Wasps Still Feeding Brood

[Millet]

I was on a flat roof today and right next to me was a hole in some fascia boards with a lot of wasps still taking flies and insects in, this was in county Durham , i thought they where supposed to start sweet feeding at this time of the year

 

[viridens]

I think nests were started late this year for some reason. Queens were still flying here (and looking to nest in my sheds) at the end of June. I don't remember seeing them so late before.

 

[Fatbee]

I've hardly seen a wasp. Very few around hives and none on the plums

 

[Jambo]

They're definitely onto sugar feeding here in the frozen north, none on my plums though thankfully

 

[Gilberdyke John]

They're definitely onto sugar feeding here in the frozen north, none on my plums though thankfully

They're all over my conference pear trees. The pears are a long way off ripe but the wasps are chewing holes into the fruits

 

[Teemore]

They're all over my conference pear trees. The pears are a long way off ripe but the wasps are chewing holes into the fruits

A friend's garden apples are taking a hammering between blackbirds, thrushes and wasps... birds break into the fruit then the wasps burrow in.

My observations across a number of apiaries are that some wasp colonies are still brooding whilst others are resolutely in sugar feeding mode. A good friend discovered just how destructive a sustained wasp attack can be on a colony....

 

[JWF]

They're definitely onto sugar feeding here in the frozen north, none on my plums though thankfully

There's nothing worse than wasps attacking your plums.

 

[enrico]

They're all over my conference pear trees. The pears are a long way off ripe but the wasps are chewing holes into the fruits

No wasps on my pears but my bees are all over them drinking the liquid. This happened last year with the apple crop. Somerset is the only place I have seen this. Never seen my bees do it before.
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[Beefriendly]

There's nothing worse than wasps attacking your plums.

If perchance you are a practicing naturist, some judiciously worn clothing will alleviate that potential painful problem.

 

[BenLatimer]

You need to take off, waspbane the entire site from orbit, it's the only way to be sure...

 

[Angularity]

Wasps are still chopping up the dead in front of my hives.