Wasp traps

Hitman_Leon · 8 Aug 2009 at 15:23

Ok apart from the usual designs with bottles anybody found a design that works better, im not having a great deal of luck getting the nasty little monsters to do themselves in. Ive tried the usual fruit juices and a drop of washing-up liquid but they dont want to go for it. Since the bins went on a fortnightly collection and we have large tubs for bottles and cans there are too many of the dam things. As much as I wash every can, bottle, jar ect out and clean the whole lot like new the wasps just wont stay away from the garden, a constant stream of the dam things going back and forth to the tub. I need to nuke these little monsters so my kids can play and not get chased.

V4NT0M · 8 Aug 2009 at 15:28

I'm guessing these are in a recycling box? Can you keep the box in the garage or something until collection day? Prevention is better than cure

Doonhamer · 8 Aug 2009 at 15:33

How old are your kids? Could you not just educate them on how to behave around wasps and then everybody is happy?

Dark_Angel · 8 Aug 2009 at 15:34

Doonhamer said:
How old are your kids? Could you not just educate them on how to behave around wasps and then everybody is happy?

What is that? scream like a little girl, swat at them and then profit?

meghatronic · 8 Aug 2009 at 15:35

There was an EPIC post on here that I wish I could find.

Basically, the jist is you dress up as a wasp and infiltrate the nest, kill them from within.

Hitman_Leon · 8 Aug 2009 at 15:35

Skyfall said:
I'm guessing these are in a recycling box? Can you keep the box in the garage or something until collection day? Prevention is better than cure

The thing is wherever I put the box the wasps keep coming,

Hitman_Leon · 8 Aug 2009 at 15:36

meghatronic said:
There was an EPIC post on here that I wish I could find.

Basically, the jist is you dress up as a wasp and infiltrate the nest, kill them from within.

If I knew where the base was I would use napalm.............

I get around · 8 Aug 2009 at 15:42

Find the nest, destroy it.
Get a decent bin bag, break the stringy bit of the nest and allow it to fall in the bag, close it off, after that, burn it.
Or move the box to somewhere else.

Hitman_Leon · 8 Aug 2009 at 15:45

I get around said:
Find the nest, destroy it.
Get a decent bin bag, break the stringy bit of the nest and allow it to fall in the bag, close it off, after that, burn it.
Or move the box to somewhere else.

Nest is probably in a neighbours overgrown weed patch, would need trackers and gps to find my way in and out.

V4NT0M · 8 Aug 2009 at 15:48

Awww, don't kill the poor buggers.

Maccy · 8 Aug 2009 at 15:50

Find the wasps nest and go mental with fly spray - I like Raid personally!

michael baxter · 8 Aug 2009 at 16:01

I suggest you try and find the nest, then call your local council.

Obviously, if you aggravate the nest in anyway, the wasps won't like you at all............

Hitman_Leon · 8 Aug 2009 at 16:38

I get around said:
Find the nest, destroy it.
Get a decent bin bag, break the stringy bit of the nest and allow it to fall in the bag, close it off, after that, burn it.
Or move the box to somewhere else.

If I found a nest like that I would be calling the citylink boys to do a delivery

, since they cant do anything right they would have the fun they deserve.

Rroff · 8 Aug 2009 at 16:42

bottle, funnel, some honey and a (smaller) bottle lid of alcohol should do the trick...

Hitman_Leon · 8 Aug 2009 at 16:47

Rroff said:
bottle, funnel, some honey and a (smaller) bottle lid of alcohol should do the trick...

At last a new trick, ill give it try, thanks

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2StepSteve · 8 Aug 2009 at 16:49

Doonhamer said:
How old are your kids? Could you not just educate them on how to behave around wasps and then everybody is happy?

I wouldn't mind wasps if it wasn't for the fact that it doesn't matter how nice you are to them they will insist on coming up to your face time and time again. They just don't take the hint! Take bumble bees for example they are lovely they do there thing and if you happen to get close to them they move away.

Call the council get them to take care of it

Hitman_Leon · 8 Aug 2009 at 16:52

2StepSteve said:
Call the council get them to take care of it

There's no nest to get rid of, just loads of the things around, so ive been trying different wasp traps.

Azagoth · 8 Aug 2009 at 16:54

Catch one, and nail it's beheaded corpse to the entrance of the nest with a badly spelled sign saying this is what happens when you **** about in your garden. For added effect, pluck a couple of it's legs off and stick one in it's mouth and the other up it's chuff!

Hitman_Leon · 8 Aug 2009 at 16:55

Rainmaker · 8 Aug 2009 at 17:11

Clearly, the moral of the tale is 'Don't recycle'.