Wasps Nests

[Keefy]

Just reading the Tory rag and come across this story about a SEVEN METRE wasps nest. I've only ever encountered one nest which was in a loft, about a metre long which was dead. I was amazed at the build quality of it, looked like a tin of expanding foam had gone off and set.

Anyone else encountered a wasps nest? BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!

 

[Whn1]

Loads and loads in lofts, yet to come across a live one yet.

 

[Rickster123]

Had a live one when I was an apprentice. I was out of the loft like an Olympic gymnast! Had to get pest control out to it. The noise they make when disturbed by a length of 22mm is unbelievable!

 

[Toxic Ted]

We had a real big one in a nursing home loft last year and we persuaded the gaffers boy to poke a hole in it with a broom handle......man alive, i cant ever remember rolling around like i did that day...it was like a cartoon. He left the loft like he was on fire, we had taken the steps away and he almost came through head first.....i paid in the end cos i went back to look what he'd done and a jasper homed into me. Message to self....never return to a lit jaspers nest.

 

[Destroyer2813]

We had one at hone when I was a kid I remember dad poked it with the broom handle while I sprayed the hose then we both ran inside like girls

 

[plumber0808]

I have smashed a live one up years ago it was in a outbuilding. Opened the door gave it a few swift whacks pooed myself ran out and closed the door.

 

[Keefy]

What is it with grown men having the urge to poke wasps nests?

 

[plumber0808]

Can't stand the things, once when I had my work t shirts washed and pegged outside, I put one on and there was one inside the t shirt.

I pulled it off in one swipe like the hulk, the biggest wasp flew out like it was the Don stung me on the forehead before being pelted to the floor.

it was sore and red all day.

 

[Keefy]

Can't stand the things, once when I had my work t shirts washed and pegged outside, I put one on and there was one inside the t shirt.

I pulled it off in one swipe like the hulk, the biggest wasp flew out like it was the Don stung me on the forehead before being pelted to the floor.

it was sore and red all day.

It would be after slapping yourself in the forehead.

 

[Whn1]

Can't stand the things, once when I had my work t shirts washed and pegged outside, I put one on and there was one inside the t shirt.

I pulled it off in one swipe like the hulk, the biggest wasp flew out like it was the Don stung me on the forehead before being pelted to the floor.

it was sore and red all day.

Nothing would pleasure me more greatly than inflicting untold amount of pain on that wasp. Red mist, like when I'm in a bad mood and an end feed fitting wont push on it'll either get the hammer treatment or ping'd around the room. Through a flat wood bit at an apprentice once and the tip went straight into his leg, that was pleasurable also. Although I did apologise later.

 

[R1CKY]

Had to repair a leak in a loft with a live nest! They started becoming more active when I was using the blowlamp! They started buzzing around my head by the time I was finished! F*** the ladder, I jumped out of that loft as If it was a burning building!

 

[Toxic Ted]

they'r the skinheads of the insect world, complete with black n yellow tats

 

[R1CKY]

Did you know, when a wasp stings, it sends out a scent signalling for other wasp to attack? So if you do get stung, don't hang about!

 

[plumber0808]

Nothing would pleasure me more greatly than inflicting untold amount of pain on that wasp. Red mist, like when I'm in a bad mood and an end feed fitting wont push on it'll either get the hammer treatment or ping'd around the room. Through a flat wood bit at an apprentice once and the tip went straight into his leg, that was pleasurable also. Although I did apologise later.

it got it alright, I knew it was dead but still flattened it through gritted teeth

 

[lame plumber]

saw the kids waving through the window at me once, then realised they were panicking not waving happily, turns out a hornet had come down the chimmney and was harrassing them, looked like this one!
Giant Killer Hornet in Norfolk, UK - YouTube

 

[Mike Jackson]

I like wasps and Hornets.


Bee Wolf Wasp by Mike Jackson1, on Flickr


Hornet emerging from nest by Mike Jackson1, on Flickr


Hornet by Mike Jackson1, on Flickr

 

[julesverne]

only ever found dead nests in attic although found a really small live one that was a couple of inches in size in my shed a few years ago that got the superfire 2 treatment along with my fire extinguisher. felt really proud of myself

 

[Whn1]

only ever found dead nests in attic although found a really small live one that was a couple of inches in size in my shed a few years ago that got the superfire 2 treatment along with my fire extinguisher. felt really proud of myself

My hero.

 

[julesverne]

You gotta be careful they dont half burn .

But all wasps must die.

 

[lame plumber]

My old man used to keep bees and we collected the swarms as they appeared each year. just follow the cloud of bees till they land, let them form a cluster and just pop a box under them, hit the branch they are on and they fall in the box and all you do is towel over the top and leave 5 mins for the stragglers to catch up and then in the car and back home to an empty hive, and let them walk up a plank into the hive, easy!

only thing to remember is to drive carefully as you dont want the box spilling in the car or things get really exciting!!!!!!! Having done this as a nipper loads of times, Ive had to do it three times when I worked as a school bursar and swarms landed near the kids classrooms. teachers always ran off screaming but the kids were impressed when you pop a load of bees in a box and just walk them away to your car or a safer place for a swarm to settle (hollow tree is good) only been stung once in all the years of working with bees and I did sit on him!