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wasp nest

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NinjaChipmunk · 15/06/2010 09:19

we've just found a wasp nest in our garden, about the size of a small football (ie bang in between cricket ball and normal football size iykwim?) ds is 2.8 and often has his friends round and they tear around the garden like small kids do. do i need to get it removed? if so how? its in a bush.

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pagwatch · 15/06/2010 09:23

I found a bloke in the yellow pages. He came around an hour later . £40.

Ours were underground - we had two.

It has been bliss since. We can have barbeques again without fighting the bloody things off

campocaro · 15/06/2010 09:38

We have a lot of nests (hot country) last night DH got rid of one about that size. The trick is to wait until almost dark (or dawn) when wasps are asleep and zap them with some heavy duty fly/wasp spray.Then you can dispose of the whole thing including lots of little dead wasps

meltedmarsbars · 15/06/2010 09:41

Ant powder works fine - just aprinkle some on the entrance at night when they're all in and alseep.

Once dead take it apart and have a look inside - fascinating. I took one to school last year. (I have a reputation for taking wildlife, alive or dead, into school)

whimsy · 15/06/2010 09:48

Ant powder worked for us, we had one in the privet so I just squirted it all around and ran They were all gone by morning.

MaryBS · 15/06/2010 09:50

For the sake of £40 or so, I'd get the professionals in to do it.

potplant · 15/06/2010 10:03

Get a professional in the wasps go a bit loopy on the powder you use to kill them.

Ring the council and see if they can send someone round. Ours used to do it for free but they don't do it anymore.

They are amazing to look at - once all the angry wasps are gone.

meltedmarsbars · 15/06/2010 14:52

I really don't think you need a professional - they will only do the exact same thing as I would - squirt ant/wasp powder on at dusk.

Go for it!

frostyfingers · 22/06/2010 08:46

You can also get a foam that you cn squirt from a long way away - just wait until the evening to do it. Beware when you open it though as sometimes they are still alive, and it can stink sometimes too.....

We have lots of nests, which I leave unless they are too close to the house as I'm allergic to them. I don't like zapping them unless I have to, as they do good in the garden.

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