...WASPS in my backyard. I can see them flying all over the neighbors backyards, too. We always have a few in Spring, but nothing like this. I can actually hear the dang things. I'm guessing it probably has something to do with the fact that a neighbor had his place re-roofed last fall (they nest in the awnings). That or all the recent weather.

Anybody know what you can do to get rid of them before they start making nests?

Wasps freak me out.

How would you weigh a wasp, anyway...?

Post some pics.

Genesia said:

How would you weigh a wasp, anyway...?

Very carefully. Da-dum-dum-chhhh! Thank you!

I know a pyrtherin spray will take care of the existing wasps...

CuddlyBear said:

Post some pics.

Nah. I'm not a pic posting kind of Orger. Just imagine hundreds of these flying around in the sun in your backyard, landing on everything, then taking off again....

I use wasp traps on our deck ( they work )

I have noticed here and early "comming out " of wasps and there have been MANY inside the house the past 2 weeks too ...

Bel een imker in de buurt. Vraag of hij ze weg haalt of je doorverwijst. Niet zelf gaan doen. Is echt niet handig....

dJJ said:

Bel een imker in de buurt. Vraag of hij ze weg haalt of je doorverwijst. Niet zelf gaan doen. Is echt niet handig....

Is that Dutch? .... German. I wanted to translate it and respond in your language but this is as close as I could get...

An imker in the neighborhood ring. Ask or gets he she away or refer you. Self will not do. Is really not skilfully

Obviously that won't work.

Mach said:

I use wasp traps on our deck ( they work )

I have noticed here and early "comming out " of wasps and there have been MANY inside the house the past 2 weeks too ...

Thanks. If they don't thin out soon I think I'll give that a shot. I don't want them to disappear, and I really don't want all the bees gone because I love watching them fly around the garden. There's always a few of them in the Spring/Summer, but there are just WAY, WAAAAAY too many right now. Kinda skurry.

what's heavier... a ton of wasps or a ton of bricks...

there have been a ton around our apt. too, a few even got inside our place, freaked me out!

Cerebus said:

dJJ said:

Bel een imker in de buurt. Vraag of hij ze weg haalt of je doorverwijst. Niet zelf gaan doen. Is echt niet handig....

Is that Dutch? .... German. I wanted to translate it and respond in your language but this is as close as I could get...

An imker in the neighborhood ring. Ask or gets he she away or refer you. Self will not do. Is really not skilfully

Obviously that won't work.

It sure ain't German

When I was a child we had 2 big nests inside our house between the ground floor and first floor and we had to call the fireworkers to get them removed . My mom used to cut them into 2 pieces while they were flying around with a pair of scissors . I hate wasps. I much prefer spiders, snakes, whatever to wasps .

Serious said:

When I was a child we had 2 big nests inside our house between the ground floor and first floor and we had to call the fireworkers to get them removed . My mom used to cut them into 2 pieces while they were flying around with a pair of scissors . I hate wasps. I much prefer spiders, snakes, whatever to wasps .

wow! she was fast!

Cerebus said:

CuddlyBear said:

Post some pics.

Nah. I'm not a pic posting kind of Orger. Just imagine hundreds of these flying around in the sun in your backyard, landing on everything, then taking off again....

Erm........Isnt that a Hornet?

LMAO !!!! I googled WASP Images and it came up with pictures of Blackie Lawless !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Edited 4/2/11 16:21pm]

itsnotallover said:

Cerebus said:

Nah. I'm not a pic posting kind of Orger. Just imagine hundreds of these flying around in the sun in your backyard, landing on everything, then taking off again....

Erm........Isnt that a Hornet?

LMAO !!!! I googled WASP Images and it came up with pictures of Blackie Lawless !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Edited 4/2/11 16:21pm]

Nah, its a paper wasp. But I think I linked to the wrong one. Mine don't have quite as much color as that one. They look more like the ones below, and they build nests like that, too. Whatever, all I know is that for three days there was a ton of them. Way more than in the last ten years or so. Then today the temp dropped back down into the 60s and they completely disappeared.

Cerebus said:

itsnotallover said:

Erm........Isnt that a Hornet?

LMAO !!!! I googled WASP Images and it came up with pictures of Blackie Lawless !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Edited 4/2/11 16:21pm]

Nah, its a paper wasp. But I think I linked to the wrong one. Mine don't have quite as much color as that one. They look more like the ones below, and they build nests like that, too. Whatever, all I know is that for three days there was a ton of them. Way more than in the last ten years or so. Then today the temp dropped back down into the 60s and they completely disappeared.

I am not an expert but I think Wasps swarm like Bees in certain heat temperatures? I can ask my older brother if you like, he is a Bee Keeper (Honey is now a great money maker lol!!)

itsnotallover said:

I am not an expert but I think Wasps swarm like Bees in certain heat temperatures? I can ask my older brother if you like, he is a Bee Keeper (Honey is now a great money maker lol!!)

Sure. Knowledge is always good. I'm pertty sure it had something to do with the fact that we had record high temps for three days after weeks of cold and rain. But I'm no expert, either.

I would love to try and keep some honey bees just because they're disappearing (and I love honey! we had a family hippie friend who made his own I was a kid - so good!). Unfortunately I'm deathly allergic to their stings. So no honey bees for Cerebus.

kimrachell said:

Serious said:

When I was a child we had 2 big nests inside our house between the ground floor and first floor and we had to call the fireworkers to get them removed . My mom used to cut them into 2 pieces while they were flying around with a pair of scissors . I hate wasps. I much prefer spiders, snakes, whatever to wasps .

wow! she was fast!

I could never do that .

Cerebus said:

itsnotallover said:

I am not an expert but I think Wasps swarm like Bees in certain heat temperatures? I can ask my older brother if you like, he is a Bee Keeper (Honey is now a great money maker lol!!)

Sure. Knowledge is always good. I'm pertty sure it had something to do with the fact that we had record high temps for three days after weeks of cold and rain. But I'm no expert, either.

I would love to try and keep some honey bees just because they're disappearing (and I love honey! we had a family hippie friend who made his own I was a kid - so good!). Unfortunately I'm deathly allergic to their stings. So no honey bees for Cerebus.

Hi Cerebus.

I spoke to my Brother and basically he said that as far as he knows Wasps don't "Swarm" in the same sense of Bee's.

Basically when Bee's Swarm, it is because their current Colony has become too large and a portion of the Bee's up and move with a new Queen to start a new Colony somewhere else. They do this in a "Swarm".

So the swarm you saw was a large collection of wasps in the same place at the same time (My Brother said there may even have been more than one Species of Wasp in the Swarm you saw).

I know this is a UK site, but have a look here some information you may like:

http://www.britishbee.org...m_help.php