Wasp's - in the soil.

Last week I deep dug some of my boarders, the last few days I have noticed wasps are digging into this soil. I've just stood there for a few minites and there seems to be about 50-60 wasps coming and going.

Any idea what they are doing?
And how can I get rid of them?
Thanks.

 

Building a nest.
Pour boiling water in the hole.

 

Careful though. Angry wasps are no joke. Maybe the council would deal with the nest for you.

 

Had this problem last year :(, a large wasps nest in the border near the pond, i got some powder from the garden centre , and waited till dusk and they had stopped going in and out as they were very iffy when i went near the nest i then put the powder into the nest, did it a couple of evenings and seemed to do the job. :gnthb:

 

We had a wasps nest in our attic once. The attic is converted into a bedroom, but there's a panel in the wall leading into the 'unconverted' bit. The wasps net was behind that. It wasn't until the beginning of winter when I realised, when I was sat at my computer and I noticed hundreds of wasps just parked on the window. I soon located their nest and it was like something out of a horror film. I removed the panel to let them in en-masse, and with a can of wasp spray in one hand and the hoover in the other, I set about spraying them and suck them up. It didn't work. I got maybe a couple of pounds of dead wasps in the hoover but the next day there were at least twice as many in there. I bought two more cans of wasp spray, taped the buttons down, chucked them through the whole into the other part of the loft, and tried to seal it shut but failed. I stood back and watched with interest as they ganged up on the containers of wasp spray and were trying to sting them. They fought a valiant battle. Some wasps were dragging themselves along, nearly dead, towards the containers to sting them. despite their losses, the colony was still victorious as the cans discharged fully while hundreds of wasps still lived. I came up with a cunning plan involving a long pole with a loop on the end, a drawstring to close the loop, and a plastic bag. My plan was to strike during the night and snatch the entire nest, then put it into my already prepared incinerator bin. The wife decided this was too dangerous and threatened to cut off my privileges if I tried it, so we called in a pest control man. He said the nest was the biggest wasps nest he'd ever seen.

 

We had a Wasps nest in our attic last year, it was a tiny nest(a little bigger than a clenched fist) though and the Wasps were amazingly docile considering we were cleaning and moving stuff around. Because of it's size we thought we'd leave them to it, but then it was small nest and they weren't posing any threat to us.

 

Are you are sure they are wasps? Miner bees are endangered and live under the ground

 

Its too early for wasps, I wont be expecting to treat any nests till mid June at the earlyest. It will be masonry bees, They are completly harmless and docile and will disapear within a few weeks.

 

:dh: Wrong occupation. That's what I meant:hehe:

 

Good point. We mustn't go killing the bees.

Bees - Good
Wasps - Evil

 

Wasps are actually good friends to the gardener for Summer at least. They eat greenfly!

 

Ok, but when I was on holiday in Cornwall last year they ganged up on me and stole my fruit scone with jam and cream in it. I was enjoying that too.

 

clueless1

holy ****. that is a decent plot for a horror film!

Otherwise; surely masonry bees do not form colonies? I have had some in my south facing walls for the last few years and we rub along OK, but there would be ructions if there were more than a few....