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Hard to tell properly but they look like honey bees.
Mastaaaaaahh, they are almost certainly wasps. Grasshopper can see one of the little sods very clearly at about 1:32 of the video. Mrs P says they’re quite common in roof spaces.‘Spin a beautiful day today.
Hot!
Garden-pottered/bike-pottered/beer-food and banter-pottered.
Day turned into a lovely evening and then…
…I noticed these little chappies….!
Anyone know who/what they might bee (see what I did there?)
Mrs P says “you don’t want them bastards livin’ in yer roof!” and I would concur. They tend to die off around September time anyway so I’d leave it until then.
Dark Angel
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Mrs DA sez the local Beekeepers Association sez they're not honey bees, but they will abandon their nest "at the end of the season" (July?)
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A friend of mine is a bee keeper and she said honey bees don’t live in roof spaces. The season depends on weather but I’m hoping for my next batch of raw honey around September time, so it’s not end of season yet.Mrs DA sez the local Beekeepers Association sez they're not honey bees, but they will abandon their nest "at the end of the season" (July?)
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THEY’RE WASPS, MASTAAAAAAAH. Does that help
I've had to turn off signatures again.
It's the only way to avoid my eyeballs bouncing and the consequent slap on the head when it's noticed
It's the only way to avoid my eyeballs bouncing and the consequent slap on the head when it's noticed
They are honey bees disguised as wasps, they are living in the roof to fool you into thinking they are wasps
Dark Angel
Still kickin' it!
...and very large they are, too, Grasshopper...THEY’RE WASPS, MASTAAAAAAAH.
...very large indeed...!
....I don't think you'd squeeze even ONE of those under my roof slates, Del....
killer assassin hornets...... in ninja guise..... time to move house D.A.
Picture from a mate who owns a pest control business.
I think Poo-Plops bee-keeper mate needs to re-think what she knows.
DA needs to get closer, or ask one of the buzzy things to sit still for a portrait.
Honey bees have a softer, burnt amber stripe. The odd one of DA's guests looked more sharp yellow stripe.
I think Poo-Plops bee-keeper mate needs to re-think what she knows.
DA needs to get closer, or ask one of the buzzy things to sit still for a portrait.
Honey bees have a softer, burnt amber stripe. The odd one of DA's guests looked more sharp yellow stripe.
Dark Angel
Still kickin' it!
Hell's bells - I could do without that lot!
Anyway… can’t be bothered setting up the tripod, but hoping the phone cam will do.
…Little buggers are fast!
They look like wasps to me (and Grasshopper, too) - but “my DA” means Dark Angel - not David Attenborough!
I’ll get Lorraine to send the pix to the local beekeepers, later, but hoping you lot’ll have it sorted by then!
Anyway… can’t be bothered setting up the tripod, but hoping the phone cam will do.
…Little buggers are fast!
They look like wasps to me (and Grasshopper, too) - but “my DA” means Dark Angel - not David Attenborough!
I’ll get Lorraine to send the pix to the local beekeepers, later, but hoping you lot’ll have it sorted by then!
Close up I’d say, definitely Jaspers.
Dark Angel
Still kickin' it!
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In your first pic it looks like a wasp.
I think the legs are the best way to tell what it is.
This may help.....
I think the legs are the best way to tell what it is.
This may help.....
Common wasps are colloquially called "jaspers" in some English regions (Dorset, Lincolnshire, and elsewhere in the English Midlands); whether this comes from the Latin vespa or from the abdomen resembling the striped mineral jasper, is not clear.
No, she doesn’t. Badly worded on my part; they don’t usually live in roof spaces when they have a nice cosy hive to go home to. That clear enough?
