wasps nest in stable

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and in the shed, and in my broody coop. Managed to destroy the one in the shed physically but the one in the stable is just above the door and inside-cutting off my escape route! Its about large orange size atm and I am using the stable.

will they sting the pony? (I know bees are different but there was that horror story in HHO a couple of years back). What poison can I use and how quickly can I use the stable again?

TIA.
 
Can't you get professional pest controllers to deal with it - using poison yourself could be risky. I had one in the eaves of my house done three years ago and it only cost about £45 if I remember rightly.
 
if it is that small it should only be one queen wasp and a few cells with grubs in it-keep an eye on it and see how many wasps go in and out (it is probably only one) if it is only one then next time she leaves then quickly take the nest down and remove it to a bucket of boiling water job done,just do it at a time the stable is not needed for an hour or so cos she will spend a while looking for the nest
 
Yes they will sting the pony if disturbed!

You can go the DIY method but better safe than sorry in my book (having had a horse and a husband badly stung when the DIY nest eradication went wrong!)
 
thanks everyone. well, I can keep the horses well away when I do it as the stable isn't by the main yard and not even near the field they are currently grazing, they are just in overnight for their waistlines. And I would call in the professionals but with lots of bills looming I was trying to save a few quid. I will observe it for a bit tonight-have only noticed one wasp so far.
 
Accidentally poked a wasps' nest in the banks of a deep litter bed with a fork once. Never moved so fast in my life! Rang the local council as it was back in the days when they sent a man out for free. The waiting list was a couple of weeks. When I explained that I needed to use the stable that evening the man recommended ant powder. It worked brilliantly.
 
I had one in my shed last year, i waited till after dark then gave the whole nest a good spray with wasp killer, did this 3 nights running and it worked for me, admittedly i didn't hang around after id done it but it worked for me.
 
If they are nesting on something that isn't too flamable, try spraying WD40 or Brake cleaner in their exit hole of the nest - then pop a small flame at it....

Works for my DH everytime :D tho sometimes I need to operate a hosepipe (and he is NEVER allowed to do this in the yard!:rolleyes:)
 
Echo Hairy Old Cob.
Later in the evening is best as all the wasps are in the nest and far less likely to react.
I have a feeling that we are going to see a rise in wasp nests this year compared to the last two years as I have come across two already today.
 
I had a wasp nest right above the door to my feed room when I had my own place. It was football sized once complete. The dividing wall between that and the stable didn't go all the way up. Ponies often scrambled into the feed room after me and I was up and down the hay bales in there a lot, as I had nesting swallows in the stable. Over the entire summer I didn't get stung once and neither did either pony. I had one come over to investigate me when I'd climbed up the bales, but that really was it. Swallows love them as a food stuff, so I left it with a verbal warning of 'one sting and you're dead!'. Like I say, though, no trouble. I'd just leave it!
 
If you can see and get at the whole nest then






If you can see (and get at) the whole nest then the spary foam wasp nest destroyer is fine. As others have said use at dusk when all the wasps have returned to their nest. Can you put your pony elsewhere for one night?

If you cannot see the whole nest or as I have had several times the wasps are going in and out of a tiled roof then it is a job for the experts - try your local paper or yellow pages and ask for a quote. Great advantage if they do not get it all in one go they normally return for free.

Do it soon before it gets bigger!











wIf you can see
 
We've had a few nests over the years at the stables, which I have tried to ignore. No more though when one got very big, I'd got kids in the yard and when it got really hot one day (80 degree +) they become so agitated and aggressive. Never again!
 
pony can go elsewhere for a bit, thanks re tip on the foam, will get some! I can get at the whole thing. we've not had any for a couple of years-guess the wet didn't suit them either :D but there are old remains of one in my shed that must have been football size! I am of the live and let live ilk but need that box over the summer (anybody else's horses harder work in the summer!?)

the blow torch is an idea but is a wooden loose box...;)
 
I have killed loads of nests.I have used foam which just annoys them.

Buy a wasp powder(ie rentokil) its dead cheap. Observe where they are entering the nest and at dusk (dont shine a torch at them). When the nest is asleep puff some powder in the entrance(dont touch it just coat the entrance with powder). I usually invert the container to make sure it will puff really well(its a similar container to ie ant powder). You may have to repeat 3 days later but it will kill them. Try to dust the nest well.

Wasps get drunk on nectar at end of summer and thats when they get really nasty! So best to get rid of asap. Easy if you can reach to dust nest.
 
We've had a few nests over the years at the stables, which I have tried to ignore. No more though when one got very big, I'd got kids in the yard and when it got really hot one day (80 degree +) they become so agitated and aggressive. Never again!

We tried the live and let live approach when the nested under the eaves, they were a nightmare. Buzzing all night long in the wall cavity, the dog wouldn't go in the room. As soon as the weather started to get colder they decided to move indoors with us !. The next summer we had a new nest and called in a pest controller who dealt with it very efficiently. Apparantely it was a european type wasp that was very agressive.
 
I have killed loads of nests.I have used foam which just annoys them.

I have had Great results with Foam blocks the Hole and kills anthing on its way in or out in 1976 the HOT Summer we did 22 wasp nests on the farm with powder table spoon taped to Garden cane all done late evening apart from one when we rammed a post through it fencing:D and no one got stung;)


The most memorable one was in 1978 last time round the field ploughing a headland adjacent to the Ashby Canal I took the top out of a mahoosive wasp nest with the plough they came up like black smoke I have never shut a tractor back window so fast in my life and Waterways were Piling adjacent to the nest and they copped for the full attack and ended up jumping into the Canal:D
 
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