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Wasps & Bees
 

Common Wasps  (Vespula Vulgaris)

 

 

Features

 

 

  • Black & yellow in colour

  • Elbowed antennae

  • Able to sting multiple times

  • Queens emerge from hibernation in spring and start to build a nest

  • Life cycle from egg-adult takes 16-35 days

  • Could have 1000's of wasps per nest

  • In winter the queens leave the nest and hibernate in protective areas waiting for spring to come to start over again.  All workers die.

  • Old wasp nests are never re-used.

 

 

Bumble Bees (Bumbus)

 

 

Features

 

 

  • Larger than other Bees

  • Black & yellow in colour, tail may be white on some but not on all species

  • Can nest in lofts, cavity walls, holes in the ground and compost heaps.

  • Not aggressive but can sting multiple times if feels threatened

 

Red Mason Bees (Osmia Bicornis)

 

 

Feature

 

  • Orange and dark hairs

  • Two horns on face below antenna

  • Not aggressive

  • It is a solitary bee

  • Nests in walls, timber and old crumbled buildings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Honey Bees (Apis Mellifera

 

 

Feature

 

  • Similar colour and size to a wasp

  • Has hair and a wasp doesn't

  • Makes honey and beeswax

  • They swarm

  • Colony size can be greater than 20,000

  • Can nest in trees, lofts, chimneys and wall cavities

  • Not aggressive but can sting only once if threatened. Bee will die afterwards

 

 

 

What we can do for you

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We are aware wasps can be a pain in the summer so here at Ultimate Pest Force we will treat the nest quickly and in a safe manner.  So put your feet up, enjoy the summer and leave it to the experts.

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