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I have problems with the big wood bees...they drill holes in your deck, lay their eggs, and the larva eats the lumber worse than termites.
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on April 14, 2018 at 7:57 AM
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I enjoyed, waiting for the library to open this morning adult honey bees, gathering pollen from the new white weeping Japanese maple up front. The old one failed to bloom last year.
posted by
BC-A
on April 13, 2018 at 12:12 PM
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Well I hang smallish bags of straw in the fruit trees it does deter wasps as they do not like to be too near to another colony. I know it is not possible for you to do so, so better to kill one queen than have to exterminate a whole swarm. 
posted by
C_C_T
on April 13, 2018 at 10:40 AM
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Wasps do bring with them a lot of excitement. Thankfully, I have not come across too many of them.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on April 13, 2018 at 9:32 AM
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I saw a wasp yesterday doing exactly that same thing.
. Love the quote at the end... Perfect!
posted by
Pat_B
on April 13, 2018 at 4:02 AM
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They are a pest. But I enjoyed your post and the quote at the bottom. How true! Hope you are feeling better.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on April 12, 2018 at 8:56 PM
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Re: Ciel
Wow! Soapy water, huh?
posted by
TAPS.
on April 12, 2018 at 8:31 PM
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Charlie taught me a thing about wasps, we have so many in the summer time! They swarm around the roof shakes, mostly yellow jackets.
If you wallop one, it releases pheromones that attract his friends and relations.
The alternative is a spray bottle with soapy water. This breaks down the surface tension that protects it from rain, so the water in the spray quickly sends it on to insect heaven or its next incarnation.
posted by
Ciel
on April 12, 2018 at 6:22 PM
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