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Title: I have been stung..........
Post by: Vamps on 24 July 2011, 17:34:43
Whilst cutting the grass I disturbed a bush, unbeknown to me there is a wasps nest in the middle, about the size of a small football, and they came out to defend it.............and they were successful.... :-[ :-[

Any tips on getting rid, I can't use fire where it is at.... :(
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Post by: Bionic on 24 July 2011, 17:42:03
Here's what I did a few years ago when I had one in a tree at the bottom of the garden.
I bought an aero Wasp nest killer and taped it to a long pole (a 5m carp pole) and shoved it into the bottom of the nest. Then I retired to a safe distance and with my m8s air rifle poked through a window I shot the can then closed the window quick....BIG puff of smoke... big cloud of wabbies then they fell like rain and wriggled a lot. The nest was abandoned the next day I looked. Didn't get one sting either. Just got bollocked for the bodies that were lying everywhere on the decking! Cannot please some women.......
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Post by: cam2502 on 24 July 2011, 17:43:53
ouch!. never been stung in my life. wouldnt have a clue how to deal with them :-/
you could always move ;D
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Post by: hercules on 24 July 2011, 17:48:16
i was in the back of our service van one day and in came a wasp so i sprayed it with brake cleaner,outcome was the wasp curled up and died instantly.ive tried it since but it took longer but the brake cleaner was a different make.id be tempted to pierce a tiny hole in the nest and spray some eazy start in as its supposed to put them to sleep and then bag the buggers up(easy to say when its not you doing it ;D)
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Post by: Richie London on 24 July 2011, 17:53:21
the last wasp i see was running down the field with a ball under his arm  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: Plomien on 24 July 2011, 19:05:00
You can get a foam that you spray into the nest but if you are going to do it wait until night time :y
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Post by: Gaffers on 24 July 2011, 19:07:02
While sailing last week one of my crew, a young lady, had a wasps fly inside of her top and start stinging her.  Que lots of wriggling and jumping about followed by the rapid removal of clothes.  Of course the men on board did the right thing and just sat back and watched  ;D ;D 8-)
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Post by: feeutfo on 24 July 2011, 19:19:25
Vinegar for stings,  or is that 'dangle berries' an old wives tail...? :-/
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Post by: the alarming man on 24 July 2011, 19:34:49
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You can get a foam that you spray into the nest but if you are going to do it wait until night time :y

and be ready to run horrble things..pest control is the best cost about £ 35 
BUT if they are solitary honey bees(dunno why they are called that as they live in a nest with about 1000 others) they are protected :y
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Post by: STMO123 on 24 July 2011, 19:42:33
Mike, you need to go right up close to the nest and give it a good kick.

Let me know how you get on. :y
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Post by: duggs on 24 July 2011, 20:16:07
I fling a ton of water at the nest we had once...via a hose. Took a while but eventually they all decided it was a bit damp in there so all flew off !
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Post by: Tony H on 24 July 2011, 21:11:09
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Mike, you need to go right up close to the nest and give it a good kick.

Let me know how you get on. :y

 :o ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: Vamps on 24 July 2011, 21:12:05
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You can get a foam that you spray into the nest but if you are going to do it wait until night time :y

I believe Screwfix do one, may be the way to do it.. :y or I could take STMO's advice........ :D :D :D
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Post by: LJay on 24 July 2011, 21:16:06
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You can get a foam that you spray into the nest but if you are going to do it wait until night time :y

I believe Screwfix do one, may be the way to do it.. :y or I could take STMO's advice........ :D :D :D

You don't wanna listen to him, he'll tell you anything that one! ;D ;D
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Post by: Lazydocker on 24 July 2011, 21:18:41
Mike, don't bother with anything that is available to the retail Market... You will anger them and may not kill the queen off. For the sake of about £40 get a pro in... Admittedly he'll probably only be there 15 minutes but it's well worth it ;)

(I speak from experience as it was my fathers industry for many years)
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Post by: Vamps on 24 July 2011, 21:20:02
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You can get a foam that you spray into the nest but if you are going to do it wait until night time :y

I believe Screwfix do one, may be the way to do it.. :y or I could take STMO's advice........ :D :D :D

You don't wanna listen to him, he'll tell you anything that one! ;D ;D

So I noticed :D :D but you are fine, you are obviously somewhere between 18 and 30.... :y :y
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Post by: LJay on 24 July 2011, 21:30:48
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You can get a foam that you spray into the nest but if you are going to do it wait until night time :y

I believe Screwfix do one, may be the way to do it.. :y or I could take STMO's advice........ :D :D :D

You don't wanna listen to him, he'll tell you anything that one! ;D ;D

So I noticed :D :D but you are fine, you are obviously somewhere between 18 and 30.... :y :y

  :)Thanks Mike!  :y
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Post by: Jimbob on 24 July 2011, 21:33:45
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You can get a foam that you spray into the nest but if you are going to do it wait until night time :y

I believe Screwfix do one, may be the way to do it.. :y or I could take STMO's advice........ :D :D :D

You don't wanna listen to him, he'll tell you anything that one! ;D ;D

So I noticed :D :D but you are fine, you are obviously somewhere between 18 and 30.... :y :y


Hard to tell.....They all lick alike  ;) :D :D :D :y
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Post by: Vamps on 24 July 2011, 21:35:37
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You can get a foam that you spray into the nest but if you are going to do it wait until night time :y

I believe Screwfix do one, may be the way to do it.. :y or I could take STMO's advice........ :D :D :D

You don't wanna listen to him, he'll tell you anything that one! ;D ;D

So I noticed :D :D but you are fine, you are obviously somewhere between 18 and 30.... :y :y


Hard to tell.....They all lick alike  ;) :D :D :D :y

Says the voice of experience........ ::) ::) ::)
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Post by: LJay on 24 July 2011, 21:42:03
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You can get a foam that you spray into the nest but if you are going to do it wait until night time :y

I believe Screwfix do one, may be the way to do it.. :y or I could take STMO's advice........ :D :D :D

You don't wanna listen to him, he'll tell you anything that one! ;D ;D

So I noticed :D :D but you are fine, you are obviously somewhere between 18 and 30.... :y :y


Hard to tell.....They all lick alike  ;) :D :D :D :y

Says the voice of experience........ ::) ::) ::)

How on earth have you pair managed to get from wasps to lesbians?  Beats me? :-? :o ;D
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Post by: Vamps on 24 July 2011, 21:53:31
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You can get a foam that you spray into the nest but if you are going to do it wait until night time :y

I believe Screwfix do one, may be the way to do it.. :y or I could take STMO's advice........ :D :D :D

You don't wanna listen to him, he'll tell you anything that one! ;D ;D

So I noticed :D :D but you are fine, you are obviously somewhere between 18 and 30.... :y :y


Hard to tell.....They all lick alike  ;) :D :D :D :y

Says the voice of experience........ ::) ::) ::)

How on earth have you pair managed to get from wasps to lesbians?  Beats me? :-? :o ;D

I blame your husband, he has a fantastic imagination or a very wishful thinker.... ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: LJay on 24 July 2011, 21:59:58
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You can get a foam that you spray into the nest but if you are going to do it wait until night time :y

I believe Screwfix do one, may be the way to do it.. :y or I could take STMO's advice........ :D :D :D

You don't wanna listen to him, he'll tell you anything that one! ;D ;D

So I noticed :D :D but you are fine, you are obviously somewhere between 18 and 30.... :y :y


Hard to tell.....They all lick alike  ;) :D :D :D :y

Says the voice of experience........ ::) ::) ::)

How on earth have you pair managed to get from wasps to lesbians?  Beats me? :-? :o ;D

I blame your husband, he has a fantastic imagination or a very wishful thinker.... ;D ;D ;D

Hmmm...... ::) ::)
Title: Re: I have been stung..........
Post by: pauls on 24 July 2011, 22:23:00
Had one last year in the air brick called a fellow out cost me £60 he came round sprayed Some white power and we sat there laughing as their came out like little ghosts flew around then dropped to the floor dead. All over in 10 minutes
Title: Re: I have been stung..........
Post by: pauls on 24 July 2011, 22:23:15
Had one last year in the air brick called a fellow out cost me £60 he came round sprayed Some white power and we sat there laughing as their came out like little ghosts flew around then dropped to the floor dead. All over in 10 minutes
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Post by: Osprey on 25 July 2011, 20:40:12
If you do get the same problem with bees, call your local council.  They will contact a local bee keeper who will come and remove the swarm for no charge - it's a free colony for them to install in a new hive. 
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Post by: Chris_H on 25 July 2011, 21:10:25
Your local council might sort it for free (well before they spent all their our money that is).
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Post by: Osprey on 25 July 2011, 22:10:25
Point taken  ;)

What I meant was that a swarm of bees is a valuable thing to a bee keeper.  Any dedicated bee keeper would gladly visit you free of charge, transfer the swarm to a cardboard box and take it home with him. 

The local council will just put you in touch with such a bee keeper. 

Most councils actually have some sort of "on call" arrangement with a local expert.  If money changes hands it will be a nominal amount and much less than pest control would cost. 
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Post by: pscocoa on 25 July 2011, 22:26:10
many moons ago when I was about 12 and just starting chemistry - we used to buy calcium carbide and mix with water in my mate's shed/summer house. The acetyle gas produced (CaC2 + 2 H2O [ch8594] C2H2 + Ca(OH)2) was captured in ballooons and a pipette attached and we then proceeded to spend most of the summer clearing wasps nests with our new found flame throwers. We even went around asking if anyone wanted wasps nests clearing.

If we tell the youngster now - would they believe us....?