15-03-2014, 09:01 PM
European wasps aren't like our native wasps they live in hives like bees or ants.
What happiness Europe is that each year in the winter, when it gets cold the hives/colonies get a lot smaller or even die due to lack of food and because of the cold. Here in Australia with a very mild winter they just continue to expand in numbers and make super colonies/hives. Some of these hives can gt to be many time the size of what they would in their native climate. Once they have been in place for a few years the hives get to such a size that they can be very dangerous if you upset them. They are much more aggressive than bees and a mega swarm of them will really take the edge off your day!! unfortunately there seems to be quite a few popping up at McCoy field. We never had them before.
Better to have the council get rid of them now while they are still small nests.
What happiness Europe is that each year in the winter, when it gets cold the hives/colonies get a lot smaller or even die due to lack of food and because of the cold. Here in Australia with a very mild winter they just continue to expand in numbers and make super colonies/hives. Some of these hives can gt to be many time the size of what they would in their native climate. Once they have been in place for a few years the hives get to such a size that they can be very dangerous if you upset them. They are much more aggressive than bees and a mega swarm of them will really take the edge off your day!! unfortunately there seems to be quite a few popping up at McCoy field. We never had them before.
Better to have the council get rid of them now while they are still small nests.
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