Wasps and Bees

alice

Could be - I also think if the winter is quite mild and the spring is early - like ours was last year - more queen wasps survive to start the whole process off again

peter_the_piper

Infidel wrote: »

I'm wondering if anyone can tell me if wasps actually serve any ecological purpose and if they were wiped out would this have any negative impact on the eco-system.



I'm also bored....................

Beekeeper told me about a cricket ground where there were a lot of complaints about wasps and could they clear out all the wasp nests in the area which they did. Everone happy until next year when the grass of the cricket ground was carp. It was infested with the leatherjackets which the wasps would have eaten. Wasps are very useful predators but not in a nest 2ft from my back door.

Infidel

peter_the_piper wrote: »

Beekeeper told me about a cricket ground where there were a lot of complaints about wasps and could they clear out all the wasp nests in the area which they did. Everone happy until next year when the grass of the cricket ground was carp. It was infested with the leatherjackets which the wasps would have eaten. Wasps are very useful predators but not in a nest 2ft from my back door.

Ok, and there is possibly something that eats wasps (maybe a bird?) so again if they were eradicated it would have a knock on effect on the something that possibly eats wasps.

sky_jones

hi took advice on wasp nest in my porch .got me some wasp spray foam,and to give the !!!!!!s a chance i went to spray em in shorts n t shirt.hit em with a quick spray and ran so fast from them that i ran over a stream with out sinkin lol.this morning...there all gone whoohoo..saved me 45 pounds for council to do it,and im fitter than yesterday

sky_jones

peter_the_piper wrote: »

He told me that swarms were usually in May/June but spare queens fly off without a swarm as such.

noo..dogs have owners cats have husbands.lol:)

davemorton

Now theres a thing that I have always wondered. How come wasp traps dont attract and kill the bees too??

nibs

Hi, I've recentely noticed a few bees flying in the corner of my extension (by the front door) but today there seemed more than normal. When I went out to check I noticed a spider has spun a web and they are trying to get past it but can't, (they've obviously made a nest there) What would be the best thing to do, as the bees are getting quite anxious,
Thanks ....

smileyt_2

nibs wrote: »

Hi, I've recentely noticed a few bees flying in the corner of my extension (by the front door) but today there seemed more than normal. When I went out to check I noticed a spider has spun a web and they are trying to get past it but can't, (they've obviously made a nest there) What would be the best thing to do, as the bees are getting quite anxious,
Thanks ....

Can't you catch the spider (or get a fearless friend to do it) and rehome it elsewhere in your garden? Then you can pull the web down and the bees will be happy.

That's what I'd do. Should only take a moment so hopefully you won't get stung. But I'm not an expert on bees!

nibs

Thanks, thats what I was thinking - especially the bit about the fearless friend lol