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Hiya, wonder if anyone can give any advice.
It would appear some wasps have taken up residence in what i think is the stump of a very old Rose bush in the garden (its been there absolutely decades and I have never got round to actually digging it up and getting rid of it lol)
Was starting to tidy up the garden as it has got somewhat unruly and is in dire need of weeding/tidying up somewhat when i was dive bombed by several wasps and stung several times on the hand and face, my OH has stated that nothing as changed with my face and im still as ugly as sin
Have tried placing a plastic box over the stump for the moment but this has now created an unruly big gang of wasps now trying to get back into the stump
Any one got any ideas of how to approach this on the cheaper side of sorting/moving the wasps on as we have a dog that uses the garden and am slightly worried that they will attack it if it goes to near the stump, plus its stopping me from getting the rest of the garden done. Any ideas would be gratefully taken on board as i have never had to deal with getting rid of wasps before
It would appear some wasps have taken up residence in what i think is the stump of a very old Rose bush in the garden (its been there absolutely decades and I have never got round to actually digging it up and getting rid of it lol)
Was starting to tidy up the garden as it has got somewhat unruly and is in dire need of weeding/tidying up somewhat when i was dive bombed by several wasps and stung several times on the hand and face, my OH has stated that nothing as changed with my face and im still as ugly as sin
Have tried placing a plastic box over the stump for the moment but this has now created an unruly big gang of wasps now trying to get back into the stump
Any one got any ideas of how to approach this on the cheaper side of sorting/moving the wasps on as we have a dog that uses the garden and am slightly worried that they will attack it if it goes to near the stump, plus its stopping me from getting the rest of the garden done. Any ideas would be gratefully taken on board as i have never had to deal with getting rid of wasps before
google is your friend here.
We had wasps in the loft and called the nearest person I could find who wasn't one of these national aggregator phone lines with local numbers in every town.
He took the whole thing away for less than £50.
Next one I waited until they had all cleared off at the end of the year and got rid myself. They haven't come back.
We had wasps in the loft and called the nearest person I could find who wasn't one of these national aggregator phone lines with local numbers in every town.
He took the whole thing away for less than £50.
Next one I waited until they had all cleared off at the end of the year and got rid myself. They haven't come back.
Boosted LS1 said:
They sting you so you learn to keep away from the nest. I bet your dog's a lot smarter :-)
A friend of mine had a next by his shed and he threw boiling water over it. A few of the buggers chased him into the house to seek revenge.
Thanks for the response guys A friend of mine had a next by his shed and he threw boiling water over it. A few of the buggers chased him into the house to seek revenge.
See i didn't even know it was there and once stung a couple of times i legged it over the other side of the garden and was attacked again, if anyone looked out of there window they would have seen me taken my top off and flaying around like a mad man trying to stop them attacking me lol
Not sure on the council front will need to check that out if its only about £35 that will be pretty good as i was expecting it to be a lot more. Once they have vacated the stump ill dig it up and get rid off it
talksthetorque said:
hondafanatic said:
This is pitsonheads right?
Petrol. Match. Smartphone. YouTube. Job jobbed. Or I am doing this wrong?
If the wasps get you you may well end up with pits on heads.Petrol. Match. Smartphone. YouTube. Job jobbed. Or I am doing this wrong?
talksthetorque said:
hondafanatic said:
This is pitsonheads right?
Petrol. Match. Smartphone. YouTube. Job jobbed. Or I am doing this wrong?
If the wasps get you you may well end up with pits on heads.Petrol. Match. Smartphone. YouTube. Job jobbed. Or I am doing this wrong?
I know it's not much help today, but because we get occasional hornets (we live in the countryside) we have a spray that kills the buggers, and it works very well with wasps too. I used it only yesterday on a wasps nest under the edge of one of our velux windows. Buy a can and keep it handy. Less dangerous than the petrol/match suggestion, but not as much fun! 
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