"Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message
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Patrick E. King wrote:

Anybody got recommendations on getting rid of wasps.

At this time of year it isn't worth the effort, unless they are
becoming a
nuisance by entering your living space.

It appears they have a nest in the attic.

Live and let live. They will go away pretty soon now.

I'd love to live and let live. Believe me I take absolutely no pleasure
in
killing them but I have to live with *her indoors* and she needs regular
access to the loft!
Patrick

How come you've (she's) only just noticed it then?

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About two weeks ago she mentioned that she had seen two or three circling
the light in the loft while she was up there.
I went up...had a look... saw two or three but no sign of a nest.
(Incidentally, what does a wasp nest look like?)
Taking no chances I sprayed some insecticide and found about a dozen dead
some hours later.
It's just gone on like this ever since with smaller numbers of fatalities.
Patrick

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About two weeks ago she mentioned that she had seen two or three circling
the light in the loft while she was up there.
I went up...had a look... saw two or three but no sign of a nest.
(Incidentally, what does a wasp nest look like?)
Taking no chances I sprayed some insecticide and found about a dozen dead
some hours later.
It's just gone on like this ever since with smaller numbers of fatalities.

A bit like one of those chinese paper globe lampshades on a stalk.

It could be (not bee) that all you have there is queen wasps come in to
hibernate. I watched one disappearing into one of my polythene-lined
wooden flower troughs which I have round the flat roof of the ablutions
block -

http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/temp/garden/

One year I found about a dozen queen wasps and several queen hornets
zuzzing in an old caravan I had. Carefully, I put them in one of the
outbuildings.

We had a hornet's nest somewhere fairly close this year - either that,
or an airfield I don't know about...

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Rusty
horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk

On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 15:08:50 +0100, Jaques d'Alltrades
wrote:


How come you've (she's) only just noticed it then?

This discussion proves the point that wasps, for most of the year,
leave us alone and are busy helping gardeners.
It is later in the year, when there is fruit about and their habits
change, that we notice them. In my case the nest is above a bedroom
window, but I had not noticed them coming and going. In the last month
they have started blundering about and coming into the house and
generally being annoying. I'm putting up with mine and hope the queen
inds somewhere else next year.
Question.
Is it necessary to remove the old nest in the winter? Is there any
harm in leaving it there, as they do not reuse old nests?


Pam in Bristol

On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 21:07:20 GMT, Pam Moore
wrote:

On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 15:08:50 +0100, Jaques d'Alltrades
wrote:


How come you've (she's) only just noticed it then?

This discussion proves the point that wasps, for most of the year,
leave us alone and are busy helping gardeners.
It is later in the year, when there is fruit about and their habits
change, that we notice them. In my case the nest is above a bedroom
window, but I had not noticed them coming and going. In the last month
they have started blundering about and coming into the house and
generally being annoying. I'm putting up with mine and hope the queen
inds somewhere else next year.
Question.
Is it necessary to remove the old nest in the winter? Is there any
harm in leaving it there, as they do not reuse old nests?


Pam in Bristol

They return to the old nest and build on it. Undisturbed nests left
for years become massive.

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Is it necessary to remove the old nest in the winter? Is there any
harm in leaving it there, as they do not reuse old nests?

It is a very minor fire hazard.

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Rusty
horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

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Is it necessary to remove the old nest in the winter? Is there any
harm in leaving it there, as they do not reuse old nests?

They return to the old nest and build on it. Undisturbed nests left
for years become massive.

Not IME.

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Rusty
horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

Locate the hole they are using to go in and seal it. Maybe you can find it
from outside by watching for them going in and out, or you may have to get
up into the attic and look for light coming in the hole. Eventually they
will be gone.

Dwayne

"Patrick E. King" wrote in message
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Anybody got recommendations on getting rid of wasps.
It appears they have a nest in the attic.
I can't actually see the nest but every time I spray up some wasp killer
there are a few dead ones lying on the attic floor next morning.
I know my question is not directly gardening related but I hope the garden
experts in here will have some advice as I'm sure it must be a common
problem for them also.
TIA
Patrick