Wasps nest in field

[Solo1]

Whilst poo picking today I found a wasps nest on the muckheap, quite small but still, eek.

Was tempted to bury it in muckheap but decided wrath of wasps was too much for me!

The muckheap is in the corner of the starvation paddock which my 3 y.o and a laminitic shettie are in. My youngster is the sort of pony who can lift gates off hinges to get to other fields, and starvation doesn't have much grass so obviously I am worried about her sticking her nose into the nest and getting stung if she decides to explore the muckheap for food.

Soo... what's the best way to get of wasps nest? Preferably where I don't get stung

 

[cremedemonthe]

Find the entrance to the nest, you can get a tin of wasp killer from a diy or gardening shop etc and squirt it into the entrance from a distance of up to 10 feet so you can leg it if they chase you!
They have to go through the foam to enter the nest which kills them.

 

[Nocturnal]

^ This, or ant powder at the entrance to the nest. Make sure to remove all toxic substance before allowing your ponies back in the paddock, though!

 

[china]

we got one in the back of a stable where i work, one of the liverys got stung twice the little blighters. They were being dealt with at midnight as apparantly its best to do it when their sleepy!

 

[Solo1]

The problem is the ponies not being allowed into the paddock... If I set up electric tape my youngster views it as a 'challenge' no matter what voltage it's set too. As a foal she got tangled in electric tape and stood calmly, getting zapped until she was untangled. She's seriously not fazed at anything! She's so fat I can't let her in a normal paddock, and she gets very stressed if kept in during the day.

Would putting killer on them overnight work? Say if I brought her in early (4ish) and then put it on then, and left it overnight to remove in morning? Or does it need longer?

 

[scarymare]

The problem is the ponies not being allowed into the paddock... If I set up electric tape my youngster views it as a 'challenge' no matter what voltage it's set too. As a foal she got tangled in electric tape and stood calmly, getting zapped until she was untangled. She's seriously not fazed at anything! She's so fat I can't let her in a normal paddock, and she gets very stressed if kept in during the day.

Would putting killer on them overnight work? Say if I brought her in early (4ish) and then put it on then, and left it overnight to remove in morning? Or does it need longer?

The nippon wasp nest spray foam (not normal fly killer) is awesome. Just go out at duskish, nuke the nest with the foam and then next morning crush it and bury it in the heap. I've done 3 of these now in my stables and sheds. One quite big one too.

Good luck

 

[Ottinmeg]

we have just removed one from our muckheap,luckily for dom it was peeing it down when he hit it with the tractor bucket so they were not to keen to chase him in the rain! We used foam to start with but it didn't kill them all off so then we used the powder which killed off a few more. make sure you do it in the evening when it isn't windy .They are more docile then. having said that i think the remainder of our nest has set up home somewhere else as there were a lot of wasps around the tap yesterday.

 

[lazybee]

Just do it at night when they're not flying. I've done lots of nests. They're native British wasps in the ground. The ones in trees and hedges are European wasps they are a bit more of a challenge. Always tackle then at night it's so much easier; or the returning wasps WILL sting you if get between them and their nest.

Enjoy

 

[Ibblebibble]

i am so glad that hubs best mate is a pest controller lol, anything needs killing i just call him in and let him deal with it only downside is he likes to leave me the dead moles hung on my gate just to prove the traps are working

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

poor petrol on it then light a match i would bury it go behind the muckhill and push muck froward onto it

 

[Nocturnal]

poor petrol on it then light a match i would bury it go behind the muckhill and push muck froward onto it

ETA: Just realised you're not serious! Apologies

 

[Solo1]

Don't think YO would agree with that idea somehow


I have asked mum to buy some foamy wasp killer and shall try that tonight

 

[china]

poor petrol on it then light a match

This made me LOL!

 

[Hairy Old Cob]

Nippon wasp nest destroying foam less than a fiver destroyed 2 nests last week with 1 can go to the nest just before dark as the wasps are bedding down for the night the can says will spray 3 meters but I got in much closer too really blast it into the entrance holes worked an absolute treat. If you use Powder tape an old spoon to a garden cane and deliver it that way keeps you back from the nest a bit. I saw 2 nests on the canal towpath yesterday that the badger had dug out so they do serve one useful purpose

Preserve Wildlife Pickle a Badger today

 

[indie999]

Hi

I find the rentokil powder is brilliant just go when its dark ie at the moment about 10pm to be sure and then powder all over the hole and entrance. If it rains it will wash this all away. so will have to repeat.
The wasps take the poison on their wings the nest will take 2-3 days to die.

The foam is good if you can cover the nest all over but if its a hole entrance def powder. I have killed 3 house nests this year with powder.

Hate the blighters. Keep horses away from the poison

the Petrol....not recommended but we did one year tip petrol down a wasp nest(we didnt light it) but it did kill it! Probably in current oil prices an expensive waste of petrol!

 

[irish_only]

My OH dealt with one this week. Can of red diesel and touch paper at the ready, squirted easy start down the hole first which made then dozy, poured the diesel in and around it, then lit it. Worked a treat. (I kept well away though)