Wasps...

or as Ace likes to refer to it, a Des Res

 

I think it was the summer of 83, a friend of mine (at the time, can't
even remember his name now) had a new katana. Bastard.

He went off to tour Switzerland, on the way to Portsmouth a wasp got
in his helmet and started stinging... Katana got crashed and in the
crash owner managed to stuff his bollocks into the tank. A very big
dent and a funny walk for some weeks after...

Got the bike fixed though. I really, really, wanted that bike. It
was much nicer than the '79 KH400 I ran. Fast forward to now and I
think I'd prefer the KH400.

 

I could happily live in Ace's loft. Not at the same time as the wasps,
but YKWIM.

 

Bit big for you, though, I'd have thought. And no up-and-over doors.

 

I've got more stuff, these days. Up-and-over doors are so last decade,
anyway.

 

The grubs make excellent bait for picky French trout that won't take a
beautifully crafted fly. The tricky bit is killing the adults without
polluting the grubs with insecticide.

Hornets are better at turning timber into paper than wasps, but at
least their nests are much smaller. In France you can buy special cans
of wasp killer that project the poison several metres. Very useful for
nuking from a distance.

I would have left the hornets at 'the chateau' unmolested if they
hadn't set up home between the dining room window and the shutters.

The wild bees fortunately visit in June when we aren't there and the
only issue for any tenants is the noise in the roof space.

 

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The grubs make excellent bait for picky French trout that won't take a
beautifully crafted fly. The tricky bit is killing the adults without
polluting the grubs with insecticide.

 

They feed their grubs on daddylonglegs larvae.

 

Bonner's CO2 fire extinguisher method would probably be safer.

BTW, your quoting is to shit. Get a proper newsreader & use someone other
than Virgin

 

Your methods of pest control are about as well thought out as your
posting "style".

 

I think an angle grinder would be an excellent solution. We just need to
find a way to use it to format Usenet posts correctly.

 

I find having it spinning under power just above the bollocks of the
errant poster tends to concentrate the mind on the job in hand.

 

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I wack them with my bare hands. They hover above the pool water, so I just
smack them straight down, which usually busts a wing or 2 and then just
guide them to the nearest skimmer, all flapping about and screaming "heeeelp
meeee!" (the wasps, not me).