Getting rid of wasps nest & hornets too

[tremone]

In the corner of my garden which i'm trying to set up as a proper garden, i have strimmed down everything and am now able to mow half of it but need to strim the other half, during my strimming last night i cam under attack in a combined forces of hornets & wasp. This is my 2nd attack and this time it's personal. It's me or the wasps, they're hanging about under a grass pile buzzing cockily, drunk on victory in last night's battle. I need strategy sssfr's to win the war

[red]

in the UK -- the council environmental health will come and deal with them - at a fixed cost - is that worth exploring?

[possum]

set the pile of grass on fire?
I can't say I have had this problem, but it is probably what I would try first.

[glenniedragon]

I've had to deal with a wasps nest on my lottie- right under my hive stand so I couldn't use anything toxic or RIP bees, the council use super grade pesticides round here so they wer'nt much help. I was told by a beekeeper friend to squirt petrol into the entrance hole of the wasps nest at dusk when they stop flying, and block the hole up. The fumes will kill the wee nasties by morning.

not sure how eco sticking petrol in the ground is, but I'm not planning to plant anything there for a good few years yet.

Kind thoughts
Deb

[tremone]

Here in Ireland we're on our own, i think i'll use the petrol system. just hope the whole garden doesn't go up, spent ages getting this forest like garden into some sort of shape. I would co-exist with the buggers but they want total domination.
'What we have here is a failure to communicate-some wasps you just can't reach'
I'm off to watch several hours of Arnie, Sylvester & Jean Claude to get in the mood for war

[glenniedragon]

You don't set light to the petrol, just let the fumes do the business.....Ok?
just thought I'd make sure

kind (careful) thoughts
Deb

[Millymollymandy]

And cover up well! Gawd I wouldn't want to be in your shoes! Good luck.

[Jack]

Gidday

Well I've gotten rid of quite a few of the little bugger in my time. Get a bottle of petrol and at night when they are all at home go out with a torch and stuff the bottle of petrol into their hole and through some wet sacks over it to keep all the fumes in. Just leave it for a day and then you should be able to dig out the nest and burn it.

[contadino]

Petrol worked on the superpsychowasps that I battled last year. I poured a litre into the entrance to their nest (a hole in the trunk of a 700-odd-year-old olive tree) and bunged it up with a stone, which I hammered in.

The wasp killer spray that I tried first time only seemed to wind them up, and seemed to have less effect on their numbers than the wife hitting them individually with a saucepan in their ensuing attack.