WASPS !

[JennyWrenn]

Anyone getting these in the house

I have about 4 a day which is 4 too many for me - had the wasp man out to get rid of a wasps' nest last week but I think there is another one close by

[farmersboy]

Wasps in late Oct,dont see any around here

[JennyWrenn]

They are buzzing around my Cordyline - the one last week was in the eves of the House

[farmersboy]

They only go for sweet things ;D

[JennyWrenn]

Am on edge in the house all the time - shaking out clothes before I put them on - looking at the windows and on the floor - roll on a good FROST ;D

[Ladygardener]

How horrible. We had quite a few in september but I have'nt seen any recently.

[Barbara]

my neighbour has a nest in the bay above her window, they are all over my front garden as we speak, she doesnt want to get rid of it

[Tig]

I hate wasps! I would be on edge too Jen Hope you find where the other nest is soon

Why can't they just nest in the wild - miles away from people

[JennyWrenn]

I think the nest - the other one - is at the top of the huge cordyline - which is facing my bedroom window - I watched one last night buzzing round my porch light and it got caught up in a spider's webb-I saw the spider going frantic not knowing what to do

It costs £35 per visit so dont feel as if want to pay again - hoping they will die in the rain or the cold

[Ruthie]

They should die eventually Jenny. As I understand it only the Queens overwinter. You will have to watch out for them though, they like to find somewhere dry to hibernate and, whenever it's warm, they come out.

[owdboggy]

Only seen a few wasps this autumn and only one queen looking for overwintering quarters. We usually get dozens of them around now.

[Plocket]

Eek no, I haven't seen any for a while now

[JennyWrenn]

Oct 26, 2008 13:19:59 GMT Ruthie said:

They should die eventually Jenny. As I understand it only the Queens overwinter. You will have to watch out for them though, they like to find somewhere dry to hibernate and, whenever it's warm, they come out.

If the poision was pumped into the hole where they go in would the Queen be affected I certainly hope so

[Missredhead]

ugh...poor you Jen, I hate wasps...
Luckily enough I haven't seen any around here.

[JennyWrenn]

Thank goodness we have a fierce frost last night - but in my bedroom, right by my bed just as was getting in I saw one on the floor - where did that come from

Hope they dont all decide to come inside where it is warm

[farmersboy]

Perhaps you brought it in on your clothes,recon it just wanted to snuggle up in your warm bed

[oldmoleskins]

I think we must have a nest between floors, above our living room... swatted half a dozen last night and hoovered up a hundred or so this morning, including two huge ones.Luckily (if such a thing is possible with a wasp invasion) they all come down into the living room, and not up into the bedroom...

a corner of the windowsill:

[Barbara]

whoa, OM I dont like the look of that lot.

[Tig]

You need to deal with them pdq OM else they will be after the honey

Your floors must be thick, I would here them buzzing if they got inbetween ours (then I would be finding a friend to stay with until OH had evicted them )

Tig

[Deleted]

When I was attacked by wasps as a 3-year old, it instilled in me a pathological hatred of the little b*****ds which I still have. However, wasps are very beneficial for the garden because they spend most of the Summer killing all sorts of pests, including caterpillars off your brassicas. For that reason, they are tolerated by me and generally don't bother me too much.

Most wasps die in the Autumn Jen. The queens overwinter somewhere warm & snug and then come out in Spring to find a nest site. They then start to build their nest and lay their first lot of eggs, which hatch out to become worker wasps. Once the first lot have hatched, they get on with the business of expanding the nest while the queen goes into full time egg laying. The workers nurture the next generation of workers as well as those grubs that are to become next year's queens.

Around the end of August, the next generation of queens fly off to find somewhere to overwinter, leaving the workers with nothing to do except gorge themselves on sweet stuff. That's why you see them around fruit trees and in your house. Most people don't see many wasps until that time as they tend to go about their business unobtrusively. It's generally when they are looking for sweet stuff that they come into contact with humans.

Unfortunately, after my experience as a youngster, I'm an "arm waver" when wasps are in the vicinty but if you just leave them alone, they tend to leave you alone.

FA x

[JennyWrenn]

Oh 'eck OMS that photo looked dreadful - my prob is nothing in comparison

And F-A thanks for the info - I always thought Queen Wasps couldnt fly - like the Queen Bee

[Deleted]

Err, I think you'll find that queen bees can fly Jen.

FA x

[Barbara]

my OH's party trick is to catch the wasp thats buzzing round him , hold it for a few seconds,then open his hand and smack it with his other hand, he never gets stung.(well not yet anyway) ;D

[JennyWrenn]

Oct 29, 2008 19:30:53 GMT @fatandy said:

Err, I think you'll find that queen bees can fly Jen.

FA x

Oh Me Gosh - everyone will know this now; I thought the workers got her so fat she was too fat to fly

Have now read a really interesting article via google on bees - they seem to be so well organized even killing the old queen with body heat when a new Queen has been "crowned"