"Broadback" wrote in message
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Thanks all for your informative and helpful answers. I only destroy wasp
nests if I really have to, which is not very often.

Good for you :-)

I will make a few traps from old 1 litre plastic bottles, also I will try
the trick of blowing up a paper bag, tying the neck with string and have
that near the table. It seems the wasps think it is another nest and stay
away!

I find that very difficult to believe! You frequently find one or more nests
adjacent to each other, sometimes they become one large one. What's more,
wasps are too intelligent to be fooled like that!

All I need is to find a paper bag, rare these days, I wonder if in a few
years they will be for sale in antique shops. ;-)

I have some if you want to try it - brown or white?

:-)

Ps, I guess if it works the Summer will end in a matter of hours.

I wouldn't mind. I've had enough, I've lasted longer than I usually do in
heat ...

Mary