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AIBU?

NDN won't get rid of a wasps' nest

39 replies

DoloresLandingham · 12/07/2015 22:30

During the really hot weather we noticed a constant stream of wasps flying in an out of a gap behind the fascia board on NDN's house. It's clearly visible from our side of the fence but they rarely use that corner of the garden as it's just a side return around their extension. It's right over our garden.

We knocked and told them about it, and they promised to look into it. I saw one of them in the street today and asked about it. He said that the council have a six-week waiting list for removal. I asked if he had considered a private company, and he said he didn't want to spend too much money on something which 'barely affects them'. I offered to pay half of the cost as we would benefit too but he said no. I reminded him that we have two very small children, whereas his are much older, but he was unmoved. We haven't seen many wasps in the garden yet as I think they're still building the nest (not that I know much about wasp behaviour...) but it's surely only a matter of time before there are a lot more of them around.

AIBU to feel that he's being selfish, and that we should be able to use the garden without a wasps' nest a few feet away, or am I being precious?!

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Itllbefiiiiiiiiine · 13/07/2015 08:08

I don't think YABU, wasps are total wankers.

I'd probably pay to get it whipped out. Although my hate for them has grown significantly since DC2 came along with severe allergies. Wasp stings have always been a concern....

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gamerchick · 13/07/2015 08:15

Is he aware that those things can eat through houses? He might feel differently if they start to dive bombing him from the light fitting while he's in bed.

For now you need to take steps for your own house. The nest will soon be self sufficient and there will be filled up to the rafters. They get bad tempered for a few months.

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Becles · 13/07/2015 08:16

[smile]@DoloresLandingham for reminding me of one of my all time favourite books as a child. Off to see if I can find a copy on Amazon.

If you've never read the Fattypuffs and the Thinnifers, you're missing a treat.

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gamerchick · 13/07/2015 08:17

Do the bags with pennies in as said above and put random pots of jam around the perimeter of the garden and they may not bother you.

That nest will be responsible for many miserys in the neighbourhood in the coming months.

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YeOldTrout · 13/07/2015 08:28

Wasps are very good for the environment, they kill all the nasty pests that eat our plants. If you said your child was highly allergic I'd get the concern. I try to leave their nests alone now.

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Dawndonnaagain · 13/07/2015 08:29

Agree with LIZS we had one removed last year, it was £35.00.

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ProbablyMe · 13/07/2015 08:32

It's not necessary to pay someone! I had a pest control officer out from the council and he refunded the money I'd paid up front for the appointment and said that I needed to wait until dusk when they went back to the nest and squirt ant powder into the entrance as it was basically the same stuff that he was going to use. Worked a treat.

I would want them gone too - but that's largely because my DP is terrified of them and I get fed up of saving him from them!!

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Sparklingbrook · 13/07/2015 08:34

NDN sounds less than understanding.

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Sunny67 · 13/07/2015 08:44

Two years ago we had a wasps nest in our garden. It was under ground near a dry stone wall. We've a fairly large garden and always have plenty of bees and some wasps around so hadn't noticed it. That was until one Saturday morning one of my dogs came flying back to me covered and I mean covered in the little buggers.
I was trying to get them off him with a tea towel and the poor little thing had been stung so many times I took him to the vets to have him checked over.
We got someone in to get rid of the nest and we were told that we wouldn't have been able to get anywhere near that part of the garden in another three weeks as the wasps would have become more and more aggressive as the best contained the following years queens.

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SleepIsOverrated · 13/07/2015 09:05

Buy a Waspinator and hang it in your garden. They'll stay away.

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Dawndonnaagain · 13/07/2015 09:09

Sleep, our nest was directly below our waspinator!

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eyebags63 · 13/07/2015 09:10

Buy some wasp killer, sneak over and tip it over the nest when the neighbours are out. Problem solved.

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FretYeNotAllIsShiny · 13/07/2015 09:12

I had a wasps nest in the garden. Bought a can of foam from B&Q, did the nest with it that night. Cost about a fiver.

Could you offer to buy the foam and do the nest for them?

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DeeWe · 13/07/2015 10:12

It's your problem not his. He's not worried about it. Actually if you hadn't noticed them flying in and out then you wouldn't be worried about it either. So you're seeing an issue before it comes-they may not become an issue.
We have an (unused) garage that backs onto our garden, and one year there were wasps flying in and out of a little hole in the back wall into our garden. Quite a lot of them. It never became a problem, although I thought it might. Good thing to though as I've no idea whose garage it is.

When we had one under the roof cost us ?25 and the chap came round with a spray thing on a long pole so he removed it without needing ladders. It was only an issue to us as they could also get into the loft from their position and as our boilet had gone wrong we needed the gas chap to be able to go up there safely.