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WAsps, wasps and more wasps
"Broadback" wrote in message ... This year the wasps here are more numerous than I have ever seen. I was looking forward to my first taste of apples this year, no way, the wasps have had the lot. You risk life and limb picking the raspberries, they are half way through my plums. They have not started yet on my peaches. How do commercial growers cope? Is there anything that can be done to protect fruit from the blighters? Control is by destroying wasps nests. Next door has had one done, and I have just had a go at the second because the entrance was accesible from our side. With all due deference to those who point out that wasps are a generally good thing on balance, if they get to be a nuisance or a pest which destroys fruit&veg then war must sometimes be declared. In our case their entrance was near to our balcony, so every time we try to eat or drink there we have uninvited guests, and they have also started to invade the house. RIP (I hope). Unlikely to dent the main wasp population, just make one small area more habitable. Cheers Dave R |
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WAsps, wasps and more wasps
On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 21:16:47 +0100, "David W.E. Roberts"
wrote: Control is by destroying wasps nests. Next door has had one done, and I have just had a go at the second because the entrance was accesible from our side. With all due deference to those who point out that wasps are a generally good thing on balance, if they get to be a nuisance or a pest which destroys fruit&veg then war must sometimes be declared. With extreme reluctance, I had to call in Pest Control to deal with 2 nests that were too close to our car-parking area. Most years, wasps become troublesome and dangerous in late summer. Not so this year, they started dive-bombing and threatening last week. Personally, I suffer pain only from wasp stings, but any of my students may suffer far worse and the thought of one going into anaphylaxic shock as a result of a sting is far too serious to consider. Dave Poole Torquay, Coastal South Devon UK Winter min -2°C. Summer max 34°C. Growing season: March - November |
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WAsps, wasps and more wasps
In article , David W.E. Roberts
wrote: Control is by destroying wasps nests. I've been following a discussion about this on a beekeeping network (I have a hive at the end of my Brixton garden. Wasps predate on bees). It can be nasty if you break into a nest unprotected. An ingenious solution is to leave a vacuum cleaner running sucking at the entrance. Be careful when emptying the bag, though. Lazarus -- Remover the rock from the email address |
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WAsps, wasps and more wasps
On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 22:10:43 +0100, Lazarus Cooke
wrote: In article , David W.E. Roberts wrote: Control is by destroying wasps nests. I've been following a discussion about this on a beekeeping network (I have a hive at the end of my Brixton garden. Wasps predate on bees). Indeed they do. I had a small colony of bees above my back door. These were a third smaller than honey bees - and I was quite content to leave them be...and then a few days later I spotted wasps coming out of the hive entrance. No more bees. I dosed them up with Nippon, and barely an hour later everything was quiet. Regards, -- Stephen Howard - Woodwind repairs & period restorations http://www.shwoodwind.co.uk Emails to: showard{who is at}shwoodwind{dot}co{dot}uk |
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WAsps, wasps and more wasps
I had a nest in a mouse hole in grass I had to cut, so tried 3 of the
"Sheds" to get Wasp Killer B&Q only had a fly and wasp killer foam, instructions were to find the nest then spray well with foam......I'm still looking for the fly's nest. another told me they only sold wasp killer in season.that is from Sept. onwards. Finally got powder from Wilkinson You squirt the powder into the hole and the wasps take it all the way in for you. You can hit the hole from 4 or 5 ft away and if you do it at dusk then the wasps have finished flying for the day. -- David Hill Abacus nurseries www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk |
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WAsps, wasps and more wasps
On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 22:10:43 +0100, Lazarus Cooke
wrote: In article , David W.E. Roberts wrote: Control is by destroying wasps nests. I've been following a discussion about this on a beekeeping network (I have a hive at the end of my Brixton garden. Wasps predate on bees). Indeed they do. I had a small colony of bees above my back door. These were a third smaller than honey bees - and I was quite content to leave them be...and then a few days later I spotted wasps coming out of the hive entrance. No more bees. I dosed them up with Nippon, and barely an hour later everything was quiet. Regards, -- Stephen Howard - Woodwind repairs & period restorations http://www.shwoodwind.co.uk Emails to: showard{who is at}shwoodwind{dot}co{dot}uk |
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WAsps, wasps and more wasps
I had a nest in a mouse hole in grass I had to cut, so tried 3 of the
"Sheds" to get Wasp Killer B&Q only had a fly and wasp killer foam, instructions were to find the nest then spray well with foam......I'm still looking for the fly's nest. another told me they only sold wasp killer in season.that is from Sept. onwards. Finally got powder from Wilkinson You squirt the powder into the hole and the wasps take it all the way in for you. You can hit the hole from 4 or 5 ft away and if you do it at dusk then the wasps have finished flying for the day. -- David Hill Abacus nurseries www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk |
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WAsps, wasps and more wasps
In article , David W.E. Roberts
wrote: Control is by destroying wasps nests. I've been following a discussion about this on a beekeeping network (I have a hive at the end of my Brixton garden. Wasps predate on bees). It can be nasty if you break into a nest unprotected. An ingenious solution is to leave a vacuum cleaner running sucking at the entrance. Be careful when emptying the bag, though. Lazarus -- Remover the rock from the email address |
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