Remove wasp nest in winter

When the wasp's nest is a nuisance

Wasps in the house or conservatory are not so pleasant, they have insects But if you built a nest in the roller shutter box, for example, that can happen quickly.

• Wasp nests are built by the young wasp queen in spring. She uses wood fibers for this, which she scrapes from rotten boards, fences or the like and forms them into spheres with her saliva. At the beginning, a nest has only a few cells in which it lays its eggs, which it fertilized with sperm shortly before being deposited. These sperm have been in her semen pouch since autumn. The nest is then continuously built with the help of the first young wasps and honeycomb by honeycomb is expanded to have space for the further eggs laid.
• When it gets cold, however, all wasps including the queen die, only the fertilized females, which later queens survive. However, they do not stay in the nest during the winter, but hide in rotten trees, in cavities or roof trusses. After winter, the young queens build a new nest in a dry place. This can be a hollow tree trunk or a shed, but sometimes also a roller shutter box, for example.
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Remove the nest in winter

An inhabited wasp nest is not so easy to remove, even if it is a nuisance, as many wasp species are protected. If you do it anyway and get caught, you can even expect a fine. However, exceptions apply for very special cases.

• If you have the permission to remove a wasp's nest, you shouldn't do this yourself, but the nest of one Have experts eliminated, because the animals become very aggressive when they feel threatened and the attempt can result in numerous stings end up. The experts are also able not to destroy a wasp's nest, but to relocate it so that the nest remains as a shelter for the insects.


Remove the wasp's nest - that's how it's done

Basically, wasps are harmless and do not attack people for no reason. Has …

• If you want to remove a wasp's nest yourself and without permission, you should wait out winter, though the nest is cleared, because then firstly it is allowed to remove a nest and secondly also harmless. To remove it, simply peel it off with a spatula.
• Once removed, it is important that you thoroughly clean the area where the nest was. With these measures you prevent another young kings from having another one in the following year builds, because wasps otherwise sense a former nest with their sense of smell and build there again there.
• Certain types of insects can also be found in the abandoned wasp nests in winter. If you do not want to take away your sheltered accommodation either, it is cheaper if you wait until the beginning of spring, then remove the nest and carefully clean the area before the young queens get back to work on new nests build.

So there isn't too much to consider when removing wasp nests in winter.