Tiny wasp nest developing

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Hi all,

I spotted a tiny shell like thing in the roof of our garden/open shed. Over the week it's getting bigger, still inky the size of a large marble, but also a single wasp going in and out. Looks like honeycomb inside.

I'm assuming it's a wasp nest. Still small. Now I'm all for pollination and living things, but we use the shed for outdoor cooking- barbecue, preparing food etc so we use it every day/weekend.

Can I get rid of it now it's small?

Apparently it dies off after the summer but im concerned we'll end up with lots of wasps in and out of it. I could literally flick it off with a brown as it's small, and only one wasp. What would you do? (Currently empty I see it go in and out, sometimes when im in there there isn't a wasp in it).

Honestly, knock it off, run away. ( Also ran away just incase I was stung to death) never actually happened!
Don't kill it/ spray it/ hose it.. just knock off the tiny wee nest. It'll buzz in the nest and with in the hour it will have flown off in a huff.
If you have any DC keep it and show them it, mine took it in for show and tell! 😁

Be honest, that nest is a thing of beauty. How a tiny insect can create something like that from chewed wood is miraculous really.

Years ago,I noticed wasps flying around the back door-i didn't know they built nests as I'd never thought about it

Anyway,dad came round and bashed it with a broom handle-then legged it faster than I've ever seen him run

Cf/nasty/downright evil neighbours just happened to be having a bbq with loads of sugar filled booze

They didn't half move fast once the nest was in bits all over the floor

(We didn't mean to do that to them but it was a bloody huge bonus)

We did go back a few days later to clear it up-it was amazing to see-we are both allergic to their stings so had to leave it until we knew they'd definitely gone

When they're tiny like this, you can sometimes deter them by hanging up a competing nest - which is really just a brown paper bag puffed up to look big and impressive.

Better to spray it with foam wasp killer. I hate wasps they kill bees. Sharp butted horrors

They also take out Horseflies. Awesome little stripey saviours.

@NeverDropYourMooncup you obviously don’t keep bees