How do i get rid of unwanted wasps?

Question

we have just noticed quite a few wasps in our back yard!! what is the easiest way to get rid of them?? and cheapest?

Answer 1

They will be dead soon anyway except the queen who will hibernate until spring but when she wakens she will build another nest and not use the same one. I knew someone who attacked a nest with WD40 to stop them flying and then wasp powder. The wasps will all be in the nest at night to early morning and then they will be out hunting insects.

Up our way environmental health charge £46 to exterminate a nest which is the safest option. Beware they can get very aggressive if the nest is threatened and if one stings you the others will follow as the first one will have provided a scent that says "target".

Answer 2

I found a cheap way.....a honey trap.....a pot that can hold honey/sweet water, the bees/wasps crawl in to the sweet adn can't find there way out or drown in the solution.....I had two of them hanging in the garden, well away from the patio....try this>>>>

http://eartheasy.com/live_natwasp_contro...

Answer 3

buy a 'waspinator' - it looks like a wasp's nest so any wasps will find an alternative territory - £9.99 on line

Answer 4

there must be a nest nearby...you must find it and then close it  by spraying the opening with a spray you can pick up in any hardware store.I had 2 nests this year and got rid of them successfully.

Answer 5

I had wasps making a nest on a door to our balcony ( outside), I sprayed them with citronella insect repelent and ran like he.... They left and never came back.  

Answer 6

You can buy DIY aerosols from supermarkets and hardware stores. Wrap up well, and ideally wear a hood, gloves and goggles just in case they find another exit and attack you! It should cost about £35 to get a man in. That's what I did because I dislike pain!

Answer 7

Bug lights, or just leave the poor animals alone, want someone to kill you because your in the same country as them?

Answer 8

Use a good wasp spray that will spray a long distance. If you can locate their nest, that is where you want to get them (hint, once you start spraying them, don't stop until you get the majority of them or they will come after you).

http://www.bengal.com/wasp.htm

Answer 9

I recently found a nest in my garden after being stung. I called the environmental health. They gave very clear instructions about how to spray the nest, but you have to be very careful and wrap yourself up head to toe, especially your face (incl. glasses/ goggles) and hands, because it can make the wasps angry. That scared me as I react badly to stings. The council charged £70 to come out (extortionate!), but I found a local beekeeper under pest control in the yellow pages for £45. He was fantastic and very careful. He used powder and spray to kill them and got it deep into their nest. I think it's the spray that dissolves their nest and discourages them from coming back.  I haven't seen them since! He also suggested filling the gap where they were to put off newcomers next year.

If you can hold on a little longer they get dozy from now on and aren't much trouble. Then as it gets colder you can just fill the hole they're in  and that'll put them off for next year.

If you can't wait call around different pest control people to check prices and service. The man I used said he would come back and repeat the treatment if necessary for free. You might be surprised to find a beekeeper in a large non-rural town like I did! Apparently wasps strip wooden fences to make nests and also destroy honey bee hives so I didn't feel so bad getting them killed.