Wasp nest in bike shed

[ianrauk]

So I found a wasp nest in the bike shed. So decided to remove it...obviously.
It was the size of a golf ball.
Seeing as it was small I put on some gardening gloves and just picked it up. It just disintegrated in my hand. Inside was a I guess a Queen wasp and a couple of other wasps.
The nest was a lovely looking intricate thing and felt bad destroying it.

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If I had let the nest/wasps be, would it have got much bigger?

 

[ianrauk]

Is that your excuse for not riding this morning?

Farther's day innit!

 

[ceepeebee]

Dude, this is all one nest, you probably did the right thing
http://www.pestid.msu.edu/Portals/0/dnnPhotoGallery/955/626.jpg

 

[fossyant]

You probably got it at the right time. They grow pretty quickly

 

[mark st1]

I did the same from in our garage last year more tennis ball size. In my teens my then girl friend had one in her parents loft it was the size of a beach ball took the hatch off the loft one day and it sounded like a motorway up there. Had to get the pro's in for that one .

 

[ianrauk]

I guessed it would have grown if I had left it there.

 

[mark st1]

Holy shoot !
http://gizmodo.com/5994461/holy-hell-a-giant-22-foot-wasp-nest-is-the-most-terrifying-thing

 

[Andrew_Culture]

I posted almost the exact same repost last year! I too felt mean for removing it, but now I come to think of it if I had had left it I might have had a good excuse to replace the bso MTB that lives in that shed...

 

[Monsieur]

Most pests I'll DIY removal - not wasps or bees though...they have men in special suits for that

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Ta da! http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/wtf-is-this-bike-shed-edition.102572/

 

[ianrauk]

Ta da! http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/wtf-is-this-bike-shed-edition.102572/

Indeed.and looked exactly teh same as yours too. And in your thread.. a link to Shauns wasp nest the year before

 

[MrJamie]

We get the same most years, a little golf ball sized nest and remove it. Sometimes they try again shortly after though so worth keeping an eye out - I might go check later.

I recall theres some pretty insane youtube videos of people removing wasps nests, from trapping them in bins to flamethrowers

 

[hopless500]

So I found a wasp nest in the bike shed. So decided to remove it...obviously.
It was the size of a golf ball.
Seeing as it was small I put on some gardening gloves and just picked it up. It just disintegrated in my hand. Inside was a I guess a Queen wasp and a couple of other wasps.
The nest was a lovely looking intricate thing and felt bad destroying it.

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If I had let the nest/wasps be, would it have got much bigger?

Oh yes! We get 'em in the attic and they bloomin' HUGE
Beautiful though (when not full of wasps)

 

[Fab Foodie]

Where's waspyfecker?

 

[ianrauk]

@Reiver, yup saw your story in Andrews thread...
Looks like CC has at least one of these threads every year...