Next door lottie owner to me has a wasps nest in a hole in the ground. He's only recently taken it on, and will not get down "that far" this year. BUT, my 4 year old daughter doesn't understand too much about the wasps, and since the nest is 1 ft from our adjoining path I want to prevent any "problems".
I searched on the site and found this thread that seems to cover it
"Wasps on my new allotment!! "
http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,557.0.html (http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,557.0.html)
To simplify the results.
1). Set fire on top, and push paper down the hole to help burn. ( at night time )
2). (at night time ) apply wasp nest destroyer.
Are these methods still good and current ? - regards Riffster
We had a wasp nest last year in our garden, simply called the council out to remove it for a fee of £30. This year an auntie also had a nest in her garden and did the same thing as us.
It is quick and easy and more safe than trying to do it yourself. Just my opinion!
I once applied my flame gun to the entrance to a wasps` nest (at night, of course). The wasps came out as bright stars. Next morning we dug out the nest and took the grubs fishing for trout.
Nowadays I use a pum,p-up bottle sprayer with a long lance. Just fill the lance with wasp nest destroyer, pump up to maximum pressure, and after dark apply the end of the lance (minus spray nozzle) to the entrance hole of the nest and squeeze the trigger. Nothing ever comes out alive. I get several nests each year, in my roof, under the suspended floors, in my shrubs and in the ground, and this method never fails.
A good spray with wasp nest destroyer will sort them in no time, but be sure to get it right down the hole they're using. Alternatively, just leave them. I've shared my shed with wasps several times - right now I've got bumblebees - and I've never been stung.
We had one in the back garden around 5 years ago.
Rang council who were very busy...their advice was to wait until the wasps had all gone in the nest at dusk time, pour a pint of parafin down the hole, plug with a rag and dig out in the morning.
I have to say it worked a treat!! ;D
It would, the fumes are quite poisonous.
Robert, perhaps you can answer this. Yesterday I donned my now-disused bee gear to investigate a reported cluster of bees. Turned out to be a small football sized wasp nest suspended in a large shrub. The wasps were not the usual type but large, blackish near the thoraxand peaceable. Not hornets, smaller. The question is are these 'other' Vespula species protected in any way?
As far as I can see, there's no protection at all. We've only got two species in Britain which build free-hanging nests, and neither is normally blackish, so I'm not sure what you had.
Your local hardware store should sell a wasp nest destroyer powder of some sort. You just puff it round the entrance and retreat to a safe distance. It works. We use it in the woodlands where I work when we have nests in areas that could create a problem to us or the public.
Yes, the wasp nest powder does a very good job. Destroying the nests also means that there will be many fewer wasps in the neighbourhood to attack your fruit.