Nature Notes

[poliphilo]

I felt something tickling the back of my neck and reached round to find what it was- and it stung me and buzzed off. I found it on the stairs later- a very sleepy wasp- and persuaded it to go outside.

BTW Ailz taught the other day me how to tell a wasp from a bee. You look at their waists. Wasps have them, bees don't.

Comments

[artkouros.livejournal.com]

I hope you're not allergic!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Don't seem to be.:)

[davesmusictank.livejournal.com]

I hate wasps

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

We have more than one wasps' nest on the premises. Most of the time we happily coexist

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

If it buzzes off, it's a wasp. When bees sting, it's seppuku.

Nine

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

It is for the observer a rather extreme way of sorting them out.

[sorenr.livejournal.com]

Wasps have a bit more of a temper than bees, but generally they're sweet and harmless as long as you don't disturb them. I remember as a child having a wasp's nest in the crawling space under my bedroom so they'd constantly get into my room! I only got stung once - when a wasps got caught under my duvet... You can imagine why it would have gone into defensive mode.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Well, exactly. As far as this wasp was concerned I was attacking it. We have several wasps' nests on the premises. I'm happy to host them.