Queen Wasps in Logstack

[Rwhiteheadfirewood]

I've been finding the buggers in my stack of cordwood in my yard which is covered by a lorry sheet.

[nepia]

Loads of queens about aren't there; 7 in 2 IBCs the other day, then 3 in two barrows the day before yesterday. I'm wearing gloves now for all log handling after putting my hand on a hot bot.

[harvey b davison]

I found one in a box of screws last week in the garage. I'm still finding the screws now. Hate the bloody things.

[roseyweb]

That's 4 now tonight, I Just hoping the dog don't find one in the night, I'm guessing next summer we will have a lot of wasps

[nepia]

Well you'd think so but this thread started 4 years ago and I'm not aware of every year being 'bad' for wasps so it seems that good numbers of queens now doesn't mean large numbers of the insect generally next year.

Isn't there an entomologist here who can explain all...?

[roseyweb]

Well you'd think so but this thread started 4 years ago and I'm not aware of every year being 'bad' for wasps so it seems that good numbers of queens now doesn't mean large numbers of the insect generally next year.

Isn't there an entomologist here who can explain all...?

 

I've never found this many queens about any year before

 

If wasp forecasting was done by the amount of wasps in my log basket next year wasps will be in clouds everywhere

 

I've barely seen any actual buzzy wasps this summer

[neiln]

aren't wasp numbers supposed to be dropping substantially? Similar to the worrying decline in bees.

[treequip]

I've never found this many queens about any year before

 

If wasp forecasting was done by the amount of wasps in my log basket next year wasps will be in clouds everywhere

 

I've barely seen any actual buzzy wasps this summer

 

I had a year where there were queens crawling out of every basket full, but there had been a nest in the banking near the log cages. Going on what emerged over the winter, a plague of biblical proportions was on the cards, yet it didn't happen.

 

The dubious value of limited sample observation:laugh1:

[Farmer Tom]

I've had loads round my woodstack this year; mainly due to an enormous nest in a dyke nearby, but never had a queen inside.

I still have the odd couple of wasps coming in and out of it.

 

 

NOW, just so long as they don't look like these:-

Species alerts - GB non-native species secretariat

[woody paul]

Got stung by one today after put hand in glove that was on tractor