I have not seen that many wasps this year & would expect to see lots in August but didn't. I used to see them around rubbish bins at agriculturals & dog shows & they were a nuisance, but not this year.
I have not seen that many wasps this year & would expect to see lots in August but didn't. I used to see them around rubbish bins at agriculturals & dog shows & they were a nuisance, but not this year.
You know, I don't remember seeing them at the Puyallup Fair either. Although it was raining the day we went. But I don't remember seeing very many this year.
Kingfisher
I would never remove a bees nest, they are harmless and of great benefit to the garden. Wasps I am not so keen on, having accidently disturbed wasps nests before while working and been badly stung by them. I would probably leave them so long as i knew they were there and they were in an out of the way corner and not near the house.
hi
we had a bees nest in one of our nest boxs one year and it was very intresting to watch, i do not know what sort they were but they all went after one season.
I found this article about the lack of wasps which I thought sounded interesting:
There have been lots of problems with bees this year, if there was any year when I definitely wouldn't remove a nest under almost any circumstances (unless it wass in the house) it would have been this one, as the bees have been really struggling.
hi
we had a bees nest in one of our nest boxs one year and it was very intresting to watch, i do not know what sort they were but they all went after one season.
They are fascinating to watch. The way they all seem to have a job is amazing.
Ooppss!! I hit no instead of yes.
I would love to have them in my garden. Wasps could be a different story, all depends if they were situated out of harms way. And you can give me as many bumbles has you like
The Humble Bumble home.
I wouldn't have a bees nest, becasue my little brother may go near it one day, and get stung loads of times!
That would be too expensive, imagine how many bags of it I'd have to buy.
I feel it would be dangerous though because with that many bees around its likely that a child would have a higher chance of being stung than if there was no nest. Young children in my family are also curious and tend to poke insects to see what they'll do, which of course is irritating and may cause them to attack. Just one sting could cause the child to go into anaphylactic shock so I'd rather not increase that chance by keeping a nest in my garden.
You have got a very good point there!