[northfifeduckling]

I just dicovered one in the caravan, where I keep some of my tools and seeds  - did not go in there during the rainy weeks -
how can I safely get rid of it? Torch it at night in the hope that the Caravan doesn't catch fire, too, and that they don't wake up to sting me to death?
If I just shut the door, how long until they all die?
I am scared of the blighters, as you can tell....HELP

[Greenerlife]

Get a can of wasp killer.  it sprays like foam, and you block off their exit.  Really easy to do - and effective!

[HelenVF]

Ditto to the above.  We had a wasp nest in one of the bird boxes in the garden.  OH bought the stuff, from Aldi, I think, or Wilkinson - certainly cheaper than garden centres, and sprayed it in the box, at night.  Problem solved.

Helen

[northfifeduckling]

thanks! will get some tomorrow

[SallyintNorth]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Find your local course fisherman.  He or she will be delighted to take care of your wasps' nest for you - wasp grubs are fantastic bait!

[northfifeduckling]

oh...want to come and get them, Sally? I can offer tea and cake 

[Fleecewife]

oh...want to come and get them, Sally? I can offer tea and cake 

 
 
If you don't need to go in there again for a few more weeks, why not just leave them?   They are great friends in the garden, feasting on caterpillars and grubs of all sorts of pests, and too busy to be interested in stinging you.    I don't like them coming in the house and either chase them out or squash them, but it would be a shame to kill the whole nest.   Once the cold weather comes (not that there's been any warm weather) they will all die off anyway, and the nest is not re-used.   Wasp nests are fascinating things to dissect - layers and layers of chewed up wood, turned into paper - one of the wonders of nature.
 
Now someone's going to say: Nuke 'em 

[SallyintNorth]

oh...want to come and get them, Sally? I can offer tea and cake 

If you were nearer my Pop, he'd be there in a flash!   

[Deere]

Hi,

If you haven't got any foam wasp killer to hand try some ant powder. Put plenty on the nest in the evening and if you can get some in the entrance and inside the nest that will help.

Do this and retreat to a safe place, repeating in a day or two will certainly get rid of them.

Good luck!

Tim

[hexhammeasure]

we leave the wasps alone if they are in the garden but will remove any in areas of habitation, the foam or wasp powder if you have any its difficult to get these days... do use it late in the day so wasps tread it into the nest not pick it up on the way out and spread it around the garden

[MAK]

If you don't want to leave them to it then you could try lighting a smoke bomb ( if they still sell them). I did one in a shed 30 years ago ( at dusk) and it worked a treat. The grubs lived but I did not know any fisherman in East Dulwich so I burnt the nest with the grubs and adults that I swept up the next day. I only wanted to get some canes out of the shed !!!