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WASPS! Help needed
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djwellis
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Bizarre that.
A friend of mine in Rugeley who is a beekeeper (sorry - wish I had picked up this thread earlier) had all of his bees suddenly escape.
Apparently, it is happening quite a lot....
Tried to get on the bandwagon by registering www.wherearethebees.com - but it appears that some bugger has done that - curses!
However, if they return, might I recommend a strongly worded letter......... perhaps threaten the bees with a letter to your MP.....
On a separate note, apparently, trained wasps are expert plasterers.......
A friend of mine in Rugeley who is a beekeeper (sorry - wish I had picked up this thread earlier) had all of his bees suddenly escape.
Apparently, it is happening quite a lot....
Tried to get on the bandwagon by registering www.wherearethebees.com - but it appears that some bugger has done that - curses!
However, if they return, might I recommend a strongly worded letter......... perhaps threaten the bees with a letter to your MP.....
On a separate note, apparently, trained wasps are expert plasterers.......
db
#chaplife
well, looks like it's my turn this year.. i went to get the lawn mower out of the shed yesterday and got ambushed by a swarm of these buggers, drunk on power and enraged that a big hairy meat-bag had dared to enter their domain..
despite my lightening quick reflexes, one of the blighters still managed to catch up with me before i reached the safety of the conservatory, so i found myself on the business end of his venomous wrath.. the first wasp sting of my whole life! i least now i know i'm not prone to anaphylaxis..
reckon i'm just gonna pay the council £46 to get rid.. unless anyone has any advice vis a vis DIY? it's a shame jheych doesn't seem to read the forum anymore, i'd be interested to know how his tale from last year ended..
despite my lightening quick reflexes, one of the blighters still managed to catch up with me before i reached the safety of the conservatory, so i found myself on the business end of his venomous wrath.. the first wasp sting of my whole life! i least now i know i'm not prone to anaphylaxis..
reckon i'm just gonna pay the council £46 to get rid.. unless anyone has any advice vis a vis DIY? it's a shame jheych doesn't seem to read the forum anymore, i'd be interested to know how his tale from last year ended..
ToriRat
Is that a Moomin?
I dont have anaphalaxis, but do have a severe allergy to wasps and bees ( wasps more so), I swell up like a balloon and have to hit the inhaler like a glaswegian alcoholic hits the cans of cheap aldi lager. I went to the doc ( many moons ago) and he said to me in all seriousness, " Dont get stung on your neck or face, you could die" Its not like I make a habit of kissing bees or anything, actually have ( like most people ) very little choice about where the little flying bstards stingie me.
We had a nest in the loft once when I was a small girl, and my dad used a paint stripping blow torch and lighter fluid to great effect, the only problem was he set fire to the beam to which the nest was hanging and had to beat it out with a nearby book, which also promptly caught fire ( I am informed it was the D&D first edition rule book). Screaming madly he then threw a large tarp at it which thankfully smothered the flames, but as he climbed down the ladder from the loft, plased with his heroic attempts a solitary wasp stung him on the hand and he fell down the ladder steps hurting his back.....The following year we got the council out.
We had a nest in the loft once when I was a small girl, and my dad used a paint stripping blow torch and lighter fluid to great effect, the only problem was he set fire to the beam to which the nest was hanging and had to beat it out with a nearby book, which also promptly caught fire ( I am informed it was the D&D first edition rule book). Screaming madly he then threw a large tarp at it which thankfully smothered the flames, but as he climbed down the ladder from the loft, plased with his heroic attempts a solitary wasp stung him on the hand and he fell down the ladder steps hurting his back.....The following year we got the council out.
tijuanalady
Ali
Call my sister Karen on 01785 604866 - she does pest control and is cheaper than the council. She charges £35 for wasps nests.
db
#chaplife
thanks for the info, but i ended up taking matters into my own hands!tijuanalady said:
i went to B&Q and bought a can of Wasp Killer, and a can of Wasp Nest Destroyer.. armed with these, my sister and i operated a pincer formation to gain access to the shed and prop the door open, subduing the first wave of their defense with the Wasp Killer.. this exposed the nest inside, and aggravated the little buggers no end, so we retreated inside to plan our attack..
once the buzzing frenzy had died down, i carefully positioned myself within range, and unleashed the fury!!! a direct hit with the Wasp Nest Destroyer from a distance of 2m - the whole nest was encased and the air filled with the sound of a billion dying wasps! AHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA TAKE THAT, NATURE!!
hardcore! Yowzer! That sounds like tremendous fun (for the non Buddhist type)! Next time, someone capture this type of thing on video and get it posted!dirtybobby said:....my sister and i operated a pincer formation.....subduing the first wave of their defense......
once the buzzing frenzy had died down, i carefully positioned myself within range, and unleashed the fury!!! a direct hit with the Wasp Nest Destroyer from a distance of 2m - the whole nest was encased and the air filled with the sound of a billion dying wasps! AHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA TAKE THAT, NATURE!!
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Unfortunately, this is quite bad news. Bees are a help to us beyond measure. They pollinate most crops and without them the food crisis would quickly become a food catastrophe. At this point in history bees are in decline. They are attacked by killer hornets and there is some sort of colony disease going around.expert said:
We are in short supply of bees. Bee keepers hire out their colonies so farmers can pollinate, and the price is high. Apparently somewhere in the far east there are no bees whatsoever, so the local population have to pollinate some fruit bearing tree by hand. Can you imagine the time, effort and resources involved?!
So yeah, crashing a transporter carrying twelve million bees is bad.
Killing a wasps nest is good (ish!)
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cookie_monster
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oooh, oooh, i get this reference.....cant wait for saturday!!!!ToriRat said:
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cookie_monster
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will pm you- i dont want to spoil it for anybody who missed the penultimate episode of the series.jchiltz said:
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Aaaaaaaaah! Now it all falls into place. Thankyou Monster Monster Cookie Cookie! :high5:cookie_monster said:will pm you- i dont want to spoil it for anybody who missed the penultimate episode of the series.jchiltz said:
Sorry ToriRat! er.... feel sheepish. i knew as soon as i posted that there was some underlying meaning to yours.Eeediot said:ToriRat said:where does it say that they died? the potential destruction of any bee colony is bad
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Gramaisc
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Question on behalf of an London-based absentee landlord whose property here is currently empty of tenants.
Does anybody have any current advice for somebody with a wasp's nest? It's in a single storey tiled roof and it would be nice, but not essential, if it could be dealt with at a weekend.
Does anybody have any current advice for somebody with a wasp's nest? It's in a single storey tiled roof and it would be nice, but not essential, if it could be dealt with at a weekend.