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I am female and have been removing wasp nests since I was a kid.
Pop it off the wall with a broom handle when the waspsare away and kick the nest into the grass and move on with your day.
And how do you know that the wasps are away...knock on the hive and yell, "Anyone home?" I've seen wasps take off out of nests, and I wouldn't want them coming after me. Some people also are allergic to wasp stings and don't want to take the risk.
I have an interesting nest that I am unsure how I should handle - A rather large one (larger than half-softball sized) that is located in my houses combustion air intake vent.
The vent is secured to the house in such a way that I would prefer to not remove it... I am a little concerned about spraying RAID into that vent as it will surely make it's way into the house, but not sure I have a whole lot of options at this point.
I have put a screen on the house side of the vent to keep wasps from flying into my house (one that I know must be removed in relatively short order because the small screens will clog over time).
Anyone delt with one inside of a combustion air intake before?
People are so cruel to highly social creatures who just kill and eat caterpillars. Have you no empathy for anything? I lived closely with Polestes anularis (being a naturalist). I have studied their social lives. How? I went out at night and painted small dots of different colors on their abdomens. Then I would sit nearby and take notes because I could tell them apart. They have a social hierarchy. They do not sting unless you threaten their nest. They do not like something thumping the wall either. Other than that, they are docile and go about their business.
One year, there were too many nests on the back porch. It was like living next to some gang members, you had to walk easy. I did not spray poison on their or my environment. I waited till winter, then sprayed foam insulation in all the cracks. I had to do that anyway. End of study, end of problem.
People are quick to do this because wasps will sting people who happen to be moving around unknowingly too close to the nest. At my old house there was a relatively small nest with quite a few wasps in it just outside our back patio (probably 7 feet from the door)- there is no way I was going to leave that, as any time we were on the patio we would have to be aware that wasps may be around, or if kids were out there they could get stung. So I soaked the nest at sunset when all the wasps were in the nest with the foaming wasp killing spray others here mentioned, and it worked perfectly, completely getting rid of the problem.
People are quick to do this because wasps will sting people who happen to be moving around unknowingly too close to the nest. At my old house there was a relatively small nest with quite a few wasps in it just outside our back patio (probably 7 feet from the door)- there is no way I was going to leave that, as any time we were on the patio we would have to be aware that wasps may be around, or if kids were out there they could get stung. So I soaked the nest at sunset when all the wasps were in the nest with the foaming wasp killing spray others here mentioned, and it worked perfectly, completely getting rid of the problem.
With all due respect to those who believe otherwise, I also believe in getting rid of what I deem to be a problem as soon and as effectively as possible before someone gets stung. If you want to mess with a live nest, all the power to you.
Anyone delt with one inside of a combustion air intake before?
I haven't dealt with an air intake situation before, but I've dealt with nests where spraying poison was not a good solution (inhaling poison is never good). There was a huge yellow-jacket nest (about 3 feet in diameter--HUGE!) in the attic of a building where I worked. They wanted to pay an exterminator to spray it, but I wouldn't permit it. Instead, I got a shop vac and made an extension so the nozzle could be placed right at their point of entry. Every time one would fly in or out, it would get sucked up into the vacuum cleaner. It took a while, but several thousand met their fate that way. And, of course, we didn't open the shop vac for few days, just in case.
I hate needlessly killing anything, and we would have left this nest alone had it been in another location...but since this nest of yellow jackets was going to be destroyed anyway, I made sure that no poisons were used. In case any remained in the nest, we waited until the wintertime to physically remove the nest. Since that time, a vacuum cleaner has been our preferred method of removal--but only when absolutely necessary.
This poster says it all - What's the difference between a Bee and a Wasp? Warning - if you have tender eyes, you might not like the poster, so don't click on it. But sometimes you just have to call a wasp a wasp.
Not wanting to take time to read it all. Raid Wasp/Hornet spray. Early evening. Stand about 10feet away. Spray then run away. Hose/brush it off the next day.
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Wasp Nest
I've seen wasps take off out of nests, and I wouldn't want them coming after me. Some people also are allergic to wasp stings and don't want to take the risk.
