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Wasps nest

this is in a bird house in my sisters garden



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oh nooo eileen, i had a nest once at other house but in my cavaty wall, i had to get enviramental health to help, cost me mind ;o( will she get rid of it?

8 Jun, 2010

 

she said yesterday that she was going to block the entrance hole up Sandra

8 Jun, 2010

 

Scary ........think I would get someone in to get rid of them.....

8 Jun, 2010

 

luckly its well away from her house

8 Jun, 2010

 

How scary, I have box's which havent been used , hope I dont get any of them Yellow striped aggressors, just hate them!

8 Jun, 2010

 

i hate a bird box on my shed PP and ive seen wasps going into it, too high up tho for me to take a look

8 Jun, 2010

 

i would burn it eileen if i were your sister, ive seen some huge stripy wasps lately, not the norm!

8 Jun, 2010

 

she also said she had seen 2 huge ones, double the normal length of a wasp, not sure if maybe she had seen hornets and not wasps

8 Jun, 2010

 

Ooh your really frightening me now, mine are also to high to see!

8 Jun, 2010

 

thats what i thought to eileen, so much bigger than the avarage wasp, i just sprayed it to death as in bedroom ;o(

8 Jun, 2010

 

yikes in your bedroom sandra,,,, least these ones were out in the garden shed.

ah PP sorry

8 Jun, 2010

 

yes thinnk it got in the house the day before as this was first thing and no windows or doors open, it was just over baz`s head as i walk back in bedroom, it scared me the size

8 Jun, 2010

 

ughhhhh Sandra, im glad you got rid of it

8 Jun, 2010

 

me to but nearly killed baz with spray to lol

8 Jun, 2010

 

lol

8 Jun, 2010

 

wow Eileen brave shot uggghhh wasps

8 Jun, 2010

amy
Amy
 

I was on the 'phone yesterday when one flew right in here and I haven't seen it since I don't know if it's hiding somewhere or if it went back out ! .... let us know what happens Eileen , the nest looks quite big they've been working on that for some time ............

8 Jun, 2010

 

Had 3 nests in my garden and left them alone flew in and out and they dont return to old nests so if can cope with them they are not necessarily designed to sting you .That said I didnt sit below them drinking coke ..Ps if well away from house leave them to it blocking up hole sure to get them angry

8 Jun, 2010

 

hope that wasp flew straight back out Amy lol

9 Jun, 2010

 

thanks BB, ill pass that onto my sister

9 Jun, 2010

 

I'm allergic. One day last summer I decided to pull down some kudzu and must have disturbed a nest. I was stung perhaps 10 times, became very sick and eventually went into shock. I can't work outside without carrying benadryl and a cell phone - the doctor said next time it happens it will likely be worse.

9 Jun, 2010

 

omg Lauram thats awful

9 Jun, 2010

 

...BUT...aren't they an amazing construction?

13 Jun, 2010

 

If they aren't bothering you I would leave them as wasps do rid the garden of greenfly and caterpillars They feed their young with them. Last year we didn't have to spray the veggie plot as the wasps cleared it of pests and they didn't bother us.

13 Jun, 2010

 

they are are amazing, thats why i just had to try get a photo

13 Jun, 2010

 

if it were me id leave it alone, its no where near her house but emmm you dont know my sister lol.
she things veg is something that grows in a supermarket and that wasps have no place in her garden lol

13 Jun, 2010

 

I agree with all those who would leave them alone, they are wonderful creatures who do a lot more good than harm.

14 Jun, 2010

 

Aye Toto my poor mother hated them and I grew up in a garden surrounded by jam jars with greaseproof paper slits a dollop of jam and half filled with water ..every year she would say I dont think I ve seen so many wasps.

It taught me to leave well alone I can tell you ..

14 Jun, 2010

 

They hoover up the garden and clean it all and we dont even notice, left alone they will do their job then buzz off somewhere else next year, obviously if annoyed they will attack !!

14 Jun, 2010

 

update guys is my sister has to call in pest control tomorrow. she has found another nest close to the house and yet another one in her garden shed

14 Jun, 2010

 

Wow, must be the year of the wasp!!!!

15 Jun, 2010

 

That could be just a few too many wasps.....

15 Jun, 2010

 

aye Grandmage it must be

15 Jun, 2010

 

im waiting to hear from my sister to see how she got on today. the guy was calling out this morn to get rid of the nests

15 Jun, 2010



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