bees or wasps

[tooj]

I've just been cutting the top of my beech hedge when I was attackd by some type of winged creature but fortunately I was not stung. I have now found a nest, grey in colour about the size of a tennis ball hanging from one of the branches.

My question is: If they were wasps would I not have been stung badly.

If they were bees, would they have the same shaped nest as wasps hanging in a tree, and can I take it that as long as I don't touch the actual nest, they will not sting me? (It's just far enough away that I can't see them properlty (Bad eyes)

[webbo3]

try this, we sell it in the garden centre where i work.

http://www.eraza.co.u...r_wasp_nest_destroyer


Dave.

[jomifl]

My point Duncer is that I have been bitten, stung, scratched and perforated by all maner of creatures. I am not afraid of them and don't loathe them, I just treat them wth appropriate caution when necessary.

[Duncer]

I wouldn't say I fear them; I just dislike them and am wary of them if they are in the house. I als worry that the cats may try and eat them as they do with houseflies, so I shoo them out as quickly as possible. The wasps, not the cats.

[jomifl]

Very ironic webbo. A dead wasp is a healthy wasp?

[Duncer]

"My point Duncer is that I have been bitten, stung, scratched and PERFORATED by all maner of creatures. I am not afraid of them and don't loathe them, I just treat them wth appropriate caution when necessary."

Is there something you're not telling us?

[jomifl]

Duncer, Perforated, not penetrated :-)
If you have a better way of describing being stabbed by fish spines....

[askyourgran]

I'm told that fishermen like to have wasps nests. A few years ago a relly found a nest in his loft, managed to clear it with a smoke bomb and a fisherman took it away. No idea why.

[Toes]

Please note, that it is illegal to destroy a bees nest, so make sure it is a wasps nest if your going to KILL the poor things!

Bees are very important to us and all of mankind, without them no food (pollination), so treat them with the respect they deserve.

[maggiebee]

All God's creatures got a place in the choir
Some sing low and some sing higher
Some sing out loud on the telephone wire
And some just clap their hands, their paws or anything they got

[jomifl]

Bees do build nests in trees, but inside hollow trees, not on the outside. They are built of wax and resin not of paper made from wood as do wasps and hornets so it is quite easy to distinguish between them.

[RATTER15]

AYG, >>I'm told that fishermen like to have wasps nests. A few years ago a relly found a nest in his loft, managed to clear it with a smoke bomb and a fisherman took it away. No idea why.<<

The fisherman want the wasp grubs for bait.

[tooj]

Don't worry Toes, I won.t kill bees, they've been living under my shed for years. Thanks again for some brilliant answers