From where?Probably a queen wasp that's emerged from hibernation.
Haha I can just picture it!!Well if we're on wasp stories, found a wasps' nest in the attic some years back, so mentioned to the Mrs that I was off to B&Q for the spray wasp killer stuff, only to be told in no uncertain terms that I wasn't to touch it, and she would phone the council pest control people. A day later, was informed she'd phoned the council and the council lady had said ", why don't you just get a can of that spray stuff from B&Q", so back to my plan A it was.
Since wasps in large numbers are quite intimidating, I'd ensured a clear exit down from the attic, with all doors open so I could run down the ladder, down the stairs and out into the garden, with no trip-hazards on the way. Went as close as I dared, spray - at which point the nest disintegrated so I dropped the can and scarpered PDQ, all the way out into the garden. After 10 minutes, carefully started into the house - no buzzing, upstairs - nothing, up the ladder, nothing.
No wasps, disintegrated nest, no corpses - no-one home basically.
I subsequently learned that wasps, unlike bees, abandon their nests in the winter, so it was just an empty shell. All that adrenaline for nothing.
Some of these b****** can swim, and the really deadly ones can swim underwater, against the currentFrom where?
I had no windows open!
So long as they're outside, then live and let live, but I don't want them in the houseHaha I can just picture it!!
We do have trouble every year with wasps in a sycamore tree across the road, just wondering if there is a connection now?
That`s ok I can sit down and make it very clear what I think of any swimming wasps!Some of these b****** can swim, and the really deadly ones can swim underwater, against the current.
Until they fly up and sting yer bum!!That`s ok I can sit down and make it very clear what I think of any swimming wasps!
basically, you don't bother them, they don't bother you. I've been wasp-stung twice (over 50 years), so hardly a major worry. Stir up a nest though, and you need to think it through, as that very much does break the "you don't bother them" part of the dealI don't know whether I give off a really nasty odour (careful you lot!!), but Wasps and Bees never bother me, in fact, I see them making the effort to fly around me!!
Seriously though, I have only been stung 3 times in my life, one by a bee, and two by wasps..... But they were all my own fault!!
I could live in the middle of a wasps nest and be ok!
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