Wasp nests

Just leave them, they'll soon be gone and don't return to that nest so it's a natural deterrent for next year. I have a nest under the eaves and I can watch them from my bed in the mornings, they are so industrious. The phrase wadp waist comes from the fact they have tiny waists which means they can't eat the food they catch (they get rid of a lot of pests) but are rewarded by a sugary liquid from the grubs they feed, they can get stroppy in the autumn as the grubs no longer need them so abandon them and they starve, that's why they are desperate for anything sweet like fallen plums

I bought a ‘gadget’ from Amazon. It’s a very special spray canister made for wasps nests. It has a red ball bit that you press down and it shoots the wasps killing powder out of the end of a foot long pipe. All you have to do is get powder on one wasp. Then when it flies back to the nest it kills them all.obviously you buy the powder separately.
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I've just had the pest control man from our Council out to deal with our wasps.
It was £45 and money well spent. I am usually of the ' it's nature, leave them alone' mind, but the nest was directly outside my bedroom window and I simply can't sleep without fresh air.

MiniMoon

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.

Exactly what I was going to say.

Ive noticed what might be hornets coming in my kitchen since about april/may.Theres about 2 or 3 at a time,i try to get them to leave by the window, but if theyre stubborn i spray them with astonish white vinegar spray then dispose of them, as they freak out my sons.I think they are coming in in a gap above the very large window.

We had a wasp nest in our garden this year. They took up residence in a dry stone wall bordering our garden with the next door field.
They were close to my washing line and even though I tried very carefully to not anger them when I hung the washing out they were a bit too close for comfort sometimes and their numbers multiplied quite quickly.
In the end we got the pest control people in as I felt we could not endure this all summer. Plus we have a young grandson whom we look after once a week and as the nest was just a foot or so off the ground we felt it prudent to get rid.

Thank you to those of you who answered my question which was 'do waspinators work?' and I gather the answer is "yes" if they're hung out early enough.
I'll leave this nest alone as they're not causing any problems for us at the moment.

Have used waspinators for years without any problems.

A tweedy looking sock, stuffed to look like an oval wasps nest and hung near where we want to sit works for us. As some one else posted, they are territorial Our main problem is the type which eat the wood of the garden furniture, It leaves a stripy effect.

We bought two Waspinators some years ago and whilst they did not deter every wasp, the area (over garden dining table) was much less buzzy than before.

On balance, they work but don't expect be 100% wasp free.

A few years ago we had a wasps nest in the attic and we could hear them in the spare bedroom which my granddaughter used when she stayed. We had a professional in to sort the problem. This year they returned to a different part of the roof and our lovely man did his magic again. Wouldn't hesitate to call someone in to get rid of wasps.

The mortar at the back of my house has shot it. There was a huge bee eyeing up one of the holes yesterday as well.