Whats the most effective way of dealing with a wasps nest in our loft ?

TIA,

Cg...

"johnnybegood"  wrote in message
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> Whats the most effective way of dealing with a wasps nest in our loft ?
>
> TIA,
>
> Cg...
>

Be careful & cover yourself well if you're tackling it yourself...(my
advice - get an expert in)

Standard anti-ant (& wasp) powder from Wilko's and the like is all you need.
Locate the entry hole and puff generously into it (using a lance if poss,
and from a distance if poss).  Wasps will emerge rapidly & have a go at you
if you are near.  If they emerge white (covered in the powder), it's working
OK.  Within a few minutes you should see some of the (whitened) varmints
lying on the ground.  Job done.

If you actually want to remove the nest (once there's no sign of activity of
course) you may be able to remove it entire from within the loft if you can
get to it, otherwise you may need to just destroy it by breaking it up.  I
understand they don't usually return to an 'old' nest though.

Maybe other responders will have more expert advice - mine is based on
having 3 wasps nests in the loft over several years.  I have a healthy
respect for wasps now & keep out of their way!

Good luck.

In article <3lgSe.1348$ix3.110@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk>,
	"johnnybegood"  writes:

>Whats the most effective way of dealing with a wasps nest in our loft ?


Leaving it alone.
If they are entering via some broken/missing building material,
repair it at the end of the season when they've all died.

If for some reason you must get rid of it (as has happened in
the case of a couple of nests I had), you might have a read of
http://groups.google.com/group/uk.d-i-y/msg/9261cea3bf5b523c?dmode=source
for my way of dealing with it.

-- 
Andrew Gabriel

On Sat, 3 Sep 2005 12:06:23 UTC, "johnnybegood"  wrote:


> Whats the most effective way of dealing with a wasps nest in our loft ?


Mary will be along in a minute to tell you to leave the dear little 
waspies alone, and probably to feed them too!

Others will have real ideas...in my case I just bought some proprietary 
wasp nest treatment.

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In article , Bob Eager
<URL:mailto:rde42@spamcop.net> wrote:


> Mary will be along in a minute to tell you to leave the dear little 
> waspies alone, and probably to feed them too!


Not just Mary. There are many of us that object to senseless killing.

 > Others will have real ideas...in my case I just bought some proprietary 

> wasp nest treatment.


How about leaving them alone?
 

-- 
AJL

In message <3lgSe.1348$ix3.110@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk>, johnnybegood 
 writes

>Whats the most effective way of dealing with a wasps nest in our loft ?
>


I tried various methods for a wasps nest in a restricted area of my 
loft. The only method which really worked was to spray Nippon powder 
(for ants) around the area that they entered the loft space


-- 
geoff

In article <3lgSe.1348$ix3.110@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk>, abc@def.co.uk 
says...

> Whats the most effective way of dealing with a wasps nest in our loft ?
> 

Ignore it - they'll be gone in a few weeks.

On Sat, 3 Sep 2005 12:39:16 UTC, "Andy Luckman (AJL Electronics)" 
 wrote:


> In article , Bob Eager
> <URL:mailto:rde42@spamcop.net> wrote:
> 
> > Mary will be along in a minute to tell you to leave the dear little 
> > waspies alone, and probably to feed them too!
> 
> Not just Mary. There are many of us that object to senseless killing.
> 
>  > Others will have real ideas...in my case I just bought some proprietary 
> > wasp nest treatment.
> 
> How about leaving them alone?


Because I didn't want to.

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"Rob Morley"  wrote in message
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> In article <3lgSe.1348$ix3.110@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk>, abc@def.co.uk
> Ignore it - they'll be gone in a few weeks.
>

Not really an option if the nest entrance is immediately above a young kid's
fanlight window & the wasps lose their way and fly into the bedroom all the
time...  As was the case with us.