Wasp nests?

[LuckOrJudgement 437]

Anyone done a bona-fide wasp nest yet this year?

Just had a call from a customer who says he has one in the loft.

[Ken's Deputy 4,460]

Confirmed live? Or something they found on going up there and freaked out about?

Subject caught my eye, simply because I got buzzed by my first wasp of the year, middle of last week.

[OldPhil 5,830]

Yes,..did Number one just two days ago...

In a shed,..size of a Tennis Ball ...

 

Edited April 19, 2021 by OldPhil

[lurchers 2,917]

I’ve got one to do today as they said they are getting into the lounge.Probably left the windows open on night shift so the light has attached them in.Normal practice on some of the homes we do but they never open the windows,must think we are stupid 

[DIDO.1 22,851]

Few phone calls about big wasps buzzing about....2 masonry bee colonies causing panic and removed a queen cell that turned out to be a few few years old. 

 

Edited April 20, 2021 by DIDO.1

[LuckOrJudgement 437]

Update: no nest, just lots of dopey queens on the windowsills.

I shooed them all out before the customer could douse them down with Raid.

So, its shaping up to be a good year for wasps.

[j j m 6,574]

had a few outside on window sill

[Torquemada 288]

I wonder if it will be a good year, it's been freezing at night last couple of weeks, not usually a good sign.

[DIDO.1 22,851]

3 hours ago, Torquemada said:

I wonder if it will be a good year, it's been freezing at night last couple of weeks, not usually a good sign.

I think they will be OK....i reckon a frost at night ain't to bad....its constant wet and cold I think hurts em. 

[Nicepix 5,650]

There was a bee swarm while I was out fishing today. First time I have seen one and it was nothing like what I had expected. I thought they would be closely packed together, but they were scattered about over the whole of the sky that I could see.

We've had a few queen wasps in our bottle traps.

[LuckOrJudgement 437]

Ive got a queen just started building a nest above the bench in my workshed. Fascinating to watch but progress is slow at the moment. I think we need some consistently higher tempretures to get things moving.

I opened my woodshed and disturbed a queen which crashlanded on the grass outside and took a while to recover itself before flying off.

[DIDO.1 22,851]

Queens everywhere at the minute. Every loft I go in at the minute seems to have a couple buzzing around 

[lurchers 2,917]

Ya will need about a gallon to get it going quickly 

[lurchers 2,917]

Just remember it’s chilly at the minute so keep the heat in.

[Ken's Deputy 4,460]

Actually, Katch; I always find the best policy is to drench it well first. Then, walk away. Put on a black hoodie and ruck sack. Wrap a scarf round ye face and come back to lob a properly prepared Molotov at it.

They'll assume you're antifa and no one will say a word. Police won't even look your way