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What's going on with wasps and bees this summer huh?
On this trip I have been stung 3 times and mrs d once today. Two of my stings were on the bike as was mrs d's today. The first one got me on the neck in benagio in Italy after a lovely lunch, the second sod was more potentially disasterous as I was turning across a busy road in italy when it got me in the throat.
Another hung on to my arm in provence on a twisty mountain road at about 40 mph (us not the wasp) which swelled up until I jumped in a lake to cool of and then today just 2 days later one tried to do the same thing on another mountain road but I was ready for him and quickly knocked it off unfortunately straight onto mrs d's bare leg where it promptly stung her instead!
Thinking of getting bee keepers outfits for the bike.
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That's interesting ...we were only saying today that we've hardly seen a wasp anywhere this year. We've got the two wasp traps up in the garden and they are usually full up by now but there is literally not a single one in either.
I hope they're all holidaying in Provence and leaving us alone here !
Just out of interest: when you were stung were you wearing anything yellow ?
no I don't think either of us were wearing yellow. I put the ones on the bike down to collisions but the little sod in benagio just had it in for me!
It's happened before. I was on e flying through an orchard in Greece on a trail bike with no helmet on and one stuck between the bridge of my sun glasses and stung me three times. Maybe it's just me.
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I have a real thing about wasps and stay well away if I can. Last year at Oradour Aire there were hundreds.
The others all sat out drinking beer and wine and they were just sitting ducks as far as I was concerned, they laughed at me (hidden in van) till one of them took his hat off to knock one off his beer. Little did he know he caught the wasp and promptly stuck it on his head. Oh how I laughed when it got him twice as much as it happened to be my ex husband!
Sat watching around 40 of them after an apple core someone had thrown in a carpark in Northants.
Mandy
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We were plagued with wasps camping this weekend and the dog was stung as he tried to eat one.
We couldnt have the m/home door open.
I always thought they were no good to us but the farmers use them to get rid of pests.
They are also used in pollinating.
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We have 3 nests in our garden, two I've dealt with but I've left one as they do eat a lot of pests.
What did you use to deal with them? I thought there were less wasps this year too until recently when my neighbour pointed out the nest in my roof. On checking in my loft its huge. I have previously used Rentokil's spray on foam to good effect but I have had a go at this nest twice now and they are still using it and my neighbour isn't very happy about it as it is ruining her enjoyment of her garden.
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For what the proffesionals do, they charge an arm and a leg!
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Have you tried your local authority pest extermination department ? I know some do get rid of wasps -my mother had one removed- but others authorities won't. Perhaps you'll be lucky !
We've had 2 wasp nests in the eaves of our house this year- both promptly dealt with by local authority pest control (at £50 a go !!)
The wasp man said that some people just don't notice them and said that in our cul-de -sac there's probably another dozen or so nests that people haven't noticed.
But he confirms -yes its been a bad year for wasp infestations- he'd just visited an older country house and removed 15 around the eaves of the house.
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. Seems its a bad year for them 
