Wasps 2021

C.J

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
South Devon
I smacked a post into a ground nest of wasps……..

Queue me running around like a loon stripping my shirt of…..and 6 bites.

They were mini wasps. Lot smaller than normal ones but the buggers hurt.

I got stung twice on Sunday , trimming the garden hedge with a petrol hedgecutter - one on the lip.

Saw a couple on the shoulder of my fleece - so pulled it off and left it for a couple of hours.

Agree they are smaller this year but I guess like everything else this year they had a late start.
 
What’s the best way to get rid of a nest

They don’t like WD40, but that’s nowhere near as satisfying as the petrol and match idea.

Had a nest in mums garden shed a few years ago. I waited until a cold morning and got it into a metal bucket . Half an inch of petrol and I left it to burn out. That evening I had a poke. The nest was about the size of a grapefruit and had hardly even been charred. All the grubs inside were perfect.
 

farmbrew

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
North Notts
They were late appearing here but got em now, so far no stings. Most effective way of killing a nest is to use the aerosol fly and wasp spray directly on a the nest. Mate of mine has done it in a tea shirt, bare arms an all and got away with it, when I do it its full coverage, paper overalls, gloves, helmet...the lot... two tins on a big nest though, one in each hand.:eek:
 

nick...

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
south norfolk
Plenty of em here Too.also had a load of hornets swarming round a security light.never seen so many about 40/50mm long and the swarm was a metre in diameter.got stung by one that caused me a terrible experience and an altered scarred face.
nick...
 

penntor

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
sw devon
nothing here this year, normally see them around.
If the nest is in a hedge with a small entrance hole I find the best way of destroying it is to use a blow lamp after dark with the flame roaring into the hole.
 

Forkdriver

Member
Livestock Farmer
Not seen as many in pembrokeshire this year🤷‍♂️
Few here in Carmarthenshire. We had two nests. One I destroyed as it was in a doorway. The other was in a hollow blockwork pillar which I left as it wasn't doing any harm. It was a big nest and then it suddenly died out. No idea why, but I don't like destroying things unless I have to. They do a lot of good unless you are allergic to them.
 

topground

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
North Somerset.
Weather in April and May did for the Queens trying to establish nests having come out of hibernation. I do some pest control work as a summer sideline and numbers are 50% down on last year. More Hornets about this year.
Had a nest in a tree stump last year still live in late November.
 
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Kidds

Member
Horticulture
Definitely less than normal but there is a very busy nest in the eaves of my house, had a queen wasp in the kitchen last night.
Nippon Wasp Nest Destroyer foam is incredible stuff, nest will be dead in half an hour. Can't get at the nest in my eaves to do it, can't find the entrance properly.
 

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