Just killed my first wasp nest

[ctdctd]

I'm not completely sure the are bees and I'd feel an ejit if I got a beekeeper in and discovered that they are wasps.

Also a long ladder is needed to get at them.

Take a photo of one, zoom in and put it on here - someone will know!

[NotAllThere]

How does one kill an inanimate object like a wasp nest ...

It's being used in a figurative sense, in that it is a community of insects. I've destroyed that community life, by destroying the inhabitants - hence "killed".

[Diver]

It's being used in a figurative sense, in that it is a community of insects. I've destroyed that community life, by destroying the inhabitants - hence "killed".

Do you mind, I'm trying to be pedantic and irritable, you are not supposed to give a carefully measured logical response

[Scrag Meister]

We have a dead nest in the loft of our extension the size of a football, along with a couple of smaller ones, all seem to be inactive.

[MarillionFan]

We have a dead nest in the loft of our extension the size of a football, along with a couple of smaller ones, all seem to be inactive.

Probably waiting for your elsewhere.

[NotAllThere]

Do you mind, I'm trying to be pedantic and irritable, you are not supposed to give a carefully measured logical response

You mean you didn't detect the dripping sarcasm? I must try harder. Perhaps if I'd ended it:

HTH BIDI.

[xoggoth]

Xog isn't going to be very happy when he reads this

Darn right. BASTARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[d000hg]

Used the can of wasp killer spray technique

What is that? You have to stand there spraying, or more like a smoke bomb you put down and then run away?

[NotAllThere]

You stand 3-4m away and spray the nest for a few seconds. Then you go closer and spray into the entrance. Then you run away.

The spray for wasp nests is under more pressure than a can of fly spray.

[MarillionFan]

You stand 3-4m away and spray the nest for a few seconds. Then you go closer and spray into the entrance. Then you run away.

The spray for wasp nests is under more pressure than a can of fly spray.

Nah.

You get in right close, then stick your eye right up to the main entrance so they can see the veins in your retina. You then say 'Little wasp, little wasp, come out before I blow your house away'. You then proceed to take each wasp on by swinging the can as a baton until they are all dead. Only a total wimp sprays them.