Noticed the last few times I've been over my local lakes there have been a lot of wasp about. That seem to be on the trees and bushes. And buzzing around you. Don't no what thay are after on the trees. As that are not on the flowers just mainly on the main stems. Is there a lot on your lakes
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I saw something wrote about this time of year and wasps the other day but never read all of it! They are looking for something but I can't remember what 🤦♂️ I think it has to do with only the queens live on through the winter (hibernate) so the workers are prob getting ready to die off. I will see if I can find it as what I just wrote is prob wrong 😂😂
I saw something wrote about this time of year and wasps the other day but never read all of it! They are looking for something but I can't remember what 🤦♂️ I think it has to do with only the queens live on through the winter (hibernate) so the workers are prob getting ready to die off. I will see if I can find it as what I just wrote is prob wrong 😂😂
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Something about her stopping producing a certain pheromone so the workers basically turn into senseless drones that are hungry all the time.
Something about her stopping producing a certain pheromone so the workers basically turn into senseless drones that are hungry all the time.
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They're probably just after food,. The tree might be holding a lot of it for them, hedges and bushes certainly do. Or they have a nest in the tree or under the bush?
They're probably just after food,. The tree might be holding a lot of it for them, hedges and bushes certainly do. Or they have a nest in the tree or under the bush?
That seemed to like the willow trees more for some reason.
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So their missus goes off the boil and they go to eat and sit about by the lake...
Interesting 🧐
So their missus goes off the boil and they go to eat and sit about by the lake...
Interesting 🧐
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Once the blackberries start rotting , and the wasps get drunk on them , it'll be like most towns on a Friday/ Saturday night 😟
Being allergic to them , I hate this time of year , need eye's in the back of your head lol
This is a handy tool for them though ,and works 😁
http://www.theexecutioner.co.uk/html/about.html
Once the blackberries start rotting , and the wasps get drunk on them , it'll be like most towns on a Friday/ Saturday night 😟
Being allergic to them , I hate this time of year , need eye's in the back of your head lol
This is a handy tool for them though ,and works 😁
http://www.theexecutioner.co.uk/html/about.html
I had a thriving wasps nest in one of my bird boxes but they've all flown for the reasons described by Bradford. But wasps aren't that big a problem.
I always laugh when some big tattooed bloke starts hopping around like a scared cat when a Jasper flies around his head. Just stand or sit still and they accept you as part of their route back and forth and ignore you. They rarely attack if unprovoked.... but check your food before sticking it in yer mouth, they are crunchy and make your face swell up.
I always laugh when some big tattooed bloke starts hopping around like a scared cat when a Jasper flies around his head. Just stand or sit still and they accept you as part of their route back and forth and ignore you. They rarely attack if unprovoked.... but check your food before sticking it in yer mouth, they are crunchy and make your face swell up.
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Maybe the scared cat was allergic , maybe one sting could kill him , there's a thought
Maybe the scared cat was allergic , maybe one sting could kill him , there's a thought
There are lots about at the moment,....Hornets though are a different level altogether....🙁
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Like it alot Jon
Like it alot Jon
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Short version
They were happy as workers, at this time of year the queen dosn't need them, so, they are out of the nest looking for something to eat and do before they die, that's it.
Short version
They were happy as workers, at this time of year the queen dosn't need them, so, they are out of the nest looking for something to eat and do before they die, that's it.
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I was stung by one last year whilst on the bank.
It was in a can of orange juice that I took a drink from and it stung me on the inside of my mouth
Fortunately I had just picked away
Within minutes my face had swollen up and I had a rash all over my body
I rang 911 for advice and they dispatched an ambulance to me
I was put straight onto a drip and kept in until the swelling had gone down
The concern was if the bite was far enough into my mouth the swelling could close off my throat and it could stop me breathing
I would recommend every angler carry anti histamine as this is what I was given to stop the swelling
I was stung by one last year whilst on the bank.
It was in a can of orange juice that I took a drink from and it stung me on the inside of my mouth
Fortunately I had just picked away
Within minutes my face had swollen up and I had a rash all over my body
I rang 911 for advice and they dispatched an ambulance to me
I was put straight onto a drip and kept in until the swelling had gone down
The concern was if the bite was far enough into my mouth the swelling could close off my throat and it could stop me breathing
I would recommend every angler carry anti histamine as this is what I was given to stop the swelling
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