wasps nest in loft

[slinky.kate]

got my guttering seen to today and he told me i have a wasps nest,phoned son and he said he has seen wasps in the loft as well,how do i get rid of them and is it expensive

[carrust]

Leave them be. They're not doing you any harm & anyway they'll be dead soon when the frosts come.

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[Lamo_Damo]

Agreed, leave them to it, cold nights drawing in soon and they'll be gone. Wasps never return to the same nest year on year, or so I've been told.

[slinky.kate]

thanks guys,i'll just leave them then,it will save me a fortune.cheers

[Ellipsis]

I had this problem last week.

I called my local council. They asked if I was on benefits or a pensioner. Then they quoted me a price (£48) and sent a man round the next working day, who dealt with it. Happy me ... they were crawling into my bathroom halogens and getting scorched, which didn't smell too good...

If you look at some of the ads on this page one of them's only £38, but I'm happy with the service I got from my council ...

[Answerprancer]

I agree with Carrust - wasp's bikes are really pretty objects too (when they're no longer in use!)

[ganesh]

I don't agree at all. They are very agressive and will sting and attack you or your pets at the slightest whim. Believe me I speak from experience. A big nest can hold over a thousand wasps and being in the loft they can live well on into the winter. I was stung in January whilst in my bed once!!!
I have always called a pest controller in the past (look in yellow pages or local directory.They charged me about £30.

[anneasquith]

i contacted environmrntal health, they squirted a foam into the bike, worked.

[Brinjal]

just spray them with baygone or somethng similar just amke sure the big ones are there or they will make nest in same place.

[boxtops]

Get the council wasp man in, it will save a lot of trouble later on when they start coming out again in the spring.

[slinky.kate]

ellipses,if you are on benefits or a pensioner,do you get a discount ???????

[RATTER15]

Boxy, they wont come out in the spring, the nest will die off during the winter.

[jomifl]

The new queens will leave the nest and hibernate in log piles and the like. They will start a new nest elsewhere in the spring.The worker wasps will die over the winter.

[ganesh]

exactly,and the queens often nest in the same area as before,we had several nests in the loft over a number of years.

[Ellipsis]

Hi Slinky, that was the impression I got, yes. I'm not on benefits or a pensioner, so I guess I paid full whack ...