Wasp Season has Started?

[Rolfe 2]

Just had a call to remove a small wasp nest from a garden shed..........have any pesters out there had one yet?

 

Thought i would show the wonderful construction of a wasp nest from last season..........they truly are a work of art.

[trappa 518]

No, i havent had a wasp call-out yet.

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When i was about 8yr old i smashed a wasp bike with a stick,I was stung like 30times.My mum pulled my clothes off in our kitchen and they were still on me.The good thing is i can kill the little b*****ds to this day with my bare hands.Used to catch them and sqish them between my fingers as a party trick lol..Maybe im imune now i dont know but they dont sting me.

[stone-cold 0]

i get f*****g hornets nesting in my shed every f*****g year,opened my shed door a couple of days ago and there was one trying to make a nest,SPLAT

[john b 38]

When i was about 8yr old i smashed a wasp bike with a stick,I was stung like 30times.My mum pulled my clothes off in our kitchen and they were still on me.The good thing is i can kill the little b*****ds to this day with my bare hands.Used to catch them and sqish them between my fingers as a party trick lol..Maybe im imune now i dont know but they dont sting me.

 

Seriously you need to watch that timeout.

My dad is a bee-keeper and it's quite common for 'keepers to get stung so often that they do build up a sort of immunity. The stings are then hardly a problem, almost like a weak nettle sting.

 

Unfortunately what then sometimes happens is that over time, as they continue to get stung, they sort of go through that immunity and come out the other side allergic. Suddenly they go from nothing to a serious allergic reaction to a single sting - sometimes anaphalactic(?) shock. It really would be worth you having some antihistamine tablets in the car and at home.

 

Might not be the same with wasps of course.

[ratcatcher 0]

I hav'nt had any calls for wasps yet.Totaly over run with ant jobs though.If any one has some photos of hornets nests I would like a look at them because you don't get them up in the north east.Pharos ants are a real rarity too.

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?WOW cheers for that john.I need to find another party trick now.LOL

No seriously though i will look into that,and i wont be doing that again.Im full of histamine just now actually had a hay fever attack other day still cant f*****g breath properly ;(

thanks for the heads up matey appreciated.

[proper job 1]

I've got my first one of the season to do tomorrow.

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

Rolfe; I batted a wasp away from me as I was checking a rat box today. First one I've seen so far!

[Rolfe 2]

Rolfe; I batted a wasp away from me as I was checking a rat box today. First one I've seen so far!

Glad you didn't kill it Ditch...........worth £40.00 to me over here

 

Rolfe.

[john b 38]

Rolfe; I batted a wasp away from me as I was checking a rat box today. First one I've seen so far!

Glad you didn't kill it Ditch...........worth £40.00 to me over here

 

Rolfe.

 

What each ? Bloody hell that's good money

[xx-georgia-xx 15]

to be tell the truth i hate em little buggers thay are me my grandad and my step dad was making a dog kennel for the lurchers and there was a big wasp i ran inside the house i hate em bees im not botherd about but wasp's sting you for no reson!

[dytkos 17,914]

to be tell the truth i hate em little buggers thay are me my grandad and my step dad was making a dog kennel for the lurchers and there was a big wasp i ran inside the house i hate em bees im not botherd about but wasp's sting you for no reson!

Disturbed a queen from the wood pile about a month ago. Managed to kill it thankfully. Cheers, D.

[TOMO 28,109]

got called out to one 6 weeks ago , in the next village, i groaned when he told me on the phone , as i thought when i got there i couldn't find anything.

 

customer had a few buzzing round in a room, so he called me thinking he had a nest.

[Rolfe 2]

got called out to one 6 weeks ago , in the next village, i groaned when he told me on the phone , as i thought when i got there i couldn't find anything.

 

customer had a few buzzing round in a room, so he called me thinking he had a nest.

I get loads of calls early in the season from people thinging they have a wasp nest.......when in reality it is just queen wasps coming out of hibernation. To save a journey.....i always ask if it is a "Big" wasp.......it usually is.....and then i tell them it is nothing to worry about. If it is a tiny wasp.........then that is the first worker of the year and a nest will be close by.

 

Rolfe.