Wasps nest

I have two wasp nests, ( lucky me) one's in the loft, and one is in the Airbrick at the front of the house, now I normally leave them alone but the one that's in the air brick causes me concern, as I was cutting the lawn the other night I think I upset them a bit as one flew at my face, luckily, as I wear glasses, it landed on them and saved me from being stung, so do I leave alone? treat myself with a wasp killer? or call a professional? any one dealt with wasp nest's, and what did you do?

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I usually leave alone but I had one in the roof of my porch. When anyone came to the front door they were attacked, so I had to call in the exterminators (professional). They would normally disappear at the end of the summer, but being stung by angry wasps is a no, no.

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Buy some powder poison.
Sprinkle it around the airbrick holes, the wasps carry it back to the nest.
Job done.

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We had one outside the bedroom window and would have been happy to let it be, BUT the horrible nextdoor neighbours complained, even though it was nowhere near their house !

I phoned a 'wasp' person and he said I could try doing it myself with ? powder available from the DIY shop. He said that if we left them, they'd come back next year.

Hated having to kill them, but I did it.

Thankfully, the neighbours moved !

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Try one of the mousse type foam sprays from a good DIY store.
That'll zap them. I've used that and it worked very well. Much better than powder. Lasts longer.

I had a wasps nest in the loft. You have to watch them because I began finding wasps in the house every morning , even though it had been closed up overnight.
They must have been coming in through any tiny gap like around a descending central heating pipe.

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Just leave 'em alone they will be gone by the end of August.....and wasps only sting you when you you attack them, the stinging mechanism is retaliatory !

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Bees are non-retaliatory ... wasps are thugs.

I know one thing .. a wasp sting hurts a helluva lot more than a bees.

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I've never been stung by wasp nor bee.....that's because I just leave 'em alone !

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It can be a little hard to leave them alone if one chases you Malcolm.

Wasps and gnats have always liked me.
I've accidentally trod on a wasp. That hurt.
I've sat on one. That just got squashed dead.

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The wasps may leave their nest in August but 3 years ago, in late October I had dozens getting into my house each day so I assumed they were coming from a nest. I had to kill them with sprays and I don't like killing creatures but my sister gets cellulitis if she is stung, so I had to. The last one we saw was Christmas eve!
I would be tempted to get rid on the nest!