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Wasps
People often have an inherent fear of wasps. They are large, conspicuous buzzing
insects with yellow and black striped, wasp-
The larger queen wasp hibernates over winter, and then makes a wasps nest in the spring in which to lay her eggs. She feeds her young on insects until they grow into the worker wasps, around three to four weeks later. Workers, all sterile females, forage for over a mile in search of food. A single nest can produce 30,000 wasps in a year.
In August-
If you find a wasps nest in a wall or bank it needs to be thoroughly sprayed with insecticide. This can be hazardous and is best performed by a Pestforce professional wasp control technician.
Commercial premises can be protected by insect screening of windows along with the installation of electrical devices which attract, kill and catch wasps.