people that claimed they were bitten more. They did a scientific experiment and proved that they actually were.

They did a chemical analysis of their sweat IIRC and they apparently had more of a specific chemical in their sweat.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn1287-midge-magnet/

Maybe there is something similar to wasps.

I'm not sure there's a council in the country that's got the budget for inspecting wasps nests on private land?

If they will not remove it, they are within their rights not to do so unfortunately.

Try not to panic, it will make him worse as he'll pick up your fear. Wasps are a pain in the arse for everyone, and they're also part of living in this country in the summer. Other countries have some very interesting wildlife, that people start to learn to live with as children, including scary encounters. You will have to manage it, and support him to cope with it.

We had a wasp nest at the bottom of our garden growing up, it was definitely there for more than one year, so was the one in our roof more recently. Anyway, it never caused me or my children any issues, the risk of being stung is extremely low, and it's not that bad. It's something kids have to learn, you can't sanitise the world of creatures just because one bothered you once. I'd only consider getting one removed if someone liviing nearby was allergic.

Wasps are not bees. We spend all summer keeping the wasps off our house. They love it for some reason. If we don’t, we get swarmed the second we step outside.

They are incredibly aggressive and a sting means huge swelling for me for about a week, but thankfully so far I haven’t had to use an epi-pen.

Get fake wasp nests.

we are in a huge insect environmental crisis, which will eventually collapse the entire food chain, so all insects are precious. And it's not even that close to your house.

I had a wasps nest in the ground, when we moved into a new house many years ago, I had a very young baby and a toddler, I paid the council pest controller to deal with it, he said it was a shame as the nest would die off naturally in the autumn, but I was genuinely scared going out with the pram. Our neighbours had a nest in their shed, they didn’t treat it, the wasps came back again the following year.

I voted YABU as 15 feet isn't that near your house. Good to educate your DS on wasps as he gets older. It's horrible being stung but that sounds like a very unusual situation and he, or someone close to him, must have inadvertently done something to have annoyed them.
I have a wasp nest in the eaves, a bumble bee nest in the chicken run and keep bees. We all need to do what we can to keep important insect population alive rather than using chemicals to kill them.

Too weird. Wasps love me too and I'm allergic.

Find out what kind of wasps. Yellow jackets are aggressive.

No council considers a normal wasp's nest a pest control issue, they never did 🫤

You could also try some drops of tea tree oil and peppermint oil diluted in a water spray bottle. Spray this onto ds skin and clothes before he goes in the garden. Wearing bright yellow and using laundry whiteners (they increase uv reflection) also attracts wasps, and other insects.

Do you mean you're going to report it to the council pest control op?

Do you wear perfume atall? I was once on holiday being stalked by wasps. So sitting at a table with 3/4 around me and everyone else absolutely fine. I used to wear Ralph Lauren’s romance and that seemed to draw them in.

Sorry, no advice, but feel for your little one. I'm also someone who wasps just follow around/harrass for no reason we can tell. Obviously I don't disturb them, bother them, or do anything... But they will seek me out, in a goddamn group of people, and follow me. I tell people this, they don't believe me and think I imagining it, until they observe it. I'm also terrified of them.

I do wonder what it is.