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11-12-12, 10:43 AM | #11 |
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I'd never heard it before. Just googled it and found out it was Scotish slang. I'll take it upon myself to use it down here and get it ingrained in southern culture.
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11-12-12, 10:58 AM | #12 |
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I went away on the bike for one weekend to find one of these in my garage. There is no way I missed it on the way out. It was amazing how big the wasp made it in at most 48hrs. Doused it with brake cleaner then when the wasp came out used WD40 to knock it out of the air and stamp on it. It took ages to WD40 it enough that it went down, it was like some sort of end of game boss. Once the wasp was gone, I knocked the nest down with a broom and kicked it outside into the garden. I felt a bit guilty when torching it on the BBQ, in case there were baby wasps in it.
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11-12-12, 12:02 PM | #13 | |
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11-12-12, 12:09 PM | #14 |
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hi no new wasps will ever move into it , they always stay with there own queen wasp , the ones that you see out and about are the workers , they get stuff to make byke bigger and wee insects for the grubs in the byke , which will become workers for that year , at the end of the season , one of them will become the queen and she will hibernate , pregnant , and the all the other wasps will die , and at the start of new year , about may she will come out and make a new byke , the size of a golf ball , and lay her eggs in the wee cells , they then will be the stat of her workers for that year , and away it goes again , if you find one in your loft shead , if you use fkly spray inside the wee hole they will just fall out dead , and saves you a fortune calling someone like me out to do it for you , but any bigger than a football , do not try this as there could be 2000+ wasps in there , i do about 4-500 wasp bykes a season , there you go now , some useless info
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11-12-12, 12:11 PM | #15 |
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If you find one the size of this one I found in my sisters house, you'd develop a phobia very quickly!
I'm not overly scared of wasps, but when there's whole town of them I get the heebie jeebies
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I saw something recently on tv where there was a swam of bees on a tree branch and because there was no queen there (I think, tho I don't know why they'd form a swarm with no queen), they were totally calm. The guy just put his hands into the swarm and they were quite happy - he didn't get stung at all. I'd like to give that a go. |
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11-12-12, 01:12 PM | #17 |
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I find wasps to be fascinating, but then I tend to like the least lovable creatures on the planet. Having as I do a love of tarantulas, I read up on them and came across this little beauty, The Hawk Wasp.
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11-12-12, 01:18 PM | #18 |
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I hope that fella is dead! That stinger looks big enough to give someone a very bad day.
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11-12-12, 01:39 PM | #19 |
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Ef that! I heard they found a new wasp in india or somewhere . It was a massive very strong wasp!
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11-12-12, 02:29 PM | #20 |
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Nah mate not at all. Amazing.
I always get told "They'll come back,THEY'LL COME BACK!" Had a few at my place. Cellar, eaves and a wee cone type one in the bathroom (never finished for whatever reason, maybe us back from hols) |
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