Wasps

stutterdog · Post by **stutterdog** » Tue 02 Jul, 2013 6:59 pm

Leodian wrote: I saw a report recently which warned that with the trend to less cold weather it is forecast that a vicious strain of large European hornets will soon be found in this country, as they have already reached parts of France from where they should be able to readily reach here. The venom from those hornets is said to be much worse than our native hornets and that they attack with little (if any) provocation. They also attack wasps and bees. Southern England will get them first but it may not take long before they get up North if the warmer weather trend continues. Not many wasps about so far this year.Must be the cold weather we had earlier in the year.Next week could see more appearing as the warm front moves up ! I did see a stangely marked Ladybird in my garden yesterday. It was a dull red colour but the spots near its head and across the middle of it's wing case seemed to merge into each other. not seen this type before! Hope we don't get your Hornets Leodian

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Tue 02 Jul, 2013 10:01 pm

"Hope we don't get your Hornets Leodian". So do I stutterdog!I'm not keen on wasps as they tend to be temperamental and if indoors they never seem able to find their way out and so get even more nasty minded. I'm sure that if a window was left just ever so slightly opened that wasps will get in but then on opening windows wide open they still cannot then find the way out! I don't like killing things unless I feel I have little choice but wasps indoors usually seem to give me no option.

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Tue 02 Jul, 2013 10:44 pm

Leodian wrote: " and so get even more nasty minded. Don't know if it's been mentioned on an earlier page before?But the reason wasps are nasty little blighters, especially at the end of Summer in August/September is because they are drunk. The apples, fruits and berries are over ripe, the sugar content ferments. It's like they are binging on wine and cider!

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Tue 02 Jul, 2013 10:53 pm

That seems very likely Phill. I wonder if they prefer waspberries? Sorry for that.

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Tue 02 Jul, 2013 10:57 pm

Leodian wrote: That seems very likely Phill. I wonder if they prefer waspberries? Sorry for that. I really hive no idea.Sorry from me too

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Wed 03 Jul, 2013 12:30 am

I'm surprised Phill that nobody has told us to beehive ourselves. but still a bit