Wasps Nest - Help!!

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Not really sure how to search this on the net so I thought I'd ask here as I've seen a few odd "legal" questions being pointed in the right direction.

Out of the front of my house is a path and then a wire fence with an allotment at the other side.

This morning I left the house and noticed a few wasps coming from some carpet placed up against the fence that the allotment tenant uses in the winter. As I watched it more, I realised there was a nest in there.

As it is less than 2 yards away from my front door, I envisage them becoming a problem as the season draws to a close (drunk and angry wasps) and could put off possible buyers (we're selling the house) and would like it to be removed.

But what I want to know is whose responsibility is it to have it removed, the allotment tenant, the allotment manager, or me? And where do I stand on the whole issue?

I cannot wholly access the nest through the fence so I would not be able to just deal with it.

Please help guys!
 
Here, a phone call to the council and £45 will see the end of the wasps nest.
Responsibility or not, for me I'd pay every time :lol:
 
Get a can of Raid wasp nest destroyer

Stand well back, it has a very powerful jet and give the nest a good dousing

Works a treat and nobody need know who did the deed
 
tijuana taxi said:
Get a can of Raid wasp nest destroyer

Stand well back, it has a very powerful jet and give the nest a good dousing

Works a treat and nobody need know who did the deed
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I can't get close enough to deal with it myself.
 
viv1969 said:
Here, a phone call to the council and £45 will see the end of the wasps nest.
Responsibility or not, for me I'd pay every time :lol:
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From what I have found, they cannot do it with consent from the land owner.

I will be calling the manager tomorrow but I'd like to know where I stand and what I can do before calling.

Fingers crossed they'll be fine but I wanted to check.
 
tijuana taxi said:
Get a can of Raid wasp nest destroyer

Stand well back, it has a very powerful jet and give the nest a good dousing

Works a treat and nobody need know who did the deed
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It's not illegal to get rid of wasps nests so far as I know.
Bees, yes.
 
You said it was less than two yards from your front door, this thing sprays about 20 ft or so

If you need to get in the allotment, wait until it gets dark and nip over the fence, old bill won't be interested as trespass is a civil offence.

It's not illegal to get rid of wasps nests so far as I know.
Bees, yes.
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Only said that in case the allotment bloke got a bit stroppy, funny old sods some of them as I remember from a kid when we nicked their strawberries and rhubarb. Admittedly now i'm an old fart that would wind me up no end too, sure they would be well chuffed to know that eating it all gave me the tom tits
 
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We had a nest of them in the garden a few years back. There was hundreds of them flying about an opening in the wall pillar. It was a wall between us and the neighbours, so spoke to them about sharing the bill on getting rid. Strangely over that weekend, before I made the call, the nest disappeared. They just buggered off, thankfully. No idea why. I do remember spraying hot water into the hole, and the guy who cuts our grass lit some paper to smoke them out. They must have got the message.
 
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This is an easy one. As the nest is so close, you should be able to have it sorted within 2-3 days.
Go to a hardware store and buy a container of wasp nest killer (make sure you get the powder, not an aerosol).
When it gets darker, and the wasps are just about all in (doesn't matter if a few are still out), get as close to the area they are flying out from (are you able to see the place in the carpet the wasps are leaving from? And is it only one place as they do sometimes use a few exits).
Anyway, using the puffer type bottle it comes in, spray the powder liberally round the area where they go in (you don't have to make sure it all goes in the entrance), what happens is the wasps come back, land around the entrance and stand on the powder, this clings to their legs and they take it into the nest.
You need to give this a few days to work.
I used to collect nests for fishing and this was my chosen method and never got stung. It will take a few days as you will have grubs turning, so you may think it has worked, then you see a few more. If you so wish, on the 2nd night spray the powder again.
Hope this helps.
 
Night Ops, gallon of petrol and a box of Swan Vesta :thumbs:
 
Reidy36 said:
This is an easy one. As the nest is so close, you should be able to have it sorted within 2-3 days.
Go to a hardware store and buy a container of wasp nest killer (make sure you get the powder, not an aerosol).
When it gets darker, and the wasps are just about all in (doesn't matter if a few are still out), get as close to the area they are flying out from (are you able to see the place in the carpet the wasps are leaving from? And is it only one place as they do sometimes use a few exits).
Anyway, using the puffer type bottle it comes in, spray the powder liberally round the area where they go in (you don't have to make sure it all goes in the entrance), what happens is the wasps come back, land around the entrance and stand on the powder, this clings to their legs and they take it into the nest.
You need to give this a few days to work.
I used to collect nests for fishing and this was my chosen method and never got stung. It will take a few days as you will have grubs turning, so you may think it has worked, then you see a few more. If you so wish, on the 2nd night spray the powder again.
Hope this helps.
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Which is all well and good....except....

SThornton said:
I can't get close enough to deal with it myself.
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Thank you all for the advice on how to get rid of the nest but I was more looking for my legal standing so I knew the facts when I call the allotment manager later.

If nothing happens after the call, I'll use the above advice and destroy them. Lol
 
You never know, but the allotment manager may be quite helpful. Unlikely I know, but you never know.
 
DorsetDude said:
You never know, but the allotment manager may be quite helpful. Unlikely I know, but you never know.
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Lol I know. They're so helpful that the phone number displayed on the board outside it, no longer works!
 
SThornton said:
Lol I know. They're so helpful that the phone number displayed on the board outside it, no longer works!
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Despite there being a manager, do you know if they're private allotments or council owned?

Worth checking.
 
Thing is, if you do ring and they tell you to bog off and then you decide to get rid yourself they will then know it was you if anything funny happens!
 
Raincloud said:
Thing is, if you do ring and they tell you to bog off and then you decide to get rid yourself they will then know it was you if anything funny happens!
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Which is why it's a good idea to check if they're council owned first. Many allotments are.
 
If the carpet and nest are on allotment land and the allotment is owned by the council then speak nicely to the Environmental Health Dept.
Dave (retired EHO)
 
nikonuser said:
If the carpet and nest are on allotment land and the allotment is owned by the council then speak nicely to the Environmental Health Dept.
Dave (retired EHO)
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True. I'm also in Kent, and whilst I don't know about your particular council, we don't have to involve environmental health. Our council has a direct line for eradications of this kind (yes it might well me EH, but it's such an easy and relatively cheap fix).
 
It's privately owned and I've managed to get hold of one of the directors phone numbers.

I'm currently away with work but my partner tells me it's become worse so fingers crossed I can speak with him today.
 
SThornton said:
It's privately owned and I've managed to get hold of one of the directors phone numbers.

I'm currently away with work but my partner tells me it's become worse so fingers crossed I can speak with him today.
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Good luck! If it were me I'd want rid of the buzzy little b'stards too :lol:
 
Write down a note about the nest, put your address and phone number on it and go and leave it in a plastic bag on the allotment closest to the nest.

Odds are the allotment holder doesn't know there's a problem.

If I saw that, I'd pop round for a chat and we'd have this sorted amicably within a day or so.
 
Just a quick update, I've spoken with the director (quite friendly) who will be speaking with the site manager (they have multiple sites) to get it sorted ASAP and will be calling me back once action has been taken.

I'm not going to say result just yet but it's looking good.
 
hornetsly that was terrible
 
Received a call on my way home from the director to say they've sprayed the site and will be doing so another 2 times this week. He also mentioned they could be very angry in the morning.

RESULT!

Thank you everyone for your help!
 
Score.
 
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