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AARRRRGGGGHHH !!

I got one in my shed !!!!

What should I do ?????

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say get rid of it i hate them... got stung on my chin 2 weeks back.... while i was asleep
 
before i saw the pics i thought you had a cobra on your shed. :D
 
I know they`re horrible things, I hate the buggers, but you have to admit they`re pretty clever builders. Some of the huge nests are amazing.
 
sportysnaps said:
do you want to kill/remove it or take photos??
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i ask so as not to upset - i have remove two in the past

the first i sprayed with carpet glue :eek: - and left it for a day - all the flying wasps were stuck to the outside the rest were stuck inside - the second i removed by using a saucepan of very hot water - knock the nest off into the pan and fit the lid - leave for a few hours... those that did not burn will drown
 
As much as they are pests, you have to appreciate the way they build them. What are they made from?

(kill them by the way)
 
Borats Baby said:
AARRRRGGGGHHH !!

I got one in my shed !!!!

What should I do ?????
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Cool :thumbs:
1st Don't panic
2nd it looks about the size of a golf ball?
it won't bother you for a bit but the quickest and cheapest way is to deal with it now
wait until after dark everyone will be asleep in the nest.
knock it into a soft but strong bag, ( small sack type thing) from the top it will come away very easilly BUT mind it doesn't come apart in the process, then stamp on it hard!!!
That will destroy the Queen, grubs etc don't shine a torch at it either, that will wake them up and they will leave thinking its morning.
Or wait a month or two until its a decent size then pay a pestie about £50 to destroy it :thumbs:
 
wasps have queens?? and cobra sometimes you sound so respectful of the little buggers lol, almost in love with them lol
 
Cobra said:
Cool :thumbs:
1st Don't panic
2nd it looks about the size of a golf ball?
it won't bother you for a bit but the quickest and cheapest way is to deal with it now
wait until after dark everyone will be asleep in the nest.
knock it into a soft but strong bag, ( small sack type thing) from the top it will come away very easilly BUT mind it doesn't come apart in the process, then stamp on it hard!!!
That will destroy the Queen, grubs etc don't shine a torch at it either, that will wake them up and they will leave thinking its morning.
Or wait a month or two until its a decent size then pay a pestie about £50 to destroy it :thumbs:
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:) Thanks

I'll get on to it tonight.

It does seem a shame as now that I've followed your wasp blog, I kind of feel so much respect for them and the work they put in to them nests.

Still, cant have em stingin the kids can we.....

How many wasps would a nest of this size accomodate ?
 
Wasp stings don't kill you, unless you're allergic or something.

Seems like unnessacary cruelty to me :shrug:
 
Ashers said:
wasps have queens?? and cobra sometimes you sound so respectful of the little buggers lol, almost in love with them lol
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Yep the queens build the golf ball size nest and as it " grows & matures" she controls the the whole issue with pheromone signals.
Yep I do have a lot of respect for all the pests I deal with. I admire their abillity to work together as a group, and their general behaviour pattern.
You have to be able to understand animal behaviour ( I have a degree in it) to do the job quickly and efficiently.
Just because I kill them it doesn't mean I hate or disrespect any of them. :thumbs:

Borats Baby said:
:) Thanks

I'll get on to it tonight.

It does seem a shame as now that I've followed your wasp blog, I kind of feel so much respect for them and the work they put in to them nests.

Still, cant have em stingin the kids can we.....

How many wasps would a nest of this size accomodate ?
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Its OK at the moment but in a couple of months they may well become a danger to young kids and pets.
It looks similar to mine so I guess 1 queen half a dozen workers and about 3 dozen eggs / lavae
 
Ewan said:
Wasp stings don't kill you, unless you're allergic or something.

Seems like unnessacary cruelty to me
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True, but let's face it, wasps are a pain in the rear. To little kids, the sting can be rather painfull, especially if it gets bigger and more of them decide to sting at once. It's in a shed as well! If it was high up in a tree in the garden, I'd kinda see where you are coming from. Atleast this way it's quick.
 
Ewan said:
Wasp stings don't kill you, unless you're allergic or something.

Seems like unnessacary cruelty to me :shrug:
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one or two are no problem but by the end of the summer that nest would have grown to contain circa 5,000 do you really fancy getting between the nest and that amount of workers? :shrug:

Do you have young kids or pets? a wasp sting in the mouth will swell the tongue in seconds choking the pet / child in a few more unless you can cut in to the wind pipe to allow the pet / person to breathe.
Obviously if you have a nest in your garden / loft / shed then its your choice whether to destroy it or not.

 
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It is decades since I was last stung by a wasp or a bee and IIRC it was bloody painful, I recall once trying to pull the sting out as it was still wriggling and pumping the poison in.
 
Galaxy66 said:
It is decades since I was last stung by a wasp or a bee and IIRC it was bloody painful, I recall once trying to pull the sting out as it was still wriggling and pumping the poison in.
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That would be a Bee,
the poison sacs are left behind on the barbed sting
and do continue to "pump" once the Bee is flicked off.
Wasp stings are not barbed but will occasionally break off
if you "hit" them hard enough.

Whether or not this is an urban legend I don't know,
but supposedly, if a Bee stings and you don't react in any way
they can remove the sting by going anti-clockwise,
and it doesn't hurt anywhere near as much as its only "one hit"
as opposed to the sac full of a disembowled bee.
If anyone has the courage to find out I would be interested in the results :D
 
Got any annoying neighbours?

Lob it over their fence :lol:
 
Destroy it!!!!!

Saw a documentary once when working in the UK, and it showed the actual damage wasps do to other insects (such as the honeybee). Capable of destroyinf entire colonies in hours.
Bees are useful (go to any supermarket and pick up a jar of honey!). Wasps are a menace!
 
Well, after prodding it a few times to see if anything came out, nothing did.

So I knocked it into a cereal box and closed the lid pronto !!

I heard nowt so I gave it a good shake. Still heard nowt so I opened the box.

A thousand wasps all flew out and attacked me viciously........

.....nah, it was vacant really.

Job done.

Thanks Cobra for the advice !!
 
My other half said she sat in the garden the other day and watch half a dozen wasps getting to work on a wooden patio chair. She could see and hear them chomping chuks from this chair. After a couple of hours the damage was really visable (she could not see where they were going though). Luckily it was not our garden or our chairs!!
 
Borats Baby said:
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Job done.

Thanks Cobra for the advice !!
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No worries I'm glad your sorted :thumbs:

MG TF 135 said:
My other half said she sat in the garden the other day and watch half a dozen wasps getting to work on a wooden patio chair. She could see and hear them chomping chuks from this chair. After a couple of hours the damage was really visable (she could not see where they were going though). Luckily it was not our garden or our chairs!!
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I can vouch for the fact that this is exactly what happens and yes, if its quiet you really can hear them chewing :thumbs:
 
Cobra said:
Whether or not this is an urban legend I don't know, but supposedly, if a Bee stings and you don't react in any way
they can remove the sting by going anti-clockwise, and it doesn't hurt anywhere near as much as its only "one hit" as opposed to the sac full of a disembowled bee.

If anyone has the courage to find out I would be interested in the results :D
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I've kept bees for some 20 odd years and have heard this too. I've been daft enough to experiment and come to the conclusion that it isn't true - the way in which the bee disengages just seems to be random. In the main they tend to tear away (as opposed to rotating) and leave the sting in my flesh.

The venom sac continues pumping if left (I've always wimped out before the 30 second mark) and that is painful; the swelling lasts for days.

Another bummer I recall from my early days is attempting to nip the pulsating sting/sac off and doing so inexpertly. Done wrong it has the effect of squeezing the venom into your person. Ouch!
 
Alison said:
I've kept bees for some 20 odd years and have heard this too. I've been daft enough to experiment and come to the conclusion that it isn't true - the way in which the bee disengages just seems to be random. In the main they tend to tear away (as opposed to rotating) and leave the sting in my flesh.

The venom sac continues pumping if left (I've always wimped out before the 30 second mark) and that is painful; the swelling lasts for days.

Another bummer I recall from my early days is attempting to nip the pulsating sting/sac off and doing so inexpertly. Done wrong it has the effect of squeezing the venom into your person. Ouch!
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Ouch indeed Alison:(
Oh well another "theory" bites the dust :D
 
What if a bee sting is left in you and you try and pull it out, Will more of the sting go in to your body?

Now that sounds painful :runaway:

Tony
 
Borats Baby said:
Well, after prodding it a few times to see if anything came out, nothing did.

So I knocked it into a cereal box and closed the lid pronto !!

I heard nowt so I gave it a good shake. Still heard nowt so I opened the box.

A thousand wasps all flew out and attacked me viciously........

.....nah, it was vacant really.

Job done.

Thanks Cobra for the advice !!
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Could it be dormant? Or maybe they were all out visiting relatives and came back to no home...:lol:
 
Techno-Geek said:
What if a bee sting is left in you and you try and pull it out, Will more of the sting go in to your body?

Now that sounds painful :runaway:

Tony
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the short answer is yes, Tony

MikeeB said:
Could it be dormant? Or maybe they were all out visiting relatives and came back to no home...:lol:
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Wasps nest generally aren't dormant they are either active or dead
A large nest at the end of the season may be dormant in the sense that the workers will have died but the queen is "sleeping" ready for next year but its not that common and is the way these "huge" nests are produced as the new seasons worker build on the exisisting size not the golfball size that the new queens build each year
 
Cobra said:
the short answer is yes, Tony
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Oh flip, can they nest in anywhere? i remember we had one in one of our sheds. We had to have a proper guy come round with all the gear on and spray it.

Will they only sting if threatened?

Tony
 
Techno-Geek said:
Oh flip, can they nest in anywhere?
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Pretty much, roof spaces are favourite closely followed by
hanging from trees,in bushes, holes in walls,
in the ground, in old furniture, in under sheds...the list goes on
Techno-Geek said:
Will they only sting if threatened?
Tony
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Generally yes but as I have said previously in "my thread"
if you stand directlyin the flight path near the nest, or touch the nest in any way they will attack.
Entering a dark roof space that contains a nest and shining a torch or lamp is another way to get stung, they are attracted to light like most, if not all insects. They ( wasps) will fly "down the beam" and attack what ever is at the other end, I never enter a roof space with a suspected nest without a "suit" on
 
Techno-Geek said:
What if a bee sting is left in you and you try and pull it out, Will more of the sting go in to your body?
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Alison said:
Done wrong it has the effect of squeezing the venom into your person. Ouch!
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Imagine a syringe in miniature, or better still a tiny balloon attached to a hollow needle. Needle = the sting (i.e. venom delivery system), balloon = the venom container.

The needle is stuck in your arm and you want to get it off. If you squeeze the balloon, you'll effectively inject yourself with the given fluid. You need to get your finger nail behind the bit where the needle joins the balloon and deftly whip the needle out without touching the balloon.

For the purposes of illustration I will try and get close up selfie of me being stung at some point this week. Any tips on setting the camera up beforehand so that this can be done as quickly as possible in one swift take would be most appreciated! :lol:
 
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