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Old 23-11-2002, 01:52 AM
Warwick
 
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Default Wasps nest in the attic

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On Mon, 25 Nov 2002 18:52:01 -0000, "BAC"
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I live in a bungalo (50 years old) with a couple of dormer bedrooms
(10 years old) that were added by the previous owner.
From the outside i can see the wasps going in under the slates on the
verticle wall on the sides of the dormer windows.

Inside the house if i put my ear to the wall I can hear a loud buzzing
noise all along the inside if the wall.

Inside the roof void I need to lay some electrical cable ready for
when the electrician is coming over next week to fit some lights.

Over the past few weeks the wasps inside the house have been getting
bigger & bigger but for the past couple of days I've not seen any
inside the house.



If you have no pets, or can manage to have the pets away for a day, I'd
get some smoke bomb insecticides and being careful to ensure that hey
can't set a flame to anything while away from the property light a
couple in the loft storage area (or cut a hole into that area) and as
close to the noise as possible inside the walls and ensuring things are
safe. the property may make this awkward. Your next task sadly is to get
up to the dormer and watch the wasps. Although at their most aggressive
at this time of year they're still not quick to sting. Block the
entrances with something fairly substantially quick and easy to apply.
Expanding filler would be favoutite. Be quick and use the minimum needed
to block an entrance. The wasps will surely find another, but you'll
block that within a couple of days. You want to block access to the
current nest since they won't use it next year and not block ventilation
into the eaves and roofspace of the house (since you don't wan to die of
CO poisining).

A quick squirt of one of the big name wasp killers on the tiles wouldn't
hurt you and if you have the entrances marked mentally would save you
the worry of possible visitors while securing the holes.

Good luck

Warwick-- wasp free this year