Wasps - advice please

Nanny Noodle · #1 (**permalink**) 08-06-2011, 05:58 AM

I wonder if anyone can advise me please. I have a wasps nest under the tiles of a bay window and within 3 feet of my front door. The activity became noticeable about 10 days ago but so far they have been no bother to me at all. BUT.... I do suffer anaphalaxis (sp?) from wasp stings and wonder if there is a particular time during the breeding cycle when they might become more aggressive in protecting the nest?
I'm sure most people would say get rid of them but I'm not into killing wildlife just coz I don't like them! Wasps don't particularly freak me out, I actually find them fascinating to watch.
Any information would be gratefully received.

Red Robin · #2 (**permalink**) 03-09-2011, 12:11 PM

Disappointing that no-one has replied to you in this thread

I have a similar need for advice:

I have a wasps nest in the eaves of my roof and it's doing nobody any harm and so I want to leave it until it naturally becomes abandoned. However, my landlord (I have a 150-year lease) is in the process of having all the buildings cavity brick walls injected with foam(?) insulation - Not something I'm at all bothered about being done. I would rather they wait until the wasps are gone rather than exterminate them - They are not acting as pests.

I'm refusing to pay for or to instruct the wasp nest destruction - Does anyone know where I stand legally please?

Kayleigh · #3 (**permalink**) 03-09-2011, 12:25 PM

Hi Robin I cant help you with the legal side..
Do you have to pay for the cavity wall insulation yourself and can you ask for the work to be carried out when the wasps have left.

Red Robin · #4 (**permalink**) 03-09-2011, 03:04 PM

Hi Kayleigh

I don't have to pay for the insulation - It's both the decision and responsibility of the landlord (large housing association called Magna).

I'm certainly going to ask for the work to be carried out after the wasps have left but unfortunately most people are either scared of wasps or consider them a pest. I anticipate that Magna will want to destroy the nest

Consequently I wondered how I might resist that action. Shall I put on a brightly coloured black and yellow striped T-shirt and chain myself to my garden gate making lots of angry buzzing soundz?

Obviously I will inform the workmen before they find themselves facing 10,000 angry wasps while up a ladder!

They constantly fly in and out only feet away from both my daughter's bedroom window and our kitchen. We can have the windows open without them bothering us.

Red Robin · #5 (**permalink**) 09-09-2011, 10:23 PM

I'm very happy to report that the insulation company sent along one of their guys who has much experience with wasp nests and who was very sympathetic. Job satisfactorily completed without disturbance.

Kayleigh · #6 (**permalink**) 09-09-2011, 11:35 PM

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I'm very happy to report that the insulation company sent along one of their guys who has much experience with wasp nests and who was very sympathetic. Job satisfactorily completed without disturbance.

That's great news and a refreshing outcome for you and the wasps..
Though I am getting fed up here I was on the loo when one flew in through the widow I never moved so fast..
I still cant find where out where the nest is but they keep finding their way in the house.

Red Robin · #7 (**permalink**) 10-09-2011, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Kayleigh

That's great news and a refreshing outcome for you and the wasps..
Though I am getting fed up here I was on the loo when one flew in through the window I never moved so fast..
I still cant find where out where the nest is but they keep finding their way in the house.

^^^

LOL

About 20 had got into my elderly neighbour's kitchen this afternoon. She was calm (thank goodness!) and they were very easy to remove. I'm convinced that, like dogs and many other animals, they sense how you are towards them and they act accordingly.

Kayleigh · #8 (**permalink**) 10-09-2011, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Red Robin

^^^

LOL

About 20 had got into my elderly neighbour's kitchen this afternoon. She was calm (thank goodness!) and they were very easy to remove. I'm convinced that, like dogs and many other animals, they sense how you are towards them and they act accordingly.

Well I don't like them they fly round me all the time pestering me they have a habit of landing on me when I am near the pond they are not aggressive but unnerve me.

Red Robin · #9 (**permalink**) 10-09-2011, 12:50 PM

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Well I don't like them they fly round me all the time pestering me they have a habit of landing on me when I am near the pond they are not aggressive but unnerve me.

....Perhaps it's a vicious circle in that the wasps sense you feel unnerved. But we can'y help how we feel - These things are irrational.

I'm lucky that I have very little fear of wasps or bees. It's like horses <-- something I know you understand. Caution, respect, but not fear. I actually rather love bees and wasps.

David Mills, Blood Nation, grandfather was "Bumble Bee Crow Chief" and so his pow wow dance regalia honours his grandfather by being black and yellow and having bee related items.

Kayleigh · #10 (**permalink**) 10-09-2011, 01:58 PM

I am sure your right as when I photograph wasps they never bother me they carry on doing what they are doing and I try to get a close up..
Its when I don't have my camera in my hand they bother me..
I was stung 5 times with I think different wasps as they flew off then come back for no reason when I was younger and this left a fear that it will happen again.