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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostYou 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.
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.
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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.
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Xog isn't going to be very happy when he reads this
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Originally posted by Diver View PostDo you mind, I'm trying to be pedantic and irritable, you are not supposed to give a carefully measured logical response
HTH BIDI.
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Originally posted by Scrag Meister View PostWe 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.
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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.
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostIt'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".
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Originally posted by Diver View PostHow does one kill an inanimate object like a wasp nest ...
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Originally posted by cojak View PostI'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.
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How does one kill an inanimate object like a wasp nest
The wasps can be killed yes, but not the nest as this is not a living thing.
Diver in pedantic mode
By the way, people who kill honey or bumble bees should be keelhauled
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Xog isn't going to be very happy when he reads this.
Don't kill the bees! Get a keeper round as mentioned.
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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.
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostYou think the camouflage paint works on wasps? Or did you mean you just applied a whole load of lippy, blusher, eye-liner and mascara before you did the deed? I did wear a balaclava. That's why it's important to do this work after dark. You look such a tit, you don't want anyone observing you.
For bees - call a local beekeeper, they'll remove it for free and give the bees a nice new home.
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