I haven't seem many this year but my daughter told me they removed a
giant nest from the school yard. I need to ask her where exactly so
I can avoid it. We have had a really rainy summer where normally we
don't have more than the odd sprinkle for most of july and august.
It seems to have lowered the yellow jacket population thankfully.

My 4 year old had one after him on the school yard today though which
is always a conundrum for me. Do I try and chase it away so he
doesn't get stung and risk getting stung myself or?

Stay safe everyone.

cate

--- In insectstings@yahoogroups.com, Roz Hannan <rozhannan@...> wrote:
>
> Here in Sussex we don't seem to have seen the sun for weeks!
>
> A lot of rain has fallen but only very wet gardens , fields etc
because we are living on the clay soil of the Weald ... soggy dog
walking!
>
> However, despite all the rain I saw a lot of wasp activity outside
my daughters bedroom window and it turns out that we had a wasp nest
under the tiles of the roof......very promptly removed the next day
whilst Joe was at school (and without a word to him!!!)
>
> There are a lot about at the moment...stay safe everyone!
>  
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: maggie_paton <maggie.paton@...>
> To: insectstings@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, 10 September, 2008 8:19:58
> Subject: [insectstings] Re: flooding?
>
>
> Hi,
>
> My sister-in-law lives in the North East and they were due to go to
> a wedding in Morpeth where alot of the flooding has been - the
> guests couldn't get to the Evening Reception and the Big Day was a
> washout.
>
> Happily we live on the side of a hill ...... can't comment on
> David's observation about the wasps coming out when it is dry cos
it
> hasn't been ... for weeks ... bitter? Nooooo ...
>
> Cate - how are you progressing with your tests?
>
> Hope all is well
>
> Maggie
>
> --- In insectstings@ yahoogroups. com, "Insect Stings" <david@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Cate,
> >
> > Thank you for your concern - here in the south of England it has
> been wet but not sharp and severe enough to give really bad floods.
> Just lots of rain for days and days - in fact this August has been
> the wettest on record and yet - wait for it - there has also been
> record insect sting activity across the UK. The reason for this (I
> believe) is that the wasps and bees do not feed during the rain and
> therefore are particularly aggressive when they do come out during
> the dry periods.
> >
> > However the north of England and in particular the North East
have
> had it pretty bad (as has Wales) - so any local reports from there
> would be very interesting!
> >
> > David
> >
> >
> > From: moomoos_mom
> > Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 3:12 PM
> > To: insectstings@ yahoogroups. com
> > Subject: [insectstings] flooding?
> >
> >
> > Are all you UK folk ok with all that flooding?
> >
> > I hope so. It looks scary.
> >
> > cate
> >
>