queen wasps

[JoeMercer'sWay]

depends if we have a cold snap between now and the summer, I doubt it as it's already practically April, I think many things should have a good year.

 

[swervin]

Over the last few days I have seen loads of the fuckers and I agree with the OP they were massive, also seen a few bees and again they were bigger than your average bees. Is this because they are the queen bees and wasps? Are are we going to be inundated with these big buggers?

 

[Feed-The-Goat]

I swear the bastards are on steroids. They keep coming back bigger and bigger every year.

 

[TCIB]

Wasps are alright

Almost every pest insect species has at least one wasp species that preys upon them , making wasps critically important in natural control of their numbers.

try telling that to the poor sod who found this in his attic.

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7923457/Britains-biggest-wasp-nest-discovered-with-half-a-million-wasps.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstop ... wasps.html</a>

Fookin ell what they building, a bloody death star ?.

 

[2sheikhs]

Usually, at this time of year ants appear in various corners of the factory. I don't just mean a few, there are thousands of the little twats. One of the lads noticed that one nest was black ants and at the other end of the factory was a nest of brown ants. He gathered up a couple of hundred black ones and threw them near the entrance to the brown ants nest. A battle then ensued which Russell Crowe would have been proud of.

 

[r.soleofsalford]

yesterday my missus called from the kitchen 'it's early for wasps isn't it?' i called back that it was. then she told me that one had come in and that it was bigger than normal wasps.

cue rolled up magazine and a serious twatting. (the wasp not my missus). regular wasps haven't even been laid as eggs yet. this was a queen wasp looking for a place to build a nest. then today i was round my mum's and she had one in. same result.

it's most likely the recent warm weather that's woken them up a bit early but two in two days makes me wonder if we're in for a plague of them. given a chance they'll find their way into your garage, shed or worse still your attic in which case you'll have a nasty surprise in the summer.

they're a bit bigger and thicker than ordinary wasps and have a louder buzz, more like a bumble bee. if you see one kill it if you can as if you just shoo it out of the window it could come back.

are you sure it wasnt a hornet

 

[mcfc1894]

Where I'm working at the minute we've had about 10 of these in the past 2 week. They are bigger like you say, I also found them terribly slow which has made it really easy to kill them. Feel guilty at the time but I'm a right wimp when it comes to wasps and bees so I have to get rid of them

 

[wayne71]

I used to be scared of wasps until I came across hornets last year in France, our lovely quaint cottage in the Dordogne valley was plagued with the fuckers and they are HUGE, probably the size of 5 wasps.

 

[Glyn]

Cheers for this.
Thought it was just round here.
Wasps----Autmn----like August and September ? But FFS in March?
Wasn't sure if it was global warming or just me.

 

[c4lv3rt]

Usually, at this time of year ants appear in various corners of the factory. I don't just mean a few, there are thousands of the little twats. One of the lads noticed that one nest was black ants and at the other end of the factory was a nest of brown ants. He gathered up a couple of hundred black ones and threw them near the entrance to the brown ants nest. A battle then ensued which Russell Crowe would have been proud of.

Hahahaha thats brilliant!