A perfect day to dust off the barbecue… oh no

by Useless_or_inept

44 comments

  3. Turn it on, shut the lid, don’t go outside for a couple hours

  8. The barbecue belongs to the wasps now. Go get them a new home present in a faint hope they’ll accept it as a peace offering.

  16. One of the few occasions where “kill it with fire” is actually practical.

  18. Everyone is saying to just burn them, but on a serious note what is the actual best option in this situation?

  19. I thought it was a manky baked potato at first. Shit that wouldn’t have ended well.

  20. My instincts tell me that a simple solution presents itself.

  23. “These burgers sure are more painful than you usually make em, Dad.”

  25. Makes me sad how ready people are to want to kill them. If OP has only discovered them once opening the lid they clearly weren’t causing much trouble

  26. Wasps play an important role in pollination as well, so it’s not cool to kill them.

  29. It’s a difficult one, but wasps aren’t evil. I personally prefer a non lethal solution.

  32. The easiest solution here would obviously to buy a hornets nest to deal with the wasps…

  33. How!!? I haven’t cleaned my BBQ and now I’m stone cold terrified to do so.

  34. 1. Close the lid
    2. Seal any gaps
    3. Turn BBQ on
    4. Problem solved!

    Good luck!

  35. All that papery material…

    Just make sure you block any holes they use as their exits and turn on the gas, let a little build up and then ignite it so you get a decent “woof” to ensure none escape when they feel the heat of a normal startup, the initial blast will incapacitate them and then the fire will accept its sacrifices and grant you a bbq charged with the souls of the spicy danger flies.

  42. I remember going to my garage to find a lone wasp had started to build a nest.it wasn’t very big maybe the size of a ping pong ball. I waited till it flew off and pulled the nest off the roof. I felt so guilty when the wasp came back and was blatantly flying around trying to find its nest. 🥺

  43. This brought back a memory…

    When I was about 12, I discovered a wasps nest in the garden shed. I always hated them since one stung me when I was 3.

    I remembered James Bond using a spray can as a flame thrower – [youtube](https://youtu.be/pbNuEfbmFQg) – so I got a can of WD-40 and went to work.

    I didn’t light up the nozzle like 007 – I used the red “straw” extension. I guessed this would reduce the risk of the can blowing up in my hand. I torched up the nest but some wasps escaped so I flamed them in the air. Their burnt remains nosedived to the ground – a bit like the Battle of Britain in minature.

    In hindsight, it’s a wonder I didn’t burn the shed down.

  44. Imagine if the nest connected to the lid as well and by opening it you’d ripped it open..

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