jill&paul Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 Can anyone help.We have a hornet problem - but not a nest!When the weather is warm they appear on and fly around our annexe roof. If there is no sun, or when the annexe is shaded by the main house they disappear, not even a singe one!Is there anything that can be used as a deterrent?Thanks for any help in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Petomane Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 If they're not bothering you, why deter them? In our previous house they used to whizz terrifyingly close to us in the garden to inspect us, then fly away. They're not annoying, like wasps, forever after your jam sandwich. If you leave them alone, they'll leave you alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 [quote user="Le Petomane"]If they're not bothering you, why deter them? In our previous house they used to whizz terrifyingly close to us in the garden to inspect us, then fly away. They're not annoying, like wasps, forever after your jam sandwich. If you leave them alone, they'll leave you alone.[/quote]That is sound advice, leave them alone and they will return the compliment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jill&paul Posted April 13, 2007 Author Share Posted April 13, 2007 These are fair comments, except that we have a gite and are expecting guests soon.It is not a nice thing for guests to see a lot of these very close to them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tag Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 There must be a nest somewhere close by surely even if not in your buildings. I have found them inside the walls with tiny entrances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monika Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 You could try and find the nest which is usually in a hollow tree. Then you could get a special "foam" spray to kill them or I would personally prefer to call the fire brigade and they dispose of the nest but it costs about 40 Euros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 "These are fair comments, except that we have a gite and are expecting guests soon.""It is not a nice thing for guests to see a lot of these very close to them!"If you're worried about hornets (which are harmless unless provoked) how are you going to keep the flies (which carry disease) away from your guests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 Gite-renters do get very concerned about them - and I don't blame them! When I first saw frelons, I thought they were the scariest-looking things ever. When I used to rent out a gite, the family pointed out some that were going in and out of my own roof.You need to watch them in the evening, when they are going home for the night, to be sure where they are living, and obviously do the murderous spraying after that. But cover yourself very well, to be sure the hornets can't get their own back...Somebody I know had a serious sting when one got in behind his glasses and stung him on the eye.Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 There is a lot of good advice HEREThe most important, if you are intent on killing them, is to avoid doing the deed anywhere near a nest or other Hornets. They can send attack signals if being attacked and mutiple stings can kill a human being. If you take a swing at one, don't miss, they will target you.I have learnt to leave them alone but would be wary in the proximity of a nest. Dogs are especially vunerable. The general advice when finding yourself with a nest, is to bring the experts in and DO NOT try and deal with them yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jill&paul Posted April 14, 2007 Author Share Posted April 14, 2007 We have tracked down the nest now - it appearsour neighbours had a couple of nests in their attic. They are about150-200 metres from us, and they have, so they say, sprayed the nestslast evening. It is their holiday home (Parisians) so they only foundthe nests yesterday when they came down for the weeked.Still some hornets about today, but numbers now reduced.Let us hope that has done the trick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tag Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 If you decide to spray the hornets yourself then get advice from an agricultural suppliers as to what to use. The stuff in the supermarkets is not as strong as a few years ago thanks to anti-pollution regs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 It is their holiday home (Parisians) so they only found the nests yesterday when they came down for the weeked. With any luck, fewer Parisians too! [6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo Taylor Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 A hornet sting is no more harmful than that of a bee or wasp, and they're not likely to sting unless provoked (unlike wasps) or dozy and drunk in late autumn from scoffing overripe fruit..If they nest nearby, and you can put up with it, leave them - they'll disappear in the autumn and they don't come back to the same nest.We had a nest somewhere between the floorboards, a bit annoying having them buzzing around the room occasionally when they came out of the chimney opening, and OH got stung three times up his trouser leg by a dozy one in early autumn when he was kneeling down, said it was nowhere near as painful as a bee or wasp sting.Interesting reading: http://www.vespa-crabro.de/hornets.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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