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Wasp nests - best time to remove?
"Emrys Davies" wrote in message ... "Flummoxed" wrote in message oups.com... Hi folks I know this topic has come up before, but we have a massive wasps nest in the loft. I realised it was there in the summer, but I thought I'd wait till winter to get rid of it, then try to seal up the holes where they get in, following previous advice in this group. I gather that by December the wasps would normally be dead, but because of the mild weather we had (apart from the recent cold snap) they may still be alive. I still find the odd drowsy looking wasp around. Can anyone tell me when would be teh best time to remove it, when I can be sure they're dead? I don't want to risk doing it too soon, and disturb them (not to mention getting stung!), but if I leave it till too late next year, the queen wasp might be active building a new nest - any idea when they start doing that (I guess it depends on the weather)? Is there a time when they would be guaranteed to be dead, e.g. Jan or Feb? Any advice welcome and thankas for reading this. Cheers Flummoxed I am certainly not an authority on wasps. I have merely been reading this site and other sites http://tinyurl.com/dyfj5. It appears that, apart from the queens, all of the other wasps will die during the winter and the nest will not be used again as the queens make off and build other nests in the spring. So my advice is to leave well alone, now that you have put up with them for so long. Other good reading: http://tinyurl.com/dl2hx http://tinyurl.com/8ly7g [Open in new window] http://tinyurl.com/8xw85 Regards, Emrys Davies. When you open this site http://tinyurl.com/dl2hx click 'Active Topics' scroll to and open OMG in left hand column. Regards, Emrys Davies. |
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