Wasps/Hornet nest :(

[Rizzy]

So, as I walking around the garden today, I noticed that there were a lot of wasps/hornets (I don't really know the difference; Dru can attest to my knowledge of biology) flying around the place. I decided to have a look-see and, to my horror, I found a huge nest under the eave of my zozo (this thing is the size of a dinner plate), then I found about 4 more nests dotted around the garden.

My question to all you knowledgeable peeps is: how do I safely get rid of the nests without having my backside stung silly? I kinda wanna do it soon, cos my son plays out there a lot.

Any info would be greatly appreciated

[TotalWar]

Sorry Risen but the last time I had a nest that size I called in the experts. I did not want to risk making them angry. You will not believe how many can fit into that size of a nest.

I also have never had more than 2 nests in the garden, so you might have a big problem. I think they are both treated in the same way, but it all depends on if you want to try it yourself or not. Some companies can come out in 24 hours and help you out. Especially if it is an emergency.

[senorblinky]

I don't know if they do it in SA, but you're supposed to be able to call some people to relocate the hive. That's (at least in my opinion) the best/kindest way to go about things. See what google or the Yellow pages have on offer. But this being South Africa, i kinda doubt that we'll be that advanced. If you fail at finding a specialist to MOVE the hive (move, not destroy) then you'll have to take it on yourself.

So, if no one can assist, go put on a tracksuit. Two, if you've got 'em. Get a paintball mask - failing this diving goggle with a belaclava should do the trick. A scarf, preferably another beanie and some gloves. Then pick your poison and go to town. It's ok to scream if they pursue you, I was stung by a hornet a few months ago, end yes, not only does it sting, but it burns afterwards like a sunuvabizatch.

I'm kinda against killing them, but they pose a danger to your kid, so i don't really see that you've got a choice here. May i perhaps suggest a can of Doom and a can of Raid, shake them REALLY well before you start.

[WingNut]

eh hornets/wasps are useless. Kill it! Kill it with fire!

No seriously, wait till it's dark (they can't fly around in the dark) and flamethrower them with a can of doom/raid and a lighter. Works pretty well especially if it's those papery nests. When you ignite their wings and they fall to the ground just step on them (with shoes on obviously :p ), they can still sting your laaitie if they're lying all over the place.

[Vortex]

I had a nest of wasps that developed without my knowledge, then one day one specific wasp thought he would get all gangsta on me and stung me as I walked out the door - about 3 times on the face!
:mad:
I went the can of Doom + lighter route.. :flame:

[Arbythep00nage]

Bass is the lad you are looking for. I know he is into bees so im sure he would have info on them.

[doobiwan]

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I went the can of Doom + lighter route.. :flame:

Ditto.

Wait till they're all in, give the hive a good dowsing (It's usually flammable ), as soon as you think you suspect you might hear buzzing ... then let rip.

[EyeBall]

I "removed" a hornets nest from my office yesterday.

wait till it's almost dark, Take a broom or a wooden stick , quite long , make a funnel with newspaper and tape it nice and tight to the stick ..... Light the edges of the newspaper and let it burn nice and big , needs to be really hot :D

Then put the funnel as close and around the nest ( As quick as possible ) so that no wasps escape , the flames / fire will burn their wings and they will fall in the funnel. With the big nest I'd be scared if they do escape cause they will come with all their fury. stay clear of the area for a few hours.

Wear as Blinky said lots of protective clothing and ... have your son / wife / neighbor video tape it and upload for us all to see :P

[WondaWoman]

Destroy them! Destroy them aaaaaaaaallllll! :grr:

(They don't do anything useful like make honey :shrug:)

[senorblinky]

Sjoe, they're still living, breathing creatures with families, you know!

[WondaWoman]

Well then you can have them all! We'll send them to you in jars. You can set them free in your valley of happiness and call them each one by name.

[Org]

And I am sure they have a definite purpose in nature. The only part of nature I have no hesitation in destroying are snakes because they are evol !!!!! Arbie is right, speak to Bass. It's his hobby to relocate bee hives, so he should have and idea on what to do with wasps/hornets (also don't know the difference)

[Voicy]

I don't see the big deal, just play Tetherball with their hive like Steve-O and Dave did in the latest Jackass movie. At the very worst it'll give your neighbours a laugh.

http://buzzbo.com/cle/files/2010/12/Jackass-3d-bees_400.jpg

Then again, those were africanized bees and not wasps. :hmmm:


Destroy them! Destroy them aaaaaaaaallllll! :grr:

(They don't do anything useful like make honey :shrug:)

What WeeWee said ...


Sjoe, they're still living, breathing creatures with families, you know!

True, but their mom is kind of a slut. We don't tolerate that in these here parts.

[Arbythep00nage]

I got stung by a swarm of them when I was climbing once, it wasnt fun. It was less fun that it was in my armpit, face and neck.
Then to top it all off my brother was belaying me (controlling the rope) and he couldnt hear me telling him to let me down cos I was high up. its awesome bouncing away from a cliff face with a span of them stinging you alot.

[WondaWoman]

They're very mean. They sting multiple times. And then they still live. INJUSTICE!! I stay KILL THEM ALLL! :mad:

[senorblinky]

If people want to hunt, they can hunt. I understand it's a sport and an adventure and blah blah blah. I also eat meat and I know where it comes from. But i am, to a large extent, pro-life.

When i was a kid, my uncle asked me to kill some frogs that were effing up his plants (he lives on a farm and has these huge tunnels in which he grows a variety of plants, see, he is the guy that the nurseries buy their plants from) anyhoozer, i finally got a frog cornered and i killed it with a panga. I felt sick. I destroyed life with my bare hands... well, with a panga.
To put it into perspective of just how big a nutter I really am, a few years ago when i was at varsity, i opened my notebook to discover a few ants running up and down. I got extremely emotional, because i separated these creatures from their nest. From their FAMILIES! (I almost cried, seriously)

So ja, I'm a bit of a nut when it comes to living things. Spiders creep me the f*** out, so when i see one i generally scream and run away, but i try not kill if i can help it. They're just driven by instinct, we're driven by common sense (well, most of us) so we have the tools to come up with better solutions.

Sjoe, sometimes when i'm busy, i like to procrastinate. This stupid story is me trying to avoid doing work. It's 4:30, sue me.

[Voicy]

I got stung by a swarm of them when I was climbing once, it wasnt fun. It was less fun that it was in my armpit, face and neck.
Then to top it all off my brother was belaying me (controlling the rope) and he couldnt hear me telling him to let me down cos I was high up. its awesome bouncing away from a cliff face with a span of them stinging you alot.

That is teh_suck.

I got stung on the ear by them while climbing to go rock jumping once. It was around a section where you couldn't do anything but climb up.

My one mate climbed over a section and disturbed the nest, but he was in the clear. I got nailed on the ear, my mate on the nose and another one under his armpit. When the hornet stung him, his 1st reaction was to clench down on it, so he trapped the hornet in his armpit and got nailed stukkend! :gyes:

[TotalWar]

True, but their mom is kind of a slut. We don't tolerate that in these here parts.

Sluts are people to, don't be like that. They have some kind of feelings. So I have been told.

There is some major aggro going around at the moment, just get them removed no need to kill them.

[Rizzy]

Alright, so I just did it. They were quite placid in the end. As soon as the doom hit them they just sort of dropped down on the ground and died. I then took the broom and smashed the nests.

Hopefully they're gone for good, if not for a while at least. Thanks everybody for your suggestions, however derailed they may have been... sluts and the like :)

[senorblinky]

You should stick their heads on toothpicks on the property line, to send a message to the other wasps.

[Sheepy]

I agree Kill it with fire and poison - so burning poison flame-thrower of doom it is :hyper:

The do it at night thing is interesting, You live you learn... That :blink:y is a bunny huger :hmmm: Run!!! Punky Run!!! :D

---------- Post added at 07:37 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:36 PM ----------

Seems I was tad late :sad:

[rainy]

One time in Germany, we had a hornet's nest somewhere around the house. Now I don't know what South African hornets are like, but the German ones are the size of a medium Parktown prawn. Sorry dude, it's me or them. I don't kill spiders (unless it's a Black Widow, then I Doom the crap out of it), Parktown Prawns (too messy, I just chuck them out and let a cat deal with them) or roaches (I scream like a little girl and leave them for someone else to deal with), but anything that looks like it can sting is doomed in my book. Except bees. I once sat at Wanderers and a swarm landed right above me on the wall. I just sat still. A few minutes later the swarm left and everything was over.

[Nitty]

An entire thread that I missed out on posting and everything is done and dusted already :sad:

:console: Sheepy. I'm sure there will be more vermin for your suggestions.

As for bunny-hugging, I'm all for it! :woot: My one friend doesn't want to invite me to her house because her husband is an avid hunter & they've got all kinds of buck heads in their lounge :shudder: At least she knows how I feel about it :shrug:

[TotalWar]

Do you consider Wasps/Hornets Vermin nitty?

So thats all it takes for you not to come to someones house? :hmmm:

[Nitty]

Well I don't see the point of wasps/hornets other than stinging stuff? So yes, in my eyes they are vermin.

And as for your second comment:

/ignore

[TotalWar]

I so want to use a :rofl: only.

Do not be so aggressive, I was just asking. If I invited you to my house but I had something like that does that mean you would not come?

Thats all I was getting at. :sad:

[Nitty]

Aha! So you're the cause of our new site policy? :baseballbat:

Well I still go to my friends house. She's just very "aware "of her husbands trophies when I visit. Poor friend. I'm just glad not everybody has to hang their trophies on the walls. Could you imagine what the houses of dog owners would look like? :rofl:

[TotalWar]

Guilty as charged, but I blame you. You joined after me and have 4 times as many posts. Granted you are a chatter box, but seriously how bored are you at work you have so much time to chat.

Now go make Gala some dinner, feed the dogs, wash the windows and clean the floors. Do your job Woman. :D

I have to have a man to whipped man conversation with Gala this can't go on.

So Risen have you sorted out your Problem? Did you just kill them all?

[Rizzy]

All done :)

They were pretty easy in the end. I also bashed the nest with a broom, so hopefully they got the message. No video though - boy was in the bath and mom was washing him :)

[EyeBall]

That's a shame , wanted to see you jump around and be all nervous like before you started :D
I'm glad they are sorted , did you use the broom with Funnel technique ?

[Hoss]

A mate of mine was inspecting a rather large nest that developed at his house the one night. The hosepipe was lying at my feet while he was doing this ... I had no choice. Once I opened that one up on the nest with him standing next to it it was all fun from there. You should have seen him run.

and @ Nitty, now I get why you were so upset my my picture I posted on FB of my Impala ram I shot :rofl:

[Voicy]

I once sat at Wanderers and a swarm landed right above me on the wall. I just sat still. A few minutes later the swarm left and everything was over.

I went river fishing in Xora in the Transkei long ago with my dad - and while sitting in the little boat, we heard this loud noise - only to see a plague of bees coming down the river. It was as thick as a dust cloud. We just ducked in the boat and they flew right past with this loud drone noise. Kinda reminded me of the scene in 300 where the arrows blocked out the sun. It was rather epic, I must be honest.

[Voicy]

http://www.watkykjy.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/bees.gif

[Arbythep00nage]

That is teh_suck.

I got stung on the ear by them while climbing to go rock jumping once. It was around a section where you couldn't do anything but climb up.

My one mate climbed over a section and disturbed the nest, but he was in the clear. I got nailed on the ear, my mate on the nose and another one under his armpit. When the hornet stung him, his 1st reaction was to clench down on it, so he trapped the hornet in his armpit and got nailed stukkend! :gyes:

You know what the best part about getting stung in the armpit is? Lymph glands. Yes I recall lying in the pool at windmill hole trying desperately to control the swelling.

[Megnut3025]

:cry: I can't believe you just killed them... just like that. :sad: ... Im all for moving them but not killing them... shame the poor little guys... no wonder the roads were so busy... all of their family members were heading over that way for the funeral! Seriously though, I do prefer to see something moved to the right place over having it killed. I know each circumstance is unique and sometimes you've gotta do what you've gotta do. :) One night when Punky was away in Cape town a little while ago, I had left our bedroom window open until about 8pm because it was so hot and not thinking... a spider came in. Well... for the next hour, the 2 boys and I ... and a broom... gently convinced the spider to walk from one end of the ceiling allll the way to the other end where the window was and let him out the window... YAY 4 saving him! :D
I must admit though... Im petrified of anything small with legs and feelers... even those enormous locusts that they get out at the factory!! :bitenails:

:pompom:

[Rizzy]

I'm all for hugging trees and the like; what's the word for it? :hmmm: Dendrophilia? But when it comes to my son playing outside or them, they'll be found wanting.

Who knows, maybe the family members will find South Africa too violent and emigrate to say... Nigeria; then we can all be wasp/hornet/creepy-crawly free. Of course that could upset the delicate natural food-chain, etc. But you gotta break a few eggs to make an omelette :egg:

Jokes aside, I'm glad they're gone; it was getting kinda rediculous out in the garden

[Souper]

Sheesh, I'm a lot more low-tech in my extermination tactics. I pile all people and animals inside, close windows and doors and let rip with can of Baygon (MUST BE BLACK CAP variety for quick kill effectiveness) then run like crazy indoors. I exclude the lighter from the equation coz there would be a good chance I set my thatch on fire - plus that entails you sticking around in the kill zone :) Wait a couple minutes, sweep up dead bodies and knock down vacant nest.

I'm all for saving the wildlife and stuff, but they're effectively armed and dangerous squatters building their home on my property, so I forcefully 'remove' the little blighters.

[Gypsy]

I believe in Doom for all creepy crawlies:eek: sorry if you outside you safe - come into my home - doom or you can paint your windows and doors with Eucalyptus oil and all gogo's stay away only things that I rescue are the snakes, bats and moles my cats bring in :D

[Flatty]

I believe in Doom for all creepy crawlies:eek: sorry if you outside you safe - come into my home - doom or you can paint your windows and doors with Eucalyptus oil and all gogo's stay away only things that I rescue are the snakes, bats and moles my cats bring in :D

Plank :p

Wasps are nowhere near as useful as bees AND they can sting you multiple times. They're also way more ferocious when peeved - Eyeball's method particularly appealed to me. Kill the little buggers, and all of them, because they'll just come back.