Wasp season has started here.....

[Rolfe 2]

The wasp season has started here........did a couple last week and did three today......here's hoping we have a bumper year. Here's one i did earlier........hanging outside under the apex of a house roof, about the size of a grapefruit (which is what i would expect this early in the season). I always marvel at the wasp "Paper" which is just chewed wood from trees and fences........look at the miriad of colours from all the different stained fence panels it has been taking wood from. Truly wonderful constructions.

[Tiny 7 1,694]

Nice pic's Rolfe,

Edited June 5, 2009 by tiny 7

[andy s410c 59]

The nests are a work of art to look at but the wasps themselves are bloody horrible i'm petrified of them stung very badly as a young'in as i went to retrieve a football that had disturbed a nest last time i played the tough guy with angry wasps

[trapperman 474]

good pics mate.

 

this is my first season on the wasps and havent had a call yet, i`m in oxfordshire.

[John Keswick 119]

good pics mate.

 

this is my first season on the wasps and havent had a call yet, i`m in oxfordshire.

 

Wont be long now, you just make sure you wear your protective clothing

 

[trapperman 474]

good pics mate.

 

this is my first season on the wasps and havent had a call yet, i`m in oxfordshire.

 

Wont be long now, you just make sure you wear your protective clothing

 

Hi john

 

i always new motor bikes were dangerous

[rabbit tourmentor 29]

The nests are a work of art to look at but the wasps themselves are bloody horrible i'm petrified of them stung very badly as a young'in as i went to retrieve a football that had disturbed a nest last time i played the tough guy with angry wasps

 

 

they actzact thing happened to me as a kid horrible

 

 

personally i like wasps and they are getting rarer but its a job what has to be done i suppose

 

had a nest by my shed i just left it and kept well away from it never did me any harm

[trappa 517]

No wasp jobs yet but im a bit further north than you.

[andybrock 2]

Did 2 last week while the weather was good, I'm in cheshire.

[poacher3161 1,766]

I have not seen any yet i dont know anybody who likes them.The estate manager nr me got killed by them a few years back while grouse shooting on the moors above ladybower.atvb

[awen 29]

yeah just knocked one out of the shed after one of the b*****ds stung me, my back was like the elephant man. im now on a mission with me cotton feather and a gallon of fuel, those b*****ds aint gonna get me again

[Rolfe 2]

Another Crash Helmet Wasp Nest.......this one had been left in the loft.

[RatSnatcher 0]

There about I have done 4 and dealt more with bees this year, which is good news as we have to look after the bees

 

I moved 2 swarms of honey bee this year one being approximately 8thousand and the other a litlle larger at 12 thousand, all passed on to my local bee keeper, and I goto say its a site worth watching as they are collected in a basket and moved to a new hive

[paddybarr 77]

had 1 in the garage last year sprayed it with wasp killer for 2 weeks 100;s of dead wasps and watched nothing coming or going so decided to smash it with a golf club big mistake a single wasp a big fecker (queen?) came out flew straight at my face and went up my nose!! snotted it out but it had stung me, 5 hours in a&e!!

[Matt 160]

It must have taken you hours to count all those bees Ratsnatcher..............

 

one, two, three, four, five, six, seven ~ bugger! ~ one, two, three, four, five