Wasps in loft

[clock man]

Anybody know about removing a wasp nest?

I wanted to do some work in the roof space but found a small but active wasp nest. Bought myself a £45 bee suit and removed the nest into a tupperware. Removed it to the bottom of the garden and removed the lid before retiring to a safe distance.

Following day I check on the removed nest which has basically turned to mush due to overnight rain but still crawling with wasps.

Got back in the loft to find wasps working on the spot where the nest had been.

The problem is the roof space is only a crawl space about 3m wide and 1m high so getting in and out takes about 5 minutes. Even with the bee suit I think I would be at risk if I disturbed the wasps that are still active, swift exit not being possible.

So my question is whether the wasps working in the loft have returned from the removed nest which I deposited around 20m from the house; or were they left behind when I removed the nest?

 

[Feek]

Looking forward to hearing more.

 

[Freddie1980]

Lets just say you've come to the right forum. For reasons that have yet to be determined this Computer forum is made up of large number of members who's fathers are experts at this sort of thing.

 

[Josh]

Queen wasps?

 

[Junglist]

Where is the Queen?

 

[SoliD]

Peanut butter.

 

[Freddie1980]

Looking forward to hearing more.

Who's alt account is this? There's I find it highly dubious someone registers to a nerd forum only for their first question to be wasp related.

 

[cyber69]

Either your local council will remove it all and treat any remaining infestation for a one off cost or your house insurance may provide cover

 

[Mercenary Keyboard Warrior]

You need to assume your boxing stance then apply mustard

 

[clock man]

Who's alt account is this? There's I find it highly dubious someone registers to a nerd forum only for their first question to be wasp related.

Home and Garden nerds on the home and garden forum section - obvs

Am I mistaken?

 

[gc123]

local council ,

 

[Haze]

Troll...

 

[Haze]

Home and Garden nerds on the home and garden forum section - obvs

Am I mistaken?

Work out how they get into the loft, stop them from being able to get into the loft. Rocket science

 

[Zefan]

Did you use mustard as suggested?

 

[Pho]

I'd probably leave them be[e]? Apparently wasps don't come back to the same nest next year so you could just leave it until they leave by their own accord around October/December time and then clear it out.

That's what I did on my loft when I had a huge nest in there anyway.

 

[Semple]

Home and Garden nerds on the home and garden forum section - obvs

Am I mistaken?

It's just an old inside joke don't worry.

 

[Hagar]

I think that the correct approach is to nuke it from outer space. That may cause more than a little structural damage so I would tend to approach a person with expertise in pest control first.

 

[Terminal_Boy]

Get a tin of the deadly foam. Sticks to the nest and everything dies.

 

[neilw]

Does the nest have a letterbox?

 

[Siliconslave]

This is going to sound a little crazy but bare with me - use petrol - the fumes will kill off the wasps so wait till night when they'll all be back in there, put a small cup of petrol in a large open container in the space and seal off as well as you can. Also worth trying (if you can) to seal off the opening they are getting in via once they are dead - if it needs ventilation then get some <10mm metal mesh over the holes.