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By *unlovers OP Couple
over a year ago
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I have a manhole in the front garden and wasps seem to have made their home under it
I’m sick of them flying around the garden every time I go out to to the car
How can I get rid of them myself
Anyone else hav8ng this problem ??
I’ve been stung three times already
Tried ringing pest control but they want silly money |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I have a manhole in the front garden and wasps seem to have made their home under it
I’m sick of them flying around the garden every time I go out to to the car
How can I get rid of them myself
Anyone else hav8ng this problem ??
I’ve been stung three times already
Tried ringing pest control but they want silly money"
Your local council will do it for far less give them a ring.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Pour or spray soapy water on the nest... 
The mix of soap and water will kill them very quickly"
And if it doesn’t, at least they will smell pleasant when they sting you |
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Try spraying the nest with shaving foam.
Just be aware it’s possible that the more times you’re stung within a short timeframe, it could set off an allergic reaction. The second time I was stung on the hand within 2 weeks, the next day I ended up in A and E with a swollen and painful hand, even though I treated it the day before with vinegar and puriton!
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By *ild_oatsMan
over a year ago
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At night when the wasps are least active sprinkle ant powder around the entrance to the nest...
Or pour on some petrol light the blue touch paper and retire to a safe distance......
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Why the cook would I need a bee suit to get rid of them
Derrrrr"
It means they can live in peace and you dont need to destroy their home or kill them! Why should they suffer from your selfishness? Tut tut tut  |
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"Why the cook would I need a bee suit to get rid of them
Derrrrr
It means they can live in peace and you dont need to destroy their home or kill them! Why should they suffer from your selfishness? Tut tut tut "
Because their bastards |
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"Why the cook would I need a bee suit to get rid of them
Derrrrr
It means they can live in peace and you dont need to destroy their home or kill them! Why should they suffer from your selfishness? Tut tut tut
Because their bastards"
They're * |
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By *unlovers OP Couple
over a year ago
rotherham |
My selfishness
Hahaah
I never invited them into my garden and I didn’t mess with them in the first place so no reason to be stung
Just hate the little sods
Some good answers tho and thanx
The stupid answers where just a waste of reAd |
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"Why the cook would I need a bee suit to get rid of them
Derrrrr
It means they can live in peace and you dont need to destroy their home or kill them! Why should they suffer from your selfishness? Tut tut tut
Because their bastards
They're *"
Where? |
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Wait till evening.
Two buckets of boiling hot water down the hole as fast you can.
Have an exit planned so you don’t go running into something.
Prepare to get stung if it goes wrong.
Actually probably let the council deal with it.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"My selfishness
Hahaah
I never invited them into my garden and I didn’t mess with them in the first place so no reason to be stung
Just hate the little sods
Some good answers tho and thanx
The stupid answers where just a waste of reAd"
the hoover works my mate did it he used a Henry though |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Why the cook would I need a bee suit to get rid of them
Derrrrr
It means they can live in peace and you dont need to destroy their home or kill them! Why should they suffer from your selfishness? Tut tut tut
Because their bastards"
Humans are bigger bastards! Wasps are very very important for our eco systems. But joking aside, it must be a pain in the ass with a nest being so close! With the summer ending soon, they will leave the nest and never return. OP if you want to save money, just be patient! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I have a manhole in the front garden and wasps seem to have made their home under it
I’m sick of them flying around the garden every time I go out to to the car
How can I get rid of them myself
Anyone else hav8ng this problem ??
I’ve been stung three times already
Tried ringing pest control but they want silly money"
My pest control was £39
They kind of spray this dust stuff and tgere gone ..
Keep scouring Google for a deal
£39 is plenty |
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"I feel for you OP. I have a genuine fear of wasps. Can't stand them.
And the thought of them buzzing around my manhole doesn't bear thinking about.
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 ...I was stung once when I was nine: I'm 58 next month, four kids, three by C section and still being stung by a wasp the most painful thing I've endured. I freeze when I see one...(shudders). |
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"Why the cook would I need a bee suit to get rid of them
Derrrrr
It means they can live in peace and you dont need to destroy their home or kill them! Why should they suffer from your selfishness? Tut tut tut
Because their bastards
Humans are bigger bastards! Wasps are very very important for our eco systems. But joking aside, it must be a pain in the ass with a nest being so close! With the summer ending soon, they will leave the nest and never return. OP if you want to save money, just be patient! "
Oh okay cheers Dave |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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As another poster said wasps are a beneficial insect that play an important part in the eco system. They are especially useful in gardens for controlling afids and are good pollinators.
They dont live particularly long so if you can put up with them for a few weeks they will just die out naturally. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"As another poster said wasps are a beneficial insect that play an important part in the eco system. They are especially useful in gardens for controlling afids and are good pollinators.
They dont live particularly long so if you can put up with them for a few weeks they will just die out naturally."
They usually only use a nest once. As they die out...  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Why the cook would I need a bee suit to get rid of them
Derrrrr
It means they can live in peace and you dont need to destroy their home or kill them! Why should they suffer from your selfishness? Tut tut tut
Because their bastards
Humans are bigger bastards! Wasps are very very important for our eco systems. But joking aside, it must be a pain in the ass with a nest being so close! With the summer ending soon, they will leave the nest and never return. OP if you want to save money, just be patient!
Oh okay cheers Dave"
Actually, its SIR dave |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Why the cook would I need a bee suit to get rid of them
Derrrrr
It means they can live in peace and you dont need to destroy their home or kill them! Why should they suffer from your selfishness? Tut tut tut
Because their bastards
Humans are bigger bastards! Wasps are very very important for our eco systems. But joking aside, it must be a pain in the ass with a nest being so close! With the summer ending soon, they will leave the nest and never return. OP if you want to save money, just be patient!
Oh okay cheers Dave
Actually, its SIR dave"
Are you for real little boy ? |
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"Why the cook would I need a bee suit to get rid of them
Derrrrr
It means they can live in peace and you dont need to destroy their home or kill them! Why should they suffer from your selfishness? Tut tut tut
Because their bastards
Humans are bigger bastards! Wasps are very very important for our eco systems. But joking aside, it must be a pain in the ass with a nest being so close! With the summer ending soon, they will leave the nest and never return. OP if you want to save money, just be patient!
Oh okay cheers Dave
Actually, its SIR dave"
I know you make a valid point and I am just joking, it was something I already knew.
They pollunate (sp) half as much as bees but do kill tiny bugs.
I don't think they are that important, but do have a use.
What got me thinking was:
How cone they are labelled as a pest?
How come you can make money from killing them?
Half joking, half serious; Does the government need to act now before we lose them forever? |
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"I feel for you OP. I have a genuine fear of wasps. Can't stand them.
And the thought of them buzzing around my manhole doesn't bear thinking about.
...I was stung once when I was nine: I'm 58 next month, four kids, three by C section and still being stung by a wasp the most painful thing I've endured. I freeze when I see one...(shudders)."
I jump up and dance around like an idiot! X |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I feel for you OP. I have a genuine fear of wasps. Can't stand them.
And the thought of them buzzing around my manhole doesn't bear thinking about.
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Can't stop chuckling lol |
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I tried buying one last week to do my bit to save them.
I was walking past and noticed one in the pet shop. I walked in and went straight to the counter.
I'd like to buy a wasp please.
What?
I'd like to buy a wasp.
Sorry Sir, this is a pet shop, we don't sell wasps.
 well you got one in the window. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Why the cook would I need a bee suit to get rid of them
Derrrrr
It means they can live in peace and you dont need to destroy their home or kill them! Why should they suffer from your selfishness? Tut tut tut
Because their bastards
Humans are bigger bastards! Wasps are very very important for our eco systems. But joking aside, it must be a pain in the ass with a nest being so close! With the summer ending soon, they will leave the nest and never return. OP if you want to save money, just be patient!
Oh okay cheers Dave
Actually, its SIR dave
Are you for real little boy ? "
As real as they come! Little boy, ey? Hmm, I didnt realise you had access to my private gallery  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Why the cook would I need a bee suit to get rid of them
Derrrrr
It means they can live in peace and you dont need to destroy their home or kill them! Why should they suffer from your selfishness? Tut tut tut
Because their bastards
Humans are bigger bastards! Wasps are very very important for our eco systems. But joking aside, it must be a pain in the ass with a nest being so close! With the summer ending soon, they will leave the nest and never return. OP if you want to save money, just be patient!
Oh okay cheers Dave
Actually, its SIR dave
I know you make a valid point and I am just joking, it was something I already knew.
They pollunate (sp) half as much as bees but do kill tiny bugs.
I don't think they are that important, but do have a use.
What got me thinking was:
How cone they are labelled as a pest?
How come you can make money from killing them?
Half joking, half serious; Does the government need to act now before we lose them forever?"
I know mate, Im just joking around myself |
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By *good-being-badMan
over a year ago
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Are you sure they're wasps ?
If you can leave it be.. it'll die off in autumn, wasps have a bad press they're not flying terrorists that are trying to harm us.. If you leave them alone they'll leave you alone, as others have said they're part of a greater eco system that we constantly interfere with and fu*K up.. |
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You can buy wasp killing powder. Sprinkle it around the nest at night, wasps are less likely to be out. I did this with the nest they built under my bedroom window, they were all dead 24hr later. Check the label for a pet advisory first though. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"We wheretalking wasps
Just had hose pipe on them
They might be good for the eco system but they no bloody good to me"
Good for you
Ignore all the eco crap
They are twats with a spike attached to their arses
KILL THEM !!!!! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Why the cook would I need a bee suit to get rid of them
Derrrrr
It means they can live in peace and you dont need to destroy their home or kill them! Why should they suffer from your selfishness? Tut tut tut
Because their bastards
Humans are bigger bastards! Wasps are very very important for our eco systems. But joking aside, it must be a pain in the ass with a nest being so close! With the summer ending soon, they will leave the nest and never return. OP if you want to save money, just be patient!
Oh okay cheers Dave
Actually, its SIR dave
Are you for real little boy ?
As real as they come! Little boy, ey? Hmm, I didnt realise you had access to my private gallery "
Haha |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Pour or spray soapy water on the nest...
The mix of soap and water will kill them very quickly"
No it doesn't. Tried hot soapy water twice this morning. The angry little feckers are still next to my driver door, very much alive  |
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If you can see their entrance/exit, give it a liberal spray of WD40. They get coated by it and it kills them, and they wont come back. I've done it in air bricks on the side of the house, and they were gone by the next day. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Obviously get a professional to deal with them unless you fancy a go yourself.
But a handy tip to keep numbers away from your premises, is get a jam jar about a quarter filled with jam. Then add water till it's about halfway to three quarters full of liquid. Shake it up to make a lovely sticky necter, then jab a hole in the top of the lid. About the size of a 5 pence piece.
Once the jar gets full of dead wasps you tip them out and start again |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Obviously get a professional to deal with them unless you fancy a go yourself.
But a handy tip to keep numbers away from your premises, is get a jam jar about a quarter filled with jam. Then add water till it's about halfway to three quarters full of liquid. Shake it up to make a lovely sticky necter, then jab a hole in the top of the lid. About the size of a 5 pence piece.
Once the jar gets full of dead wasps you tip them out and start again "
Also place away from where there are loads of them. It keeps them away from places. |
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By *good-being-badMan
over a year ago
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"Doc Martin. I think 52 quid is expensive just to remove a bloody nest
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If it's underground they won't remove the nest... if it's above ground they don't ..they squirt in a powder from a Lance and a minute later relieve you of said pounds and they're off.. it's still a live nest only now with pissed off wasps |
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"Get a metal pan or bowl... Half full it with dried coffee grouts and set fire to them, place as close to the nest as you can get... They don't like the smoke and will leave"
Never heard of that one! Sounds quite a good idea. Apparently USA police used to burn coffee grounds in the kitchens of houses where decomposed bodies had been found. It helped to mask the smell and it wasn't an unpleasant smell to humans. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I feel for you OP. I have a genuine fear of wasps. Can't stand them.
And the thought of them buzzing around my manhole doesn't bear thinking about.
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Quite. I was sunbathing nude the other day and one landed on my cock. I have never been so still in all my life |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"For all those that gave me good and genuine advice about the wasps
Thank you
I actually put loads of ant powder down and they seem to have all gone so I’m now a happy bunny
Xxx"
you're welcome glad to be of service |
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"As another poster said wasps are a beneficial insect that play an important part in the eco system. They are especially useful in gardens for controlling afids and are good pollinators.
They dont live particularly long so if you can put up with them for a few weeks they will just die out naturally."
Totally agree |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"For all those that gave me good and genuine advice about the wasps
Thank you
I actually put loads of ant powder down and they seem to have all gone so I’m now a happy bunny
Xxx"
That's right. A few come back into the best with the powder on them and it's enough to kill the whole lot. |
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My ex wife was stung on the face by a wasp. The little fuckers stinger got stuck and wouldn't detach.
She was screaming and flapping about with a wasp stuck to her cheek.
Luckily I was able to kill the wasp by smashing it with a shovel.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"As another poster said wasps are a beneficial insect that play an important part in the eco system. They are especially useful in gardens for controlling afids and are good pollinators.
They dont live particularly long so if you can put up with them for a few weeks they will just die out naturally.
Totally agree "
you live up to your username for sure, you are a believer in letting living things live then? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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You can buy a spray that's quite cheap with a long jet on it so you can spray at a distance. If there's no big opening on the manhole though you'd need somebody brave (or stupid) enough to pull it open a bit first!
Best to do when darker as they're less active and you'll need to warn your neighbours too as they'll be really pissed off once you disturb them!
In my oponion, council is best option. |
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Just spotted this thread before I was going to start a similar one.
For us this year has been terrible for wasps.
We've never known a summer with so many and them being so aggressive.
The last time either of us got stung was over 20 years ago but this year Mrs H has been stung 7 times. So far I've managed to escape but it's almost impossible to sit out in the garden without at least half a dozen buzzing around you.
A couple of years ago we had a nest above the garage door (even then we had nothing like the trouble we've had this year) so we thought that we must have another one close by, but it's not just at home. Here in Germany they are everywhere. Is it just here or has anyone noticed a similar spike in the UK?
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Just spotted this thread before I was going to start a similar one.
For us this year has been terrible for wasps.
We've never known a summer with so many and them being so aggressive.
The last time either of us got stung was over 20 years ago but this year Mrs H has been stung 7 times. So far I've managed to escape but it's almost impossible to sit out in the garden without at least half a dozen buzzing around you.
A couple of years ago we had a nest above the garage door (even then we had nothing like the trouble we've had this year) so we thought that we must have another one close by, but it's not just at home. Here in Germany they are everywhere. Is it just here or has anyone noticed a similar spike in the UK?
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I've had the opposite, I usually get stung but haven't encountered any wasps or nests this year. Have noticed a pleasant increase in bees by me instead. |
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"Why the cook would I need a bee suit to get rid of them
Derrrrr
It means they can live in peace and you dont need to destroy their home or kill them! Why should they suffer from your selfishness? Tut tut tut
Because their bastards
Humans are bigger bastards! Wasps are very very important for our eco systems. But joking aside, it must be a pain in the ass with a nest being so close! With the summer ending soon, they will leave the nest and never return. OP if you want to save money, just be patient!
Oh okay cheers Dave
Actually, its SIR dave
I know you make a valid point and I am just joking, it was something I already knew.
They pollunate (sp) half as much as bees but do kill tiny bugs.
I don't think they are that important, but do have a use.
What got me thinking was:
How cone they are labelled as a pest?
How come you can make money from killing them?
Half joking, half serious; Does the government need to act now before we lose them forever?"
I stand corrected.
The people on The BBC are saying 'just as important as Bees'.
Still stripey bastards. If I see one today I will try and have a chat and perhaps offer a high 5 as we go our separate ways.
If there are any wasps reading this I do apologise for getting you wrong. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I think it was this thread did it got stung on leg by a wasp Saturday first time in my life can still feel the poison in my leg now the little bugger and for all the insect lovers out there he didn’t survive |
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