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erindoors
Joined: 30 Nov 2007 Posts: 36
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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 2:37 pm Post subject: FAO Buzy Bee - Wasps!!!!!! |
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Dave,
I know your speciality is bees, but I wonder if you have any suggestions on what to do with wasps.
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.
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.
Thanks
Lidia
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buzzy bee

Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 3382 Location: South Cheshire
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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 5:47 pm Post subject: |
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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.
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47Jag
Joined: 26 Jun 2008 Posts: 1480 Location: Bothwell, Scotland
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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:55 pm Post subject: |
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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.
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buzzy bee

Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 3382 Location: South Cheshire
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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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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!
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Greeney in France

Joined: 06 Mar 2008 Posts: 1173 Location: Limousin area of France
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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:16 pm Post subject: |
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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 |
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buzzy bee

Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 3382 Location: South Cheshire
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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:41 pm Post subject: |
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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!
Go my girls!
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Greeney in France

Joined: 06 Mar 2008 Posts: 1173 Location: Limousin area of France
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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:52 pm Post subject: |
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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 I worry about the kids sometimes though _________________ www.OldFrenchCars.com
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Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:38 am Post subject: |
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This may seem like an odd question, but does anyone know if bats eat bees and wasps as part of their diet? |
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Greeney in France

Joined: 06 Mar 2008 Posts: 1173 Location: Limousin area of France
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Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:17 am Post subject: |
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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
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buzzy bee

Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 3382 Location: South Cheshire
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Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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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.
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!
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pigtin
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 1879 Location: Herne Bay
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Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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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.  _________________ 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 |
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