Wasps nest in a hole in the ground :eek:
13 July 2004, 05:44 PM
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Sorry Nimbus - I'm just a bit of a bubble blowing, daisy waving hippie drop out (in a capitalist sort of a way with my WRX - but it does have daisies on the window 
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If she knows not to go near the hole then the wasps should leave her alone. In my many encounters with wasps I only ever got stung once and that was when I sat on one, so you can hardly blame it really - (I would have stung me in the circumstances!
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Hope the the plan works OK and you don't get too badly burned. Perhaps you shouldn't be warning your daughter to stay away from the hole - more stay away from the fecking great creator I'm about to blow in the lawn! Who knows, maybe you'll find oil!!
)If she knows not to go near the hole then the wasps should leave her alone. In my many encounters with wasps I only ever got stung once and that was when I sat on one, so you can hardly blame it really - (I would have stung me in the circumstances!
)Hope the the plan works OK and you don't get too badly burned. Perhaps you shouldn't be warning your daughter to stay away from the hole - more stay away from the fecking great creator I'm about to blow in the lawn!
Who knows, maybe you'll find oil!!
13 July 2004, 05:46 PM
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How about "Operation Buzz Off"
(I am not assisting or condoning the actual action you understand....)
Just thinking you may as well get a couple of sausages out and have a bit of a barbie while you're on.....
(I am not assisting or condoning the actual action you understand....)
Just thinking you may as well get a couple of sausages out and have a bit of a barbie while you're on.....
13 July 2004, 06:15 PM
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PMSL at this thread - "Operation Garden Storm"
Where's MarkO with his new Stihl strimmer?
I cured a wasps' nest with Dad's flamethrower - savage thing, tank of paraffin on the back, shoots down the 5ft tube and into a superheated coil in the front (foot long and 4in dia), the idea is to burn hell out of the seeds and roots of the weeds in your garden. Works a treat on wasp nests, ooo yes
Where's MarkO with his new Stihl strimmer?
I cured a wasps' nest with Dad's flamethrower - savage thing, tank of paraffin on the back, shoots down the 5ft tube and into a superheated coil in the front (foot long and 4in dia), the idea is to burn hell out of the seeds and roots of the weeds in your garden. Works a treat on wasp nests, ooo yes
13 July 2004, 06:30 PM
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B20 - When you have 8 acres you don't p!ss about with a squirty bottle of paraquat. Dad's words on buying it were "I feel this is more in scale with the house"
13 July 2004, 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Neil Smalley
Take off and Nuke the entire site from Orbit, it's the only way to be sure
13 July 2004, 07:22 PM
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The ant powder advice is sound. Get as much powder at the entrance as possible so that they get covered in it leaving/entering the nest. It will kill them all in a matter of hours.
13 July 2004, 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Drunken Bungle *****
Perhaps you shouldn't be warning your daughter to stay away from the hole - more stay away from the fecking great creator I'm about to blow
13 July 2004, 08:50 PM
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If you go down the optimax route, have a garden hose pipe nearby, at the ready, just in case its needed.
I always do, when I am burning things, in the garden.......now where are my matches....
I always do, when I am burning things, in the garden.......now where are my matches....
13 July 2004, 09:37 PM
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Offical Press Release
Operation Garden Storm has been brought forward 24 hrs in a pre-pre-emptive strike. Units of the Anti-Wasp army have been in action clearing suspected enemy positions near the main wasp nest. More details and photos to follow....
Operation Garden Storm has been brought forward 24 hrs in a pre-pre-emptive strike. Units of the Anti-Wasp army have been in action clearing suspected enemy positions near the main wasp nest. More details and photos to follow....
13 July 2004, 09:50 PM
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Originally Posted by ajm
The ant powder advice is sound. Get as much powder at the entrance as possible so that they get covered in it leaving/entering the nest. It will kill them all in a matter of hours.
, didn't realise Optimax was an option. Bring on the fire!!!!!! 
14 July 2004, 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Nimbus
Photos of the Operation are being prepared. Please stand by...
