Wasp nests

I really don't know but I hate wasps I have such a bad reaction to stings and bites. I'd be getting the pest control folks in pronto!!

I find a waspinator works in our garden but we don’t as far as I know have any nests nearby.

I stayed with our daughter recently, we spotted what we thought were wasps in the walls of her house, we got a local company in, they found 3 hornets nests and a wasps nest!
I don’t think any waspinator would have deterred them.

They have a lot of fruit trees so I guess it’s a popular site for them!

Do not worry! Wasps do not use the same nest twice.
Please leave them alone if they are not causing a nuisance as they are valuable as pest controllers. They eat aphids etc.
They leave the nest in the autumn and do not return.

Wasps are territorial so a waspinator is supposed to work by convincing live wasps there are already other wasps in occupation of that territory so they will seek someplace else to nest.

Do be careful though with wasps as they can become angry and attack you as they protect their nest. Your dh is right they will die in the Autumn, so winter would be a good time to get their entry point sealed off.

I have been using Waspinaters for years , no nests been made since , we were plagued by wasps every year , we couldn’t sit outside , but much better now , we never found where they were coming from
There are the occasional wasps about , I think they report back and don’t stay !

We do have a lot of fruit trees and a bumper crop of plums this year, but the wasps don't seem to be an aggressive strain as they don't bother me when I'm gardening.
I do not react badly to stings and am not particularly sensitive to them, they do hurt (a lot) and the pain lasts for several days.
I think I'll invest in a couple of waspinators for next year.
Thanks.

I read recently that wasps are deterred by spearmint so anyone who reacts badly might want to experiment with spearmint oil. I hung the washing on the line this morning smelling slightly of peppermint oil as that was all we had already in the house. They didn’t come as close as usual so it might have helped.

We’ve been inundated with wasps this year, they are coming a lot for the bird’s water, we got rid of a nest in an outside terracotta pot. Now I’m determined to stop them coming inside and nesting inside for the winter.

I’m supposed to be having some windows painted next week but the wasps seem to have a nest in the wall between the windows and also in the frame of one of them. There’s an old netball net on the wall nearby. I was going to get someone to remove it but I’ll attach a waspinator to it in the hope that the wasps move on. I suppose I should wait till October to do it. I can’t open the windows to have them painted as my dog is probably allergic to wasp stings and I can’t risk an emergency trip to the vets.

Had to call in our pest control man this afternoon, we have a wasp nest and they were swarming angrily.

£70 lighter in pocket, but my DD and I have sting allergies and we have usually got a GC or two here during the holidays, didn’t want them to be stung whilst in the garden.

waspinator works if it is put up early, before nest building

I thought I had a wasp nest under the eaves, it wasn’t it was hornets which are a lot bigger, so picked up a can of wasp killer, OH sprayed it into the nest, problem solved.

We hang a waspinater over our table and it seems to keep them away.

Last year the wasps here kept going till December. I thought they were never going to die off.

The annoying thing is they’ve been taking wood from a rotten part of my garden fence to build their nest! They really are taking the mickey.

I m totally with your husband Leave the alone they ll be gone very soon

We had wasps under the roof tiles in our previous house for several years running. Eventually we called in the wasp man.

MayBee they took wood off my rafters to build next to the chimney in the loft. The vacated nest was beautiful - amazing that tiny creatures could do that. Dgd took it to school.

They are actually interesting creatures if a bit annoying to us humans. They are part of the ecosystem and, as such, should not be destroyed. Their grubs are a source of food for Honey Buzzards which have declined partly due to persecution of wasps.

We absolutely hate wasps and had a wasps nest at the front of our house, but we’re told to leave well alone.to be honest we saw very few the nest was hidden high up in our trees, they weren’t bothering us. And eventually they left and left the nest. Haven’t seen any this year though

Early spring, I noticed quite a few wasps buzzing around the maple tree near the back door, (It’s in a pot, but rather heavy to move) so we decided to buy one of those fake wasp nests to hand in it, and, touchwood, it seems to work. Although I’ve seen an occasional wasp, by and large they’ve stayed away from the tree. It could be a coincidence, but I think it helps.
If your wasps aren’t proving to be a nuisance, then leaving them is probably a good thing. However, if you have children visiting or have a sting allergy, then if they come back to a nearby area next year, it might be wise to get pest control in.

Probably due to the poor summer weather we hadn’t noticed any wasps until today. Then just two of them after my Al fresco lunch.
We have a glass hanging thing to trap them by putting sugar water inside. It’s empty at present not sure if they work.

There seem to be spiders everywhere, too. I’ve been using my car every day this week but when I drove it today it was covered in cobwebs.

I’m not sure that it is a wasps nest: it could be masonry bees. There are lots of holes in the mortar at the back of my house and they seem to be using several of them. I don’t know what to do. I read that, if you block the holes they make their way into the house. They will come back and use the nest each year and may damage the structure of the house. Along with the overhanging trees and the asbestos in te garage roof I’m reaching a point of not knowing where to turn or what to do….

We've had 2 here,one under the eaves and they were getting into the loft and coming down through the loft hatch into my bedroom and another one round the side of the house and they were coming in an old extractor fan into the house. They aren't a problem at that stage but it's when the time comes for them to leave the nest,then the problems start. I got stung in my bed a couple of years ago when we just left them alone. I hate killing things but sadly this year had to get rid of both nests