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Title: What do wasps do in the winter
Post by: Terbs on 25 October 2012, 17:32:32
Got a bit of a problem here...and swmbo is getting a bit paranoid. ;D

We keep finding dead, or nearly dead wasps around the house. I can't see a nest anywhere, and I can't hear any buzzing.
However, the mrs has been stung twice now whilst in bed, and then keeps finding others.
Do they all die off. Can't recall having seen any flying around the house when the weather was better. So why are we getting them :(
Title: Re: What do wasps do in the winter
Post by: tigers_gonads on 25 October 2012, 17:41:35
A woman across the street has the same problem.

Normally, they tend to go a bit mad when winter aproaches and the cold weather comes then they die off.

She has a wasps nest in the eaves of her roof / loft area.
Have a look outside in the corners (small normally whiteish in colour) nest.

Don't touch the thing because they will come and get you.
You can buy a spray foam that you coat the nest with that kills them off but my advise is to get some other muppet to do it for you  ;)
Title: Re: What do wasps do in the winter
Post by: omega3000 on 25 October 2012, 17:47:11
A woman across the street has the same problem.

Normally, they tend to go a bit mad when winter aproaches and the cold weather comes then they die off.

She has a wasps nest in the eaves of her roof / loft area.
Have a look outside in the corners (small normally whiteish in colour) nest.

Don't touch the thing because they will come and get you.
You can buy a spray foam that you coat the nest with that kills them off but my advise is to get some other muppet to do it for you  ;)

Aye dont poke em with a stick like i did last year  ::) I covered them in special white powder but they were all flying at me with the stuff on them  :-X Think i heard they never use the same nest twice .
Title: Re: What do wasps do in the winter
Post by: llewellyn237 on 25 October 2012, 17:49:23
They hibernate.
Title: Re: What do wasps do in the winter
Post by: STMO123 on 25 October 2012, 18:13:42
They go to Spain for the winter.
Title: Re: What do wasps do in the winter
Post by: cleggy on 25 October 2012, 18:32:20
They just BUZZ off  ;D ;D
Title: Re: What do wasps do in the winter
Post by: plym ian on 25 October 2012, 18:56:23
the go to WASPital to recover ;D
Title: Re: What do wasps do in the winter
Post by: Terbs on 25 October 2012, 19:31:26
OMG....I feel ill ;D ;D ;D ;D

Ask a sensible question ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: What do wasps do in the winter
Post by: the alarming man on 25 October 2012, 20:49:55
A woman across the street has the same problem.

Normally, they tend to go a bit mad when winter aproaches and the cold weather comes then they die off.

She has a wasps nest in the eaves of her roof / loft area.
Have a look outside in the corners (small normally whiteish in colour) nest.

Don't touch the thing because they will come and get you.
You can buy a spray foam that you coat the nest with that kills them off but my advise is to get some other muppet to do it for you  ;)

Aye dont poke em with a stick like i did last year  ::) I covered them in special white powder but they were all flying at me with the stuff on them  :-XThink i heard they never use the same nest twice .


i was told by our pest control guys they do keep reusing a nest..that's how a nest become so big as they build on it year after year

tony are these's wasps or solitary honey bee's????...as the later are protected unless they are in close proximity of a dwelling as these will swarm without reason....get yourself a pest control guy in they will get rid first time as they know where to look and tbh it is £ 40 but a lot less if the buggers swarm
Title: Re: What do wasps do in the winter
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 25 October 2012, 20:54:11
The world expert on European wasps was strolling past a record shop. A sign caught his eye: "New Album - Wasps of the World!” The man asked to hear the album and was given headphones. Three minutes later, he announced, "I am the world expert on European wasps and the sounds that they make and yet I recognize none of those." The clerk offered to play another track. And another. And another. Still, the expert did not hear sounds he recognized. Suddenly, the clerk realized his mistake. "I'm really sorry," he said. "I was playing you the bee side." 

 :)
Title: Re: What do wasps do in the winter
Post by: the alarming man on 25 October 2012, 20:55:11
that is really poor lol.... :y


as for what they do in winter they die BUT the queen lives and lays eggs/larve in the wasps nest which are you new wasps
Title: Re: What do wasps do in the winter
Post by: Varche on 25 October 2012, 21:13:22
They go to Spain for the winter.

maybe. I have just got rid of three barrow loads of lovely grapes (don't tell Guffer for gawds sake) There must have been a couple of hundred wasps (just arrived from the English Costas) gorging themselves on fermenting juices and then falling on the ground in a stupor.

They hibernate - beds are a great place. Nice and warm and safe........ ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: What do wasps do in the winter
Post by: aaronjb on 25 October 2012, 21:19:33
They hibernate - beds are a great place. Nice and warm and safe........ ;D ;D ;D

One chose one of my t-shirts one year as it was hanging in the spare room to dry.. it got a surprise when I put the t-shirt on, but not as big a surprise as I got when it stung me two or three times down my back, fell into my jeans and got me another three or four times between the buttocks..

Oh, the dance I did around the kitchen, tearing off clothes...
Title: Re: What do wasps do in the winter
Post by: the alarming man on 25 October 2012, 22:16:04
They go to Spain for the winter.

maybe. I have just got rid of three barrow loads of lovely grapes (don't tell Guffer for gawds sake) There must have been a couple of hundred wasps (just arrived from the English Costas) gorging themselves on fermenting juices and then falling on the ground in a stupor.

They hibernate - beds are a great place. Nice and warm and safe........ ;D ;D ;D



no they don't they die as they cannot store food.........see here



http://www.ehow.com/about_6591887_happens-wasps-winter_.html (http://www.ehow.com/about_6591887_happens-wasps-winter_.html)

Title: Re: What do wasps do in the winter
Post by: Kevin Wood on 25 October 2012, 22:31:04
Where's lazydocker when you need him? He's the expert on pests.
Title: Re: What do wasps do in the winter
Post by: Kevin Wood on 25 October 2012, 22:32:25
They hibernate - beds are a great place. Nice and warm and safe........ ;D ;D ;D

One chose one of my t-shirts one year as it was hanging in the spare room to dry.. it got a surprise when I put the t-shirt on, but not as big a surprise as I got when it stung me two or three times down my back, fell into my jeans and got me another three or four times between the buttocks..

Oh, the dance I did around the kitchen, tearing off clothes...

Mind Bleeeeeeaaaach! Pass the mind bleach! :o
Title: Re: What do wasps do in the winter
Post by: Rods2 on 25 October 2012, 22:34:25
Where's lazydocker when you need him? He's the expert on pests.

Eating cake?  ::)
Title: Re: What do wasps do in the winter
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 25 October 2012, 22:46:17
One I found in the loft last year!  :)

(http://i792.photobucket.com/albums/yy208/tiggerhayes/007.jpg)

They're a work of art!  8)

Title: Re: What do wasps do in the winter
Post by: BlueBridge on 25 October 2012, 22:53:23
Christ that's huge, I thought they were little things. :-\
Title: Re: What do wasps do in the winter
Post by: the alarming man on 25 October 2012, 23:13:19
that is huge i wonder how many of the little buggers that holds..... :y
Title: Re: What do wasps do in the winter
Post by: aaronjb on 25 October 2012, 23:14:33
Friend of mine had the exterminator in to get rid of a 'huge' one in his roof.. they said it was big, but not the biggest they'd seen as that was some 3m diameter  :o

I'm told there's one in my roof.. really should get up there and send someone up there to remove it!
Title: Re: What do wasps do in the winter
Post by: cleggy on 25 October 2012, 23:42:12
that is really poor lol.... :y


as for what they do in winter they die BUT the queen lives and lays eggs/larve in the wasps nest which are you new wasps
CORRECT  :y :y
Title: Re: What do wasps do in the winter
Post by: Bionic on 26 October 2012, 09:17:47
 >:( They do get rarer to find but from my experience they still sting you if they get the chance! They build a nest somewhere snug and probably wait the cold weather out. Pity that it don't wipe them out though........and the hoss flies (cleggs) too. ::)
Title: Re: What do wasps do in the winter
Post by: Terbs on 26 October 2012, 11:37:53
Do they always build in the open, like your loft picture, or will they build in the cavity. They should not be able to, as I have cavity wall insulation ;)

I'll have to get our big torch out and explore the nooks and crannies in the loft (from a distance) ;D
Title: Re: What do wasps do in the winter
Post by: Kevin Wood on 26 October 2012, 11:44:38
We had a nest a few years back in the cavity between our bedroom ceiling and the eaves, so yes, they do seem to take to confined spaces too. Spent a few weeks wondering what the buzzing noise was, then got a chap in to nuke them. No problems since.

I wonder if you've got such a nest and there is a route by which they can get indoors? Perhaps they've seeking the warmth now that it's getting too cold for them to survive outside? Probably worth finding it and dealing with it now. I guess it'll get repopulated in the summer if you don't.
Title: Re: What do wasps do in the winter
Post by: the alarming man on 26 October 2012, 11:47:35
Do they always build in the open, like your loft picture, or will they build in the cavity. They should not be able to, as I have cavity wall insulation ;)

I'll have to get our big torch out and explore the nooks and crannies in the loft (from a distance) ;D

mine (i say mine) nested in an expansion joint above a door this is why i say get a pest controller in as they where they are looking.... :y
Title: Re: What do wasps do in the winter
Post by: omega3000 on 26 October 2012, 13:47:55
We seen thousands of wasps entering next doors roof over the summer last year but none this year ... must remember to let him know about the 10 inch gap in his tiles  ::)