Set Square wrote:
Matthew wrote:
I hadnt been in to the loft for a few
months. Last night I found a wasps
nest in there. Its only small about the
size of a fist and is quite a thing of beauty.

What you have is almost certainly an over-wintering place for a queen wasp.
They are often quite pretty - like little chinese lanterns. Try to give it a
generous dose of fly/wasp killer *before* removing it.

It's as big as his fist - so, probably a nest that's
been abandoned at this time of the year. One option
is to get a plastic bag, and close it around the nest,
gathering the whole thing in the bag, which should
obviously not have holes! If there's anything alive
in there, which I doubt, a few drops of petrol
squirted in will quickly gas it.