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Great video! Remember when placing your ladder, remember the four-to-one rule: for every four feet of height you have to climb, move the base one foot away from the wall. Also the ladder side rails shall extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder is used to gain access
Hey Buddy thanks for contributing a supporting comment. I have no doubt that many of us will reap the benefit of your simple and useful tip. Safety first. That's What's Up!
Spent loads of time messing about with all the home made remedies. Nothing worked. Watched this video, bought the powder, put said powder into wasp nest. Next day, no wasps at all. Great vid, thank you!
We had a nest in the ducting from the shower extractor this year. The vent's located in the soffit. Got in a local professional who used a wand from ground level. One of the biggest nests he'd seen this year, he said. Well, I needed to upgrade the extractor fan anyway... It had filled the 100 mm duct when I got it out. I've done a small one in the greenhouse because I could run away fast enough ! Great videos Charlie, informative and enjoyable.
Really great video! I had the exact same problem and treated the nest with ant and wasp powder. They disappeared within a few hours. Will treat it again in a couple of days to make sure no more come. This video saved me 70 quid or so on hiring a professional!!
I've probably killed nearly a hundred nests over the last year, and I'm about thirty percent of the way through my rural property. So when you say "have an escape plan" I'm nodding in agreement. Oh yes, sometimes you will want that escape plan my friends :)
Thank you for this info. I had a red wasp nest in the wall behind a light fixture. Could not get spray on to it. Powder worked like a charm. One week and 2 treatments and they are gone.
since I did a remodel on an older home I find myself curious about a better way than the old can spray from the home depot! 20' reach was my buying point... but 5 seconds into the spraying... I ran out and they fucked me up GOOD !! & NO IM NOT POSTING PICTURES !!
My understanding of the way powder works (unlike the foam type of product) is that the wasps track it into the nest to do its thing. Therefore, surely you want to apply the powder when the nest is at its most active - risk of stings aside? Otherwise you risk the powder being washed away by rain or condensation/dew...
That's what I did, I used leanths of plastic electricical conduit, couplers to extend it and used a children's paddling pool pump to pump it into the nest (under the roof tiles) worked a treat
I just dealt with a nest in my house wall numbering thousands of the buggers. If you have a vaccuum cleaner with disposable bags and hose, its easy. Puff some ant killer powder into the bag and fit it in the machine. Observe the point at which the wasps are going in and out. Extend the nozzle and place it beside the access point so that any wasp trying to enter will be sucked up. Tie in place if possible, or just hold it there calmly and start the cleaner. Within half an hour you'll have hundreds safely in the bag and dead. With patience and more time you'll reduce their numbers to an unsustainable level. Once there are far fewer buzzing about, puff some of the powder into and around the entry point. The remaining ones will drag the powder into the nest and kill the newly hatched ones. I was lucky as the access point was just below a window, so I just stood there holding the nozzle and listened to em rattling up the hose. Don't be tempted to chase individuals, just hold the position and they'll come to the nozzle. This is a safe method, but there is no need for the hysterical panic seen in this video and expressed in some of the posts anyway - especially from those who profit from people's phobia. I've stood outside nests, even in my loft, and swatted them with rolled-up newspapers as they came in, in the past and have never been stung - they're not the angry, highly-organised creatures of popular myth. In my experience in the UK, bees are actually far more aggressive.
This shows that you personally have a lot of bottle or just stupid. People do suffer allergic reactions to wasp stings. Also people are killed. You may be allergic to stings and not know until its too late.
Great video but why spend lots when ant killer powder does same thing and costs penny’s. Just followed your instructions but used ant killer powder and all dead within a few hours and only cost 90p UK ($1).
Thanks for the video. Powder is really working. After read comments I choose ant powder as it is easy to find in Walmart. But the result for my case is not that sweet. The nest is in the wall of my garage, which is not fully sealed inside. Bees are in my garage now and one entered room but can't find it. I would say in my case call the pest control first maybe a better idea.
@@CharlieDIYte The Powder works every bit as good, but with liquid pump sprayers you can stand back far enough to spray in and around the entrance points. Just did a treatment yesterday and the Red Wasps here in East,TX have been coming out of the entry and they are really sick. Just a small note: Taurus is a very effective treatment and it is very powerful. To those that may try it do not mix it stronger. I use .08 oz per gallon of water. The Powder he is using is also much more resonable price wise. Taurus is still kind of expensive. Thanks for the video I will get some Wasp Powder to compare.
Thanks so much for your video! I used Delta Dust and puffed it ALL OVER the entrance and a few feet in each direction because the nest is within a retaining wall made of railroad ties, so it's got cracks between the ties too (did it late at night and wore a full bee suit!). Since it's waterproof, it will remain stuck to the wood for a long time, so I'm praying that this will finally resolve my problem. However...I recently discovered one (possibly two) underground nests in my front yard because I got stung while raking leaves. Now I have to pinpoint the nest(s) and spray Wasp Freeze directly in there. I'm getting paranoid about finding yellowjackets everywhere. I need to clean my gutters. Could they build a nest in there too???
A different TH-cam video suggested white wine vinegar. I did that and the wasps got really pissed with me and the vinegar doesn't appear to have done anything. I ran back to the house and shut the door and then felt something land on my wrist. Too late. One of the angry wasps got me! So, today having watched Charlie's video I bought some wasp powder. I'll let you know how I get on.
Sorry to hear that. No definitely the powder but I also bought one of these recently amzn.to/3nEQDXi so I can treat them during the day with no fear of being strung. Really recommend it!
@@CharlieDIYte Thanks Charlie. The wasp powder has been much more effective. There are nowhere near as many wasps by my composting bin this morning. The beekeeper's suit is a great idea.
I always use a short piece of hose which I fill one end with the powder then insert into the entrance then blow on the other end, after about two minutes they can't get out fast enough. Works every time, wasps are bastard's.
I had the bees in my siding so i got 1 10 ft. Length of half inch p.v.c pipe slede it in section of the siding filled the p.v.c pipe with the dust took my small compressor put it in the end where i had applied the dust n blew it to the opening and the bees came out white ...that was a lot safer and easier for me .
Kelsie Brain Well when they’ve nest above the front door of your home and you have two tiny toddlers who come and go from that door all day....I choose my children over the wasp nuisances. No one wants them near their residence. They are aggressive and territorial. They can stay in their natural habitats, away from people, that would be fantastic!!
Have a wasps nest in our wall after they found away in underneath our lead flashing over conservatory. This stuff has worked perfectly, the majority have been killed but still getting quite a lot dropping into our sidewalk days after applying. Beginning to wonder whether the nest is the height of the house 😬
the bee family; hornets and of course bees and ants have fur or hair on their bodies. the powder is picked up statically and sticks to them. nice clean themselves with their tongue. Just like how cats clean themselves.
I had a wasp nest in a old building that needed to come down back when it was summer. I did it with a spray wasp-killer-product very late, around midnight, and only one or two of them came out. Next day when it was time to demolish the building, i gave them one more spray, but one of them stung me in the hand, making it swell a bit and i could not hold things right the entire day, but atleast my friends could have a laugh the entire day with me dropping things and looking like a nutter.... In early spring i had a pretty big waspnest in a shed, what i did was that i took one of those garbageback that have a string you can close, and again around midnight i slowly put the back around the nest and quickly tightend the back and set it on fire on the lawn, 10 seconds later nest and bag was gone.
Yep, I think those sprays can be problemmatic. I love your solution though. Did they go crazy when you bagged them up? I bet that was a nervous moment!
@@CharlieDIYte Yep they got very much alive when i bagged the nest, just remember to keep the bag away from you and dont hold the back it self, hold it by the strings, they was trying to sting through it.
Great Video and top tips! Just spotted wasps entering and leaving through a small hole at the corner of the PVC window ledge and wall. There's some white fluff around the entrance caught in a spider's web which I assume is cavity wall insulation that the wasps have displaced. I'll try your suggestion but as it's a small hole and not a vague area I'm thinking of fashioning a tube to stick in there and blast the powder all inside. It's on ground floor so I have easy runaway access though I have a couple of friends locally here in Devon UK that are Bee Keepers...
Thanks mate. Check out my update vid th-cam.com/video/w3BVSDOhRhQ/w-d-xo.html Yes they will be displacing the insulation. They cause a lot of damage!! and buy a cheap suit on Amazon if you're worried as you can work on them with no fear of getting stung 👍
The important thing is use insecticide that has residual killing effect that the wasps will carry back to their nest and thus poison the queen and the youngs. The tricky thing is how to keep the insecticides stay with the nest entrance. I had wasps under the roof shingles. I sprayed adhesive around that area first. Then waited couple minutes to let the glue form good bonds, then sprayed roaches killer onto the glue surfaces. After a few days, did not see any more wasps.
Thanks, I really appreciate that - sorry about the cheesy music - don't know why I put that in my early videos 🤦🏻♂️ You might consider buying a bee keeper suit. I bought one for under £30 on Amazon and it makes the whilst prices so much safer as you can treat them during the day without the risk of being stung.
@@CharlieDIYte I got rid of one on the outside of a flat roof shed. I used a telescopic pole and taped a measuring spoon to the end and filled with wasp powder. My son guided me from upstairs in the house. It was a small nest but it felt good when it was gone. I had to do it twice also.. It was last year. I had seen your video and forgot to like and comment at the time. Roll on a year and I see your video again. So I took the time to like, comment and subscribe. Cheers 👍
@@CharlieDIYte My concern was it was an electrical 'short' which may have been dangerous (checked with no power, then twigged it wasn't in the wall)! When you mentioned crackling... Ping
As soon as you've treated the radius the cracking will end. Had it in my daughter's wall. It sounded horrible. It's not always easy to kill them though. It depends how tight the opening is. The tighter the better because then they take more of the powder into the nest.
I am moving house in a few weeks, but have a wasps nest flying in and out of an air brick under the front door. Exactly where we will be moving furniture out, and I don't want them flying in all over the house. They are really active during the day, and my eyesight is not too good in late evening. or early morning. What can I do? I have bought some "Wasp Nest Killer" but, am afraid to treat the nest at those times, in case the fly out, and swarm me. I have a heart problem, and on strong Beta Blockers. If I go into "Anafalactic Shock" will it affect me?
Hi, Would this be the same procedure to treat a hornet nest? We’ve found one in the loft space of a garden chalet, with the hornets entering via a knot hole in the exterior t&g cladding. Would we just spray the powder through this hole?
I have had a lot of experience around the nest in my time, I’m now in my early 50’s and don’t get has much action on the nest as i used too, I do has you recommend get into the nest in late summer but retreat back has soon as I’ve delivered my powder, post menerporse the nest can be really hard to access chaps, this is subliminal marital advice lads fuck all to do with wasps.
Great video, Charlie! Question: how would you suggest _finding_ a wasps' nest? I think I might have a nest inside one of my walls, but I can't find any points of ingress/egress. Any ideas?
Thanks for the comment! I'm not really sure I can give you any clever tips, except to say that the wasps have to be able to get out somewhere, so there must be a crack in the wall or a loose roof tile where they're flying in and out? It's normally pretty obvious so if you can't see any buzzing about, maybe it's not a wasps nest?
Thank you for the reply. I didn't have a wasp issue until last summer. During that time, I counted a total of 47 wasps in my house over the course of about 4 months (the hottest months of the year). This summer I'm up to about 20 wasps in my house already, so I'm about at the point where I'm going to call someone to come over and ferret out the wasps, wherever they're lurking. However, I'm a little reluctant to have someone come out and eliminate the wasps, just to have the wasps return next year and resume the process. I'll let you know if I come up with any information, and thanks again for the reply!
Bits of Real Panther Yes, definitely let me know how you get on. I suspect the problem you've got is nests close to your house. Pretty common this time of year.
Just use some fly and wasp killer permethrin & tetramethrin spray in the loft. Give it about an hour, then go spray inside the nest. Another hour later take the nest down and burn it outside.
Hi Charlie, great video! I tried your technique but I don’t think it worked as I need something that can shoot upwards with some power where the rentokill only gets a lot of powder out when directed downwards. The nest is outside my kitchen window not impossible to access but at an odd angle. Could you recommend another product- just saw a TH-cam video saying don’t buy wasp killer spray so I’m wondering what alternative I have. Thanks !
My roommate lives in a townhome and where the gas line goes into the house there's a space where a quarter inch space around with a gas line thicknesses in the hole in the wall where the vinyl is can we spray into that area with wasp spray or do we have to use powder and once it's done how do we fill it up and we just put steel wool on there like I did to keep the mice out of the pipe areas in the kitchen and the bathroom or do you use the phone crap or do you use some sort of caulk? Or do I call my gas company to ask them?
We have them crawling into a small crack in the siding under the porch overhang. We have sprayed everything but cannot get to the nest. I am assuming it is hidden behind the siding where we cannot see it. We are here in the U.S. Southern states. They are a pest for sure. I got stung last weekend while mowing on the back of my neck. Ouch!!
Yes, powder in that crack is what you need. I got stung mowing the lawn too. You probably mowed over a nest. I did that last year and got stung 3 times in my leg by one wasp.
Hi there. When you say an air vent, are you talking about an air brick? And if so, is it masonry or plastic? If masonry, I see no reason why you can't apply the powder to the holes in the brick. That way, the wasps will inevitably get covered in the powder as they fly in and out of the vent. If it's a plastic vent, this is going to be a bit more tricky as the powder won't really adhere to the plastic, so you'll have to be a bit creative about how you cover the vent in the powder. Send me a bit more info on the vent, and I'll give it some further thought :)
Hi Charlie, Thanks for getting back to me, I'm no good with this stuff....the air vents you get in Victorian houses...the one with the little square holes.
+Shoe Lala Hi there! Thanks for that. If the air vent is made from brick then the powder should work fine - I have similar ones at home and suggest spraying the powder in and around each hole. That way the wasps won't be able to come and go without coating themselves in it - which will kill them and the nest. Sometimes though Victorian houses have metal air vents. If you've got one of these, you might struggle as the powder won't stick to the vent?
@CharlieDIYte Thanks, that worked - but the powder I've used says: "ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PREVENT FORAGING BEES GAINING ACCESS TO TREATED NESTS, PREFERABLY BY REMOVING THE COMBS OR BLOCKING THE NEST". Any suggestions about that please? Can that even be done in remote locations under tiles, I'm wondering?
Glad to hear it. Best thing to do a month or two later is to go into the loft and remove the nest. I've never had a problem with foraging bees but it's a fair point.
Charlie my nest is in a hole on the side of my log wall not the roof do you have a product recommendation, dont know how to get a powder inside maybe a funnel? I am now trying to spray ant out inside the hole, most of the wasp sprays I have are foams and they dont seem to last as I have sprayed the opening 5 times and still see them coming out
this was excellent as i haven’t seen this mentioned yet. the wasps i have, have been collecting around the top of my roof, landing on top, and under the eaves. eaves is kind of awkward but do you think i could try to spray the eaves with the powder ? in this particular spot it’s a walkway; i have small dogs, would this be a problem ? i too have to order from the UK, in california here. the only things that have been a pest are wasps and mud daubers inside ! not sure if you have those in the uk. i am going with a three fold approach; water/sugar/beer/wine/soap in bottles; with a opening so they get stuck, two sticky traps, and i would like to try this as well. just want your advice on it’s safety should it land on the ground. thanks in advance !
Good to hear from you, mate. I'd say you have to be a bit careful if this stuff lands on the ground, particularly with dogs around. And you need to be quite precise in terms of puffing it into the actual entrance they're using, otherwise they won't get touched by it and it won't do the job. It can also kill plants if it washes off the patio into your borders, so use with caution.
I have Wasps coming in through the overflow pipe, found around 30 of them in bathroom this afternoon "most dead or dying" but where exactly would the nest be?? I do not hear any buzzing, and i don't see how they can nest inside that small pipe......scratching my head at this for sure...
hello, i hope you can help me out. i've noticed wasp activity at the exterior corner of our roof on the 2nd floor. right under where the fascia meets the corner but there is a gap, and i see wasp nest inside. how can i use this application by spraying up and into the crack? i tried just spraying with 25 foot projectile wasp killer bottle spray but it hasn't killed them. thank you!
I've tried sprays in the past. The wasps just wait for the spray foam to shrink down and then they just resume their activites as if nothing had happened! The beauty of the powder is that they pick it up on their bodies as they go into and out of the nest and this kills off the nest.
Not really.hes right.you can use acephate powder or drion dust instead that way powder or dust works better. they will track the poision back to the nest,spread it.
Hi Charlie please help me I’ve used this product , the nest is under my slates over bay window ,, I’ve used it 3 times now and they are still coming back !! One week later ,, their all back again !! Please reply !!it’s not accessible to remove etc ! Similar to your situation , up roof ! But Lowe we down if you get my meaning !!
Are you definitely spraying it where they're coming in and out? Sounds like they're not talking it into their nest. Here's my update video th-cam.com/video/w3BVSDOhRhQ/w-d-xo.html
Tony Andzaki I had to remove some roof tiles, then get a spray ( that has a 3 m jet). I sprayed the nest several times over a week. Then removed the nest and sorted the roof
I'll find the hole late in the evening,spray it with some strong pesticides like cykick or wrasp freeze,a couple of days,over lay the hole by puffing some pesticides dust in the hole,so when they enter the hole the will have to crawl pass the dust,get it on their bodies,die
We watched the video and tried this exact thing on a yellow jacket's nest where some siding and roof meet. A few yellow jackets were affected - others looked for other ways to get to/from the nest, and found their way into my child's bedroom. We killed 10 on one day in there. We're looking for all of the ways they can get in and trying to seal them, and If we go a few days with none I think we'll be ok. Exterminator (specializing in stinging insects) recommended that, and waiting until it gets cold enough (Thanksgiving here) that they'll leave, then sealing the entrance. Well do that. I regret doing the powder thing now - should have called the exterminator first.
Thanks William. Just done another 3 nests this summer! Worth buying a bee keeping suit on Amazon for £25 then you can tackle them in the day time. I was going to do an update video without the dreadful cheesy music you had to endure but in the woke times we live in now, I'd probably get cancelled!!
The wasp nest right outside my window is in the gap between the wall and the roof. The only accessible hole is facing towards the ground. I can't drop pesticide into it as it's a very small gap. Do you have any advice?
Tricky. If it was me I'd probably get a shall length of hose, stick it to the tube of powder with duck tape (fabric gaffer tape) and then you can turn the tube upside down and puff powder into the hole through the hose by squeezing the bottle?
its now dec 6th and I still get a slow moving wasp appearing inside my front window. I just don't know where they come from and there is never more than one a day. Could there be a nest in the loft or under floor and should they not have died off by this time
Hello Charlie, I have a similar issue at my house where the wasps made a nest inside the front porch roof(made of cedar planks with some cracks), I tried to seal some cracks that I could identify but they just kept coming and making new holes or cracks to get in and out. I'm in Canada and could not find the wasp killer powder here, it seems it is only available in the UK? The company that manufactures this product does have a local website, unfortunately they only provide treatment service instead of selling the product.
I've got a wasp nest under the roof/attic of our back porch. No idea how big it is. Attic is closed in. Nothing in the house until I started spraying. I have gone thru 3 cans of spray and most likely killed over 200. Most have been found in the basement either dead or just dopey. Maybe I should stop spraying and just leave them alone?? Other than calling an expert is there any other solutions. Should I try to seal off the hole or will that make it worse for inside the house?
+Phil O'Regan Hi Phil, maybe call an expert of its of concern. I might be wrong but I don't think spray is effective unless it is sprayed on the actual nest itself. To target holes you really need the powder as the wasps pick it up as they go through the hole and infect the whole nest. It's a funny time of year though. I've got a mystery nest somewhere right now. There was a nest similar to the one in my video that I killed with the powder a week or so ago but I am still finding sleepy wasps in a couple of rooms with no obvious signs of how they are getting into the house! Good luck with sorting it out!
Thanks Charlie. I did end up calling in a pest control guy and he sprayed the hole with the powder a week ago Monday. He told us by Thursday they should all be gone. As of today there are still a few stragglers in the house and one or two flying in and out of the hole outside. He is coming by again today to see if he needs to spray again. I have a pest spray foam ready to go once I know for sure they are gone so I can seal up the hole.
Yes, they looked like bees to me too (I'm a beekeeper). Please don't do this t bees, which are under threat. Instead, call your local beekeeper association and they will remove the bees.
Definitely wasps. It's an impossibility for a bee keeper to remove bees inclusive of queen from cavity, unless in loft space. If it had to be done via cavity walls, your talking big £££. As a former pest controller with rentokil. The fella carried out a good treatment for wasps (ant powder is just as good), but if it was bees, they should advised to encourage bee activity & due to being on roof, they are not a threat & will disperse shortly. Whereas I have treated wasp nests in November/December before.
😬 I recently bought a bee keeper suit on Amazon for £30 Makes the prices so much easier as you can treat them during the day, with no chance of being stung.
Then id suggest using a foam to cover the entire entrance and exit paths that they take, it will take multiple attempts, on a daily basis, as new workers will be born everyday. You will start to notice a decrease in activity after a day or 2 but keep going until activity completely ceases, ive dealt with inaccessible nests many times, so i can tell you from experience, if the nest cant be targeted directly then it will take patience as you kill them, one generation at a time.
+gezzly72 Sorry - I missed this thread somehow! I've tried foam in the past and the problem is that when the foam recedes the wasps are free to come and go again - foam is only really effective when you spray it on the actual nest in the roof space. The beauty of powder is that the wasps take it into the nest on their bodies which then kills them and the nest. If it was me I'd try and improvise some sort of attachment for the powder container - maybe hose pipe or similar tubing, duck taped to the end of the container. That way you can have the powder upside down whilst pointing the pipe into the nest opening?
I suspect I could have a hornets nest inside a wall cavity or attic, I just hope I can even find somebody to terminate them for me. It's not easy to find somebody to kill hornets/bee's in my area.
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Great video!
Remember when placing your ladder, remember the four-to-one rule: for every four feet of height you have to climb, move the base one foot away from the wall.
Also the ladder side rails shall extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder is used to gain access
Hey Buddy thanks for contributing a supporting comment. I have no doubt that many of us will reap the benefit of your simple and useful tip. Safety first. That's What's Up!
Actually learn something new every day
Spent loads of time messing about with all the home made remedies. Nothing worked. Watched this video, bought the powder, put said powder into wasp nest. Next day, no wasps at all. Great vid, thank you!
You're welcome. You may find you have to do it again in a week or so when the little'uns hatch.
@@CharlieDIYte I'll keep an eye open for that. No movement whatsoever at the nest since! Brilliant powder! Thanks for the vid!
191 of those wasps made youtube accounts and disliked this video
Yeah 😂😂now I think the number of wasps that didn't prefer this video has increased..😂
I dont get why people dislike videos
Why do we contine to permit these fascist technocrats to disable the dislike button?
We had a nest in the ducting from the shower extractor this year. The vent's located in the soffit. Got in a local professional who used a wand from ground level. One of the biggest nests he'd seen this year, he said. Well, I needed to upgrade the extractor fan anyway... It had filled the 100 mm duct when I got it out. I've done a small one in the greenhouse because I could run away fast enough ! Great videos Charlie, informative and enjoyable.
Really great video! I had the exact same problem and treated the nest with ant and wasp powder. They disappeared within a few hours. Will treat it again in a couple of days to make sure no more come. This video saved me 70 quid or so on hiring a professional!!
That happy music in the background makes all those stings feel so much better😂😂😂😂😂
This is a more updated version without the chest music. Get a suit - best thing I bought th-cam.com/video/w3BVSDOhRhQ/w-d-xo.html
I've probably killed nearly a hundred nests over the last year, and I'm about thirty percent of the way through my rural property. So when you say "have an escape plan" I'm nodding in agreement. Oh yes, sometimes you will want that escape plan my friends :)
Ooh you rebel without a cause you
Thank you for this info. I had a red wasp nest in the wall behind a light fixture. Could not get spray on to it. Powder worked like a charm. One week and 2 treatments and they are gone.
I was thinking of treating the nest then coming round to your gaff Charlie !
since I did a remodel on an older home I find myself curious about a better way than the old can spray from the home depot!
20' reach was my buying point... but 5 seconds into the spraying...
I ran out and they fucked me up GOOD !!
& NO IM NOT POSTING PICTURES !!
Straightforward and accessible advice, with appropriate instructions and warnings. Thanks.
You're welcome. Thanks Martin 👍
My understanding of the way powder works (unlike the foam type of product) is that the wasps track it into the nest to do its thing. Therefore, surely you want to apply the powder when the nest is at its most active - risk of stings aside? Otherwise you risk the powder being washed away by rain or condensation/dew...
Yes and actually this is what I now do th-cam.com/video/w3BVSDOhRhQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=xFsp1d1YDwckWUq1 The suit is a game changer !
Good video. I like the emphasis on safety.
I wish I could send the powder through a long tube so I don't have to get too close to the nest!
That's what I did, I used leanths of plastic electricical conduit, couplers to extend it and used a children's paddling pool pump to pump it into the nest (under the roof tiles) worked a treat
Richard Nutton That is a great way with the pump, etc. Thanks!
I used a squeeze bottle to blow the poision
I used half inch p.v.c pipe and a small air compressor ...much easier and safer
Yes
I just dealt with a nest in my house wall numbering thousands of the buggers. If you have a vaccuum cleaner with disposable bags and hose, its easy. Puff some ant killer powder into the bag and fit it in the machine. Observe the point at which the wasps are going in and out. Extend the nozzle and place it beside the access point so that any wasp trying to enter will be sucked up. Tie in place if possible, or just hold it there calmly and start the cleaner. Within half an hour you'll have hundreds safely in the bag and dead. With patience and more time you'll reduce their numbers to an unsustainable level. Once there are far fewer buzzing about, puff some of the powder into and around the entry point. The remaining ones will drag the powder into the nest and kill the newly hatched ones. I was lucky as the access point was just below a window, so I just stood there holding the nozzle and listened to em rattling up the hose. Don't be tempted to chase individuals, just hold the position and they'll come to the nozzle.
This is a safe method, but there is no need for the hysterical panic seen in this video and expressed in some of the posts anyway - especially from those who profit from people's phobia. I've stood outside nests, even in my loft, and swatted them with rolled-up newspapers as they came in, in the past and have never been stung - they're not the angry, highly-organised creatures of popular myth. In my experience in the UK, bees are actually far more aggressive.
This shows that you personally have a lot of bottle or just stupid. People do suffer allergic reactions to wasp stings. Also people are killed. You may be allergic to stings and not know until its too late.
But we are discussing wasps not ants !!!
I love the combination of corny happy music with mass extermination.
Philippe 😂😂😂😂😂
One element off-sets the other!
this would have made world war 2 a lot more fun!
I stepped out back and immediately got stung. So I said “it’s about time for a fresh genocide”.
😂😂😂😂
Great video but why spend lots when ant killer powder does same thing and costs penny’s.
Just followed your instructions but used ant killer powder and all dead within a few hours and only cost 90p UK
($1).
Thanks for the video. Powder is really working. After read comments I choose ant powder as it is easy to find in Walmart.
But the result for my case is not that sweet. The nest is in the wall of my garage, which is not fully sealed inside. Bees are in my garage now and one entered room but can't find it. I would say in my case call the pest control first maybe a better idea.
There are very cheap all in one coveralls that are for bee & wasp protection as seen on Amazon
I use Taurus SC a generic form of Termidore SC and it works great. Liquid spray is easier to treat with.
Great tip!👍
@@CharlieDIYte The Powder works every bit as good, but with liquid pump sprayers you can stand back far enough to spray in and around the entrance points. Just did a treatment yesterday and the Red Wasps here in East,TX have been coming out of the entry and they are really sick. Just a small note: Taurus is a very effective treatment and it is very powerful. To those that may try it do not mix it stronger. I use .08 oz per gallon of water. The Powder he is using is also much more resonable price wise. Taurus is still kind of expensive. Thanks for the video I will get some Wasp Powder to compare.
I cant stop watching these kinds of videos
Me too lol
Busy little bees ☺️
Thanks so much for your video! I used Delta Dust and puffed it ALL OVER the entrance and a few feet in each direction because the nest is within a retaining wall made of railroad ties, so it's got cracks between the ties too (did it late at night and wore a full bee suit!). Since it's waterproof, it will remain stuck to the wood for a long time, so I'm praying that this will finally resolve my problem. However...I recently discovered one (possibly two) underground nests in my front yard because I got stung while raking leaves. Now I have to pinpoint the nest(s) and spray Wasp Freeze directly in there. I'm getting paranoid about finding yellowjackets everywhere. I need to clean my gutters. Could they build a nest in there too???
Use ant killer powder fraction of cost and WORKS.
A different TH-cam video suggested white wine vinegar. I did that and the wasps got really pissed with me and the vinegar doesn't appear to have done anything. I ran back to the house and shut the door and then felt something land on my wrist. Too late. One of the angry wasps got me! So, today having watched Charlie's video I bought some wasp powder. I'll let you know how I get on.
Sorry to hear that. No definitely the powder but I also bought one of these recently amzn.to/3nEQDXi so I can treat them during the day with no fear of being strung. Really recommend it!
@@CharlieDIYte Thanks Charlie. The wasp powder has been much more effective. There are nowhere near as many wasps by my composting bin this morning. The beekeeper's suit is a great idea.
Very effective and fantastic product cleared everything within 24 hours
Excellent! Thanks for letting me know!
Charlie DIYte if you spray powder in opening won't wasps inside nest find their way in your home?
@@michaelp245 they shouldnt.but i mixed sevin dust with some acephate ant powder.,got impressive results
I always use a short piece of hose which I fill one end with the powder then insert into the entrance then blow on the other end, after about two minutes they can't get out fast enough. Works every time, wasps are bastard's.
Do u not realise how much they do for society??
I had the bees in my siding so i got 1 10 ft. Length of half inch p.v.c pipe slede it in section of the siding filled the p.v.c pipe with the dust took my small compressor put it in the end where i had applied the dust n blew it to the opening and the bees came out white ...that was a lot safer and easier for me .
Kelsie Brain Well when they’ve nest above the front door of your home and you have two tiny toddlers who come and go from that door all day....I choose my children over the wasp nuisances. No one wants them near their residence. They are aggressive and territorial. They can stay in their natural habitats, away from people, that would be fantastic!!
@@shellyb1237 I've got a nest your welcome to have before it gets destroyed 🥳
Have a wasps nest in our wall after they found away in underneath our lead flashing over conservatory. This stuff has worked perfectly, the majority have been killed but still getting quite a lot dropping into our sidewalk days after applying. Beginning to wonder whether the nest is the height of the house 😬
You might have to repeat a week after when the eggs hatch. I have 2 nests on the go at the moment!
@@CharlieDIYte Crazy how relentless it can be. 2 nests!? They in your roof still or found another part of your house to take residence.
the bee family; hornets and of course bees and ants have fur or hair on their bodies. the powder is picked up statically and sticks to them. nice clean themselves with their tongue.
Just like how cats clean themselves.
I had a wasp nest in a old building that needed to come down back when it was summer.
I did it with a spray wasp-killer-product very late, around midnight, and only one or two of them came out.
Next day when it was time to demolish the building, i gave them one more spray, but one of them stung me in the hand, making it swell a bit and i could not hold things right the entire day, but atleast my friends could have a laugh the entire day with me dropping things and looking like a nutter....
In early spring i had a pretty big waspnest in a shed, what i did was that i took one of those garbageback that have a string you can close, and again around midnight i slowly put the back around the nest and quickly tightend the back and set it on fire on the lawn, 10 seconds later nest and bag was gone.
Yep, I think those sprays can be problemmatic. I love your solution though. Did they go crazy when you bagged them up? I bet that was a nervous moment!
@@CharlieDIYte Yep they got very much alive when i bagged the nest, just remember to keep the bag away from you and dont hold the back it self, hold it by the strings, they was trying to sting through it.
Geeeeez Adolf Hitler hahaha. That’s a crazy way to do it
Great Video and top tips!
Just spotted wasps entering and leaving through a small hole at the corner of the PVC window ledge and wall.
There's some white fluff around the entrance caught in a spider's web which I assume is cavity wall insulation that the wasps have displaced.
I'll try your suggestion but as it's a small hole and not a vague area I'm thinking of fashioning a tube to stick in there and blast the powder all inside.
It's on ground floor so I have easy runaway access though I have a couple of friends locally here in Devon UK that are Bee Keepers...
Thanks mate. Check out my update vid th-cam.com/video/w3BVSDOhRhQ/w-d-xo.html Yes they will be displacing the insulation. They cause a lot of damage!! and buy a cheap suit on Amazon if you're worried as you can work on them with no fear of getting stung 👍
dude i noticed you didnt put anything at the base of the ladder as for it not to slip out from underneath you....a pack of shingles works great.......
Ah, great idea!!
The important thing is use insecticide that has residual killing effect that the wasps will carry back to their nest and thus poison the queen and the youngs. The tricky thing is how to keep the insecticides stay with the nest entrance. I had wasps under the roof shingles. I sprayed adhesive around that area first. Then waited couple minutes to let the glue form good bonds, then sprayed roaches killer onto the glue surfaces. After a few days, did not see any more wasps.
Cheers for the advice and guidance... Liked and Subscribed 👍👍👍
Thanks, I really appreciate that - sorry about the cheesy music - don't know why I put that in my early videos 🤦🏻♂️ You might consider buying a bee keeper suit. I bought one for under £30 on Amazon and it makes the whilst prices so much safer as you can treat them during the day without the risk of being stung.
@@CharlieDIYte I got rid of one on the outside of a flat roof shed. I used a telescopic pole and taped a measuring spoon to the end and filled with wasp powder. My son guided me from upstairs in the house. It was a small nest but it felt good when it was gone. I had to do it twice also.. It was last year. I had seen your video and forgot to like and comment at the time. Roll on a year and I see your video again. So I took the time to like, comment and subscribe. Cheers 👍
Beautifully explained in clear English Thankyou
Thanks - I've a 'noise' ( crackling ) inside - airbrick outside.
Yes, that's the nest you can hear. I have a similar situation in my son's room right now.
@@CharlieDIYte My concern was it was an electrical 'short' which may have been dangerous (checked with no power, then twigged it wasn't in the wall)!
When you mentioned crackling... Ping
As soon as you've treated the radius the cracking will end. Had it in my daughter's wall. It sounded horrible. It's not always easy to kill them though. It depends how tight the opening is. The tighter the better because then they take more of the powder into the nest.
I am moving house in a few weeks, but have a wasps nest flying in and out of an air brick
under the front door. Exactly where we will be moving furniture out, and I don't want them
flying in all over the house. They are really active during the day, and my eyesight is not too
good in late evening. or early morning. What can I do? I have bought some "Wasp Nest Killer"
but, am afraid to treat the nest at those times, in case the fly out, and swarm me. I have a
heart problem, and on strong Beta Blockers. If I go into "Anafalactic Shock" will it affect me?
Great video thank you
You're welcome. At this time of year it's a real problem.
so... what happened to the protective clothing during the actual application? ......
yolo
Great vid thanks !!
Hi, Would this be the same procedure to treat a hornet nest? We’ve found one in the loft space of a garden chalet, with the hornets entering via a knot hole in the exterior t&g cladding. Would we just spray the powder through this hole?
I have had a lot of experience around the nest in my time, I’m now in my early 50’s and don’t get has much action on the nest as i used too, I do has you recommend get into the nest in late summer but retreat back has soon as I’ve delivered my powder, post menerporse the nest can be really hard to access chaps, this is subliminal marital advice lads fuck all to do with wasps.
Great video, Charlie! Question: how would you suggest _finding_ a wasps' nest? I think I might have a nest inside one of my walls, but I can't find any points of ingress/egress. Any ideas?
Thanks for the comment! I'm not really sure I can give you any clever tips, except to say that the wasps have to be able to get out somewhere, so there must be a crack in the wall or a loose roof tile where they're flying in and out? It's normally pretty obvious so if you can't see any buzzing about, maybe it's not a wasps nest?
Thank you for the reply. I didn't have a wasp issue until last summer. During that time, I counted a total of 47 wasps in my house over the course of about 4 months (the hottest months of the year). This summer I'm up to about 20 wasps in my house already, so I'm about at the point where I'm going to call someone to come over and ferret out the wasps, wherever they're lurking. However, I'm a little reluctant to have someone come out and eliminate the wasps, just to have the wasps return next year and resume the process. I'll let you know if I come up with any information, and thanks again for the reply!
Bits of Real Panther Yes, definitely let me know how you get on. I suspect the problem you've got is nests close to your house. Pretty common this time of year.
@@BitsofRealPanther How is it now?
@@alexanderjuarez1713 The wasps got him. It is their house now.
My nest is 2 feet away from a robins nest with new hatchlings. I’m concerned the powder may harm the birds. Any suggestions?
Just use some fly and wasp killer permethrin & tetramethrin spray in the loft. Give it about an hour, then go spray inside the nest. Another hour later take the nest down and burn it outside.
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Hi Charlie, great video! I tried your technique but I don’t think it worked as I need something that can shoot upwards with some power where the rentokill only gets a lot of powder out when directed downwards. The nest is outside my kitchen window not impossible to access but at an odd angle. Could you recommend another product- just saw a TH-cam video saying don’t buy wasp killer spray so I’m wondering what alternative I have. Thanks !
A can of cb 80 or delta force or a can of tridie.
I stood out on my doorstep last night and was stung by two wasps on the side of my head. That nest will be going.
My roommate lives in a townhome and where the gas line goes into the house there's a space where a quarter inch space around with a gas line thicknesses in the hole in the wall where the vinyl is can we spray into that area with wasp spray or do we have to use powder and once it's done how do we fill it up and we just put steel wool on there like I did to keep the mice out of the pipe areas in the kitchen and the bathroom or do you use the phone crap or do you use some sort of caulk? Or do I call my gas company to ask them?
We have them crawling into a small crack in the siding under the porch overhang. We have sprayed everything but cannot get to the nest. I am assuming it is hidden behind the siding where we cannot see it. We are here in the U.S. Southern states. They are a pest for sure. I got stung last weekend while mowing on the back of my neck. Ouch!!
Yes, powder in that crack is what you need. I got stung mowing the lawn too. You probably mowed over a nest. I did that last year and got stung 3 times in my leg by one wasp.
Hi Charlie, what's the best way to get rid of a wasp nest in an air vent?
Hi there. When you say an air vent, are you talking about an air brick? And if so, is it masonry or plastic?
If masonry, I see no reason why you can't apply the powder to the holes in the brick. That way, the wasps will inevitably get covered in the powder as they fly in and out of the vent.
If it's a plastic vent, this is going to be a bit more tricky as the powder won't really adhere to the plastic, so you'll have to be a bit creative about how you cover the vent in the powder. Send me a bit more info on the vent, and I'll give it some further thought :)
Hi Charlie, Thanks for getting back to me, I'm no good with this stuff....the air vents you get in Victorian houses...the one with the little square holes.
+Shoe Lala Hi there! Thanks for that. If the air vent is made from brick then the powder should work fine - I have similar ones at home and suggest spraying the powder in and around each hole. That way the wasps won't be able to come and go without coating themselves in it - which will kill them and the nest. Sometimes though Victorian houses have metal air vents. If you've got one of these, you might struggle as the powder won't stick to the vent?
Thank you, I'll give the powder a go as the vent is made out of brick. You have been a great help...THANK YOU!!!
No worries. You might find you need to treat it a few times, as the new wasps that haven't been killed hatch. But persevere - you'll win in the end!
I had one small nest on a tree next to my balcony. WD40 Did the job!
I googled how to get rid of a wasp nest only yesterday and as you say WD40 does the trick .
why before you went to zap them was there already powder on the roof? it's fine if you've already done it but it's not fine to lie.
Cool thanks. Really helpful 👍
Thanks 👍🏻
@CharlieDIYte Thanks, that worked - but the powder I've used says: "ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PREVENT FORAGING BEES GAINING ACCESS TO TREATED NESTS, PREFERABLY BY REMOVING THE COMBS OR BLOCKING THE NEST". Any suggestions about that please? Can that even be done in remote locations under tiles, I'm wondering?
Glad to hear it. Best thing to do a month or two later is to go into the loft and remove the nest. I've never had a problem with foraging bees but it's a fair point.
@@CharlieDIYte Ok, I'll try that out. (I assumed it was out of concern for inadvertently killing the bees as well.)
Charlie, thanks from your American community! We have always the risk but it can be minimized close to 0!
Thanks for the video Charlie - very helpful suggestions
You should have waited till dark when they are all in the nest. Buy a head torch ofcourse.
Fair point. I've bought a suit now as well, for the next time I have to do this.
Methinks it would have been smart to close that back door that is 7 feet from the nest
Charlie my nest is in a hole on the side of my log wall not the roof do you have a product recommendation, dont know how to get a powder inside maybe a funnel? I am now trying to spray ant out inside the hole, most of the wasp sprays I have are foams and they dont seem to last as I have sprayed the opening 5 times and still see them coming out
Try puffing powder into it, slightly obstructing the opening if you can so they have to get covered by the powder on the way in.
this was excellent as i haven’t seen this mentioned yet. the wasps i have, have been collecting around the top of my roof, landing on top, and under the eaves. eaves is kind of awkward but do you think i could try to spray the eaves with the powder ? in this particular spot it’s a walkway; i have small dogs, would this be a problem ? i too have to order from the UK, in california here. the only things that have been a pest are wasps and mud daubers inside ! not sure if you have those in the uk. i am going with a three fold approach; water/sugar/beer/wine/soap in bottles; with a opening so they get stuck, two sticky traps, and i would like to try this as well. just want your advice on it’s safety should it land on the ground. thanks in advance !
Good to hear from you, mate. I'd say you have to be a bit careful if this stuff lands on the ground, particularly with dogs around. And you need to be quite precise in terms of puffing it into the actual entrance they're using, otherwise they won't get touched by it and it won't do the job. It can also kill plants if it washes off the patio into your borders, so use with caution.
thanks pal
May I ask? Is it best to use the powder during summer months when the bees are active? Or can it be used during winter months too?
Just when they're active.
@@CharlieDIYte makes sense thank you 😊
I have Wasps coming in through the overflow pipe, found around 30 of them in bathroom this afternoon "most dead or dying" but where exactly would the nest be?? I do not hear any buzzing, and i don't see how they can nest inside that small pipe......scratching my head at this for sure...
If you can put some ant acephate powder or sevin dust down the pipe
hello, i hope you can help me out. i've noticed wasp activity at the exterior corner of our roof on the 2nd floor. right under where the fascia meets the corner but there is a gap, and i see wasp nest inside. how can i use this application by spraying up and into the crack? i tried just spraying with 25 foot projectile wasp killer bottle spray but it hasn't killed them. thank you!
I use an extendable window cleaning pole with a paper cup attached full of the powder and tilt it in near the entrance or over it if you can
Excellent, thank you.
Just took a partition wall out and found the strut under the window sill has extensive wood rot from wasps.
Yes they can cause a lot of damage 😣
If ants and wasps are related, would ant killers kill wasps, like boric acid?
th-cam.com/video/6wElK5Jbr18/w-d-xo.html
So do not use sprays for wall voids?
I've tried sprays in the past. The wasps just wait for the spray foam to shrink down and then they just resume their activites as if nothing had happened! The beauty of the powder is that they pick it up on their bodies as they go into and out of the nest and this kills off the nest.
Not really.hes right.you can use acephate powder or drion dust instead that way powder or dust works better. they will track the poision back to the nest,spread it.
Delta force, cb 80,surrender ant powder will penetrate thew wall voids,
Hi Charlie please help me I’ve used this product , the nest is under my slates over bay window ,, I’ve used it 3 times now and they are still coming back !! One week later ,, their all back again !! Please reply !!it’s not accessible to remove etc ! Similar to your situation , up roof ! But Lowe we down if you get my meaning !!
Are you definitely spraying it where they're coming in and out? Sounds like they're not talking it into their nest. Here's my update video th-cam.com/video/w3BVSDOhRhQ/w-d-xo.html
They are eliminated 😃😃ant powder was more successful 👍👍
I prefer a flame thrower.
I go many garden center can't find this product. San Antonio. TX ?
+Huy Nguyen Have you tried to find it on Google? If it's not sold widely in the US then I guess you'll just have to find a US equivalent?
Thanks for the advice, I will try it out today.
How did it go
Tony Andzaki I had to remove some roof tiles, then get a spray ( that has a 3 m jet). I sprayed the nest several times over a week. Then removed the nest and sorted the roof
@@scottmcdonald3019 i see, have you been stung?
@@tonyandzaki9622 lol you and i got the same name but doubt he got stung he had a 3m jet
@@tonyandzaki9622 no I didn't
Thanks man 👍
It stays so light late at night in England crazy
Only in the summer 👍
And I was going to go rooting around in my inacessable attic. Thanks, you could have saved me there.
Does this work for yellow jackets? They are in my wall.
Yellow jackets are wasps, so yes, it should do the trick!
I'll find the hole late in the evening,spray it with some strong pesticides like cykick or wrasp freeze,a couple of days,over lay the hole by puffing some pesticides dust in the hole,so when they enter the hole the will have to crawl pass the dust,get it on their bodies,die
Leave a working Home phone base station within 18" of the nest and they will be gone (48 hrs) , clean and effective!!
working...with handset or without. I'm willing to give it a shot...I'm having a hard time finding any validity to this in the googles.
We watched the video and tried this exact thing on a yellow jacket's nest where some siding and roof meet. A few yellow jackets were affected - others looked for other ways to get to/from the nest, and found their way into my child's bedroom. We killed 10 on one day in there. We're looking for all of the ways they can get in and trying to seal them, and If we go a few days with none I think we'll be ok. Exterminator (specializing in stinging insects) recommended that, and waiting until it gets cold enough (Thanksgiving here) that they'll leave, then sealing the entrance. Well do that. I regret doing the powder thing now - should have called the exterminator first.
That's frustrating Jon. I'm surprised the exterminator wasn't able to treat the infestation though.
I don't want have dead wasps left over in my wall cavity afterwards though?
Better that than live ones!
@@CharlieDIYte Definitely!
Now you just need to have the roof tiles replaced, they look a bit crumbly! Gr8 video though.
Thanks William. Just done another 3 nests this summer! Worth buying a bee keeping suit on Amazon for £25 then you can tackle them in the day time. I was going to do an update video without the dreadful cheesy music you had to endure but in the woke times we live in now, I'd probably get cancelled!!
Only one application if you do it properly
The wasp nest right outside my window is in the gap between the wall and the roof. The only accessible hole is facing towards the ground. I can't drop pesticide into it as it's a very small gap. Do you have any advice?
Tricky. If it was me I'd probably get a shall length of hose, stick it to the tube of powder with duck tape (fabric gaffer tape) and then you can turn the tube upside down and puff powder into the hole through the hose by squeezing the bottle?
its now dec 6th and I still get a slow moving wasp appearing inside my front window. I just don't know where they come from and there is never more than one a day. Could there be a nest in the loft or under floor and should they not have died off by this time
In the wall, floor, and maybe nest under roof eave,.
If you want to make your own woodworking yourself just look for Woodprix website. There is all you need to make it :)
i felt bad spraying them with water
Some almost drowned 😮
Hello Charlie, I have a similar issue at my house where the wasps made a nest inside the front porch roof(made of cedar planks with some cracks), I tried to seal some cracks that I could identify but they just kept coming and making new holes or cracks to get in and out. I'm in Canada and could not find the wasp killer powder here, it seems it is only available in the UK? The company that manufactures this product does have a local website, unfortunately they only provide treatment service instead of selling the product.
Do you have access to some sevin dust or acephate powder,? blow in their entrance way.use some kind of squeeze bottle
good
+thomas gutierrez Thanks Thomas!
i was like IM GETTING OUT OF HERE XD
Vegito jdgjvetjh ,,
I've got a wasp nest under the roof/attic of our back porch. No idea how big it is. Attic is closed in. Nothing in the house until I started spraying. I have gone thru 3 cans of spray and most likely killed over 200. Most have been found in the basement either dead or just dopey. Maybe I should stop spraying and just leave them alone?? Other than calling an expert is there any other solutions. Should I try to seal off the hole or will that make it worse for inside the house?
+Phil O'Regan Hi Phil, maybe call an expert of its of concern. I might be wrong but I don't think spray is effective unless it is sprayed on the actual nest itself. To target holes you really need the powder as the wasps pick it up as they go through the hole and infect the whole nest. It's a funny time of year though. I've got a mystery nest somewhere right now. There was a nest similar to the one in my video that I killed with the powder a week or so ago but I am still finding sleepy wasps in a couple of rooms with no obvious signs of how they are getting into the house! Good luck with sorting it out!
You need to kill the nest before sealing them in. They will just chew their way out... or in.
Thanks Charlie. I did end up calling in a pest control guy and he sprayed the hole with the powder a week ago Monday. He told us by Thursday they should all be gone. As of today there are still a few stragglers in the house and one or two flying in and out of the hole outside. He is coming by again today to see if he needs to spray again. I have a pest spray foam ready to go once I know for sure they are gone so I can seal up the hole.
Phil O'Regan Thanks for the update Phil. Glad you've nearly got it sorted!
Where do you get that powder at
Walmart or home depo.get the surrender ant powder
Ant powder - the same thing but much cheaper.
Try is not the word. They come out like gang busters😮😮😮😮😮
Ola sou português falas português porfavor spek tyo me em português plese help me wasp killer
Thanks. I am collecting info now as I want to floor my attic this summer and i know I have hornets up there somewhere.
13 wasps in a single room right now!
Same here!
They look distinctly like bees! Better to have called a bee keeper and they could have removed them for you.
Yes, they looked like bees to me too (I'm a beekeeper). Please don't do this t bees, which are under threat. Instead, call your local beekeeper association and they will remove the bees.
Definitely wasps. It's an impossibility for a bee keeper to remove bees inclusive of queen from cavity, unless in loft space. If it had to be done via cavity walls, your talking big £££. As a former pest controller with rentokil. The fella carried out a good treatment for wasps (ant powder is just as good), but if it was bees, they should advised to encourage bee activity & due to being on roof, they are not a threat & will disperse shortly. Whereas I have treated wasp nests in November/December before.
You’re amazing
The quickest exit strategy in this scenario is fall off the ladder and pretend to be be dead.
😬 I recently bought a bee keeper suit on Amazon for £30 Makes the prices so much easier as you can treat them during the day, with no chance of being stung.
We have one behind a wooden board under guttering but the entrance is underneath and can't squirt the powder upwards. ??
Use wasp spray then, the liquid areosol cans
+Shazzkid I have but only kills the individual ones not ones in the nest or the queen
Then id suggest using a foam to cover the entire entrance and exit paths that they take, it will take multiple attempts, on a daily basis, as new workers will be born everyday. You will start to notice a decrease in activity after a day or 2 but keep going until activity completely ceases, ive dealt with inaccessible nests many times, so i can tell you from experience, if the nest cant be targeted directly then it will take patience as you kill them, one generation at a time.
+Shazzkid thanks
+gezzly72 Sorry - I missed this thread somehow! I've tried foam in the past and the problem is that when the foam recedes the wasps are free to come and go again - foam is only really effective when you spray it on the actual nest in the roof space. The beauty of powder is that the wasps take it into the nest on their bodies which then kills them and the nest. If it was me I'd try and improvise some sort of attachment for the powder container - maybe hose pipe or similar tubing, duck taped to the end of the container. That way you can have the powder upside down whilst pointing the pipe into the nest opening?
Why the need for irritating music Charlie ?
I suspect I could have a hornets nest inside a wall cavity or attic, I just hope I can even find somebody to terminate them for me. It's not easy to find somebody to kill hornets/bee's in my area.
Any way you can poof some acephate powder in their