Questions & answers about wasp nests
john D asked:
is it true what david bellamy said years ago on the tele. he collected hundreds of wasps in sweet jar advising that they were all males if his researchers got it right. to prove it he put his arm into the jar, agitating the wasps bt rotating his arm, saying that if they were all males he would not be stung. and he said he wasnt, advising only females sting???????
Paul Sweet replied:
Hi John, yes it is true that male wasps (known as drones) cannot sting, the same is for male (drone) honey bees.
karen asked:
Hello i\'ve just gone into my shed and loads of wasps are in there. could you give me some advice as i have a small child. Thank you.
Paul Sweet replied:
Best advise is to keep your child away from the shed, keep the door closed to prevent any accidental encounters and then call a pest controller to deal with the nest.
Barbara asked:
Wasps are stripping our wooden garden furniture and oak garden room frame. Is there anything we can do to stop this. We have tried haning up the Waspinators to deter them but this has not helped.
Paul Sweet replied:
Hi Barbara, first of all, the "Waspinator" is a complete load of rubbish which does NOT work. I have plenty of photos and video of twin wasp nests no more than 3 inches apart from each other, and in each case both nests are live. I regularly treat multiple nests on houses, seven, eight even ten nests sometimes on the same house. So the idea of the Waspinator preventing wasps nesting within the same area is pretty much shot to pieces, isn't it? Regards to your wooden furniture, you can either treat the wood with some wood preserver which will keep the wasps from stripping it to make their nests or find where the nest is and kill it. I hope this helps. Paul