"Terry Pinnell" wrote in message
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There's a wasps' nest in my garden - a hole (maybe two, close together) on
a sloping section of rough lawn. On two visits to Homebase a fortnight
apart they had no stocks of their 'Wasp nest killer', £5.99, or indeed
*any* wasp destruction product. Meanwhile it struck me that there must be
several ways I should be able to do this myself. So I'm here to seek
suggestions please.

My own initial thoughts a

1. Put a plastic bag and a something heavy over the top to suffocate and
prevent entry.

2. Pour fine sand or similar into the hole, with same objective.

3. Position a hose over the hole and trickle water into it to drown
inhabitants and presumably make re-entry of others unlikely, even after
hose switched off and water drains away.

4. Stuff some dry newspaper into the hole, douse it with paraffin and
light it, with similar comments to #3.

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Terry, East Grinstead, UK


Terry I would add a few pointers for your consideration, and these are from
experience.

Once you start 'messing about' at the hole of the nest, the wasps will get
angry and might sting anything near ............. you.

Some people, my wife is one, are allergic to wasp stings and swell up like a
balloon where stung. Dangerous of stung in the vicinity of a ring, bracelet
etc.

Wasp stings CAN and HAVE killed.

They might look as if they are going about their business in a normal way
around a hole, but you watch if they are disturbed.

Mike



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