What's the best way to get rid of wasps?

[Fred Bassett]

I'm getting plagued by the little [edits] in my conservatory. I've used insecticide on them but they keep coming back. Any help would be much appreciated.

 

Regards.

 

Fred

[rebel11]

Not an expert, but a smoke generator.

[padja]

plastic explosives? Flame Thrower? seriously I would say get an expert in they will be got rid of for good that way you probably looking at about £90 unless your council is one of the few that clears them for free.

[maroondevo52]

Fred I've got them in my loft, when you find out come and give me a hand to get shot !!!

[dx100uk]

if know where the nest is

just use that white powder wasp nest killer in wicks or WHY.

 

as for the conservatory - again , you need to find the nest, it must be nearby too.

 

if its outside then petrol in a sprayer works great

 

dont even have to light it!

 

dx

[PriorityOne]

Are you talking about real waspy wasps..... or those smaller hover fly type things that look similar?

 

A friend and I had the same problem last year in our conservatories (with hover flies or whatever they are) and we both trotted off to the garden centre for some carnivorous plants. I hung one up around the top of my conservatory and it sorted the problem. My friend put hers just outside her conservatory and I couldn't believe how many insects were in the tubes of those plants!!! Mine were not full like that.... it had to be seen to be believed!!!

 

Sorted the problem though for under £10.... Result!!

[Conniff]

It's quite amusing to have a play with those hover flies. They will always stay the same distance from your hand if you slowly put a finger towards one. It will back off and then if you move your hand away, it will follow it.

 

I just thought I'd say that - I know, I need to get a life

[Fred Bassett]

Unfortunately, if I get stung by one of these little buggers it might well be the end of me, given the severity of what happened last time. I like the flame thrower approach but I don't like the idea of burning my conservatory down - 'er indoors would not be best pleased and would probably cancel the chandelier olympics for some time.

[ukaviator]

I have the same problem under the panelling by our front door. I am calling in a local expert today to get rid of the nest. I can't get near it to spray the nest with a Wasp killing spray, £3.00 in B&Q.. .

 

The sting on these is quite severe, had a lump on my head the size of a marble within seconds of being stung. Don't get too close Fred they will protect the Queen at all costs, get a professional in.

[rebel11]

Thinking out of the box here, a jar, some honey at the bottom, once there in close the jar. Sounds like a Tom and Jerry cartoon.

[ukaviator]

I don't think I could get a couple of thousand of the blighters in the Jar. I'm not going near it again without Napalm...

[sportsflash1]

Rebel11's idea reminds me of the things we used to do to wasps when we were kids (we were quite adorable really)....get an ordinary jam jar - the type with the ordinary tin lid. There just needs to be the scrapings of the jam left in the jar. You make a hole in the just big enough for a wasp to get in - which believe me they will do, once in the jar they are trapped and can't get back out. You'll be surprised how many you catch.

 

As there is a nest nearby, I would also take the advice of the others and get a spray for the nest or get professionals in.But the jar should catch any strays.

 

This just leaves the problem of what to do with a jar of live wasps. I just hope nobody does anything like sending them to a DCA or anything like that. Dear me no.

[rebel11]

Thats the quiz of the day, how many Wasps can you get in a standard jam jar? No prizes, we can ask NASA the question to get the answer. They've got protective suits etc.

[dx100uk]

we used to collect wasps too

 

then go into my grandads shed

freeze them with nitro

 

then put them in peoples bags at school

 

when they woke up they were really happy!

 

dx

[rebel11]

Thats just mean:-o

 

we used to collect wasps too

 

then go into my grandads shed

freeze them with nitro

 

then put them in peoples bags at school

 

when they woke up they were really happy!

 

dx

[babybear39]

I had a little fly problem a few years ago at my last address. Within two days the rear lobby was full of the bloody things. Thousands. My back door was old so we knew how they got in but they wouldn't go back out! As a last resort I sprayed a whole can of insecticide (breathed in a rather dangerous amount) then shut the kitchen door and taped it air tight, or as good as. The following day I had to clear away thousands of dead flies that looked remarkably like small wasps. The problem only happened that once in the six years I lived there and the back door was replaced soon after.

[sportsflash1]

I think dx100k is really onto something here...conservation and recycling. Once the jar is full you could freeze the wasps, empty and re use the jar. The sleeping wasps would be transported as far away from you as possible maybe in some sort of envelope or something, they would then wake up unharmed and carry on as nature intended.

[rebel11]

If it were Bees I'd agree, but what do Wasps actually do? Without Bees apparently mankind would struggle to survive.

 

 

I think dx100k is really onto something here...conservation and recycling. Once the jar is full you could freeze the wasps, empty and re use the jar. The sleeping wasps would be transported as far away from you as possible maybe in some sort of envelope or something, they would then wake up unharmed and carry on as nature intended.

[Mark&Janice]

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Animals-and-Nature/article/whats-the-best-way-to-get-rid-of-a-wasp-nest/

 

If you do try this can you put the video on youtube

[little teacup]

Move out, call the expert in and wait until its all done and dusted and the wasps are DEAD!! Thats what I'd do.

Sounds drastic, moving out but you havent seen me when one of those things are near me.

LT

[ukaviator]

Ok. . .no more Wasps here. Cost me £45 that included Vat. . .just got to put some panelling back tomorrow.

[locutus]

A pub landlord I knew used to leave a pint glass half full with a mixture of orange and apple juice. The next day the glass would be about an inch deeper with the quantity of wasps in their!

[rebel11]

Must be the Atkins diet:-)

 

A pub landlord I knew used to leave a pint glass half full with a mixture of orange and apple juice. The next day the glass would be about an inch deeper with the quantity of wasps in their!

[Fred Bassett]

I have the same problem under the panelling by our front door. I am calling in a local expert today to get rid of the nest. I can't get near it to spray the nest with a Wasp killing spray, £3.00 in B&Q.. .

 

The sting on these is quite severe, had a lump on my head the size of a marble within seconds of being stung. Don't get too close Fred they will protect the Queen at all costs, get a professional in.

 

Don't worry mate, I won't. I got stung on the lip about 10 years ago - looked liked I'd just gone a couple of rounds with Mike Tyson. I don't even know where the nest is, it might be in my next door neighbour's garden.

[tonycee]

Re: What's the best way to get rid of wasps?

 

Double their rent. Play them a Val Doonican song. A small nuke.

 

Joking aside, the experts got rid of ours in less than 15 minutes. 2 or 3 blasts of powder and gone.