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  • Wasp nest in the loft
  • jamesgarbett
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    Went in the loft today for the first time in ages

    There’s an impressive nest built upon the inside of the gable end wall

    99% sure it’s wasps rather than bees but I didn’t hang around too long to check

    Don’t see any way they can get into the house from there as we don’t use the loft much

    So am I OK to leave them be and what happens to them over the winter? Will they return to the same nest next year?

    one_happy_hippy
    Free Member

    Just burn your house down and be done with it.

    Then nuke the ashes from orbit, it’s the only way to be sure.

    m0rk
    Free Member

    Are you sure it’s a wasps nest? Go and give it a big kick to see.

    I’d get it killed though, and seal up however the little bastards got in.

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    martinhutch
    Full Member

    Cardboard box. Makeshift lid. Stick. Video camera.

    Extra marks for falling through the ceiling in desperation.

    Oh, alright. They don’t return to the same nest but may well try to come back to the same location for a fresh go next year. Are they coming through the light fittings yet?

    Scamper
    Free Member

    Isn’t the approved STW way of dealing with this situation to ignore the wife’s suggestion to get a professional in, go up semi naked, place the nest on a cushion, then fall down the loft steps into the awaiting wheelie bin?

    ernie_lynch
    Free Member

    So am I OK to leave them be…..

    Oh very good.

    Have you heard about Eric btw ?

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    TheBrick
    Free Member

    In most other situations I’d deal with it myself but you are really trapped in a loft! Pay someone else to risk their arse this time!

    m0rk
    Free Member

    Isn’t the approved STW way of dealing with this situation to ignore the wife’s suggestion

    I thought that was just the general thing men did. Wasn’t restricted to STW

    bruneep
    Full Member

    http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/wasps-nests-to-get-rid-of-or-not

    I found the foam spray most effective… 😈

    Tinners
    Full Member

    Thank you, Scamper. I’ve still got the tremor and the nervous tick whenever I hear a distant buzz.
    http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/when-you-spray-a-wasps-nest-how-fast-do-the-little-bs-come-out/page/2

    legend
    Free Member

    Wait till the evening, get some foam or powder, go crazy with it, hope it does the job.

    slowoldman
    Full Member

    They will probably come back. Get the council in to kill ’em. They normally leave the nest as wasps won’t come back to a dead ‘un. I had one done then a year or two later dropped the now empty nest into a bin bag and removed it.

    jamesgarbett
    Free Member

    Nah they’d never get through the inches of insulation to get to the light fitting

    Probably just leave them, they’re doing no harm, might have another look in a few months

    Daffy
    Full Member

    The council will come and remove it for £50.

    Daffy
    Full Member

    That nest is made from the wood from your joists

    Northwind
    Full Member

    Probably as a result of some man cleaning. “Oh, there’s a wasp’s nest here, should we get rid of it?” “Nah, you never know when it might come in useful, stick it in the attic then forget about it”

    deadkenny
    Free Member

    So long as they can’t find a hole into the house, just leave them. They’ll vacate the nest eventually and that one is dead and then you can bin/burn the nest. The queen will attempt to build another though and might come back to the loft again, or not.

    I’ve had nests in mine before. Discovered vacated nest inside a box for I think it was hifi stuff. Open box, sh’t!! Then *phew* seems dead. Beyond that I think there’s been more up there, but all I find are dead wasps lying about. Never get into the house though (saying that they probably will now as got the hatch open to cool the house).

    ell_tell
    Free Member

    Had an old nest in a loft space at work. Pest control chap said wasps don’t return to an old nest, and just yanked it off the joist and slung it in the wheelie bin!

    skids
    Free Member

    I would leave it, they need to go outside to hunt, probably not interesting it getting in the house

    jonnytheleyther
    Free Member

    Check your house insurance, some policies cover you for wasp nests in or around your property.

    manton69
    Full Member

    Just leave it. I had one in are red house that sounded like they were eating the joists. What thematically doing was bringing the cellulose back to the nest and building. Saying that this one was huge (covered and area of 3m2) but nobody in the house got stung, I did not need to go in the loft, and when they had left it wasa great thing to go and look at, but I did take it out as it took up so much space.

    It is still not as good as they guy in the New Forest who essentially let a hornet nest live in his spare room. The windows were all open and they just came in and built their nest. He just closed the door, taped up the gap and left them to it. They are fascinating creatures and try and find their nests to watch them (probably means I m strange as well).

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