Huddersfield Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 (edited) I'm hoping you can help me with your specialist knowledge. The photo below which hopefully shows up OK is the roof of my garden shed & the bee in there looks to me pretty much like it's building a nest (hive?). I don't want to kill it but equally can do without a bee infested garden shed. I tried to swat it away & shut the door but it just comes back & hovers around the door until it finds a way back in. Any suggestions what is the best thing to do to persuade it to start its family somewhere else? Cheers!! Edit...sorry looks like the photo hasn't showed, will try to fathom how to post it! Edited May 23, 2015 by Huddersfield Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huddersfield Posted May 23, 2015 Author Share Posted May 23, 2015 Fingers crossed this works: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Fingers crossed this works: That's wonderful! How long would that take? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 sure its not a wasp ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dandydunn Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Burn the shed down. Better to be safe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doakes Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Deodorant can and a lighter should scare it off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishcumnock Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Sa fukķin wasp ! if ye want to keep it get a bird box scrape it aff roof and chuck it in b box , put said box away from hut . glad to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derekfaejapan Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Set fire to it...I fkin' hate things that fly and can sting...Cùnts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Fingers crossed this works: That is a wasp's byke. Destroy in now before it gets too big. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 The one on the right looks like an old one (probably last year's). The one on the left is active but still quite small. It will only have a few wasps in it, maybe only the queen, get rid of it now before it gets too big (ie too many wasps) to handle safely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huddersfield Posted May 23, 2015 Author Share Posted May 23, 2015 Cheers folks...it's weird but I don't remember any issue with wasps in there last year but I can see how the one the right looks like an old one. This year it was more obvious because every time we tried to go near the shed we were getting attacked by the damned thing. The other thing that surprised me when I moved it was how flimsy it was...I expected something a bit waxy or platicky but as soon as I touched it, it just disintegrated in my hand. Also even though I took the wasp a good distance away the little bugger re-appeared in my shed 5 minutes later, but a spray of air freshener seems to have sent it packing. I feel really guilty now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Both of them are tiny. The old one obviously never really got going. The queen probably died or buggered off somewhere else. Most bykes never get any bigger than that, as something goes wrong. But if your new one had really got going, it could have got as big as a football with thousands of wasps in it. Once it gets going the queen can lay about 100 eggs a day. A successful byke can produce up to about 1000-2000 new queens ready for next year but only a tiny fraction will survive. Now that you know that your shed is a good place for wasps you should check it around this time every year. If you can get them while they are still that size it's easy, but once they get a lot bigger you might need to call in the experts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Had a Queen wasp in the bathroom this morning - Must have got in the window by mistake when looking for a hole under the guttering where there was at least 2 nests last year Had the 2 nests gassed at the finish up as it was getting too dodgy near the end of summer when they were starving The holes have been filled in but i just negotiated it back outside It was some size - maybe even a Queen Hornet PS - i spotted that it was a wasp's nest first before everyone 1-0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McTeeko Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 (edited) Cheers folks...it's weird but I don't remember any issue with wasps in there last year but I can see how the one the right looks like an old one. This year it was more obvious because every time we tried to go near the shed we were getting attacked by the damned thing. The other thing that surprised me when I moved it was how flimsy it was...I expected something a bit waxy or platicky but as soon as I touched it, it just disintegrated in my hand. Also even though I took the wasp a good distance away the little bugger re-appeared in my shed 5 minutes later, but a spray of air freshener seems to have sent it packing. I feel really guilty now. I'm dying to know how you knew it was the same wasp?!? Edited May 23, 2015 by McTeeko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huddersfield Posted May 23, 2015 Author Share Posted May 23, 2015 I'm dying to know how you knew it was the same wasp?!? We'd had a chat before I evicted her & I explained that it wasn't personal. She was threatening to bring her mates back for a reclaim the shed demo which is when I had to bring out the tear gas. Or if you want the boring version, I'd shut the door but she did exactly what the original one had done which was hover around, found the same gap & crawled through exactly the same place so I surmised it probably was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McTeeko Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 We'd had a chat before I evicted her & I explained that it wasn't personal. She was threatening to bring her mates back for a reclaim the shed demo which is when I had to bring out the tear gas. Or if you want the boring version, I'd shut the door but she did exactly what the original one had done which was hover around, found the same gap & crawled through exactly the same place so I surmised it probably was. Aye we'll go with the first version ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 We'd had a chat before I evicted her & I explained that it wasn't personal. She was threatening to bring her mates back for a reclaim the shed demo which is when I had to bring out the tear gas. Or if you want the boring version, I'd shut the door but she did exactly what the original one had done which was hover around, found the same gap & crawled through exactly the same place so I surmised it probably was. Should've squished it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bzzzz Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Fingers crossed this works: Aye wasps nest fella!if ye've got kids get it te fk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Burn the shed down. Better to be safe Set fire to it...I fkin' hate things that fly and can sting...Cùnts! That is a wasp's byke. Destroy in now before it gets too big. All of the above Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huddersfield Posted May 25, 2015 Author Share Posted May 25, 2015 I opted for the latter one so my shed is still in All of the above I only went for the last one as air freshener is cheaper than a new shed. If anyone is interested in close up photos of the little critter before the eviction I put a few up at http://postimg.org/gallery/jphmmnt0/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 I opted for the latter one so my shed is still in I only went for the last one as air freshener is cheaper than a new shed. If anyone is interested in close up photos of the little critter before the eviction I put a few up at http://postimg.org/gallery/jphmmnt0/ Not quite as fun as a fire though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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