Wasp nests

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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 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 !

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.

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.

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!

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!!