I would stay away from it. Put a notice on the compost heap saying Wasp Nest - Stay Clear! and leave it well alone.
That's what the local garden centre did when a wasps' nest was found in a bag of compost on the edge of the car park near the farm shop - they put hazard tape around it too, Everyone went about their business and left it alone and the wasps left everyone alone. No one was bothered by it.
And that's in an area that gets hundreds of visitors every day (including small children who attend a 'play-gym' on site).
As Nutcutlet says, they'll all be dead soon and the queen will go off to hibernate.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Our local council charge roughly £50 to deal with them. As it's on an allotment, assuming it's a general compost heap not one for your own use only, I would expect the committee to sort it out.
Nah, leave 'em be. They're good cleaners of all sorts of waste, vegetable and enimal matter. I'm allergic to the sting - swell up fast, but I'd still not kill a nest full. Just fence it off to make people aware and dig the compost quietly out from the other side if you need it.
If you can't leave it alone, and assuming the council can't help (most can't these days), try the British Pest Control Association (BCPA) website - they have a search facility that'll find someone close to you who will deal with it for you. We had to have one removed from a house in Cornwall two years ago. Done by a well known commercial company who charged £100 with a guarantee to come back and retreat if the first time didn't completely clear them. Took the chap about 10 minutes.
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“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
What I did was went at night with bit of petrol and a match 20 seconds all gone, that would depend what's it your compost heap you don't want it to burn as well
The allotment committee got back to me, we have a guy on site who keeps bees, has all the protective gear, he's going to deal with it. Another plot holder has the same problem so he's going to deal with both.
I feel a nice bottle of wine winging it's way to him.
Thanks for your replies. I went to the plot earlier and the nest has settled down.
Zoomer44 here in Wales to remove a nest was about £50.00,a few years back, not sure about today's cost, I suffer from anaphylactic shock if I get stung by bees or wasps so if they are any around the house or garden I got to get rid of them, but even if they come into the house I still wouldn't kill one don't see the point .
The nest has gone. Went to the plot today and not a wasp in sight. The guy was checking the area, he'd sprayed it and gone back a few days later to burn the nest.
As it was near the track the committee provided all that was needed. They have even left a spray should any wasps return.
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I would stay away from it. Put a notice on the compost heap saying Wasp Nest - Stay Clear! and leave it well alone.
That's what the local garden centre did when a wasps' nest was found in a bag of compost on the edge of the car park near the farm shop - they put hazard tape around it too, Everyone went about their business and left it alone and the wasps left everyone alone. No one was bothered by it.
And that's in an area that gets hundreds of visitors every day (including small children who attend a 'play-gym' on site).
As Nutcutlet says, they'll all be dead soon and the queen will go off to hibernate.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Our local council charge roughly £50 to deal with them. As it's on an allotment, assuming it's a general compost heap not one for your own use only, I would expect the committee to sort it out.
Nah, leave 'em be. They're good cleaners of all sorts of waste, vegetable and enimal matter. I'm allergic to the sting - swell up fast, but I'd still not kill a nest full. Just fence it off to make people aware and dig the compost quietly out from the other side if you need it.
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If you can't leave it alone, and assuming the council can't help (most can't these days), try the British Pest Control Association (BCPA) website - they have a search facility that'll find someone close to you who will deal with it for you. We had to have one removed from a house in Cornwall two years ago. Done by a well known commercial company who charged £100 with a guarantee to come back and retreat if the first time didn't completely clear them. Took the chap about 10 minutes.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
What I did was went at night with bit of petrol and a match 20 seconds all gone, that would depend what's it your compost heap you don't want it to burn as well
That's really dangerous advice
Wasps eat aphids
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
The allotment committee got back to me, we have a guy on site who keeps bees, has all the protective gear, he's going to deal with it. Another plot holder has the same problem so he's going to deal with both.
I feel a nice bottle of wine winging it's way to him.
Thanks for your replies. I went to the plot earlier and the nest has settled down.
Zoomer44 here in Wales to remove a nest was about £50.00,a few years back, not sure about today's cost, I suffer from anaphylactic shock if I get stung by bees or wasps so if they are any around the house or garden I got to get rid of them, but even if they come into the house I still wouldn't kill one don't see the point .
The nest has gone. Went to the plot today and not a wasp in sight. The guy was checking the area, he'd sprayed it and gone back a few days later to burn the nest.
As it was near the track the committee provided all that was needed. They have even left a spray should any wasps return.