WASPS OUT BEES IN

There aren't any wasp-deterring plants, I'm afraid. Have you got fruit trees? The rotting fruit does attract wasps. Don't take fruit into the grden, either, or anything sweet.

I am surprised that you have wasps at this time of year. I think you may need expert help - try your local Council pest control officer for advice, as you may not have got rid of the nest.

I do sympathise and hope you can get it sorted.

What you are seeing now are queen wasps, if you have someone who can kill them now, it will mean no nests.
Wasp traps can be made from a jam jar with a hole in the top of the lid, half full of water, make sure there is a little jam round the inside of the jar. If you find a place where you suspect there is a nest, nipon dust will kill them. It needs to be put on at dusk.

Contact the local Environmental Health Department and ask for their Pest Control officer to give you a visit. He will at least advise on keeping the wasps away and hopefully be able to do something to deter them from building this years nests. I would also be unhappy with 'loads' of queens flying about but it seems a little early in the year?
Are there a lot of fruit trees such as plum or cherry in the area. We had a very large and prolific cherry tree which we eventually decided to fell because the wasps were such a nuisance in summer.

The wasp problem is only bad in the summer. we have, ive just thought a small plum tree and a small apple tree but i never noticed them growing fruit? could they still be attracted to these anyway?we are getting rid of these soon so fingers crossed it should help. Next door to us have a large tree and the branches spill into our garden but this is not a fruit tree but there seems to be loads of wasps there every summer? but ive never noticed a nest? they started to build a nest in my sons wendy house , as well as my roof! and it was only by chance i noticed it! lets hope getting rid of these small trees can help! thanks for your replies x

No, they wouldn't be attracted to the trees unless they had fruit on them. It's definitely a good idea to get rid of the queen wasps as soon as you can.

Whilst I would normally associate wasps with fruit trees they also love to pollinate the flowers of the Cotoniaster shrubs that I grow. I rarely see bees on these, just wasps.
Wasps don't normally bother me but if you have a serious problem with them, Becky, then I would suggest that you seek professional help.

I know wasps are scary Rebecca, but really they are just insects, they are not 'out to get us' and, actually, they are really very beneficial in the garden - they hunt for grubs and things - I was amazed the first time I saw a wasp fly past carrying a caterpiller!!! We had a large nest in the garage a couple of years ago and we were constantly going in and out of the garage, working in there, parking the car and so on and the wasps took no notice of us at all, just flew straight past us - they will only attack 'en mass' if they think their nest is threatened. When my sister's kids were little one day I was sat on our garden bench and I was slicing up apples for the kids and a wasp came and landed on the back of my hand - it was after the salt or the juice I expect. I just let it crawl around the kids had a good close-up look at it and I explained that it wouldn't sting us unless we bothered it. They are now not freightened of wasps, but understand they must treat them with respect. I wouldn't say I love wasps, but they're really not that bad!

Becky, loads of people have answered you already, but i just wanted to add:

We had a wasp's nest in the roof here when we moved in that the previous tenant had not had treated, so it got very large. Even the wasp expert person was amazed how big. The general opinion you hear a lot is "they never nest twice in the same place". Our expert says that is not accurate - they can nest the following year right next to the old nest, out of some kind of habit. Last summer, after the treatment had been carried out we could see plenty of wasps scouting around, obviously wondering what had happened to their old home.
so i just wanted to advise you to get the experts in more than once if necessary, to get rid of them properly.
I do agree with Sid really, but know that some people feel very uneasy around wasps.

Yes - I agree with Weeding - they DO come back to the same site. We did get one nest removed and the exterminator guy said the wasps could 'smell out' an old nest site, so were likely to return to the same site again, even if the old nest was removed.