Bedroom Wasp Nest

[user=1427]allan downes[/user] wrote:

Good grief, Peter. How do you combat against these things ?

Allan.

The simple answer is Allan - I don't !!!

Thay are extremely dangerous insects so one has to call in the experts.  They come, suitably clad in "bee keeper" suits, in the late evening when all the hornets are inside and spray it (from a distance) with a powerful aerosol jet that coats the nest with an insecticide foam.  They have to be quick because it must be fully coated before the beasts have time to escape.  It works amazingly quickly but, as you can imagine, if you don't have a good aim and the blighters get out, they are somewhat perturbed and react in the only way they know how………………….

They are really nasty things - they can destroy a bee hive in a day and are very agressive.  The sting is apparently, far worse than a bee sting and that is, in turn, far worse than a wasp sting.  If we find one, we're supposed to inform the local authorities immediately.