Wasp removal

[oldtimer]

Can anyone give me some advice on getting rid of a wasp's nest in the garden?

My problem is that they have built a nest right next to the fish pond inside a plant and all conventional wasp killer is toxic to fish and pond life. I can't just leave them as the pond is right by the kitchen, barbecue and outdoor eating area.

I have tried squirting them with diluted washing up liquid as advised on YouTube, playing a garden hose on them, and smoking them out with damp paper. I even squirted lighter fluid over the area and set light to it. Result: damaged plant and warm but clean and happy wasps.

Any suggestions, short of moving house, welcome.

 

[mrcharly]

Wheelie bin liner - put over entire plant. Squirt in large amount of 'wasp killer spray'. Leave bin liner in place for over 24hours.

Probably best to do this with some buttoned-up clothes on. Hat and an old net curtain over your head, gloves on hands. Looks stupid but better looking stupid than in "%$^£$%^& pain from wasp stings.

 

[Goatboy]

Carefully place 3 tied together Guy Fawkes night "bangers on nest, light and retire... No don't that was a joke.

 

[yoko]

Can't chop the involved part of the plant and take it elsewhere? After smoking them (makes them dizzy) and properly protected. Not an expert myself, anyway.

 

[bushwacker bob]

Ant powder works very well on wasps, so does WD40 but wait until its dark and squirt a can of builders fillerfoam into the nest.

 

[wingstoo]

Sem-tex... Or get a professional in and get them killed off properly, in years gone by you could by Cyanide to dust the nest with, but not too good around fish.

 

[Goatboy]

Sem-tex... Or get a professional in and get them killed off properly, in years gone by you could by Cyanide to dust the nest with, but not too good around fish.

Funny I was talking of adventures had using Cymag (Cyanide dust) last night. Scary stuff.

 

[yoko]

Why kill them? Just take them away. The plant will grow back again. Their lives won't. And their niche is worth keeping.

 

[BATMAN]

 

[British Red]

Is it nerdy that I know that he has 1/4 and 1/2 choke in there?

Nest over a fish pond is always going to be a problem. Best bet is a full bee suit, gauntlets and something to carry it in - remove it and deal with it elsewhere. Petrol fumes will work (not burning it - just the fumes).

Without a bee suit to move it, no easy answers spring to mind, sorry

 

[yoko]

Smoke them goood, chop the branch and put in a disposable cloth bag. At the angry buzz, drop and leave. They will find their way out of yours.

 

[demographic]

[video=youtube;aCbfMkh940Q]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCbfMkh940Q[/video]

 

[British Red]

[video=youtube;vRp7tYWnJJs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRp7tYWnJJs[/video]

 

[Goatboy]

One of these?

[video=youtube;6Y6lZmLdtR4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y6lZmLdtR4[/video]

 

[wingstoo]

You're just being silly now...

 

[Goatboy]

You're just being silly now...

Yes?...........

 

[yoko]

Love the smell of dead ideas in the morning...

 

[Paddytray]

I would pay for a pro and watch for any balls ups from afar . I'd rather lose the money and have a giggle . Than be stung by an angry nest again. As a kid I was duped into putting a stick into a hole . Only as I did it the others ran away . I turned back to look at the noise coming from the stick & hole and realized my hands and chest had a fair few wasps on them . They stung the hell out of me and eventually started on my face . Then going for my eyes . I was in agony and spent the night on a drip .

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[Stew]

Ant powder works very well on wasps, so does WD40 but wait until its dark and squirt a can of builders fillerfoam into the nest.

Ant powder is the way I would go to. Actually quite easy to dose accurately if you use a scoop on the end of a stick.