Early stages of wasp nest

[Sue]

Having seen a very large wasp come and go, I investigated my loft and found the beginning stages of two new wasp nests.

I imagine they don't have much in them at the moment except the queen, and I'm not sure whether foaming wasp killer works on the early stages of wasp development.

Does anyone know?

Could I just knock the nests off with a broom or something? Would they just be rebuilt?

Or is the queen likely to be staying inside (haven't seen her for a few days) and if I use the foam I will kill her and then the rest will die if she isn't there?

I feel a bit mean, but I don't want a load of wasps in my loft.

[DulwichFox]

Hi Sue

Have a look here.

http://www.saga.co.uk/magazine/home-garden/homes-interiors/how-to-guides/what-to-do-about-a-wasp-nest

Foxy

[Sue]

Hey thanks Fox.

I will try the stick!!

[JohnL]

I love it (the net) - lots of advice to spray wasps nests with WD40 (it does everything but nothing depending who you listen too).

But do it at night as wasps never attack in the night.

(take both of those statements with a pinch of salt)

[Sue]

OK knocked them both off the rafter with a long stick.

There is what looks like the very small beginning of what could be a third one, which I couldn't reach.

Will keep an eye on it :(

[civilservant]

oh no! we had a nest in the roof, with an entrance just outside my daughter's bedroom window

we got a wasp man in and he sorted them out, but they came back the next year, and again the next...

do keep an eye out, Sue!

[Sue]

Thanks, yes, I've had two in the past and both these new ones were being built next to the remains of one of the old ones.

Though I can't understand why there were two new ones, both very small, in the early stages, and very near each other.

There is a small gap in the loft I can see daylight through which must be where the queen is getting in. I have been meaning to do something about it for ages but it's hard to get at.

[Seabag]

Maybe move house, at night, so the wasps don't realise.

[Sue]

:)) :)) :))