lurcherman 887 13,464 Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Isit me or are there not so many about any more? Remember a few years back they everywhere, now not so many atall good thing mind, have seen a few ginormas "euro wasps" about but the usuall english wasp seem to be scarce around here see more honey bees hornets now Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kanny 21,759 Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Still a bit early for wasps yet there will be plenty come the end of August bit as you say last couple of years there doesn't seem to be quite as many.. On a plus note there's plenty of bumblebees this year round me. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lurcherman 887 13,464 Posted July 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Suppose it not a bad thing tbh and yes plenty bumblebees around a fella has just put some honey bees in behind me in the allotments reminds me to go take a look, he sells the honey in the cafe up the road Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BGD 6,437 Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Been doing my Ma's garden the last week and couldn't believe the amount of bumblebees I saw, haven't seen so many in years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skycat 6,174 Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 I wonder if the huge numbers of pest controllers are in part responsible for fewer wasps. We didn't have many last year, apparently due to the previous winter not being cold enough: the queens didn't hibernate properly and as a result either died or weren't strong enough to build nests. Also, now that I'm very allergic to wasp stings, I make sure to kill any queens I see in spring, and have a friend pest controller who sprays every likely nest site around our house and garden at the first sign of them. If lots of other people are doing the same thing then their numbers will drop, in towns and villages at any rate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ftm 3,357 Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 not many sighted up here in northeast this year ,im a gardener and always get stung a few ties each year [fingers crossed] plenty of small bees about though Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DIDO.1 22,868 Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Bumble bee nests have been unbelievable this year. Honey bees have been up..Hope wasps are aswell when season really gets going Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mattyg 1,862 Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Although wasps are an important part of the Eco system I f***ing hate em. Vile horrible vitriolic drunken asbo b*****ds......f**k with a bee and I'll kick you into next week, swat a wasp and I'll invite you round for dinner and put £100 in you pocket as you leave. Wasps are just wrong, plain and simple! Matt 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
j j m 6,630 Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Not saw many my self Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 I haven't noticed many of them about the last few seasons. Not a bad thing. Maybe they have some sort of breeding cycle ams they'll be back with a vengeance at some point? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackbriar 8,569 Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Isit me or are there not so many about any more? Remember a few years back they everywhere, now not so many atall good thing mind, have seen a few ginormas "euro wasps" about but the usuall english wasp seem to be scarce around here see more honey bees hornets now Bloody foreign wasps ! They come over here.......... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swg dave 334 Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 I cant remember a year as busy as 2004, that was the year pest controllers earned £££££££ very big bucks, a mate of mine done 9 on 1 big house. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ratattack 111 Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 Plenty wasps around, done 5 on 1 house so far this year, plenty multiple nests. Most I've done was 13 on one house. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
squab 2,875 Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 Isit me or are there not so many about any more? Remember a few years back they everywhere, now not so many atall good thing mind, have seen a few ginormas "euro wasps" about but the usuall english wasp seem to be scarce around here see more honey bees hornets noweuro wasp lol,would that be a hornet then.............found hornets nest up the woods last summer could hear them long before i see them swarming around a hole in the trunk big crazy muthers as big as your finger,get the feck out there moment. also remember watching a wasp on a leaf in a bush when a hornet jumped it,rotated around in its legs while taking the head off then flew off carrying the body,never seen anything like that before Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Phil Lloyd 10,739 Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 (edited) This is going to be a good year for wasps... Edited July 12, 2015 by Phil Lloyd Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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