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Just been in the garage and heard a rasping noise, looked up to the roof
and there is a wasp building a nest. It is about 1" diameter at the moment and although I have nothing against wasps it will be a bit disturbing having a nest above your head whilst working. It would be fascinating to see it being built but I need to knock it on the head before it gets to big, which would be the best way? I could knock it down or use a weed flame-thrower on it or glue a plastic pot over it but would it just move somewhere else in the garage or give up and go elsewhere. Barry |
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On 30/04/2015 16:15, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Thu, 30 Apr 2015 15:32:05 +0100, Corporal Jones wrote: Just been in the garage and heard a rasping noise, looked up to the roof and there is a wasp building a nest. It is about 1" diameter at the moment and although I have nothing against wasps it will be a bit disturbing having a nest above your head whilst working. It would be fascinating to see it being built but I need to knock it on the head before it gets to big, which would be the best way? I could knock it down or use a weed flame-thrower on it or glue a plastic pot over it but would it just move somewhere else in the garage or give up and go elsewhere. Barry Reluctant though I am to suggest a wasp killer spray or powder, given the nest's location I think you have no option. If it's only small, now's the time to destroy it, before they get too numerous. You can get powder puffer packs, although I got rid of a nest under my mother's house a few years ago (she is seriously allergic to stings) using an aerosol-type spray, which produced a jet of foam rather than a cloud of spray, and could be directed at the nest from a safe(ish) distance, say 10 ft. Attack it at dusk when they're inside, beat a hasty retreat, and with a bit of luck you'll kill the queen, and so ends the colony. At the moment it is only the queen just starting to build a nest so I do not want to go to the expense of propriety wasp killer sprays and I am away this weekend so will not have time to go out shopping. I think I will just wait until she is out collecting materials then cut it down and hope she does not start to build another one. |
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On Thu, 30 Apr 2015 15:32:05 +0100, Corporal Jones
wrote: It is about 1" diameter at the moment and although I have nothing against wasps it will be a bit disturbing having a nest above your head whilst working. It would be fascinating to see it being built but I need to knock it on the head before it gets to big, which would be the best way? Vacuum cleaner with an extension hose, you can make further extension from a long length pvc plumbing pipe taped to the vacuum cleaner one with electrical/gaffer tape if you want to stand back a bit. If the vacuum cleaner is of the Henry/ Vax shape a drop of washing up liquid and water in the container will cause lots of bubbles that will prevent them from flying out when you empty it. G.Harman |
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Good evening.
On Thu, 30 Apr 2015 15:32:05 +0100, Corporal Jones wrote: Just been in the garage and heard a rasping noise, looked up to the roof and there is a wasp building a nest. We have made a similar experience, some days ago. First we observed a wasp rasping wood from our door frame. As it was apparently a beautiful queen, I explained the details to my wife and even told her, that the wasp is obviously about to construct her new nest. The same morning, when I wanted to use our “economic wood cooker” (you call it a rocket stove), I saw the nest glued right above the front opening of the stove. I simply removed it and showed the work in progress to my wife, then went ahead starting the fire. When the weather is fine, we heat water that way, because wood is the one resource that we are not short of. In the evening the same thing happened again as the wasp has begun reconstructing the nest at the exact same location! My wife removed it this time, but also appears to have unintentionally killed the wasp with a piece of wood *inside* the stove. Kind of tragic. Michael -- Location: Lower Normandy (Orne), France GnuPG/OpenPGP 4096R/3216CF02 2013-11-15 [expires: 2015-11-15] sub 4096R/2751C550 2013-11-15 [expires: 2015-11-15] [Next key will use elliptic-curve algorithm! :-) Get GnuPG!!] |
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Wait until evening and go in with a broom or whatever you have handy with
a long handle and simply give it a nudge or two until it drops to the floor. Put the nest in a bag of and place it in the trash. If you try in the day time you are risking getting stung. |
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On Thu, 30 Apr 2015 15:32:05 +0100, Corporal Jones wrote:
Just been in the garage and heard a rasping noise, looked up to the roof and there is a wasp building a nest. It is about 1" diameter at the moment and although I have nothing against wasps it will be a bit disturbing having a nest above your head whilst working. It would be fascinating to see it being built but I need to knock it on the head before it gets to big, which would be the best way? I could knock it down or use a weed flame-thrower on it or glue a plastic pot over it but would it just move somewhere else in the garage or give up and go elsewhere. I've heard it said that if you tie up a paper bag (somewhat crumpled) in the area they like to nest they will think it is another, bigger nest - and go elsewhere. Can't hurt, would be cheap... |
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"Corporal Jones" wrote in message ... On 30/04/2015 16:15, Chris Hogg wrote: On Thu, 30 Apr 2015 15:32:05 +0100, Corporal Jones wrote: Just been in the garage and heard a rasping noise, looked up to the roof and there is a wasp building a nest. It is about 1" diameter at the moment and although I have nothing against wasps it will be a bit disturbing having a nest above your head whilst working. It would be fascinating to see it being built but I need to knock it on the head before it gets to big, which would be the best way? I could knock it down or use a weed flame-thrower on it or glue a plastic pot over it but would it just move somewhere else in the garage or give up and go elsewhere. Barry Reluctant though I am to suggest a wasp killer spray or powder, given the nest's location I think you have no option. If it's only small, now's the time to destroy it, before they get too numerous. You can get powder puffer packs, although I got rid of a nest under my mother's house a few years ago (she is seriously allergic to stings) using an aerosol-type spray, which produced a jet of foam rather than a cloud of spray, and could be directed at the nest from a safe(ish) distance, say 10 ft. Attack it at dusk when they're inside, beat a hasty retreat, and with a bit of luck you'll kill the queen, and so ends the colony. At the moment it is only the queen just starting to build a nest so I do not want to go to the expense of propriety wasp killer sprays and I am away this weekend so will not have time to go out shopping. I think I will just wait until she is out collecting materials then cut it down and hope she does not start to build another one. I go along with this idea rather than attack with chemicals. |
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