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Old 15-03-2004, 10:32 AM
Simon S
 
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Default Queen wasps epidemic?[slightly OT]

"Trevor Appleton" wrote in message ...
Mild winter or hot summer?

We have never had a Queen Wasp in the house B4 in the winter. This winter
its about one every 10 days all winter long!




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The Queens are meant to survive the winter. Its the drones that die,
mostly from lack of food rather than frost. Now if you were getting
drones in the house this would indicate a possible shift. In places
like Florida or parts of Australia the European wasp is a real
problem. They do not die off over the winter and nests get to horrific
proportions.