Stupid bastard cunting WASPS!!!

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I've been so looking forward to a break of some description.

Bugs/viruses back to back for ages, weather crap, working way too much. Just wanted a little garden break with the kids for Easter.

But the wasps are out in force, and they are huge buggers too.

I know you're supposed to stand still and they should go away, but they don't. We've got no food out, no juice, even taken the water out the the pool (as they were after the water), sprayed the garden with peppermint oil over the fences etc, and still they come.

I've never known them this early? I love Spring because the wasps aren't there. Every Spring we have picnics and garden time, and come August it's wasp time. But they're here now

Anyone got any ideas to get rid of them? DH wants a wasp trap, but I'm not keen on attracting them, I want to repel them.

Wasps are evil. Standing still won't help. If you get the chance, kill the little f--ker

They are indeed bastards. I’m terrified of them and they spoil summer for me.

You could try a Waspinator. At this time of year I think queens are out looking to nest. I despise them too.

I hate them with a passion!
Isn’t there a sort of tennis racquet thing that zaps them?
Imagine the fun of frying the little fuckers

Yes, I get joy out of knowing that every queen I stalk and destroy now means thousands fewer later in the year. The rest of my garden is amazingly eco-friendly. Just not wasps.

I feel this way about ants. Pesky bastards.

DH wants to kill them, but I read that they release a chemical when attacked which calls all their little buddies to come and get you

They are evil

Maybe you could place a trap in a corner or two, as a compromise.

I hate them, too. Nasty things.

I'm absolutely terrified of wasps, having a rare lie in the other day I started having this horrible dream about being chased by them, woke up and there's a bloody huge wasp buzzing round my bedroom, bastard thing.

In the garden I use citronella candles, need to be strong ones though, or even citronella oil in a burner. Fake wasps nest is meant to help, coz they'll think they are on another swarms territory and steer clear but I've never tried it

The huge wasps around now are queens looking for a nest site. They are not really interested in sweet things or people. The wasps that are around in late summer are the young males that are unemployed as no longer needed to service the queen and pissed on cider with a major sugar craving.

I have several waspinators as wasps are territorial and won't nest near an existing nest.

Just been googling this morning what plants to plant to deter them. Won't help you whilst on holiday though but my Google search threw up lemongrass, marigolds and shrubs.

Careful with the tennis racket thing, big wasps can take a couple of whacks to die, by which time they are really pissed off.

Ive read that if you hang up a paperbag they think its another nest so stay clear.

I'll get some citronella candles, thanks SadOtter - oh god, I hate when wasps get in the house. I'm rendered completely useless.

Standing still doesn't always help. I was stung in my sleep a while ago. I'm not a fidgety sleeper.

If it’s any help, wasps don’t tend to be aggressive at this time of year.

The huge wasps around now are queens looking for a nest site. They are not really interested in sweet things or people. The wasps that are around in late summer are the young males that are unemployed as no longer needed to service the queen and pissed on cider with a major sugar craving.

Thanks, that's really helpful. A fake nest might be the thing

There was a wasp in my living room this morning the size of a cat!!
They are awful AWFUL creatures lol

Wasp catchers are great. We had one at the bottom of the garden and it was full at the end of the year. Weren't bothered by them at all that year!

I sympathise. I hate them. I haven't seen a single one this year though and hoping it stays that way for as long as possible.

I put a wasp trap at the end of the garden, and near the house I hang a fake paper wasps nest (pound shop or ebay). Works like a charm.

But dealing with the full wasp trap is hellish.

We've made up a mixture of apple juice, water, sugar and vinegar, put it in a makeshift catcher, and now watching from the window. Happy Easter kids

Yes, NannyRed it makes them easier to kill. Then they don’t spawn all those evil babies that swarm out of the nest like something from Alien.

If you have any baking yeast stick a pinch in the trap on hot days, the alcohol and C02 it gives off makes them sleepy.

I left DH to deal with it, he has his uses.

The wasps that are around in late summer are the young males that are unemployed as no longer needed to service the queen and pissed on cider with a major sugar craving. Yes and no, the male wasps actually can't sting, they are the ones that buzz around getting drunk and wondering why everyone hates them so much when they've been born, had some sex then been left alone to die and are being stereotyped whilst totally unable to hurt anyone. The female workers go round pissing us off all summer then come August/September they get pissy that they aren't a queen, because the queen wasp chooses the next queens and only they survive the winter, so essentially their mum and queen they served all summer has decided they aren't good enough and has abandoned them to die, so they get drunk and sting, possibly for the fun of it.