Wasps In Walls?

[Agile]

If its a weep vent - I can't see the hole - then saturate the area with the Raid, then plug the hole temporarily with a twist of paper.....the wasps will soon get the message.
John

I did not know that wasps can read messages!

If they cannot, or do not, and do not obey you then there is another possibility!

Get a vacuum cleaner with a pipe and try to make the pipe longer, perhaps with plumbing waste pipe. Then use it at dusk when they return from their day's foraging and hold the open end against their entry point. They will be sucked into the bag on the machine where they will die!

 

[Burnerman]

Northern wasps are particularly literate, Tony.....and so long as the paper plug doesn’t originate from the Daily Express or Daily Mail all will be well
John

 

[JBR]

Hope he doesn't kill them... they tend to disappear quite quick.

I agree.
Mason bees don't sting, and even if they did (for example, if being squeezed), their stings are too small to penetrate human skin.
So please leave them alone. They are harmless and, moreover, beneficial.

 

[Agile]

I agree.
Mason bees don't sting, and even if they did (for example, if being squeezed), their stings are too small to penetrate human skin.
So please leave them alone. They are harmless and, moreover, beneficial.

Well I agree, but my fussy neighbour complained about mine and she would next complain about me to the Council !Soi I sucked them up and plugged the gap with mortar.

My bee keeping friend calls them "Brick Bees" which I presume are the same thing !

 

[lostinthelight]

My Daughter puts nesting boxes up for them...the have a website dedicated to them.
https://www.masonbees.co.uk/

 

[sodthisforfun]

Well I agree, but my fussy neighbour complained about mine and she would next complain about me to the Council !Soi I sucked them up and plugged the gap with mortar.

My bee keeping friend calls them "Brick Bees" which I presume are the same thing !

I'd have let her complain... I doubt very much the council would've made you kill the bees, just encourage you to plug the mortar for the next year..

 

[JBR]

I'd have let her complain... I doubt very much the council would've made you kill the bees, just encourage you to plug the mortar for the next year..

I'd also ignore the neighbours. If they don't like it, let them complain to the council who would also ignore them!

 

[JBR]

My Daughter puts nesting boxes up for them...the have a website dedicated to them.
https://www.masonbees.co.uk/

I made one of those last Spring. Easy to do. I just cut up garden canes into lengths and stacked them all in a wooden box.
There was no apparent interest last year, but just today I watched a couple of mason bees go into two of the canes. There are probably more as well, hopefully.
I'm glad my efforts were worth it.