Wasps

[mole trapper 1,693]

6 minutes ago, dytkos said:

I've seen none of either, even down the sewage works where they breed. Good.

Cheers, D.

Not good! Wasps equate to ching ching 

[DIDO.1 22,840]

Coming in now. 

Health and safety special this one. 

 

[gnipper 6,484]

Could you get a drone to apply the powder on jobs like that?

[DIDO.1 22,840]

21 minutes ago, gnipper said:

Could you get a drone to apply the powder on jobs like that?

Not a clue. I guess somebody will 

[DIDO.1 22,840]

16 booked in for tomorrow 

[DIDO.1 22,840]

Big nest in the side of a hot tub 

[Ken's Deputy 4,460]

Yep. That's a fair sized one alright.

[mole trapper 1,693]

Did two this afternoon next to each other in a garden hedge, they were completely mental! Not seen such aggressive ones in a very long time. 

[DIDO.1 22,840]

I've had 3 really aggressive ones this year. One was on a roofline high up, I treated it and put stuff away, walked back to check it and they were on me 25 meters away! It was next to a school as well. I hung around for 20 mins and they were still fuming so I had to leave. All gone 3 hours later. 

Done 220 so far 

[Ratmanwan3 86]

It's been one of my best years so far. Beat last years total a month ago.

[mole trapper 1,693]

Pretty rubbish season down here, even the guys that advertise aren't really getting the calls. To be honest it's utter pants compared to 15-20  years ago down this end.

[walshie 2,804]

It's strange how they change from year to year. Last year it was practically impossible to sit in the garden with a beer because there were so many. This year I literally haven't seen one wasp, but we've been inundated with horseflies instead. Nice. 

Is the decrease of one and increase of the other related?

[PLEDGEY 496]

3 plum trees in me garden, plums all over the floor rotting and not a wasp in sight. We is waspless in Somerset.

[comanche 3,028]

I must've  been the last person in the Country to realise there is a problem with petrol supplies. The van's probably got about a quart of petrol in the tank and  hasn't moved since Friday night.

Hence ; enter the Company Bicycle!

I'm limited to what gear  can be strapped to the beast and stuffed in a rucksack and I had one  job yesterday where a ladder would've  been useful . There were three nests in an awkward roof but Invention being the Mother of Frank Zappa l reached em all in the end.

Customers seem to mistakenly think l must be really fit when l turn up.

They don't see me pushing the thing up hills or notice that l'm trying to keep my balence on legs that feel like jelly.

 

Edited September 29, 2021 by comanche

[stormyboy 1,352]

On 28/09/2021 at 13:48, mole trapper said:

Pretty rubbish season down here, even the guys that advertise aren't really getting the calls. To be honest it's utter pants compared to 15-20  years ago down this end.

Get on, we've done at least 2000, maybe even 3000.

Honest.