"Rusty Hinge 2" wrote in message
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In message , Mary
Fisher writes

Don't worry about the nest, the wasps will die off in a couple of months
or
so and the nest won't be re-occupied. If you try to kill the wasps or
dig
out the nest while it's still occupied you're asking for trouble.

The council pest control man told me all that after he'd killed the
wasps in a corner of our loft. I called him because I was painting
the eaves of the house and they were buzzing in and out of a gap in the
woodwork as I worked. I'm not scared of wasps but the top of a
ladder is no place to be when they are constantly passing your head.!

I was up a ladder the other day and things the size of bombers kept
zooming by. I seem to have a hornets' nest in my gable-end.

They are very welcome. from time to time I see hornets flying about
carrying large caterpillars. Since I killed the last lot of caterpillars
on my jostaberries, the hornets (presumably) have kept them clear of any
more. Last year there were few hornets (nest about 250 yards away) and I
spent hours picking caterpillars of the jostaberries innit.

Hornets, while bigger than wasps, are relatively gentle.

Mary