help i have a wasps nest in the ground

gunners71uk · Sat Sep 17, 2005 7:49 pm

ok do i burn it out .drown it out or what ,,it is in the ground any ideas please

wulf · Post: # 6343Post **wulf** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 9:09 pm

How big is it?

Wulf

gunners71uk · Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:54 am

i am not sure wulf not to big a hollow in the ground, a small hole.its a council owned allotment but i dont want them all coming down,any suggestions ,

diver · Post: # 6346Post **diver** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 8:26 pm

we had one recently on our site,also council owned and we burned it out and then filled the hole with diluted jeyes fluid..it seemed to work but it was only last week so they might come back

wulf · Post: # 6358Post **wulf** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 9:52 am

What you want to avoid is wasps (angry wasps!) escaping while you're midway through destroying their home. In some ways, it's a shame to have to kill them at all, as they are part of the eco-system, but I can appreciate that the middle of your allotment is not a good place to have a nest.

I think wasps are diurnal (active during the day) so night time might be the best time to act when they're all at home asleep. If it's in the ground, I'd probably use fire followed by a good dousing of water, in case the fire didn't penetrate all they way through (although it would probably have sucked out all the oxygen). I'd then cover it overnight and dig the ground over the next day, probably removing the core of the nest to waste ground in case any kind of pherenomes survived.

Wulf