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left hatch cover open to vent boat few weeks ago,turned up today to pump out,1ft from steps down, wasps nest the size of a melon,didnt notice till I was inside trapped,just puffed away smoke seemed to calm them,but they are still there locked in, any ideas?
 
Dress up in waterproofs plus net curtain over you head - all wasp-proof - and spray into the nest with an aerosol for the purpose from B and Q or similar. They all die quickly.
 
Do you know a bee keeper?

Alternatively spray an aersol of fly killer through the hatch. Shut Hatch. Leave boat.
Repeat as necessary.

Remove nest. Wonder at how delicate the whole thing is.
Sweep up the result of the carnage.
 
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and spray into the nest with an aerosol for the purpose from B and Q or similar

[/ QUOTE ] Best done at night when they have all come home but beware of the sentries guarding the entrance.

In the old days we used to use cyanide on them in the garden. Could try fumigating the boat with cyanide and staying away for a year or two!
 
If you are going to try the netting/waterproofs route........

Put a wide brimmed hat on your head, then the netting. This will keep the netting away from your hair and face and will therefore keep the wasps away from you. Tuck the netting into your waterproofs.
Wear boots and gloves....preferably guantletts. Tuck trousers into boots. Sleeves into gloves.
Get somebody to wrap tape around sleeves etc. Make absolutely sure that the wasps can't crawl up your trousers and into your jacket. (difficult)
Let you assistant take photo of you. You'll look daft.
Let your assistant get away from the boat before you go into battle.

I used to keep bees. They kept getting my neighbours so I sold the things.
 
and another thing.......

If the wasps get inside your clothing jump overboard. Drown them.

Seriously...it's the only way!
 
What a coincidence found exactly the same thing today although mine is lodged behind a bulkhead at the rudder. From a safe I prodded it with the end of the Dan bouy they did not like it and came swarming out. Luckily it was quite windy and I was up wind of them. Tomorrow they get attacked with a couple of cans of Fly killer.
I will dress appropriately for the occasion.
Good luck with the removal of yours.
 
sadly lost out on ebay for a dry suit tonight but have a scottish midgy net,will wear that and try to scoop them into a large can,nest is on the ceiling,but have to get them up the steps and out past the sentries,boat is on its cradle so I cant jump do I throw them away? or keep a lid on them while trying to descend ladder,there is a large dinghy next to me full of water, see if they can swim,one point do they have memories ? I also have a heart
 
Get them into a large can if possible and put some sort of lid on it ie. a large piece of cardboard. Forget about the sentries and having a heart they are just pests and remember you will not look upon them kindly if you get stung. Get them into the Cockpit and discharge a can of fly killer into the can through a hole you make in the cardboard. They will make one hell of a noise as they die so then when all is quite dispose of them into a double lined polythene bag. Remember they can still give a nasty sting if handled incorrectly when dead.
 
I triied this in my shed and it works fine. Get a large heavy duty bin bag, not a thin crappy one, and place it over the whole nest and tie some string round the base to detach it. The noise inside the bag is pretty scary so you'll need nerves of steel. (Failing that send the Memsahib in with a 12 bore!)
 
Contact your local council and ask for the Rodent/nasties department, might have to pay a smsll fee, but he gets stung and not you.
 
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Contact your local council and ask for the Rodent/nasties department

[/ QUOTE ] Probably the soundest advice so far.

You will have to pay a fee though and they probably will not operate an emergency service (at least our council don't) but they should be able to give you contact details of other pest control contractors who do.

"Pest control department" is who to ask for.
 
Places like B&Q, Robert Dyas etc will sell a product made for the job, I've used it. Comes in a spray can, strangely called 'wasp nest destroyer', so should not be to difficult to spot. It is sprayed onto the nest, in the evening, when all the little buggers are in watching telly. The can will have a jet spray that is effective up to several metres away, so you don't have to get close. They'll be all dead next day.

PS note to self, must check my loft.
 
Accidently uncovered a nest in a shed a couple of years ago. I took 16 hits in the four to five seconds it took me to get out of the door and run for cover. Not pleasant.
 
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Places like B&Q, Robert Dyas etc will sell a product made for the job, I've used it. Comes in a spray can, strangely called 'wasp nest destroyer', so should not be to difficult to spot. It is sprayed onto the nest, in the evening, when all the little buggers are in watching telly. The can will have a jet spray that is effective up to several metres away, so you don't have to get close. They'll be all dead next day.

PS note to self, must check my loft.

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I have used that stuff several times, far better than fly spray, it is intended to fire a jet of killing liquid at the nest from some distance, first application usually does the trick

Good luck
 
We seem to get a nest every year in our garden. The most painless way to get rid of them is by paying £40 to the local council. They turn up in a bee keepers suit and spray them with powder. After about half an hour they are all dead.

This year I found a nest before it had developed. It was just the Queen and lots of larvae. I waited for her to fly off and then removed the nest.
 
My brother used to hunt wasp nests for medical research. They were sucked up with a vacuum cleaner. Then a lump of dry ice was sucked up. Simple and effective.

Philip
 
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