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How to destroy wasp nest?
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. -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK |
How to destroy wasp nest?
Terry Pinnell wrote:
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. Well, no. 4 sounds the most fun! -- Chris |
How to destroy wasp nest?
"Terry Pinnell" wrote in message ... 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. -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK 1) They will find a way in and out. 2) As above 3) They will still get by the water 4) The paper burns UP and not down into the hole 3) and 4) Been there done that, missed the wasp stings ;-) Get a Wasp and Fly Spray from somewhere and direct it into the hole and RUN Mike -- .................................... Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out alive. .................................... |
How to destroy wasp nest?
"CT" wrote in message ... Terry Pinnell wrote: 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. Well, no. 4 sounds the most fun! -- Chris At my last garden which was big and wild in places, I had underground wasp nests and tried that! As I explained in another answer, it flames UP, so if you want to try it ....................... get a very long match. Still won't work ;-) Mike -- .................................... Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out alive. .................................... |
How to destroy wasp nest?
"Terry Pinnell" wrote in message ... 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. -- 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 -- .................................... Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out alive. .................................... |
How to destroy wasp nest?
On Tue, 05 Jul 2011 08:59:39 +0100, Terry Pinnell wrote:
There's a wasps' nest in my garden - a hole (maybe two, close together) on a sloping section of rough lawn. Are they causing a nuisance? If not leave 'em alone they will be doing you garden good by being predators. If you must destroy them contact with paraffin, without ignition, will kill them. Most ant powders will as well (read the label), liberally dust the entrance holes in the late evening when activity has died down. -- Cheers Dave. |
How to destroy wasp nest?
"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message ll.co.uk... On Tue, 05 Jul 2011 08:59:39 +0100, Terry Pinnell wrote: There's a wasps' nest in my garden - a hole (maybe two, close together) on a sloping section of rough lawn. Are they causing a nuisance? If not leave 'em alone they will be doing you garden good by being predators. If you must destroy them contact with paraffin, without ignition, will kill them. Most ant powders will as well (read the label), liberally dust the entrance holes in the late evening when activity has died down. Dave is right that poison is the only effective way to get rid of them. Also the only sensible and safe time to do it is dusk when the entire nest will be in for the night and none of them will be able to emerge without going through the liberal powdering you will give the entrance. A beekeeper's veil is handy. Tim W |
How to destroy wasp nest?
On Tue, 05 Jul 2011 08:59:39 +0100, Terry Pinnell
wrote: 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. Put a bowl of water near to the nest so that the wasps get into the habit of using it. Then add a drop of insecticide per litre of water every day until the wasps abandon the nest. Steve |
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My previous house had cavity walls and I occasionally got nests in the wall cavity. I successfully killed off one nest just by blocking their entrance with polyfilla. That was in a wall that rose from a concrete floor, the only nearby window having a masonary sill. Also I think I got that one fairly early. Another nest in a wall rising from a suspended floor and close to a window with a wooden sill, and I think had got to a fair size before I noticed it. When I blocked the hole they started gnawing through the windowsill - noisily - and I could see them down the cracks. And a few started coming up through cracks in the floorboards. I had to reopen the main entrance hole and use poison at night. |
How to destroy wasp nest?
In message , 'Mike'
writes Get a Wasp and Fly Spray from somewhere and direct it into the hole and RUN Mike They had them in ALDI last week, I got one, but haven't used it because they are in a nest box and have made no sign of bothering me. In fat I rescued one from the grass box of my Flymo the other day and it flew gratefully off. The instructions on the aerosol can, which can be used from 3 metres, includes the words: "You may like to consider wearing appropriate protective clothing"! Yes indeed! -- Gordon H Remove "invalid" to reply |
How to destroy wasp nest?
Terry Pinnell wrote:
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. You will need a large vat and several pounds of cotton wool. Fill the vat with one part nitric acid to three parts sulphuric acid; when fully mixed, add the cotton wool. Leave for 24 hours. Remove the cotton wool from the acids and place in a bath of water; then wash thoroughly in running water. Now dry it thoroughly- an unventilated steel shed is ideal for this. When it is thoroughly dry, have your least favourite child pack the cotton wool into the wasp nest hole and then apply a naked flame at arms length. The ensuing explosion will spread angry wasps to every corner of your garden, but will also destroy the nest; now homeless, they will lapse into depression, become addicted to drink and drugs and die. The remains of the least favoured child may be disposed of either in the remaining acid, or the crater, as is most convenient. Ian |
How to destroy wasp nest?
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How to destroy wasp nest?
On Jul 5, 8:59*am, Terry Pinnell wrote:
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. -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK Best left alone, they are benificial, eat lots of garden pests. Tch. Pour petrol down the hole and block it off. DON'T set on fire. |
How to destroy wasp nest?
"Roger Tonkin" wrote in message ... In article , says... I got rid of one last week, by waiting until almost dark, and spraying a generous ammount of wasp & fly spray from the supermarket into the hole at the bottom. One could read this as your having sprayed from the supermarket into the nest - what a good shot. Honest I know what you meant.:-) :-) Bill Roger T 700 ft up in Mid-Wales |
How to destroy wasp nest?
"Ian B" wrote in message
... You will need a large vat and several pounds of cotton wool. Fill the vat with one part nitric acid to three parts sulphuric acid; when fully mixed, add the cotton wool. Leave for 24 hours. Remove the cotton wool from the acids and place in a bath of water; then wash thoroughly in running water. Now dry it thoroughly- an unventilated steel shed is ideal for this. When it is thoroughly dry, have your least favourite child pack the cotton wool into the wasp nest hole and then apply a naked flame at arms length. DO NOT EVEN JOKE ABOUT MAKING NITROGLYCERINE. THE MIXING PROCESS OF THE ACIDS ITSELF IS HIGHLY DANGEROUS IF THE TEMPERATURE RISES. DO *NOT*, I REPEAT *NOT* FOLLOW THIS GUIDANCE. IN ANY CASE, YOU WILL BE COMMITTING A SERIOUS CRIMINAL OFFENCE IF YOU ATTEMPT ANY OF THE ABOVE. |
How to destroy wasp nest?
On Wed, 6 Jul 2011 08:23:40 +0100, anon and off wrote:
You will need a large vat and several pounds of cotton wool. Fill the vat with one part nitric acid to three parts sulphuric acid; when fully mixed, add the cotton wool. DO NOT EVEN JOKE ABOUT MAKING NITROGLYCERINE. That isn't nitroglycerine but guncotton, different things. IN ANY CASE, YOU WILL BE COMMITTING A SERIOUS CRIMINAL OFFENCE IF YOU ATTEMPT ANY OF THE ABOVE. Criminal? -- Cheers Dave. |
How to destroy wasp nest?
Martin wrote:
On Wed, 6 Jul 2011 08:23:40 +0100, "anon and off" wrote: "Ian B" wrote in message ... You will need a large vat and several pounds of cotton wool. Fill the vat with one part nitric acid to three parts sulphuric acid; when fully mixed, add the cotton wool. Leave for 24 hours. Remove the cotton wool from the acids and place in a bath of water; then wash thoroughly in running water. Now dry it thoroughly- an unventilated steel shed is ideal for this. When it is thoroughly dry, have your least favourite child pack the cotton wool into the wasp nest hole and then apply a naked flame at arms length. DO NOT EVEN JOKE ABOUT MAKING NITROGLYCERINE. Ian B was giving instructions for the manufacture of gun cotton, which is safer that nitroglycerine. People are so touchy these days. I thought the bit about the child might be thought off colour, but nitrocellulose is just schoolboy chemistry. At least it was when I was a schoolboy :) Ian |
How to destroy wasp nest?
On 06/07/2011 08:23, anon and off wrote:
"Ian wrote in message ... You will need a large vat and several pounds of cotton wool. Fill the vat with one part nitric acid to three parts sulphuric acid; when fully mixed, add the cotton wool. Leave for 24 hours. Remove the cotton wool from the acids and place in a bath of water; then wash thoroughly in running water. Now dry it thoroughly- an unventilated steel shed is ideal for this. When it is thoroughly dry, have your least favourite child pack the cotton wool into the wasp nest hole and then apply a naked flame at arms length. DO NOT EVEN JOKE ABOUT MAKING NITROGLYCERINE. He wasn't. The ingredients of nitroglycerine include *glycerine!! Doing it on such a large scale is rather dangerous though. Gun cotton or nitrocellulose is relatively forgiving. Early film base and synthetic snooker balls were typically made of nitrocellulose. In bulk if provoked and constrained it will detonate but in free space and small amounts it just burns very very quickly. Magicians flash paper is nitrocellulose based. However, it is a bad idea to try it these days. When I was growing up it was not uncommon to make small pyrotechnics. Teachers were even allowed to demonstrate interesting exothermic reactions in class.... It meant that some students were interested in science lessons. ISTR Even then it was technically illegal. THE MIXING PROCESS OF THE ACIDS ITSELF IS HIGHLY DANGEROUS IF THE TEMPERATURE RISES. DO *NOT*, I REPEAT *NOT* FOLLOW THIS GUIDANCE. IN ANY CASE, YOU WILL BE COMMITTING A SERIOUS CRIMINAL OFFENCE IF YOU ATTEMPT ANY OF THE ABOVE. Almost certainly true - although the risk of losing fingers or limbs is probably more to be feared than any sanctions the state may impose. Regards, Martin Brown |
How to destroy wasp nest?
"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message ll.co.uk... On Wed, 6 Jul 2011 08:23:40 +0100, anon and off wrote: You will need a large vat and several pounds of cotton wool. Fill the vat with one part nitric acid to three parts sulphuric acid; when fully mixed, add the cotton wool. DO NOT EVEN JOKE ABOUT MAKING NITROGLYCERINE. That isn't nitroglycerine but guncotton, different things. IN ANY CASE, YOU WILL BE COMMITTING A SERIOUS CRIMINAL OFFENCE IF YOU ATTEMPT ANY OF THE ABOVE. Criminal? Yes! Guncotton is an explosive and when fired it detonates- i.e. it burns at a rate of more than 1000m per second. It is thus classed as a type 1 explosive and to manufacture it you need a 'mixing license'. To manufacture it without a license is a criminal offence. Black powder (gunpowder) and fireworks burn at a rate below 1000m per second and do not detonate (produce a shock wave) but deflagrate and it is not illegal (although not advised) to produce them. Phil (retired explosives engineer) |
How to destroy wasp nest?
"Roger Tonkin" wrote in message ... In article , says... "Roger Tonkin" wrote in message ... In article , says... I got rid of one last week, by waiting until almost dark, and spraying a generous ammount of wasp & fly spray from the supermarket into the hole at the bottom. One could read this as your having sprayed from the supermarket into the nest - what a good shot. Honest I know what you meant.:-) :-) Bill Roger T 700 ft up in Mid-Wales Maybe as I live in Wales, I could claim that my English isn't my best language, but that would be telling porkies! Cymru am byth ! Bill |
How to destroy wasp nest?
"harry" wrote in message
... On Jul 5, 8:59 am, Terry Pinnell wrote: 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. -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK Best left alone, they are benificial, eat lots of garden pests. Tch. Pour petrol down the hole and block it off. DON'T set on fire. I remember many years ago a friend of mine was the pest controller of the local Urban District Council and on my days off from work I used to accompany him on his rounds. On this particular day he was called to the back garden of a property to deal with a wasp nest beside the path. He had this large pump up sprayer filled with pesticide and asked me to drive a spade into the entrance while he sprayed the stuff in to it...........................BIG MISTAKE!!! a few seconds after carrying out the operation the sky was black with rather angry wasps and my mate dropped the sprayer and proceeded to run down the garden path in one direction while I ran in the other covering the distance to the upper hedge in a speed Usain Bolt would find difficult beat! Standing there panting and wheezing I felt something behind my ear followed by a sharp pain and realised one of the little blighters had chased me all the way up the path and wreaked his revenge! So needless to say I leave wasp nests well alone now and recommend getting someone to deal with it that knows what they're doing (not my mate who went on to become a chief inspector in the police!) H D |
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