wasps and hornets how do we get rid of them

stickywitch


Joined: 06/01/2010
Posts: 14

Message Posted:
01/08/2011 18:35

We have lots of wasps and Hornets in the garden. Does anyone have a sure way of getting rid of them. Tried burning coffee grains, fly killer etc, but to no use. Suggestions please.

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
01/08/2011 18:43

Whack 'em with a 'Mr. Pound' electric tennis raquet - good exercise, too!

pc4854


Joined: 23/08/2009
Posts: 243

Message Posted:
01/08/2011 19:04

You will have to identify their nests. In my own case the hornets were nesting in the ground and a spoon on the end of a long stick delivered ant powder to their site and they disappeared very quickly. In the case of the wasps, I had them in my roof space, so started spraying the entrances with cockroach spray and then after a few days attached the nest from inside the roof with the same spray. My nest was large and it took two or three weeks to eliminate them and several cans of spray. Beware you should wear thick clothing and gloves to avoid any stinging but I was not troubled. At the end I filled a supermarket carrier with the dead, there were a lot of them but I left the nest as the never recolonate an old site. Best wishes and good fortune

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
01/08/2011 19:19

Phone your Belidiye and with a bit of luck they will get rid of them before the winter!



We had a problem with bees a month ago then discovered they were nesting in our washing line pole (one of those whirly things) taped all the holes up and sprayed, no problem since.



Chris