it was a long and scary process but, donning some ancient bee-keeping gear borrowed from a neighbour, dh and his hedge trimmers embarked on a 'slash and burn' mission against the wasps nest that had recently been constructed in our garden, somewhere rather inaccessible in the centre of the 4 ft wide hedge - right by where the kids play. I screwed up paper and struck matches until the dustbin was ablaze with a smoky and very hot fire ( keeping at a distance since all i had in the way of protection from stings was a pair of Marigold gloves and a baseball cap!)
Dh walked over to the site of the nest stiff as a robot, head held steady against the weight and wobble of the rather unwieldy head gear. I, over by the fire, some distance away, nervously stoked it up further and tucked my sleeves into my rubber gloves. I wrapped the scarf a little tighter around my neck despite the heat and gave an uncertain 'thumbs up' to the muffled 'ready?' that came from the man in the mask.
Dh revved up the trimmers and we were off. Conifer hedge flying around, branches flung on to the fire, a column of dense smoke rose into the evening air. I felt safer then, they don't like smole, do they? The wasps were less than impressed, they buzzed and swept in zooming past dh at head height in a very intimidating way. Then... 'got it!' came the cry and over he dashed with a beautifully crafted nest, wriggling with grubs. Into the fire, pile on more garden rubbish.... lid on... back to the house, shut door tight and wait for them to disperse.
Phew!! We did it. It'll all be ok now.....
that was on wednesday. The wasps clearly like the area and are reluctant to relocate. Nest 2 is under construction as i write. They are in and out, it's buzzing with activity. From the bowels of the hedge all that can be heard is wasps clicking and buzzing in a horrid way!!!
what shall we do?
please advise.