Wasps!

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Went outside this morning everything fine, went outside around 12 noon and huge swarm of wasps were on an over hanging hedge from next door,

I can't see a "nest" as such they're just all dotted along the hedge and flying around and cane all at once

I have a cat and little boy and don't want to let them outside incase either gets stung!

What do I do and how to get them to leave 😂

Are you sure they are wasps and not a bee swarm?

I'm actually not too sure.. I did think that they may be but my partner is insisting that they are wasps

More likely to be bees, wasps don’t swarm. Is there a pollen heavy plant there that they are feeding from, if they have been definitely identified as wasps ?

They were wasps got a few family members round who said deffo wasps, how do I get them to leave 😂

Trim the shrub they are feeding from, in the evening the wasps will go to bed and you can then trim back the flowers safely. Adult wasps feed on nectar, so if there are lots there, then the shrub must be in flower. Can you take a pic ?

They may have a nest in the ground by the hedge, I had an underground one in the garden last year. Really, there is nothing you can do to make them leave, but their life-cycle will soon be over and they will die quite soon, so maybe leave them be?

Yes, there might be a nest in the ground there, I agree with Nan. Have you noticed them before now, gradually increasing in number ?
If they all suddenly arrived at once that is usually down to some plant they like coming into flower. If there is ivy there it will probably be that.

Wasps are universal pollinators, I’d leave them be.