On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 13:56:36 GMT, Jaques d'Alltrades
wrote:

The message
from (Simon S) contains these words:

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.

The drones die after the mating scramble.

It happens to wasps too :-)
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Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad

On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 13:56:36 GMT, Jaques d'Alltrades
wrote:

The message
from (Simon S) contains these words:

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.

The drones die after the mating scramble.

It happens to wasps too :-)
--

Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit;
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad

On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 13:56:36 GMT, Jaques d'Alltrades
wrote:

The message
from (Simon S) contains these words:

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.

The drones die after the mating scramble.

It happens to wasps too :-)
--

Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit;
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad

On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 13:56:36 GMT, Jaques d'Alltrades
wrote:

The message
from (Simon S) contains these words:

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.

The drones die after the mating scramble.

It happens to wasps too :-)
--

Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit;
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad

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On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 21:12:48 -0000, "Trevor Appleton"
wrote:

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!

Perhaps the same one?



No way, the others ended up with severe headaches and very flat




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On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 21:12:48 -0000, "Trevor Appleton"
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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!

Perhaps the same one?



No way, the others ended up with severe headaches and very flat




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On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 21:12:48 -0000, "Trevor Appleton"
wrote:

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!

Perhaps the same one?



No way, the others ended up with severe headaches and very flat




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"martin" wrote in message
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On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 21:12:48 -0000, "Trevor Appleton"
wrote:

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!

Perhaps the same one?

No way, the others ended up with severe headaches and very flat

Why? Wasps are very beneficial to the gardener most of the season. It's
only when the fruit appears that they become a bit of a nuisance.

--
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from "Trevor Appleton" contains these words:
"martin" wrote in message
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On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 21:12:48 -0000, "Trevor Appleton"
wrote:

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!

Perhaps the same one?

No way, the others ended up with severe headaches and very flat

Why? Wasps are very beneficial to the gardener most of the season. It's
only when the fruit appears that they become a bit of a nuisance.

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

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"martin" wrote in message
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On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 21:12:48 -0000, "Trevor Appleton"
wrote:

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!

Perhaps the same one?

No way, the others ended up with severe headaches and very flat

Why? Wasps are very beneficial to the gardener most of the season. It's
only when the fruit appears that they become a bit of a nuisance.

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

"Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message
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On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 21:12:48 -0000, "Trevor Appleton"
wrote:

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!

Perhaps the same one?

No way, the others ended up with severe headaches and very flat

Why? Wasps are very beneficial to the gardener most of the season. It's
only when the fruit appears that they become a bit of a nuisance.

Could you define the nuisance?

Mary

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from "Mary Fisher" contains these words:

Wasps

Could you define the nuisance?

Is it really necessary?

Yes, I could, and presumably if I left it at that you would ask me to do
so, so I'll save you the trouble.....

Earlier in the year I tolerate them planing the wooden surfaces of my
shed and gridge and carrying off small parcels of them, and count that
no great nuisance as the effect is so small. However, wopses in the jam,
wopses in a hole round the back of the pear I have just picked and
dropped in a hurry, wopses in my beer and wopses on the raspberries I do
find a nuisance.

HTH

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"Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message
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The message
from "Mary Fisher" contains these words:

Wasps

Could you define the nuisance?

Is it really necessary?

Yes, I could, and presumably if I left it at that you would ask me to do
so, so I'll save you the trouble.....

Earlier in the year I tolerate them planing the wooden surfaces of my
shed and gridge and carrying off small parcels of them, and count that
no great nuisance as the effect is so small. However, wopses in the jam,
wopses in a hole round the back of the pear I have just picked and
dropped in a hurry, wopses in my beer and wopses on the raspberries I do
find a nuisance.

I hear what you're saying, I just don't understand why they're a nuisance
....

:-)

Mary

"....I hear what you're saying, I just don't understand why they're a
nuisance ......."

If you were allergic to their sting you would.

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David Hill
Abacus nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk

"David Hill" wrote in message
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"....I hear what you're saying, I just don't understand why they're a
nuisance ......."

If you were allergic to their sting you would.

I make every effort not to be stung by wasps - it's not difficult - because
I DO have a general reaction to their sting. a general reaction isn't the
same as terrible swelling and itching, that't not an allergy, in case
someone reads this and doesn't know.

Mary

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David Hill
Abacus nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk