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bees or wasps
I've just been cutting the top of my beech hedge when I was attackd by some type of winged creature but fortunately I was not stung. I have now found a nest, grey in colour about the size of a tennis ball hanging from one of the branches.
My question is: If they were wasps would I not have been stung badly.
If they were bees, would they have the same shaped nest as wasps hanging in a tree, and can I take it that as long as I don't touch the actual nest, they will not sting me? (It's just far enough away that I can't see them properlty (Bad eyes)
My question is: If they were wasps would I not have been stung badly.
If they were bees, would they have the same shaped nest as wasps hanging in a tree, and can I take it that as long as I don't touch the actual nest, they will not sting me? (It's just far enough away that I can't see them properlty (Bad eyes)
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.If it were here in the U.S, it'd deffinitely be a wasp nest, alternately called yellow jackets or hornets. They're pretty aggressive when agitated and your probably fortunate you weren't stung. I keep honey bees and have been stung several times... so much so that it's painless now (and no arthritis symptoms) but one sting by a wasp produces an entirely different result.
If it's available in the U.K, a product named Raid Wasp and Hornet Spray (seen here: http:// www.sco tts.com ...ller -201205 01&siss r=1 ) works very well. If you use it, spray the entire nest thoroughly at least twice.
Bees don't nest in trees... especially honey bees. There are some ground nesting bees...
If it's available in the U.K, a product named Raid Wasp and Hornet Spray (seen here: http://
Bees don't nest in trees... especially honey bees. There are some ground nesting bees...
Wasps are good for the garden. Leave them alone poor things.
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"I find it difficult to believe that so many adults haven't managed to overcome their primitive and irrational fear of insects. Grow up be nice to a wasp".
I find nothing irrational about loathing a tiny little thing that can cause me pain.
Thanks to wasps my mother heard me curse for the very first time. We were in a local newsagent and there was a wasp on the rack in front of the counter where Mr Beattie kept the comics. I leant on the counter, not knowing the little black and yellow skinhead was there, and, quite naturally, he stung me. The word fcuk had left my lips before I could even think, bringing on a swift second stinging pain.
I find nothing irrational about loathing a tiny little thing that can cause me pain.
Thanks to wasps my mother heard me curse for the very first time. We were in a local newsagent and there was a wasp on the rack in front of the counter where Mr Beattie kept the comics. I leant on the counter, not knowing the little black and yellow skinhead was there, and, quite naturally, he stung me. The word fcuk had left my lips before I could even think, bringing on a swift second stinging pain.
jomifl, Having been stung hundreds of times by wasps I can tell you they bloody well hurt, and many people have life threatening allergies, I only have a very mild allergy where as I itch for days. I can totally understand peoples fear of wasps. The cause a lot of serious problems for a lot of people, I know, ive seen the result of many wasp stings on many people.