Comments on: More waspish industry…

By: glenda larke

glenda larke — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 07:02:37 +0000

jmkirk – they hurt, don't they??!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 01:15:55 +0000

One of my most vivid memories of childhood is being attacked by a swarm of wasps. Thankfully I wasn't allergic as I was stung a lot! Strangely it hasn't made me afraid of them. I laugh at people who shriek and run from one puny little wasp!
Although I think getting rid of it before she brings in family would be a good thing, you have to admire the work she's doing! It does have a strange beauty to it! : )

By: Jo

Jo — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 19:55:39 +0000

Apropos, Glenda, they are definitely carpenter Bees, not beetles.

By: Jo

Jo — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 19:50:07 +0000

yes but that ONE wasp is about to produce a whole bunch more.

By: glenda larke

glenda larke — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 18:42:06 +0000

Come on, it's just ONE wasp, she's not at all aggressive – in fact when I enter the bathroom she flies out the window. And I am enjoying watching the progress of the nest.

Unlike your carpenter beetles, she's not even damaging the infrastructure!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 08:13:02 +0000

i sadly had to get my carpenters of too, but no way they were eating my balcony !

By: Jo

Jo — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 08:10:47 +0000

I concur with you wholeheartedly. Both you and your sister should natter at her and maybe she will do something.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 07:38:44 +0000

mum, don't u think you should get rid of it???

By: Jo

Jo — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 06:21:00 +0000

Boy am I glad I am not a friendly neighbour, I WOULD NOT want to use that bathroom.

We used to get carpenter bees in NC which cut perfect holes in the wood of our decks in order to build nests. This kind of activity would eventually destroy the decks if left unchecked. You, I guess, would have sacrificed your decks to the wildlife.