Wasp Killer

[MarillionFan]

Can anyone recommend a quick and simple wasp killer/prevention method.

Looks like Ive got wasps building a nest in the eaves of the porch. Lots going in and out under the tiles, so just thinking of popping up and spraying it, powdering it before they finished? Need to go to the garden centre in a mo.

Any recommendations?

[Scrag Meister]

Went up to insulate the loft in my new house a few months back and there is a nest the size of a football up there. Wasn't active at the time, but will look to get it removed along with a number of smaller incomplete ones.

Will watch this thread with interest.

[Babbage]

Yes, you need to do it late when the sun has gone down anf they have all returned to the nest. They do get very very very angry if they make it out of the nest, so use that foam stuff with an extension tube so you dont get too close when you spray.
The Organophosphates that are in those sprays are nasty stuff.
Oh and did I say the wasps will get very very angry as they crawl out.

They dont return to old nests to avoid parasites that build up during the year, so a dormant one can be safely ignored.

[Mich the Tester]

Any recommendations?

Yep, Bath.

Wasps 19 - 35
(9 - 18) Bath
Tries:
Jacobs Tries:
Maddock 3, Barkley
Penalties:
Cipriani 4 Penalties:
Barkley 3

Conversions:
Walder Conversions:
Barkley 3

[TimberWolf]

If they sting you, can you provide a pain rating on the Schmidt Sting Pain Index please. It should be about 2.

[MarillionFan]

Yes, you need to do it late when the sun has gone down anf they have all returned to the nest. They do get very very very angry if they make it out of the nest, so use that foam stuff with an extension tube so you dont get too close when you spray.
The Organophosphates that are in those sprays are nasty stuff.
Oh and did I say the wasps will get very very angry as they crawl out.

They dont return to old nests to avoid parasites that build up during the year, so a dormant one can be safely ignored.

Cant I just stand on a ladder with a spray and then just mullah each one on the way out!?!?

[Churchill]

Cant I just stand on a ladder with a spray and then just mullah each one on the way out!?!?

JIHAD!!!!!!

Curse you infidel!!!

Ooops, wrong login!

[Babbage]

Good luck with that, there might be a thousand or more, and you have to kill the queen and grubs too. Dont forget about the bit where they get very very angry, you need to flood the opening with so much foam that they cant get out before the rest of the foam hasd made its way to the middle.

Mind you my dad had a wasp nest taken out of a tree a while ago and the pest man who came told him the largest nest he ever found was too big to fit into the back of his van in one go...

[MarillionFan]

Actually they look more like this. I think they might be honey bees, anyway they're increasing in volume above my porch.

I'm going up with some hairspray and a lighter I may be some time!

[TimberWolf]

I'm going up with some hairspray and a lighter I may be some time!

I think that only works on Bond villains.