Posted on 02/08/09, filed under Flying Insects, Stinging/Biting Insects | No Comments
At long last it looks like we are going to have some nice weather for a few days and after yesterdays pouring rain we are off down the beach today before Rob heads off to Mexico! So now I have lots of wasps coming into the kitchen whilst I'm cooking and there were even wasps around yesterday in the rain. I think they were quite sleepy though as I managed…
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Posted on 19/07/09, filed under Flying Insects | No Comments
Here is a picture of our local shop the Barns Green Village Store
http://www.barnsgreenvillagestore.co.uk/
They have found a new use for The Waspinator to keep the wasps away from their fabulous fruit and vegetable barrow. The Waspinator mimics a wasp nest and as wasps are territorial and only belong to one colony and nest, they know the Waspinator is not their nest and keep away.
The Store has just started to…
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Posted on 27/05/09, filed under Flying Insects | No Comments
I hope you enjoyed the warm weather at the weekend, we had our first BBQ of the year and spotted with it our first wasps. It is still early for wasps to be around in large numbers, but a few more weekends like this and they will be invading our outdoor living space again. Getting rid of a wasp nest is always a hazardous occupation and should be left to…
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