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Default Wasp's nest in/under window sill - how to remove

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On 17 June, 23:47, freepo wrote:
On 17 June, 23:20, "Duncan Di Saudelli" wrote:



Hello


Whilst watching the MExicans run rings round the French, I could hear a
"munching" sound from the window. Close inspection identified quite a few
smallish wasps coming and going so I went outside and identified a
structure
about the size of a matchbox being assembled underneath the outside window,
underneath (or possibly starting to become inside) the window sill.


I could pay 40 quid-odd for someone to come and kill them but I
would prefer
to use a cheaper/humane method i.e. can I scrape this fledgling wasp's nest
into a bag and take it waway, or can I do something to make them
leave short
of trying to smoke them/burn them oout (don't want to damage the
woodwork of
course)?


The sound inside the house is quite loud so I am afraid they might
eat their
way underneath the sill and end up forming an internal nest around the
aluminium double glazing unit, inside the profile or soem such void.


Thanks for pointers/experience/stories/advice


DDS


They will not be there for any more than a few months, they die in the
winter and they are not dangerous if you respect their flight path to/
from nest. I urge you to leave them be and scrape it away next
spring. They won't cause any damage to your house. You can fill any
gaps under your sills with mastic but it's not really necessary AFAIK


You could encourage them to remain outside the window by placing a
piece of plywood sticking out from the windowsill, weighted down with
a big heavy weight to stop it falling off try to make it so it sticks
out flush from the underside of the windowsill.

This will be a rain shelter underneath which they can build their
nest outside of your home.


Or ...

you could just liberally spray the entrance with nippon powder
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geoff