[Pretty Chick]

There are two wasp nests in the roof of our shed.
We don't really want to get rid of them by killing them.
One has been there for around 3 weeks and the other for 1 week.

Will they move on themselves? If so, how long before they will?
Or has anyone got any ideas on how we could get rid of them without killing them?
Will they make any more nests?

Any advice will be greatly appreciated  .

[joyfull]

they will eventually move on but can't help you with when though, sorry.

[8doubles]

Imagine a nest about 40cm across with thousands of tetchy waspies. Do you want to be in a shed with them?
A stitch in time saves nine.

[Lastcast]

Don't think you will be able to move them,( if the nests are small and you are brave, early morning or late evening you could knock them into a container that you can seal tight quick !! and release elsewhere ) either destroy now or say goodbye to your shed until late autumn. goodluck and be careful

[themagicaltoad1]

I took a wasps nest out of my loft a couple of years back and I'm not kidding it FILLED a wheelbarrow!

[Pretty Chick]

Thank you all for the replies  .

We're not sure what to do. We don't want to harm them by moving them to another place, but we don't really want to move them for fear of them swarming  .

What do you think we should do - leave them and always be cautious when taking things in or out the shed  or move them to another place wearing padded clothing?

[Pretty Chick]

I've added a poll  .

[ganner]

I’ve got one in the roof how do you remove the escape hatch is a long way if there any in I can’t see any but they’re in a hard place to get to the nest is as big a football on the side of the rafter.

[gillie]

Wasps make their nests from chewed up wood.  One beam in our shed has been seriously eaten!

I would not allow wasps' nests to remain in the roof of a house if you value your rafters!  If it is too difficult for you to access get a professional pest controller to deal with it.

Sorry, but wasps can do serious damage as well as stinging and should be destroyed if they are nesting too close to human habitation

Gillie

[Flowerpower136]

I'd get rid right now.  Some councils remove nests for free, but if not would pay a professional to do the deed.

We had a nest in the hedge, and let it be, thinking it was nice and natural and they weren't doing any harm.

Then, whilst working in the garden, hammering some posts in, the vibratiions must have upset them.  The whole swarm gave chase and we had to run for it.  Me and the dogs got away clean, but OH got stung.   So we got a man in and he 'treated' the nest and removed it.

Understand you not wanting to harm them, we didn't either, but learnt the painful way.

[Pretty Chick]

Okay, thank you very much Flowerpower, I suppose we'll have to get rid of them  .