Just had to go into our loft to get the suitcase for our holidays, and when up I have found about 10 dead wasps scattered about.</p> I've not heard any noises from the loft (buzzing) so not sure if there will be a nest. I flashed the torch around the roof space and couldn't see anything.</p> Any suggestions?</p>
Unless it becomes a problem with noise and wasps around the house regally i'd jut leave it as it isn't a problem for you at the moment is it?
Unless it becomes a problem with noise and wasps around the house regally i'd jut leave it as it isn't a problem for you at the moment is it?
Yep Get a jam jar and fill halfway with water. Make sure the jar also has some jam left in it. Punch 3 holes in the lid and leave it in your loft for 2-3 days. If the jam jar is full of wasps then you've got a wasps nest if not then you aint. Another solution if you find their nest. Get a plastic bag, wait until it's dark. Put the platic bag around the nest, break off the nest and tie the bag tightly. Throw the nest away or even better, stick the end of the bag through the letter box opening of the neighbour you hate the most and open the end of the bag
There's probably a nest in the eves that's why they are in your loft. Same happened to me this year. There's little other reason they'd be up in there.
If you find a nest contact the council, they should be able to come out and do something about it if you speak to the pest control department. I know that we used them a couple of times when we lived in Barnsley.
Don't worry about it if the workers are dying then the life cycle of the colony will be coming to an end. the queens willhibernate and build a new nest next year.</p> Queen wasps never go back to an old next, they always start a fresh one the following year.</p> </p>
We had a great thread about queen wasps If you have got dead ones, it could be that, if you were on holiday, they were already in the house and you cut off their exit when you locked up and shut the windows, but it is much more likely that you have a nest. You probably won't hear them, but the nest (hard to spot if not hanging from a rafter) will probably be down between the eaves and the soffit boards. You can just about see the nest with a good torch. If you can find where they get in and out, you can spray dust into the access point under the soffit boards. Best done between dawn and dusk as they will be all tucked up in bed.
Just spoke to Pest Control at Doncaster Council and they won't come out because it now classed as 'end of season' for Wasps and they are all dying off. Said should be ok to go up and by mid September if find the nest can remove it.
