There will be new queens later in the year … they’ll leave the nest and set off to find somewhere to hibernate … the rest of the wasps will die off over winter and that nest will be over. Then you can take it down and carefully slice it in half and see one of the most wonderful creations in nature.
A good tip is that wasps aren’t active after dark so if you want get something from your shed without risking disturbing them just go in there quietly after dark. 🤫 😉
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
We have the same thing at the moment in our shed and as long as I remember to duck (it's right at head height for me and I don't fancy a face full of wasps), they cause no issue at all if I have to go in.
Do they eventually leave in couple of months or not?
You'll all be less sanguine when you have been stung. And n0, they'll be with you all summer.
They will enter the shed through a regular hole and crawl to the nest. Have a good look where this hole is and keep well away. Try to spot their flight-path - easiest in the sun. Never get between the hole and the wasp flights. You should be relativelysafe within the shed.
Buy some anti-wasp powder and puff this around the hole. Very gingerly! There should be powders to fix all expremes, from kill to laisser faire.
location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand. "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
I found a wasp in the moth trap this morning. So it must have flown at night or at first light to get in there as I was up at 5am. I let it go. I did drown four box moths, invasive species ,no predator as too toxic.
Ive had quite a few stings and an perfectly sanguine about stings from our native common wasp.
I do understand about the dangers for those who are allergic and they need to do what is necessary to keep safe … but some folk are allergic to eggs and no one advocates the removal of all foods containing egg from shops and restaurants.
Using ‘anti-wasp powder’ of any sort is going to expose you to more risk not less … it’s going to create a lot of angry and/or dopey wasps … much more likely to sting you than those in a settled nest going purposefully about their business.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
They will enter the shed through a regular hole and crawl to the nest. Have a good look where this hole is and keep well away. Try to spot their flight-path - easiest in the sun. Never get between the hole and the wasp flights. You should be relativelysafe within the shed.
Buy some anti-wasp powder and puff this around the hole. Very gingerly! There should be powders to fix all expremes, from kill to laisser faire.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.