Wasps

[King Cnvt]

Anyone got any good tips in regard to wasps?

[VectraMan]

I find they're good fried in a little olive oil and served with pasta.

[Alf W]

If you need to get rid of a nest you need some sort of wide, flattish implement (a squash or tennis racket should do the trick and a spade works quite well apparently). You then need to hit the bottom of the nest quite hard with a single blow. Apparently, because of the wasp's physiology, this will stun all the wasps in the nest simultaneously whereupon you can just drop the nest into a bucket of water and drown them.

Saves on any of these expensive pest control companies and /or nasty insecticides.

[interested]

Anyone got any good tips in regard to wasps?

Yep, I reckon they'll win the Premiership again next year, some good players coming through as well the established blokes. Their blitz defence also takes some beating.

[richard-af]

They can be trained, using a commanding voice alone, to fetch very small objects.

[richard-af]

If you need to get rid of a nest you need some sort of wide, flattish implement (a squash or tennis racket should do the trick and a spade works quite well apparently). You then need to hit the bottom of the nest quite hard with a single blow. Apparently, because of the wasp's physiology, this will stun all the wasps in the nest simultaneously whereupon you can just drop the nest into a bucket of water and drown them.

Saves on any of these expensive pest control companies and /or nasty insecticides.

I question the wisdom of that approach.

[castoff101]

just so helpful ...

Just wait a few months and they will just die anyway. Then just tackle the remaining sleeping queen any way you feel!

"All worker wasps die out during the winter; the only wasps that survive are the queen wasps. Queen wasps hibernate during the winter inside the old nest or construct a small “golf ball” sized hibernation cell."

[Diver]

Anyone got any good tips in regard to wasps?

Don't let them sting you

[Sockpuppet]

Anyone got any good tips in regard to wasps?

I gave a wasp a glasgow kiss today.

Was trucking along (M62 so 56mph!!!) and it flew in through the window and hit me on the temple (thought I was going to black out).

Found the little scrote dazed on the floor of the cab. Wuss.

[Swiss Tony]

full body protection (the bee keeper variety) and a blow torch will do the trick.