classic car forum header
Classic cars forum & vehicle restoration.
 FAQFAQ   SearchSearch   MemberlistMemberlist   UsergroupsUsergroups 
 ProfileProfile   Log in to check your private messagesLog in to check your private messages   Log inLog in 
Register     Posting Photographs     Privacy     F/book OCC Facebook     OCC on Patreon

FAO Buzy Bee - Wasps!!!!!!
Post new topic   Reply to topic    Classic cars forum & vehicle restoration. Forum Index -> General Motoring & Collectables (inc Classic Caravans)
Author Message
erindoors



Joined: 30 Nov 2007
Posts: 36

PostPosted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 2:37 pm    Post subject: FAO Buzy Bee - Wasps!!!!!! Reply with quote

Dave,

I know your speciality is bees, but I wonder if you have any suggestions on what to do with wasps. Wink

I noticed just now a gathering of wasps near our back door, in the lean-to, not sure if there's a nest there yet, but they certainly keep going in and coming out in a crack under the roof. Shocked Shocked

Any ideas on what to do? I'm hoping we won't have to call in the pest control guys as I presume they charge a hefty fee, but I guess we will if we have to. Confused

Thanks

Lidia
(Erindoors)
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
buzzy bee



Joined: 23 Nov 2007
Posts: 3382
Location: South Cheshire

PostPosted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 5:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi

They will be starting to die of shortly for the winter, so don't worry too much. If you are unsure if there is a nest there, don't block the hole up as many will sugest, as they will soon eat there way out perhaps in a different direction, I know people who have done this and ended up having a new entrance into the house.

Like I say, don't worry for now, I will have a look when I next come over if you remind me. If there are hundreds then let me know and I will pop over for a look.

Then there are several options of what to do.

Cheers

Dave Very Happy
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
47Jag



Joined: 26 Jun 2008
Posts: 1480
Location: Bothwell, Scotland

PostPosted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Busy,

As matter of interest, how do you tell a bee from a wasp. I assumed if it had a 'furry bum' it was a bee and if it had a shiny one it was a wasp but I've seen some pictures lately that were of bees with shine rear ends.

Art Question
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
buzzy bee



Joined: 23 Nov 2007
Posts: 3382
Location: South Cheshire

PostPosted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 9:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi

You are confusung bumble bees, they only live in small colonies, and are larger and furry unlike honey bees (Apis mellifera mellifera)

Honey bees of this country are all Apis mellifera mellifera, well they were, obviously with some inported bees, they are now not all dark but you get the idea.

Well this may be getting a little more complicated than I was intending, so here are some pictures, well links hopefully this is will help, if you want all the blurb, I can probably type it out for you?

A Bumble bee:-

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/BumbleBee-OnPavement.jpg

A Honey bee:-

http://www.sicamm.org/sicamm/konferens/polenbi05.jpg

A Wasp:-

http://www.naturephoto-cz.com/photos/krasensky/wasp-0071.jpg

Now people say wasp, but the wasp family is full of many sub species, many of which are given a very bad name from a few nasty wasps. Sorry I am at it again, I love bugs!

Cheers

Dave
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
Greeney in France



Joined: 06 Mar 2008
Posts: 1173
Location: Limousin area of France

PostPosted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

We get the "frelon" here which is a very aggressive hornet with a red tail and 3times the size of a normal wasp and 10times the sting, not nice, the best thing to do is to not move as if you wave your arms it will turn and growl at you its a real charmer
_________________
www.OldFrenchCars.com

We do these things not to escape life but to prevent life escaping us
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail
buzzy bee



Joined: 23 Nov 2007
Posts: 3382
Location: South Cheshire

PostPosted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi

I have heard of these in this country, about 35 of these can kill a colony of 60 000 bees in about half an hour, but no bees are fighting back. Bees body temperature id a half - 1 degree warmer than these, so the bees swarm around them and cook them alive! Twisted Evil

Go my girls!

Cheers

Dave
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
Greeney in France



Joined: 06 Mar 2008
Posts: 1173
Location: Limousin area of France

PostPosted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wow thats good. I have heard the Froggys say "stung once go to doctor, stung twice go to hospital stung thrice go to morgue"
Probably take a bit more to bring me down, Will Carling could nt do it very easily Embarassed Laughing I worry about the kids sometimes though
_________________
www.OldFrenchCars.com

We do these things not to escape life but to prevent life escaping us
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail
Uncle Joe
Guest





PostPosted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This may seem like an odd question, but does anyone know if bats eat bees and wasps as part of their diet?
Back to top
Greeney in France



Joined: 06 Mar 2008
Posts: 1173
Location: Limousin area of France

PostPosted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think you will find that mainly bees and wasps are in bed at night while bats are flying, they mainly concentrate on little night flying bugs like mosquitos Buzzy Bee may have something to add though
_________________
www.OldFrenchCars.com

We do these things not to escape life but to prevent life escaping us
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail
buzzy bee



Joined: 23 Nov 2007
Posts: 3382
Location: South Cheshire

PostPosted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi

I can only comment on bees really, and they certainly don't fly at night, infact as I type this as it has just gone dark, and the bees have gone in, my dad is moving some bees from one apiary to another. The only thing they normally come out for in force is in there is a disturbance, or if you were to shine a light in the entrance, and they are fooled into thinking it is daytime, but be careful if you do this, as they may not be able to find there way home, as they cannot see. Crying or Very sad

Swallows are sometimes seen picking bees off at the relavant times of year in the day time. As are a few birds. Many a queen on mating flights are lost this way, I won't go into mating flights tonight, but one day I will... very interesting!

Cheers

Dave
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
pigtin



Joined: 23 Nov 2007
Posts: 1879
Location: Herne Bay

PostPosted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 9:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

We had one of these spine chilling hornets persecute us during a gite holiday in France in the 70s. It would make a stately circuit of the house each evening. We christened it the airship and stayed well clear. Shocked
_________________
Due to the onset of my mid eighties I'm no longer sprightly and rarely seen in my Austin special. I have written a book though. https://amzn.eu/d/7rwRRqL
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic    Classic cars forum & vehicle restoration. Forum Index -> General Motoring & Collectables (inc Classic Caravans) All times are GMT + 1 Hour
Page 1 of 1

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
OCC Merch link
Forum T&C


php BB powered © php BB Grp.