Wasps nest! To treat or leave that is the question.

[Chris S]

I was told by a pest controller that wasps never return to an old nest and that they don't cuckoo old nests either.

There was a wasps nest in the attic of the building where I used to work. They were in the same nest every year. I'm certain of this because we used the attic for storage.

 

[Chris S]

If you can access Facebook then this video shows how to kill wasps using petrol.


View: https://www.facebook.com/reel/849182883930872

 

[johnblack]

Had a rather large one under the floor in the living room last year, they were coming in and out through an air brick, bought a big can of foam spray from Screwfix, spray the access point every day, the wasps take it back to the nest and it kills them all.

 

[presta]

Standing in the toilet one day, I noticed wasps flying in and out of next door's overflow pipe.

 

[lazybloke]

In recent years, I've seen far more bees and bumble bees than wasps in the garden.
Wasps used to be a nightmare when eating outside, but we hardly ever reach for the citronella any more.
My wife volunteers with the National Trust and has been doing the bumble bee survey last year and this year, so she's becoming quite the expert and is doing lots to attract various pollinators both there and at home.


Her boss keeps honey bees, and had to move several hives from his previous NT site to this one.
Which begs the question: how do you move several live hives halfway across the county?

He put them on the back seat of his car!

 

[Red17]

My wife has taken part in the big wasp survey the last couple of years. Definitely a lot less around than there used to be

https://www.bigwaspsurvey.org/

 

[Jameshow]

I was dying by a wasp on the lips on one ride, my time was faster than previously?

Wonder why!!

 

[Legs]

Her boss keeps honey bees, and had to move several hives from his previous NT site to this one.
Which begs the question: how do you move several live hives halfway across the county?

He put them on the back seat of his car!

Yep, I've done this before. Had to get all the bees into the hives the night before travelling, sprayed them down to keep them cool, wrapped them in old bedsheets, ratchet straps around each hive, and loaded them into the car to transport them early in the morning before things got warm.

I drove from Uttoxeter to Hull wearing my beesuit with my epi-pen on the dashboard (with instructions to stab me if I was found slumped over the steering wheel on the hard shoulder!)

 

[Gillstay]

Moving a bees nest is easy, but moving wasps is much harder. Can be done though.