wasps

[NewPostieUK]

I had a wasp on a letterbox last summer. It went inside the house as i opened it. I barely had to usher it in at all. Much..

[Stormproof]

I have a couple of phobias

Bathmophobia- Fear of stairs or steep slopes

Climacophobia- Fear of stairs, climbing, or of falling downstairs

Do you reckon that'll get me off shite duties

[Ryan741]

[quote="Pegman"]Wasps will sting if they sense danger or fright, the stinging actually realeases a chemical which attracts other wasps from the nest, so you could soon find yourself in the middle of a swarm, the same is true of bees.
Wasps can sting more than once, and often do.
Queen wasps or bees are very rarely seen out of the nest, a nest can only have one queen, worker bees or wasps kill any egg in the nest which is developing a Queen.

Chances are the beast you saw was one from the continent, they are about three times the size of a standard British wasp, but look exactly the same other than size, if it was a deeper yellow almost orange colour then it was more likely to be hornet, and if you think a wasp is a nasty piece of work a hornet will make it look like a pussy cat.

The best way to move a bee or wasp on it's way is to gently blow at it from distance, normally this will dislodge it, and it will fly off.

I'm guessing this happened on a Sunny day,as it is not the time of year for wasps or hornets yet, and this one woke up a bit early, the box flap was probably warm, and it would certainly have still been sleepy, thats the worse type, they sting for fun when comning round from hibernation, so avoid at all costs.

All this info came from my now departed Dad who used to keep bees, so as far I can say it's all correct and good advice, I have never been stung following this guide.[/quote
Good information, they are formidable foes thats for sure, although if i tried to blow, in panic I may suck and may of well ended up sucking face with ole stripy.

[clashcityrocker]

although if i tried to blow, in panic I may suck

I can see this thread going off at a tangent.

[Stormproof]

although if i tried to blow, in panic I may suck

I can see this thread going off at a tangent.

Yep, wait till DGP & DVB wake up

[stokes11eg]

Symathise with you! Just be honest and say you were in fear! Most men I know scream when they see a spider, never mind a wasp! now i'll buzz off.!

[clashcityrocker]

although if i tried to blow, in panic I may suck

I can see this thread going off at a tangent.

Yep, wait till DGP & DVB wake up

Are you suggesting they sleep together?

[jaylime]

I have been in the job for 16 years and I hate wasps.I had a mahoosive one fly in the kitchen on wed evening its was huge I managed to get it out of the door using a sweeping brush.I think the one I had was a queen.

[krussel]

Yep, wait till DGP & DVB wake up
Are you suggesting they sleep together?

[TrueBlueTerrier]

wasps don't bother me

But these Hope I never see one on my walk or it'll be Beetle loose

[DGP1]

Yep, wait till DGP & DVB wake up
Are you suggesting they sleep together?

We don't sleep

[mazza111]

If it was me I would say I had an allergy to wasp stings and being stung made me quite ill

They could then legitimately question your suitability as a postman - especially if you never declared this (potentially fatal) allergy at interview.

Depends on circumstances, I wasn't allergic to wasp stings until last year, then bang, got stung and had a massive reaction. Never had problems with mosquito bites either until I went to Germany and got eaten alive. Had a massive reaction. Ended up on 21 pills a day due to the little buggers. Remember an allergic reaction can happen at anytime even to something that you've had no reaction to in the past

[motherhubbard]

Yes it could depend on the circumstances.

[General Mannerheim]

The other year we had a guy in our office who got stung on his scrotum after a wasp flew up his shorts, Ouch!!

We now call him Johnny three balls

[TrueBlueTerrier]

This poor female reporter had a similar incident http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EVnDzNA ... re=related" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;