Kill a wasps nest?

ihatetractors · 13-10-2010 10:07am #1

Well, when we were giving the cattle shed a once over just to check it's ok, i noticed a wasps nest in a bale of straw left over from last year. At a spot where the net was broken. The problem is it's not accesable with the loader and it can be moved but would take a bit of pulling and dragging to knock it over the wall into the cattle shed to take it out and burn it..
Jus wonderin if anybody would know of sum spray to kill some of them even?

JohnBoy · 13-10-2010 10:34am

I recently read that pouring diesel or petrol over the nest is one of the safest things to do to it before removal.

I had a hoody pulled tight around my head and gloves on when I did it, and I ran like hell.

Nothing came out of it, also did it on a cold day which helped. two weeks earlier I prodded it with a shovel and provoked some activity. so better safe than sorry.

ki · 13-10-2010 1:57pm

Most of the agri stores / co-op's have a Wasp Nest destroyer foam.
It will kill any wasp it comes into contact with.
I found it very good.
I use 2 cans on a very large nest.

2 cans cost less than 10 euro

zetor 4911 · 13-10-2010 7:01pm

Just be careful with wasp nests as recently a young farmers in Roscommon disturbed a nest when removing round bales and was attacked. He subsequently died from the attack. RIP

DaNiEl1994 · 13-10-2010 8:12pm

well dunno about the curcumstances but what lways works for me is anything flammable and a lighter did it with a can of lynx did the job perfect but make sure theyre all burnt

JohnBoy · 14-10-2010 8:16am

bitttt of a risk there in straw

annieoburns · 14-10-2010 8:23am

why not leave along and the weather will finish it off? We have had them in height of summer in eaves of house and sorted with some malathion powder placed on a landing platform (bit of folded cardboard) at entry point so they carry it in to nest.

dunsandin · 14-10-2010 9:25pm

Both barrels of a 12 bore have also been known to have a fair talent for removing a wasps nest. The wasps usually move out of their own accord after Mr Birdshot has paid a visit. Depends how new and shiny the thing its hanging out of is though.

ihatetractors · 15-10-2010 4:52pm

dunsandin wrote: »

Both barrels of a 12 bore have also been known to have a fair talent for removing a wasps nest. The wasps usually move out of their own accord after Mr Birdshot has paid a visit. Depends how new and shiny the thing its hanging out of is though.

It's up inside a straw bale, jus back for the weekend and will go about some of that foam stuff tomorow. Thanks for the help

Kill a wasps nest?

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